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Guide to Strange Places is a marvelous, 20-minute-plus tone poem that might be thought of as a modern-day equivalent to Sibelius’ En Saga: it’s full
Nonesuch’s 1987 recording of this opera, produced when the work was new, was revelatory. Though clearly a piece of mimimalism, it did not rely only
This marks the third commercial recording of John Adams’ Harmonielehre–quite remarkable for a classical piece composed as recently as 1985 (Górecki’s popular Symphony No. 3
Jennifer Higdon’s String Poetic is a major work–substantial (20-plus minutes), significant (conceptually and technically), and successful. In other words, this is a composition of, by,
John Adams’ piano and chamber music occupies a relatively small yet by no means inconsequential portion of his compositional output. The works follow the progress
Because John Adams’ small yet substantial solo and duo piano output, succinctly described by my colleague Victor Carr Jr (type Q8917 in Search Reviews), has
John Adams extended his string of operas based on recent historical events with this hybrid stage work. Unlike in Nixon in China and The Death
This is an enticing program, particularly for the two Franz Waxman items, which will have fans of the composer delighted. The great film composer’s arrangement
Marin Alsop and her Bournemouth players do themselves proud on this excellently played and brightly recorded disc of Adams chestnuts. Short Ride in a Fast
John Adams’ 25-minute On the Transmigration of Souls was commissioned by the New York Philharmonic to mark the first anniversary of September 11, 2001. While
