Composer: John Adams
Orchestra: Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich
Conductor: Paavo Järvi
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Alpha
Catalogue: ALPHA874
Release: 2022
Size: 991 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Slonimsky’s Earbox
02. Tromba Lontana
03. Lollapalooza
My Father Knew Charles Ives
04. I. Concord
05. II. The Lake
06. III. The Mountain
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.