Album artwork for The Decalogue by Sufjan Stevens
Album artwork for The Decalogue by Sufjan Stevens

Oscar- and Grammy-nominated composer, vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Sufjan Stevens will release his acclaimed score for Justin Peck’s ballet The Decalogue October 18 via his own label, AKR. Performed by the pianist Timo Andres, the recording is the first time the score, premiered during the New York City Ballet’s 2017 season, is available to the public.

The Decalogue is the fifth collaboration between NYCB Resident Choreographer Peck and Stevens, following 2012’s Year of the Rabbit, 2014’s Everywhere We Go, 2016’s The Countenance of Kings and most recently, 2019’s Principia. The piece was widely praised upon its premiere; The New York Times lauded the “beauty and charm” of Peck’s choreography as well as Stevens’ “romantically modernist études.”

Brooklyn-based composer-pianist Timo Andres is a Nonesuch Records artist, who has written major works for the Boston Symphony, Carnegie Hall, the Barbican, the Takács Quartet, the Concertgebouw, and elsewhere. He performs regularly with Gabriel Kahane, and has frequently appeared with Philip Glass, Becca Stevens, Nadia Sirota, the Kronos Quartet, John Adams, Ted Hearne, and others. As a pianist, Timo has performed at Lincoln Center, for the New York Philharmonic, the LA Phil, at Wigmore Hall, for San Francisco Performances, and at (le) Poisson Rouge. Upcoming highlights include a curated program for the Cincinnati Symphony (featuring Dance Heginbotham and a performance of Andres’s cello concerto, Upstate Obscura), and a solo piano recital for Carnegie Hall. Previous work with Sufjan Stevens includes the orchestration of “Principia” for Justin Peck and the New York City Ballet.

Track titles:SIDE A

1 I 3:36
2 II 1:40
3 III 1:29

4 IV 3:04

5 V 2:37

SIDE B
6 VI 2:55
7 VII 3:01

8 VIII 3:01

9 IX 2:13

10 X 3:42

Sufjan Stevens

The Decalogue

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Album artwork for The Decalogue by Sufjan Stevens
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180 Gram Vinyl housed in Stoughton Gatefold Sleeve, 40 page songbook, 9x12 art print.

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Sufjan Stevens

The Decalogue

Asthmatic Kitty
Album artwork for The Decalogue by Sufjan Stevens
LP

$19.99

Standard Version.

Black
Released 12/06/2019Catalog Number

AKR135lp

Learn more
Album artwork for The Decalogue by Sufjan Stevens
CD

$14.99

Released 12/06/2019Catalog Number

AKR135cd

Learn more
Album artwork for The Decalogue by Sufjan Stevens
LP +

$49.99

180 Gram Vinyl housed in Stoughton Gatefold Sleeve, 40 page songbook, 9x12 art print.

Black
Includes download code
Released 10/18/2019Catalog Number

AKR135lp-dlx

Learn more

Oscar- and Grammy-nominated composer, vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Sufjan Stevens will release his acclaimed score for Justin Peck’s ballet The Decalogue October 18 via his own label, AKR. Performed by the pianist Timo Andres, the recording is the first time the score, premiered during the New York City Ballet’s 2017 season, is available to the public.

The Decalogue is the fifth collaboration between NYCB Resident Choreographer Peck and Stevens, following 2012’s Year of the Rabbit, 2014’s Everywhere We Go, 2016’s The Countenance of Kings and most recently, 2019’s Principia. The piece was widely praised upon its premiere; The New York Times lauded the “beauty and charm” of Peck’s choreography as well as Stevens’ “romantically modernist études.”

Brooklyn-based composer-pianist Timo Andres is a Nonesuch Records artist, who has written major works for the Boston Symphony, Carnegie Hall, the Barbican, the Takács Quartet, the Concertgebouw, and elsewhere. He performs regularly with Gabriel Kahane, and has frequently appeared with Philip Glass, Becca Stevens, Nadia Sirota, the Kronos Quartet, John Adams, Ted Hearne, and others. As a pianist, Timo has performed at Lincoln Center, for the New York Philharmonic, the LA Phil, at Wigmore Hall, for San Francisco Performances, and at (le) Poisson Rouge. Upcoming highlights include a curated program for the Cincinnati Symphony (featuring Dance Heginbotham and a performance of Andres’s cello concerto, Upstate Obscura), and a solo piano recital for Carnegie Hall. Previous work with Sufjan Stevens includes the orchestration of “Principia” for Justin Peck and the New York City Ballet.

Track titles:SIDE A

1 I 3:36
2 II 1:40
3 III 1:29

4 IV 3:04

5 V 2:37

SIDE B
6 VI 2:55
7 VII 3:01

8 VIII 3:01

9 IX 2:13

10 X 3:42