John Adams: A Portrait
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CD1 (total time 77:20)
01. Short Ride in a Fast Machine, fanfare for orchestra (1986) (arr. Anthony Fiumara) (4:18)
Orkest De Volharding - Juusi Jaatinen
De Doelen, Rotterdam, October 30, 2007
Gnarly Buttons, for clarinet and chamber ensemble (1996)
02. The Perlious Shore (10:32)
03. Hoedown (Mad Cow) (6:10)
04. Put Your Loving Arms Around Me (10:51)
Chamber Symphony (1992)
05. Mongrel Airs (7:08)
06. Aria with Walking Bass (8:07)
07. Roadrunner (6:11)
Schönberg Ensemble - Reinbert de Leeuw
Pierre Woudenberg - clarinet (02-04)
Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, March 10, 2003
08. On the Transmigration of Souls, for orchestra, chorus, children's chorus and pre-recorded soundtrack (2002) 25:01
Rundfunkchor Berlin, Staats- und Domchor Berlin
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin - Yutaka Sado
Philharmonie, Berlin, May 22, 2007 *RESEED*
CD2 (total time 77:58)
Naive and Sentimental Music (1999)
01. Naïve and Sentimental Music (19:09)
02. Mother of the Man (17:19)
03. Chair to the Rhythm (10:44)
Koninklijk Concertgebouw Orkest – Esa-Pekka Salonen
Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, November 12, 1999
Road Movies, for violin & piano (1995)
04. Meditative (4:59)
05. 40 % swing (5:21)
Noah Bendix-Balgley - violin, Christian Chamorel - piano
Pinakothek der Moderne - Ernst von Siemens Auditorium, Munich, November 23, 2006 *RESEED*
Chamber Symphony (1992)
06. Mongrel Airs (7:00)
07. Aria with Walking Bass (7:49)
08. Roadrunner (5:32)
Schönberg Ensemble - Reinbert de Leeuw
Muziekcentrum Vredenburg, Utrecht, November 5, 1995 *RESEED*
CD3 (total time 74:34)
Century Rolls, for piano and orchestra (1996)
01. First Movement (10:59)
02. Manny's Gym (11:13)
03. Hail Bop (7:58)
Doctor Atomic Symphony (2007) (world premiere performance)
04. The Laboratory (15:44)
05. The Bedroom (6:49)
06. Panic (8:20)
07. Trinity (13:27)
Olli Mustonen - piano (01-03)
BBC Symphony Orchestra - John Adams
Royal Albert Hall, London, August 21, 2007 *RESEED*
CD4 (total time 79:54)
01. Slonimsky's Earbox (1996) (13:16)
Residentie Orkest - Etienne Siebens
Anton Philipszaal, Den Haag, January 28, 2005
Road Movies, for violin & piano (1995)
02. Relaxed Groove (5:16)
03. Meditative (5:39)
04. 40 % Swing (5:23)
Marijn Simons - violin, Sepp Grotenhuis - piano
Muziekcentrum De Toonzaal, Den Bosch, November 14, 2008
05. Fearful symmetries (1988) (25:54)
Symfonieorkest Conservatorium Amsterdam - Jurjen Hempel
Haitinkzaal, Conservatorium, Amsterdam, December 13, 2008
Shaker loops (1978, arr. for string orchestra 1983)
06. Shaking and Trembling (8:10)
07. Hymning Slews (5:57)
08. Loops and Verses (6:52)
09. A Final Shaking (3:21)
ASKO/Schönberg Ensemble - Reinbert de Leeuw
Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, January 11, 2005
all titles from various Radio broadcasts, except:
CD1, track 01 & CD4, tracks 02-05 from 192kbps broadcast
CD2, tracks 04-05 from AUD recording (analogue cassette master)
John Adams - composer