New Release from New York Philharmonic, Jaap van Zweden "David Lang: prisoner of the state" On Decca Gold [With Eric Owens as The Jailer]

Eric Owens

(Credit Dario Acosta, IMG Artists)

New York Philharmonic / 

Jaap van Zweden 

David Lang: 

prisoner of the state

 RELEASE 26 JUNE 2020

Called “a dark, seething and engrossing work” and “a high point of Mr. van Zweden’s first season as music director” by The New York Times, the world premiere of David Lang’s opera prisoner of the state concluded Music of Conscience, the New York Philharmonic’s 2019 exploration of the ways in which composers have used music to respond to the social and political issues of their times. Continuing its partnership with the New York Philharmonic, Decca Gold releases the world premiere recording.

Performed by:

NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC

JAAP VAN ZWEDEN, Conductor

JULIE MATHEVET, The Assistant

ERIC OWENS, The Jailer

ALAN OKE, The Governor

JARRETT OTT, The Prisoner

MATTHEW PEARCE, JOHN MATTHEW MYERS, STEVEN EDDY, RAFAEL PORTO, Guards

MEN OF THE CONCERT CHORALE OF NEW YORK, Chorus of Prisoners

DONALD NALLY, Chorus Master

Recorded at David Geffen Hall,

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts,

New York City, 1/24–26, 2019