Adams: Harmonium - Rachmaninov: The Bells / Fleming, Shaw
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Brand: AdamsEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1996-10-29
Music Label: Telarc
Soundtracks:
- Negative Love
- Because I Could Not Stop For Death
- Wild Nights
- I. Allegro, Ma Non Tanto
- II. Lento - Adagio
- III. Presto
- IV. Lento Lugubre - Allegro - Andante
Music reviews of Adams: Harmonium - Rachmaninov: The Bells / Fleming, Shaw
Music Review: Strange But Enjoyable Mix
Rating: 4 Stars
John Adams's minimalist/maximalist work for chorus and orchestra was first recorded by the San Francisco Chorus and Orchestra about a decade ago on the ECM New Series label. I gave that disk an enthusiastic recommendation when it came out, but I must say that this new Telarc is better in some significant ways--better performance, bigger (although sometimes too diffuse) sound, and with the inclusion of the Rachmaninoff work (the Nonesuch disk contained only the Adams piece, which clocks in at around 35 minutes), more music.
The Adams is an exciting piece of music that I love to play over and over. Why on earth Telarc thought to put Adams on the same CD with Rachmaninoff I have no real idea. Both works are based on texts by American poets (Emily Dickinson on Harmonium, plus a poem by John Donne; Edgar Allen Poe on The Bells), but musically the two pieces do not really seem to belong together, at least to these ears. Still, the disk is well worth the price just for the Adams, and the Rachmaninoff is fun to listen to from time to time.
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- Styles > Classical
- Featured Composers, A-Z > ( A ) > Adams, John
- ( R ) > Rachmaninov, Sergei > All Works by Rachmaninov
- Featured Performers, A-Z > ( A ) > Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
- Historical Periods > Modern, 20th, & 21st Century > General Modern
- Opera & Vocal > General
- Featured Performers, A-Z > C to G > Fleming, Renee
- Vocal Non-Opera > Choruses
- Adams, John - Works by Adams
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