Creation (Branford Marsalis album)

Creation is a classical music album by Branford Marsalis with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, focused on 20th century French classical music. It includes well-known pieces newly arranged for saxophone and orchestra, as well as compositions specifically written for saxophone and orchestra by Darius Milhaud and Jacques Ibert. The album was recorded March 9 – 11, 2000 at the American Academy of Arts and Letters in New York City.

Creation
Studio album by
Branford Marsalis / Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
ReleasedMarch 2001
RecordedMarch 2000
GenreClassical music
Length1:08:36
LabelSony Classical
ProducerThomas Mowrey
Branford Marsalis / Orpheus Chamber Orchestra chronology
Contemporary Jazz
(2000)		 Creation
(2001)		 Footsteps of Our Fathers
(2002)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Creation is Marsalis's second classical album, after the 1986 album Romances for Saxophone.

Reception

The album reached number 2 on the Billboard Top Classical Albums chart.[1]

In his AllMusic review, Richard S. Ginell calls the album a "winner, sumptuously recorded and proof that good things can come from those who wait." He specifically calls out the rendition of Darius Milhaud's La Creation du Monde for praise, calling the performance "well-paced, very polished and urbane, yet sufficiently raucous -- if not ideally swinging -- in the jazzy stretches."[1] Tim Smith, writing for The Baltimore Sun, calls the performance "sometimes sexy" and "thoroughly winning."[2] In PopMatters, Ben Varkentine says the album is "a beautiful and rewarding work, perhaps nowhere more so than on Darius Milhaud's Scaramouche, a suite for Saxophone and Orchestra."[3] Hilarie Grey, writing in JazzTimes, says the recording contains "intimate, sacred moments to vivid cinematic vistas" and calls the artists "a powerful and absorbing combination."[4]

Track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Gymnopedie" (Erik Satie)2:24
2."'The Little Shepherd' from Children's Corner" (Claude Debussy)2:27
3."Pavane pour une infante defunte" (Maurice Ravel)6:28
4."La création du monde, Op. 81" (Darius Milhaud)17:24
5."'Pie Jesu' from Requiem" (Gabriel Faure)3:34
6."Sorocaba (Sarabandes do Brasil No 1), Op 67" (Darius Milhaud)1:34
Scaramouche, Suite for Saxophone and Orchestra, Op. 165c, Darius Milhaud
No.TitleLength
7."I. Vif"3:14
8."II. Modere"5:31
9."Brazileira"2:35
No.TitleLength
10."Corcovado' (Saudades do Brasil No. 7), Op. 67" (Darius Milhaud)2:01
11."Sumare' (Saudades do Brasil No. 9), Op. 67" (Darius Milhaud)1:54
Concertino da camera for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra, Jacques Ibert
No.TitleLength
12."I. Allegro con moto"4:29
13."II. Larghetto"4:29
14."III. Animato molto"6:19
No.TitleLength
15."Laranjeiras' (Saudades do Brasil No. 11) Op. 67" (Darius Milhaud)1:01
16."'Golliwogg's Cake-Walk' from Children's Corner Suite" (Claude Debussy)3:05

References
  1. Ginell, Richard S. "Creation". AllMusic. Retrieved 2014-12-09.
  2. Smith, Tim (2001-04-05). "Marsalis Creation". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 2014-12-09.
  3. "Branford Marsalis/Orpheus Chamber Orchestra: Creation". PopMatters. 2001-03-01. Retrieved 2014-12-09.
  4. Grey, Hilarie (May 2001). "Branford Marsalis and Orpheus Chamber Orchestra: Creation". JazzTimes. Retrieved 2014-12-09.
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