John Adams - Shaker Loops - Alsop

John Adams (1947)
Short Ride in a Fast Machine
The Wound Dresser*

Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924)
Berceuse élégiaque (arr.Adams)

John Adams (1947)
Shaker Loops

Nathan Gunn, baritone*
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop

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Reich, Adam - Edo de Waart - Shaker Loops, Variations...

Steve Reich (1936)
Variations for Winds, Strings and Keyboards

John Adams (1947)
Shaker Loops

San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
Edo de Waart, conductor

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Shifting Landscapes - John Adams / Lepo Sumera

John Adams (1947)
Fearful Symmetries, for orchestra

Lepo Sumera (1950-2000)
Symphony No. 2

John Adams (1947)
The Chairman Dances, foxtrot for orchestra

Symphony Orchestra of Norrlands Opera
Kristjan Järvi, conductor

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New World Jazz

John Adams (1947)
Lollapalooza, for orchestra

George Gershwin (1898-1937)
Rhapsody in Blue, for piano & orchestra (orchestrated by F. Grofé)

Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990)
Prelude, Fugue & Riffs, for clarinet & jazz ensemble

Darius Milhaud (1892-1974)
La création du monde, ballet for orchestra, Op. 81

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
Ebony Concerto, for clarinet & jazz band

Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)
Rag Time, for orchestra (or piano 4 hands), Op. 20

George Antheil (1900-1959)
A Jazz Symphony, for piano & jazz orchestra (original version), W. 157a

David Raskin (1912-2004)
The Bad and the Beautiful, film score theme

New World Symphony
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

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John Adams - Nagano - The Death of Klinghoffer

John Adams (1947)
The Death of Klinghoffer, opera

Lyon Opera Orchestra
Kent Nagano, conductor

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John Adams - El Nino

John Adams (1947)
El Niño, a Nativity Oratorio

Berlin German Symphony Orchestra
Kent Nagano, conductor

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CD 01 / CD 02

John Adams - Violin concerto

John Adams (1947)
Violin concerto
Gidon Kremer, violin
London Symphony Orchestra
Kent Nagano, conductor
Shaker Loops, for 7 strings or string orchestra
Orchestra of St. Luke's
John Adams, conductor

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John Adams - Naive and Sentimental Music

John Adams (1947)
Naive and Sentimental Music
Mother of the Man
Chain to the Rhythm

Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

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John Adams - Harmonielehre

John Adams (1947)
Harmonielehre
The Chairman Dances
Tromba Lontana
Short Ride in a Fast Machine

Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Simon Rattle, conductor

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John Adams - Chamber Symphony - Grand Pianola Music

John Adams (1947)
Chamber Symphony
Grand Pianola Music

London Sinfonietta
John Adams, conductor

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John Adams - El Dorado

John Adams (1947)
El Dorado, for orchestra
Halle Orchestra
Kent Nagano, conductor
Berceuse élégiaque, arrangement for small orchestra of Busoni original
The Black Gondola, orchestration of Liszt's "La lugubre gondola" (S 200)
London Sinfonietta
John Adams, conductor

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Adams - Edo de Waart - The Chairman Dances

John Adams (1947)
The Chairman Dances (foxtrot for orchestra)
Christian Zeal and Activity
Two Fanfares for Orchestra: Tromba Lontana
Two Fanfares for Orchestra: Short Ride in a Fast Machine
Common Tones in Simple Time

San Francisco Symphony
Edo de Waart, conductor

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Adams - Century Rolls

John Adams (1947)
Century Rolls, for piano & orchestra
Emanuel Ax, piano
Cleveland Orchestra
Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor
Lollapalooza, for orchestra
Slonimsky's Earbox, for orchestra
Halle Orchestra
Kent Nagano, conductor

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Adams - Maazel - On the Transmigration of Souls

John Adams (1947)
On the Transmigration of Souls

New York Philharmonic
Lorin Maazel, conductor

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Harmonium and The Bells

John Adams (1947)
Harmonium

Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
The Bells

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
Robert Shaw, conductor

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John Adams: Harmonium

John Adams (1947)
Harmonium

San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
Edo de Waart, conductor

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