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Classical CD Album

Artist:Orchestra And Chorus Of The Houston Grand Opera Production
Title:Treemonisha: Original Cast Recording
Format:CD Album
Label:  Deutsche Grammophon
Country:Europe
Date:1992
Catalogue:435 709-2 / 435 710-2, 435 711-2
Barcode:028943570923
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Performers
ComposerScott Joplin
ConductorGunther Schuller
SoloistBetty Allen, Carmen Balthrop, Curtis Rayam, Willard White


TrackArtistTitleComposerRating
Act One
1-01Orchestra And Chorus Of The Houston Grand Opera Production OvertureScott JoplinRate
1-02Orchestra And Chorus Of The Houston Grand Opera ProductionThe Bag Of LuckScott JoplinRate
1-03Orchestra And Chorus Of The Houston Grand Opera ProductionThe Corn HuskersScott JoplinRate
1-04Orchestra And Chorus Of The Houston Grand Opera ProductionWe're Goin' Around (A Ring Play)Scott JoplinRate
1-05Orchestra And Chorus Of The Houston Grand Opera ProductionThe WreathScott JoplinRate
1-06Orchestra And Chorus Of The Houston Grand Opera ProductionThe Sacred TreeScott JoplinRate
1-07Orchestra And Chorus Of The Houston Grand Opera ProductionSurprisedScott JoplinRate
1-08Orchestra And Chorus Of The Houston Grand Opera ProductionTreemonisha's Bringing UpScott JoplinRate
1-09Orchestra And Chorus Of The Houston Grand Opera ProductionGood AdviceScott JoplinRate
1-10Orchestra And Chorus Of The Houston Grand Opera ProductionConfusionScott JoplinRate
Act Two
2-01Orchestra And Chorus Of The Houston Grand Opera Production SuperstitionScott JoplinRate
2-02Orchestra And Chorus Of The Houston Grand Opera ProductionTreemonisha In PerilScott JoplinRate
2-03Orchestra And Chorus Of The Houston Grand Opera ProductionFrolic Of The BearsScott JoplinRate
2-04Orchestra And Chorus Of The Houston Grand Opera ProductionThe Wasp NestScott JoplinRate
2-05Orchestra And Chorus Of The Houston Grand Opera ProductionThe RescueScott JoplinRate
2-06Orchestra And Chorus Of The Houston Grand Opera ProductionWe Will Rest AwhileScott JoplinRate
2-07Orchestra And Chorus Of The Houston Grand Opera ProductionGoing HomeScott JoplinRate
2-08Orchestra And Chorus Of The Houston Grand Opera ProductionAunt Dinah Has Blowed The HornScott JoplinRate
Act Three
2-09Orchestra And Chorus Of The Houston Grand Opera Production PreludeScott JoplinRate
2-10Orchestra And Chorus Of The Houston Grand Opera ProductionI Want To See My ChildScott JoplinRate
2-11Orchestra And Chorus Of The Houston Grand Opera ProductionTreemonisha's ReturnScott JoplinRate
2-12Orchestra And Chorus Of The Houston Grand Opera ProductionWrong Is Never Right (A Lecture)Scott JoplinRate
2-13Orchestra And Chorus Of The Houston Grand Opera ProductionWhen Villains Ramble Far And Near (A Lecture)Scott JoplinRate
2-14Orchestra And Chorus Of The Houston Grand Opera ProductionConjurors ForgivenScott JoplinRate
2-15Orchestra And Chorus Of The Houston Grand Opera ProductionWe Will Trust You As Our LeaderScott JoplinRate
2-16Orchestra And Chorus Of The Houston Grand Opera ProductionA Real Slow DragScott JoplinRate


Notes

Arrangements, orchestration and music supervision by Gunter Schuller
Recorded at RCA Studio A, New York, October 1975

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Comments and Reviews
 
Gill Sans SUBS ●
1st Jul 2017
 Scot Joplin regarded his opera as the crowning achievement of his career, but the cultural Establishment of the time (circa 1910) was not in any state to accept it, so he could not get it performed. The story advocates emancipation and education as the way to freedom, and even has a feminist perspective, having been inspired by his wife Freddie Alexander. By 1976 performer and academic Gunter Schuller was president of the New England Conservatory where he founded The New England Ragtime Ensemble, and artistic director of the Tanglewood Music Center, and was inspired to stage Treemonisha with this very talented cast.

His audience received his production enthusiastically, and when you watch the videos of the show the talents of the performers shines out. The part of the heroine is taken by the magnificent soprano Carmen Balthrop, partnered by a young Willard White as her father Ned. Watch out for the multi-talented Ben Harney as the conjeror Zodetrick as he pirouettes round the stage in his manic portrayal.

A plantation in Arkansas has been liberated and is under the management of Ned who seeks education for himself and his workers. He and his wife Monisha would have liked to have children. They find a baby girl under a tree by their cabin, adopt her and name her after the wife, and the girl grows up as 'Tree Monisha', becoming the first from the plantation to have a formal education. The conjerors feel threatened by her advocacy of rationalism and kidnap her; they have unpleasant plans involving a wasps' nest but all turns out for the best, and Treemonisha is celebrated for her wisdom.

The record notes show that this was recorded in a day, and it appears to have been performed as a dress rehearsal. This video shows a full performance by this cast, conducted by Schuller, and apart from the audience applause is near-identical to the record.

 

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