Browse: Hi Res Download, Adams, J (composer)
Return to Hi Res Download.
Adams, J: Doctor Atomic
Recommended
Gerald Finley (Robert Oppenheimer), Julia Bullock (Kitty Oppenheimer), Brindley Sherratt (Edward Teller), Samuel Sakker (James Nolan), Andrew Staples (Robert Wilson), Jennifer Johnston (Pasqualita)
BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Orchestra, John Adams
Finley ‘owns’ the characterisation of J Robert Oppenheimer…and Julia Bullock’s Kitty [is] the most ardent possible. All else is compelling on every level, with superb British support from Brindley... — More…
Awards:
2 CDs
$19.25
In stock
Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3?
Offer, John Adams: Naive and Sentimental Music & Absolute Jest
Doric String Quartet, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Peter Oundjian
The RSNO’s playing captures all the delicacy, grandeur and zing of Adams’s complex score, while the Doric String Quartet brings sumptuous sweetness and laser-like clarity to its solo part…There... — More…
Awards:
Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3?
Adams, J: Violin Concerto
Leila Josefowicz (violin)
St. Louis Symphony, David Robertson
The resultant work is expansively beautiful and this fine recording from Leila Josefowicz and the St Louis Symphony Orchestra captures both the energy and lyricism of Adams’s dazzling score.... — More…
Awards:
CD
$14.50
In stock
Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3?
Adams, J: The Gospel According To The Other Mary
Recommended
Kelley O'Connor (Mary), Tamara Mumford (Martha), Russell Thomas (Lazarus), Daniel Bubeck, Nathan Medley, Brian Cummings (countertenors)
Los Angeles Philharmonic & Los Angeles Master Chorale, Gustavo Dudamel
Miracles are violent and terrifying...Kelley O'Connor is an impactful Magdalene - unruly, extravagantly passionate. Contralto Tamara Mumford has mesmerising beauty and depth of tone. Under Gustavo... — More…
Awards:
2 CDs
$16.00
In stock
Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3?
Adams & Harris Violin Concertos
Tamsin Waley-Cohen (violin)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Litton
Waley-Cohen brings magnetic performances and an enthusiast’s passion to this splendid disc…his Violin Concerto duly bubbles with folk melodies, modal harmonies and open-hearted expression, and... — More…
Awards:
CD
$14.50
In stock
Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3?
John Adams: Absolute Jest
Recommended
Orli Shaham (piano) & Marc-André Hamelin (piano)
Synergy Vocals, San Francisco Symphony & St. Lawrence String Quartet, Michael Tilson Thomas & John Adams
Here is wit, rough passion, gravity and playfulness...the dialogue between the St Lawrence String Quartet and the San Francisco Orchestra is brilliantly cogent and clear. Absolute Jest is a bravura... — More…
Awards:
Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3?
Offer, Visions: Christina & Michelle Naughton
Christina Naughton (piano) & Michelle Naughton (piano)
Just about everything comes together in this recording [of Messiaen’s 'Visions de l’Amen']...The Naughton twins don’t take the opening movement’s très lent directive at face value...but they... — More…
Awards:
CD
($14.50) $9.00
In stock
Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3?
John Adams: City Noir
Recommended
Timothy McAllister (saxophone)
St. Louis Symphony, David Robertson
Awards:
CD
$14.50
In stock
Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3?
Adams: Harmonielehre & Short Ride in a Fast Machine
Recommended
San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas
More than in previous recordings, Michael Tilson Thomas's superbly paced approach conveys the music's sense of vast surrounding spaces, and the momentum of the biggest passages is the more thrilling... — More…
Awards:
Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3?
Music for a Time of War
Jeffrey Work (trumpet), Sanford Sylvan (baritone), Jun Iawsaki (violin)
Oregon Symphony, Carlos Kalmar
Music for a Time of War is a compelling and inspired example of intelligent programme planning, and it’s extremely well played by the Oregon Symphony conducted by Carlos Kalmar… The live recorded... — More…