Still & Bonds - Symphonies & Variations
Philadelphia Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2025, Editor's Choice
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Grammy Awards, 68th Awards (2026), Nominated - Best Orchestral Performance
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025
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The Times, Best Classical Albums of 2025
The Philadelphia Orchestra play this music with sensitivity and sumptuousness under Yannick Nézet-Séguin...this shoots straight to the top of my list of this year's best albums.
Still & Bonds - Symphonies & Variations
Philadelphia Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin
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Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2025, Editor's Choice
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Grammy Awards, 68th Awards (2026), Nominated - Best Orchestral Performance
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025
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The Times, Best Classical Albums of 2025
The Philadelphia Orchestra play this music with sensitivity and sumptuousness under Yannick Nézet-Séguin...this shoots straight to the top of my list of this year's best albums.
About
Featuring William Grant Still’s sweeping Symphonies Nos. 2 and 4 & Margaret Bonds’ deeply moving Montgomery Variations, experience the vibrant spirit and profound resilience of American music in this powerful new digital release from Yannick Nézet-Séguin and The Philadelphia Orchestra.
Featuring music by these two composers side by side shines a light on two visionary Black composers whose voices speak urgently to both past and present. This recording is a testament to the orchestra’s commitment to musical justice and emotional truth, brought vividly to life under Nézet-Séguin’s dynamic leadership.
Contents and tracklist
- Philadelphia Orchestra
- Yannick Nézet-Séguin
- Recorded: 2023-10-08
- Recording Venue: Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, Philadelphia
- Philadelphia Orchestra
- Yannick Nézet-Séguin
- Recorded: 2025-01-18
- Recording Venue: Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, Philadelphia
- Philadelphia Orchestra
- Yannick Nézet-Séguin
- Recorded: 2025-01-18
- Recording Venue: Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, Philadelphia
Awards and reviews
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Gramophone MagazineAwards Issue 2025Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the YearFinalist 2025
-
The TimesBest Classical Albums of 2025
Awards Issue 2025
The Philadelphia Orchestra play this music with sensitivity and sumptuousness under Yannick Nézet-Séguin...this shoots straight to the top of my list of this year's best albums.
16th December 2025
It’s impossible not to be swept up by the luscious playing of the Philadelphia Orchestra, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin, in this gorgeous album of two underrated 20th-century African-American composers.
