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Special offer. John Adams: Portrait
Louise Bessette (piano)
La Pietà, Angèle Dubeau
Angele Dubeau and the Canadian ensemble La Pieta bring affection, precision, and a programme that makes a persuasive narrative from these three works which had yet to feature on one disc...In...
Special offer. John Adams: Portrait
Louise Bessette (piano)
La Pietà, Angèle Dubeau
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Angele Dubeau and the Canadian ensemble La Pieta bring affection, precision, and a programme that makes a persuasive narrative from these three works which had yet to feature on one disc...In...
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After devoting two critically acclaimed recordings of ‘Portraits’ to Glass and Pärt, Dubeau & La Pietà is now paying homage to the music of John Adams.
To shed light on the composer's multiple facets, the works cover several decades of composition and were written for different ensembles. Works include Shaker Loops and Road Movies.
Contents and tracklist
Adams, J:
John’s Book of Alleged Dances, for String Quartet / Ständchen: The Little Serenade
Work length5:01
Awards and reviews
July 2011
Angele Dubeau and the Canadian ensemble La Pieta bring affection, precision, and a programme that makes a persuasive narrative from these three works which had yet to feature on one disc...In Shaker Loops the tone is of watchful expectation, prayerful simplicity and vibrant grace. La Pieta colours Adams's filament of sound delicately
July 2011
Shaker Loops, top notch. La Pieta's unstoppable rhythmic impetus is just what's needed to shake Adams's obstinate, tremulous melodic loops into being...there's absolute understanding between performer and composer as the performance motors towards its violently intense climax.
