Adams: Harmonielehre
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra & David Robertson
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Harmonielehre: I. [Untitled] | David Robertson & Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra | 17:21 | Work Only | View In iTunes |
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Harmonielehre: II. The Anfortas Wound | David Robertson & Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra | 11:14 | Work Only | View In iTunes |
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Harmonielehre: III. Meister Eckhardt and Quackie | David Robertson & Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra | 11:59 | Work Only | View In iTunes |
| BookletDigital Booklet - Live From Powell Symphony Hall - John Adams: Harmonielehre | Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra & David Robertson | -- | Work Only | View In iTunes |
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Customer Reviews
Fantastic live recording
David Robertson's account of Adam's incredible Harmonielehre captures the driving pulse of this beautiful modern masterpiece. From bar 1 of part 1, his tempos distinguish this recording from Rattle's and de Waart's. Robertson is a great champion of modern music without him many of these modern gems would not see the light of day, let alone be recorded--thank you Maestro Robertson and the SLSO! Please ignore the previous two reviewers squabbling about a few bucks; this a great recording worth every penny.
Modern Masterpiece - Exciting Recording
Adams' Harmonielehre is a modern masterpiece of orchestral music, tremendously exciting, powerful, moving and totally accessible for the faint-hearted. This live performance from David Robertson and the St. Louis Symphony is top-notch. My personal favorite recording of this work is the original with the San Francisco Symphony under Edo de Waart, that performance is tremendously intense, with the nervous edge of a group of musicians being challenged by a piece and succeeding. Orchestras are far more familiar with this work now, and play it with greater aplomb, which shows on this recording. There's a little lack of focus in the first few bars, but the band picks up powerful momentum and carries it all the way through. A better, more satisfying performance than the Rattle recording, with the exciting edge of being live.
full price for half an album?
The music is fine, if you like Adams' work. The issue I have is this recent trend for record labels to offer full-priced albums with only forty or fity minutes worth of music on it. There needs to be a perceived value or folks won't be as apt to purchase. The running time of this ten-dollar album is just a bit over forty minutes. Surely, this should be worth about six or seven bucks, you think?
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