City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, Thomas Ades - Thomas Ad?s: America: A Prophecy
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Artist: City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, Thomas AdesEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2004-02-24
Music Label: EMI Classics
Soundtracks:
- Part I - City Of Birmingham Symphony Chorus
- Part II - City Of Birmingham Symphony Chorus
- The Fayrfax - Hugh Webb
- Movement I - Christopher Bowers-Broadbent
- Movement II - Christopher Bowers-Broadbent
- January Writ - Christopher Bowers-Broadbent
- Oh Thou, Who Didst With Pitfall And With Gin, Op.3a - Hugh Webb
- Iam Nocet Frigus Teneris - Robin Blaze
- Nec Limpha Caret Alveus - Robin Blaze
- Modo Frigescit Quidquid Est - Robin Blaze
- Nutritur Ignis Osculo - Robin Blaze
- Life Story, Op.8 - Claron McFadden
- Cardiac Arrest - Thomas Ades
- Les Baricades Misterieuses - Thomas Ades
- Brahms, Op.21 - Christopher Maltman
Free Music Notes for Thomas Ad?s: America: A Prophecy
Free Music Review: More than hype
Hit: 5 Stars
Again, I have to echo Mr. Hamilton's fine and accurate review. I would just like to add that I was largely unaware of any hype about Ades before I was exposed to his music. As a matter of fact, I was somewhat negatively predisposed to him due to reading something critical about him. I must say I was unprepared for the impact his music had on me, Beyond his technique which itself, is extraordinary, lies a brilliant, fecund imagination that seems to have absorbed just about everything in Classical music that had preceded him while delivering that synthesis of technique and ideas in an utterly original manner. His command of the resources of tonality and "atonality" is astonishing, always acutely aware of the play of tonality or it's lack upon the listener, which is more than I can say about a depressing percentage of contemporary composers. There is a deep tonal logic to his music and the listener is well rewarded by following the thread of his musical argument, surreal as it is many time.For me, some highlights included the title piece which is as powerful as it is chilling, with or without the unintended 9-11 link. The songs are exquisitely wrought with the polytonal clouds of piano notes surround the arch melodies always sounding curiously inevitable. The man is demonstrably a genius IMO, and this music bears witness to that, Sometimes, by accident the hype is accurate.
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