DR19 (Maat), with digital Booklet. London Symphony Orchestra, B&W SoS exclusive, recorded in DSD128.
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Track off MIKE's deleted mixtape Sherm
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It's actually pretty simple: He strikes a balance between writing music that can challenge his audience -- but nonetheless packing it with catchy tunes.
Examples:
-The thumping dance music parody in the third movement of Asyla
-The sinister, somewhat ominous theme that's the basis for the third movement of Concentric Paths
-The demented riff on the classic 'Dies Irae' chant at the start of Totentanz
No one would describe these pieces as overly pandering to the audience, as they're loaded with dissonances, asymmetrical rhythms, extended instrumental techniques, and other staples of modern composition.
But the tunes! The tunes are somehow still there.
Andrew Norman is the only other composer I can think of who strikes this particularly tricky balance -- I'm always amazed that, despite the fact that it initially sounds like chaos, the first movement of "Play" constantly gets stuck in my head.
How do they pull it off?
Some choice reviews:
Anyone on this sub manage somehow to catch it? :-)
...performing his masterful "Totentanz," along with Britten's "Sinfonia de Requiem" and Sibelius's "Tapiola." Photo:
The audience seemed pretty intimidated by the Adès piece because it's, well, pretty brutal for the first half. By the time things simmered down in the second half -- and especially by the time of Adès's crystal-clear D-Major adagio finale of a dialogue between Death and an Infant -- people seemed to realize what an extraordinary piece of music this is.
I cannot rave enough about this performance. If you are in the Boston area, GO SEE IT on Saturday evening. Getting to see a composer conduct his own music is a rare and wonderful treat.
(Copying /u/scrumptiouscakes on this, who had the privilege of seeing this piece back when it was premiered at the Proms a few years back.)
