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Track Listings
| 1. Adagio for strings (Samuel Barber) |
| 2. In a landscape (John Cage) |
| 3. Ogive Number 1 (Erik Satie) |
| 4. Cavalleria Rusticana (Pietro Mascagri) |
| 5. Pavane pour une infante defunte (Maurice Ravel) |
| 6. L'Inverno (Antonio Vivaldi) |
| 7. Triple Concerto (Ludwig Van Beethoven) |
| 8. Xerxes (George Frideric Handel) |
| 9. Piece in the old style 1 (Henryk Gorecki) |
| 10. Piece in the old style 3 (Henryk Gorecki) |
| 11. Opus 132 (Ludwig Van Beethoven) |
On this CD:
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Adagio for Strings
Composed by Samuel Barber
with William Orbit
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In a Landscape
Composed by John Cage
with William Orbit
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Cavalleria rusticana
Composed by Pietro Mascagni
with William Orbit
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Pavane pour une infante défunte
Composed by Maurice Ravel
with William Orbit
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Three Pieces in Old Style
Composed by Henryk Górecki
with William Orbit
Product Description
Amazon.co.uk Review
Wiliam Orbit 's "Pieces in a Modern Style is an ambient album that rejigs 11 works by classical composers in a particularly tacky fashion. Even though Orbit has proved his mettle as an innovative and exciting producer for others--Blur's 13 and Madonna's Ray of Light--this is an ungainly meeting of the sublime and the absurd that, frankly, doesn't work. Samuel Barber's "Adagio for Strings", Ludwig Van Beethoven's "Triple Concerto", Henryk Gorecki's "Piece In the Old Style 1" and Antonio Vivaldi "L'Inverno" are four of the pieces that unfortunately meet their maker in a crude pile up of flat, belching synths and wallpaper flourishes. If he had combined live instrumentation with a playful reverence for the arcane glories of the past--perhaps he could have managed to make reality out of that most elusive of notions: experimental music that actually sells. However, Orbit fails to do anything more than resemble a second rate Vangelis. --Maxine Kabuubi
CD Description
Though producer/writer/arranger William Orbit had already amassed an impressive body of work under a litany of monikers, PIECES IN A MODERN STYLE was the first album to be released under his full name. Though Orbit is known as a trendsetter and pioneer of the ambient-house genre, he decided to go adifferent route for this solo debut, an album of classical songs, all of which are given an ambient lilt. The 11 classic compositions include works by Handel ("Xerxes"), Vivaldi ("L'Inverno"), and Beethoven ("Opus 132"). What drew Orbit tothese pieces was the timeless strength of their melodies, afact that helps make PIECES IN A MODERN STYLE such a seamless--and exciting--meeting of the old and the new.
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