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ADAMS, J.: China Gates / Phrygian Gates / GLASS, P.: Orphee Suite (Jalbert)

Composer(s):Adams, John • Glass, Philip
Artist(s) Jalbert, David, piano
Period(s) Contemporary
Genre Classical Music
Category Instrumental
Catalogue ACD22556
Label ATMA Classique
Quality   320kbps
Album Price
 
CD
USD 16.99
 

 
MP3
USD 9.99
 

 

   



Superb Adams and Glass from Canada
Review By dfrey,October 2010

Composer John Adams has called the two piano pieces China Gates and Phrygian Gates "my opus ones,... my first coherent statements in a new language". Written in 1977 and 1978, they have a theoretical framework as complex as Schoenberg's or Bach's, but they sound completely organic, as if produced by some natural process.

Adams calls Phrygian Gates "a behemoth of sorts". The work requires a pianist gifted with significant technical abilities, in much the same way as Liszt's B Minor Sonata or Villa-Lobos's Rudepoema. Such skills are on display in David Jalbert's fine new recording from Canada's ATMA label. He has the dexterity to manage Adams' separate-hand waves (a much more complicated and more musical version of patting your head and rubbing your stomach), and he can turn more....






 

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