John Adams
Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Paavo Järvi
Awards:
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Contemporary Music
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Conductor of the Year
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...
John Adams
Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Paavo Järvi
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Awards:
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Contemporary Music
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Conductor of the Year
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...
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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.
Contents and tracklist
Awards and reviews
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International Classical Music Awards2023Nominated - Contemporary Music
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Opus Klassik Awards2023Nominated - Conductor of the Year
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.
