a r t i s t : John Luther Adams
t i t l e : Red Arc/Blue Veil
d a t e : 2007
l a b e l : cold blue music
g e n r e : Avantgarde
r l s. d a t e : Aug/2009
t r a c k s : 04
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 68,4 MB
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Ecstatic, powerful music for piano(s) and percussion that
combines architectural and multi-tempo/polyrhythmic processes
with the composer's passion for lush surface textures. This
music ties together extremesùshifting color fields and
monochromatic planes; quietly shimmering textures and "noisy"
roars; the wild and the constrained.
"AdamsÆs major works have the appearance of being beyond
style; they transcend the squabbles of contemporary classical
music, the unending arguments over the relative value of
Romantic and modernist languages." ùAlex Ross, The New Yorker
"Adams's music can be superficially described as the
intersection of two diverse influences: Feldman and Cowell . .
. his scores bear the ubiquitous marks of Cowell's
multitempoed rhythmic structures . . . The Feldman influence
manifests itself as a delight in delicately balanced
sonorities used as recurring images . . . " ùKyle Gann,
American Music in the 20th Century
"ThereÆs a sense of vast, open space in John Luther AdamsÆs
music thatÆs without a ready parallel among American
composers." ùMarc Geelhoed, Time Out Chicago
(http://www.coldbluemusic.com/pages/CB0026.html)
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01-Dark Waves [12:30]
02-Among Red Mountains [11:07]
03-Qilyuan [15:38]
04-Red Arc/blue Veil [12:35]
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51:50 min