Name: John Adams
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The inspiration of Stravinsky’s Chant du Rossignol is never far away in this [Slonimsky’s Earbox], and sometimes overt in the harmonic and melodic shapes. There’s more for the orchestra to get... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2022, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Release Date: 2nd Sep 2022
Catalogue No: ALPHA874
Label: Alpha
Length: 54 minutes

International Classical Music Awards

2023

Nominated - Contemporary Music
Opus Klassik Awards

2023

Nominated - Conductor of the Year

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Adams, J: Slonimsky's Earbox

Work length14:26

Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Paavo Järvi

Adams, J: My Father Knew Charles Ives

Work length28:17

Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Paavo Järvi

I. Concord

Track length10:31

II. The Lake

Track length7:26

III. The Mountain

Track length10:20

Adams, J: Tromba Lontana

Work length4:20

Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Paavo Järvi

Adams, J: Lollapalooza

Work length7:21

Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Paavo Järvi

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In this programme, Paavo Järvi and the Tonhalle - Orchester Zürich celebrate one of the most important composers of our time with works from different periods and citing a wide range of references, autobiographical or typically American. John Adams has assimilated numerous musical influences, and his personal style cannot be reduced to one of them: he is neither Minimalist, nor post-Minimalist, nor neo-Romantic. Some of his works can of course be said to belong to one or other of these movements, but he does not consider himself to be the representative of any particular tendency. If he refers to musical tradition in his works, it is always in a critical way and at the same time open to the influences of pop music, rock and jazz.

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December 2022

The inspiration of Stravinsky’s Chant du Rossignol is never far away in this [Slonimsky’s Earbox], and sometimes overt in the harmonic and melodic shapes. There’s more for the orchestra to get its teeth into here, and it ’s a taut performance, with a nicely detailed recording in the excellent Tonhalle acoustic.

July/August 2023

These performances from Paavo Järvi and the Tonhalle Orchestra...are superb: crisp, clean, and punchy when they need to be, lush and smooth when required. The sound quality could not be better.

November 2022

there is plenty to enjoy in these fine performances, the hints of sleaze in ‘The Lake’ (excellent wah-wah trumpets) and nicely captured sepia tone in particular.

17th September 2022

This short compendium is an ideal starting point for any listener wanting to sample this prolific composer’s rich orchestral vocabulary.

John Adams

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