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Adams, J - Short Ride in a Fast Machine

Genre: Orchestral
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  • The John Adams Edition

    The John Adams Edition

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    Berliner Philharmoniker, Rundfunkchor Berlin, John Adams, Alan Gilbert, Gustavo Dudamel, Kirill Petrenko, Sir Simon Rattle

    Both [Harmonielehre and The Gospel According to the Other Mary] benefit from the full palette of the Berlin Philharmonic, from powerful lower brass to exquisite wind solos and sensuous strings;... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2018, 5 out of 5 starsMore…
    • Release Date: 10th Nov 2017
    • Catalogue No: BPHR170141
    • Label: Berliner Philharmoniker
    • Length: 4 hours 57 minutes

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    4 CDs + 2 Blu-ray Videos

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  • John Adams - Shaker Loops

    John Adams - Shaker Loops

    Nathan Gunn (baritone)

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop

    A near-perfect Adams Primer containing his tender and powerful meditation, to words by Walt Whitman, on the subject of those lost to AIDS.
    Touchingly performed by Nathan Gunn.     — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010More…
    • Release Date: 4th Oct 2004
    • Catalogue No: 8559031
    • Label: Naxos
    • Series: American Classics
    • Length: 58 minutes

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  • John Adams: Harmonielehre

    John Adams: Harmonielehre

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Peter Oundjian

    the RSNO under Peter Oundjian manage very effectively to project this single sweep of sound from beginning to end. Brass and percussion stand out for all the right reasons...but it's really... — Gramophone Magazine, February 2014More…
    • Release Date: 4th Nov 2013
    • Catalogue No: CHSA5129
    • Label: Chandos
    • Length: 70 minutes

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    Format: Hybrid Multi-channel

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  • The John Adams Album

    The John Adams Album

    Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Kent Nagano

    A longtime Adams champion, Nagano shapes and sustains the floating, constantly mutating textures of Common Tones in Simple Time…Nagano shows equal skill in maintaining those long, keening lyrical... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2019, 3 out of 5 starsMore…
    • Release Date: 13th Sep 2019
    • Catalogue No: 4834938
    • Label: Decca
    • Length: 67 minutes

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  • My First Classical Music Album

    My First Classical Music Album

    Josef Bogacz (violin), Takako Nishizaki (violin), Dong-Suk Kang (violin), Pascal Devoyon (piano), Jenö Jandó (piano), Jurgen Schuster (trumpet), Idil Biret (piano), Francois-Joel Thiollier (piano), Georg Tichy (baritone)

    Zagreb Festival Orchestra, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Cappella Istropolitana,...

    • Release Date: 31st Oct 2011
    • Catalogue No: 8578203
    • Label: Naxos
    • Series: My First
    • Length: 91 minutes

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  • John Adams: The Chairman Dances

    John Adams: The Chairman Dances

    San Francisco Symphony, Edo de Waart

    • Catalogue No: 7559791442
    • Label: Nonesuch
    • Length: 51 minutes

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  • Essential American Classics

    Special offer. Essential American Classics

    Leonard Pennario (vocals, piano), Salli Terri, Merle Travis (vocals), Thomas Hampson (bass-baritone), Jay Ungar (director, mandolin), David Alpher (piano), Molly Mason (guitar), Dame Moura Lympany (piano), Timothy Foley (vocals), The Great American Main Street Band (vocals), Joshua Rifkin (vocals),...

    • Release Date: 5th Jun 2012
    • Catalogue No: 3278512
    • Label: Warner Classics
    • Series: Essential
    • Length: 2 hours 33 minutes

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  • Simon Rattle - Americana

    Special offer. Simon Rattle - Americana

    Peter Donohoe (piano), Michael Collins (clarinet)

    Simon Rattle

    • Release Date: 2nd Feb 2004
    • Catalogue No: 5576912
    • Label: Warner Classics
    • Length: 80 minutes

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  • Adams, J: Short Ride in a Fast Machine, etc.

    Adams, J: Short Ride in a Fast Machine, etc.

    Ellen Corver, Sepp Grotenhuis (pianos), David Lang (narrator), Hendrik Jan Renes (tuba)

    Netherlands Wind Ensemble, Stephen Mosko

    • Release Date: 1st Sep 2001
    • Catalogue No: CHAN9363
    • Label: Chandos
    • Length: 75 minutes

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  • The John Adams Edition, Vol. 1: Harmonielehre, Short Ride in a Fast Machine & City Noir

    The John Adams Edition, Vol. 1: Harmonielehre, Short Ride in a Fast Machine & City Noir

    Berliner Philharmoniker, John Adams, Alan Gilbert, Gustavo Dudamel

    • Release Date: 10th Nov 2017
    • Catalogue No: 1509970794907
    • Label: Berliner Philharmoniker
    • Length: 80 minutes

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