John Adams: Naive And Sentimental Music, Absolute Jest

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John Adams: Naive and Sentimental Music, Absolute JestOpis:Product Description As part of his final year as Music Director and following a two-season celebration of the Orchestra's 125th anniversary, Peter Oundjian and the RSNO here present their second recording of music by John Adams, with the exceptional participation of the Doric String Quartet. Written for a large orchestra including six percussionists, keyboard sampler, and amplified steel-string guitar, Naive and Sentimental Music is a sweepingly symphonic masterpiece, full of contrasts and clashes. It reflects the dichotomy between 'naive' and 'sentimental' poetry as analysed by Friedrich Schiller in his 1795 essay Uber naive und sentimentalische Dichtung, as well as the 'bipolar' musical life of Esa-Pekka Salonen, the dedicatee of this piece, who conducted the first performance with the Los Angeles Philharmonic in 1999. Absolute Jest is a large-scale scherzo for amplified string quartet and orchestra, heavily inspired by the music of Beethoven, which Adams has always deeply admired. The quartet of soloists, a late addition to the score, emphasises the echoes of Beethoven's music (mainly his string quartets) and facilitates a 'hyperspace rate' of virtuosity, which the Doric String Quartet here perfectly demonstrates.

Review Recording of the Month Performance: 5* / Recording: 5* This recording features outstanding performances of John Adams by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra (RSNO) under Peter Oundjian…Adam's Absolute Jest (2011, revised 2012) for string quartet and orchestra is a marvellous musical marriage, by turns reverent and audacious…a score which is rich in Adam's vast, glittering textures and soaring melodies…The finale, 'Chain to the Rhythm', returns to post-minimalist fidget and builds in menace to a tumultuous and, in this fine performance, perfectly controlled climax, bringing this excellent disc to a dazzling close. --BBC Music Magazine, July 2018How wonderful to have these penetrating second interpretations of two exquisite works, captured in the most sensually luxurious sound. I'd be hard-pressed to name another recent release which affords greater aural pleasure or more significant nourishment, beginning to end. --Gramophone, August'18Autor:Doric String Quartet;Sean Shibe;Royal Scottish National OrchestraNośnik:Audio CDPłyt:Język: Data wydania: 2018Waga: 0.18 gramWysokość: 0.6 cmSzerokość: 5 cmDługość: 5.6 cmUWAGA: Kupując produkt na tej aukcji zgadzasz się na wydłużony termin realizacji wysyłki (10-14 dni roboczych). Podany towar pochodzi z zagranicznego magazynu, stąd wydłużony czas realizacji który podany jest obok.