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John Adams: Shaker Loops; The Wound-Dresser; Short Ride in a Fast Machine ()

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John Adams: Shaker Loops; The Wound-Dresser; Short Ride in a Fast Machine - Nathan Gunn (baritone); Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Marin Alsop (conductor)
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  1. Short Ride in a Fast Machine, fanfare for orchestra
  2. The Wound-Dresser, for baritone & orchestra
  3. Berceuse élégiaque, arrangement for small orchestra of Busoni original
  4. Shaker Loops, for 7 strings or string orchestra

Like Steve Reich and Philip Glass, John Adams has developed minimalism into a more expressive and versatile language than it promised in the 1970s, when pattern music was at its height but also at its most rigorous and severe. Judging from the works on this 2004 Naxos release, Adams has progressed from the limitations of static repetition, staggered loops, and strict additive cycles to a much freer and personal style; his music sometimes features identifiable minimalist techniques but is more often dominated by an emotional ...

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