Béla Fleck With The Nashville Symphony & Brooklyn Rider The Impostor
Release Date: August 13, 2013
Label: Mercury Classics
Banjoist Béla Fleck - winner of 15 Grammy Awards and nominated in more categories than any other artist in Grammy history - is as iconic on his instrument as Vladimir Horowitz or Mstislav Rostropovich were on theirs. Now, like those classical greats, Fleck will be joining the storied roster of Deutsche Grammophon, when he makes his DG/Mercury Classics debut as a composer-performer with The Impostor.
The album showcases Fleck's title concerto for banjo and symphony orchestra, as well as 'Night Flight Over Water' for banjo and string quartet. The banjoist teamed with conductor Giancarlo Guerrero and the Nashville Symphony and genre-bending quartet Brooklyn Rider.