artist : John Adams
title : Naive And Sentimental Music
label : Nonesuch
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genre : Classical
street date : 2002-00-00
tracks : 3
bitrate : 186 kbps avg. 44.1/Joint Stereo
size : 59.11 mb
source : CD
type : Retail
url : http://www.nonesuch.com
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John AdamsÆs Naive and Sentimental Music, an orchestral work of nearly 50
minutes, is his most ambitious symphonic work to date. Premiered and
recorded by the Los Angeles Philharmonic under the direction of Esa-Pekka
Salonen, to whom the piece is dedicated, the work has subsequently been
performed to great critical acclaim in New York, Chicago, Boston, and
Cleveland, and throughout Europe.
Taking its title from the German poet Friedrich Schiller, Adams's Naive
and Sentimental Music has been called ôultimately personal, intimate à an
epic in which individual stories peek through the onrush of historyö (Los
Angeles Times) and ôa maximal tour de force that proves how far [Adams]
has moved from his minimalist rootsö (Chicago Tribune). The piece also
takes its lead from the Schiller work, which examines the relationship
between two different artistic personalities, one that creates in an
un-self-conscious way, and one that tends to analyze itself as it creates.
Adams has articulated his attempt to let the former aspect of his own
nature ôplay freelyö in this new work.
Following on the heels of a three-day, eight-concert retrospective of
AdamsÆs music at the BBC Festival in London earlier in 2002, which
showcased nearly all of his most significant works, Naive and Sentimental
Music came at a time of an unprecedented degree of recognition for the
composer both in the US and Europe.
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01 Naive And Sentimental Music 18:12
02 Mother Of The Man 15:08
03 Chain To The Rhythm 10:59
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