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The Heroes Symphony: the Music of David Bowie/Brian Eno

~ Philip Glass
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  • Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
  • Conductor: Marin Alsop
  • Composer: Philip Glass
  • Audio CD (2 April 2007)
  • SPARS Code: DDD
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Naxos
  • ASIN: B000L42JAY
  • Other Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 70,890 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Song Title Time Price
Listen  1. The Light23:51Album Only
Listen  2. Symphony No. 4, "Heroes": I. Heroes 7:18£0.69
Listen  3. Symphony No. 4, "Heroes": II. Abdulmajid 9:17Album Only
Listen  4. Symphony No. 4, "Heroes": III. Sense of Doubt 7:57£0.69
Listen  5. Symphony No. 4, "Heroes": IV. Sons of the Silent Age 7:34£0.69
Listen  6. Symphony No. 4, "Heroes": V. Neukoln 6:49£0.69
Listen  7. Symphony No. 4, "Heroes": VI. V2 Schneider 7:19£0.69

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3.0 out of 5 stars a classic missed opportunity, 25 Oct 2007
By Bernard Davis "Bernard Davis" (Birmingham, England) - See all my reviews
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Philip Glass composed 'The Light' to commemorate the Michelson-Morley experiment confirming the uniform speed of light. It is one of his early neo classical works, written in the same year as his Violin Concerto: 1987, but it is not in the same league. Its all very pleasant in a light classical kind of way and the composer plays with his limited amount of material in a reasonably inventive manner that keeps the work moving for about 16 minutes. The problem is that leaves 8 minutes of needless repetition after that. Fans of Glass may think that I haven't got the point. But I have. In the Violin Concerto the endlessly repeated figures build into something, but here they just keep on going and eventually become wearing.

So to the Heroes Symphony (1996), designed as a six movement Symphony and ballet piece. David Bowie's `Heroes' album (1977)is a considerable achievement. It is at its most exciting in the glorious collisions of rock and dance on tracks like `Beauty and the Beast', `Joe the Lion' and `Blackout'. These tracks are bursting with possibilities for adventurous reinterpretation by a cutting edge composer, especially one creating a dance work. But Glass turns his back on the most adventurous tracks on the album and chooses mainly the simpler more electronically based ones to interpret in what is a pretty insipid style. If anything shouts from the music here it is `Missed Opportunity!!!'

Harsh words? I think not. First movement `Heroes' is the strongest thing here, serving as a march like introduction to the Symphony. 'Abdulmajid' is half off-the-peg middle eastern tune, half James Bond ratchetting-up-the-tension sequence. 'Sense Of Doubt' descends into outright farce when it begins with the type of series of ominous descending chords that usually herald the entrance of The Baddie in a pantomime. In general the symphony is 46 minutes of inoffensive bland music, as if Glass has taken the Heroes album and stuck it in the washing machine on the `Heavy Soil' programme until anything tense, troubling or messy has been eliminated to reveal the shining white cloth he presents us with here. The thing is - it was the very things he has washed out that made the music interesting in the first place.

As usual The Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Marin Alsop do a magnificent job with the material they have been given, but they can't improve the music. However they may be the reason I am giving this three rather than two stars.
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Elevator Music, 16 Mar 2008
By Mr. Mark A. Meldon (Somerset UK) - See all my reviews
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Having bought Bowie's orignal album pretty much when it came out, and having different tastes nowadays, I picked this CD up on a whim recently.

Although beautifully played and sounding great, the music is terribly dull, I'm sad to report. As the other reviewer quite righly says, why didn't Glass orchestrate the 3 best tracks on Bowie's album?

I quite like some of Glass' other stuff, but not this. Best to pass, I think!
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