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John Adams: The Dharma at Big Sur

~ John [Composer] Adams (Composer), John Adams (Conductor), BBC Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra), Bill Houghton (Trumpet), Tracy Silverman (Violin)

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Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: John Adams
Composer: John [Composer] Adams
Audio CD (23 Oct 2006)
SPARS Code: DDD
Number of Discs: 2
Label: Nonesuch
ASIN: B000HRMDT2
Other Editions: MP3 Download

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1. The Dharma at Big Sur, Part I: A New Day 14:29 Album Only

2. The Dharma at Big Sur, Part II: Sri Moonshine 12:20 Album Only

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4. My Father Knew Charles Ives, II. The Lake 6:40 �0.69

5. My Father Knew Charles Ives, III. The Mountain 10:11 Album Only

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5.0 out of 5 stars Serious works by John Adams, 23 Dec 2006

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Those who know John Adams mainly for his cheerful melodies and humoristic details (think of the funny banjo tunes in "Gnarly Buttons") will be surprised by his more serious side while listening to his latest recording. The Darma at Big Sur (2003) is a reference to Big Sur, a region in the coast of California with high mountains and deep precipices. The piece is an attempt at expressing through music the overwhelming emotion one feels when setting foot for the first time on the west coast of America. This happened to a young Adams himself, when he fled to California from the oppressing musical institution where serial music was very much in the air. A six-string electric violin, played by Tracy Silverman, is the medium. The piece builds up beautifully, starts at a whistling quiet tone with a dazed violin that, as the piece progresses, very gradually finds its own strong voice. My Father Knew Charles Ives (2003) is an hommage to America's first great serious music composer, Charles Ives (died 1954). The piece starts out very dark, with sinister violins and dark trumpet sounds, then transforms into a bombastic march (march music had a great influence on Ives' music) to end at a sombre note. This cd confims that John Adams is probably the greatest composer of our time.

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