John Adams: The Dharma at Big Sur/My Father Knew Charles Ives
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Composer: John AdamsConductor: John Adams
Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra
Performer: Bill Houghton
Performer: Tracy Silverman
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2006-09-26
Music Label: Nonesuch
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- The Dharma At Big Sur: II. Sri Moonshine
- My Father Knew Charles Ives: I. Concord
- My Father Knew Charles Ives: II. The Lake
- My Father Knew Charles Ives: III. The Mountain
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Free Music Review: Westcoast hijinks
Hit: 2 Stars
This is quite awful. I've never been a fan of any kind of minimalism (and say what you will, Adams is a minimalist through and through), but I respect its appeal to the age. You recognize the mechanical repetition of our world in it, and it's kind of reassuring. But this is just too positive and cheery (pastiche-work eager for influence not withstanding). Certain works by Reich, say, seem far superior, offering musical substance without the treacle). One other note: Nonesuch has never been generous with minutes for your money, but this is quite absurd! Two cds for, what, 50 minutes worth? TWO? What a waste!
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This is a splendid addition to the Adams discography, one that follows him from New England to California. Dharma at Big Sur is a concerto for electric violin. It begins by evoking the West's sun and easy living, but this is more than a musical piece of nature-painting. It rambles ambiently for a while before landing in an Indian raga, jazzy mode and ends with a type of heavenly good-naturedness. The electric violin is played by Tracy Silverman; a sixth string allows for the sonorous tones of the cello. The other work, presented on a second CD (so as to avoid culture shock?) is My Father knew Charles Ives, which, while apparently untrue, lets us know that Ives's New England sound and his wacky one-on-top-of-the-other methods will be found here, and, indeed, they are. It pays homage to some of Ives's music (the trumpet from his "The Unanswered Question" is clear here), but more than that, in its various sections ("The Lake;" "The Mountain") it evokes the nature of New England as picturesquely as Ives does, and parallels Adams's California in Dharma A pair of fascinating works, at times a bit thorny, but well worth it. --Robert LevineFeaturing two highly-acclaimed commissioned orchestral works, The Dharma At Big Sur and My Father Knew Charles Ives, performed by the BBC Sumphony with Adams himself conducting. While panoramic in scope, these multi-part pieces are also deeply personal in nature. Described as "autobiographical sound memories" by the BBC, they evoke the well-traveled American composer's east coast/west coast life and wide-ranging musical education.
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