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Adès Asyla: Chamber and Orchestral Works

~ Thomas Adès (Composer), Sir Simon Rattle (Conductor), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra), Birmingham Contemporary Music Group (Orchestra)
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  • Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group
  • Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle
  • Composer: Thomas Adès
  • Audio CD (7 Jun 1999)
  • SPARS Code: DDD
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: EMI
  • ASIN: B00000K4EN
  • Other Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 100,520 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Song TitleArtist Time Price
Listen  1. Asyla (for Orchestra): ISir Simon Rattle/City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra 5:33£0.69
Listen  2. Asyla (for Orchestra): IISir Simon Rattle/City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra 6:00£0.69
Listen  3. Asyla (for Orchestra): III EcstasioSir Simon Rattle/City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra 6:21£0.69
Listen  4. Asyla (for Orchestra): IVSir Simon Rattle/City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra 4:47£0.69
Listen  5. Concerto Conciso (for Piano and Chamber Ensemble): IThomas Adès/Birmingham Contemporary Music Group 2:39£0.69
Listen  6. Concerto Conciso (for Piano and Chamber Ensemble): II -Thomas Adès/Birmingham Contemporary Music Group 4:54£0.69
Listen  7. Concerto Conciso (for Piano and Chamber Ensemble): [dotted crotchet = 116]Thomas Adès/Birmingham Contemporary Music Group 1:59£0.69
Listen  8. These Premises Are Alarmed (for large orchestra)Thomas Adès/City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra 4:02£0.69
Listen  9. Chamber Symphony Op.2 (for fifteen players): IThomas Adès/Birmingham Contemporary Music Group 5:46£0.69
Listen10. Chamber Symphony Op.2 (for fifteen players): IIThomas Adès/Birmingham Contemporary Music Group 4:24£0.69
Listen11. Chamber Symphony Op.2 (for fifteen players): IIIThomas Adès/Birmingham Contemporary Music Group 1:52£0.69
Listen12. Chamber Symphony Op.2 (for fifteen players): IVThomas Adès/Birmingham Contemporary Music Group 2:18£0.69
Listen13. ...but all shall be well (for orchestra)Thomas Adès/City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra10:28£1.89

On this CD:
  1. Asyla
    Composed by Thomas Adès
    Performed by City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
    Conducted by Simon Rattle

  2. Concerto conciso
    Composed by Thomas Adès
    Performed by Birmingham Contemporary Music Group
    with Thomas Adès

  3. These Premises are Alarmed
    Composed by Thomas Adès
    Performed by City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
    Conducted by Thomas Adès

  4. Chamber Symphony
    Composed by Thomas Adès
    Performed by Birmingham Contemporary Music Group
    Conducted by Thomas Adès

  5. ...but all shall be well
    Composed by Thomas Adès
    Performed by City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
    Conducted by Thomas Adès

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Amazon.co.uk Review

If you need convincing that Thomas Adès's music is worth more than just hype, this disc should do just that. Had it been only a technical exercise, the Chamber Symphony (1990) would still be remarkable for a 19-year-old. In fact its as good as anything Adès has yet done: four movements in one, that play off each other with a relaxed command of some already original material. These Premises are Alarmed, written for the opening of Manchester's Bridgewater Hall, is a slick showpiece for the 1990s; Concerto Conciso, written for Adès to direct from the keyboard, as entertaining to watch as it is to hear. ... but all shall be well combines the already typically Adèsian virtues of tension and anticipation, to the fore in Asyla (1998). This strikingly orchestrated work shows just what Adès can do given his head: the sense of atmosphere in the second part is matched by the febrile excitement of the third, manic only in the mind of the listener. Superb performances that sound as though the players have complete confidence in the music. Play the disc once, and so will you. --Richard Whitehouse

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4 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Adès on top form, 29 Jan 2000
By lee.dunleavy@hertford.ox.ac.uk (Oxford, United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
All of the music on this disc is wonderful in one way or another. I'm not sure that the 'Chamber Symphony' is as telling as the Adams or Schoenberg, and it may well be cast into the Juvenilia box later but all else surrounding it is superb. 'Asyla', winner of many thousands of $, is the cherry on the top. The references to dance music are a little obvious and unnecessary but the other three movements are classic essays in new life through old formats. The best contemporary orchestral disc this year (shared with Carter's 'Clarinet Concerto' and 'Symphonia')...
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8 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Cold and uninviting, 16 Dec 2000
Personally, although his sense of shape and structure is generally economical and his sense of invention is strong, I found Thomas Ades' music to be rather cold and harsh. Andrew Porter's pandering liner notes hail Ades' off-the-wall sense of sound color and instrumentation, but a closer listen reveals the results to be less than the sum of its parts - nothing is really all that interesting. Therefore, there's no humanity in the music, just the edgy shadows of the dark side of contemporary life.

Perhaps Ades' downfall is the hype that his publicity machine has been creating for him. He is being marketed as finally "getting" what "no other contemporary composer" has gotten yet. I think that's a tremendously unfair assessment, neglecting the gifts of the many new voices to be heard if they were only given a chance. Perhaps EMI and other major record labels will understand this and give young composers a way of making themselves heard instead of having to wait around for that big opportunity that may never come.

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3 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Inspirational, 12 Jun 2001
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I found the music of Thomas Ades so exciting and original, that I bought this title as soon as I had heard it. It is definitely listenable, unlike some inpenetrable contemporary music, and its rhythmic and tonal excitement will cater for all tastes. This is a truly great work, and I would recommend it even to those who are not sure whether to buy it.

Ades is on fine form here, and a young talent to watch out for in the future.

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