Rorem: Lions (A Dream), for jazz quartet and orchestra. Ned Rorem himself has said of Lions that it 'opens into a room of adolescence where I discovered music, the sounds of my time - recorded screams of Varèse and Milhaud, tangos of Ravel and Stravinsky, blues of Mildred Bailey and Billie Holiday'.
With Branford Marsalis Quartet.
Classics Today, outstanding: 'Splendid'; Gramophone: Editor's Choice: 'A terrific calling-card from an orchestra only now perhaps truly earning the reputation it deserves'; Music Web International: Recording of the Month.