John Adams - Gidon Kremer, London Symphony Orchestra / Kent Nagano - Orchestra Of St. Luke's / John Adams - Violin Concerto / Shaker Loops album flac
Performer: John AdamsTitle: Violin Concerto / Shaker Loops
Style: Contemporary
Released: 1996
Country: US
MP3 album: 1946 mb
FLAC album: 1422 mb
Rating: 4.5
Other formats: MP2 WAV APE VOC MP1 AC3 DMF
Genre: Classical
Renews automatically. Adams' Violin Concerto is probably the best work in the genre since the great concerto by Alban Berg or even since Sibelius. The performance by Gidon Kremer and Kent Nagano is definitive.
Mixed By – John Adams (tracks: 1 to 3), Martin Sauer (tracks: 1 to 3). Orchestra – Orchestra Of St. Luke's (tracks: 4 to 7), London Symphony Orchestra (tracks: 1 to 3). Photography By – Tiziana De Silvestro. Producer – Martin Sauer (tracks: 1 to 3), Philip Waldway (tracks: 4 to 7). Violin – Gidon Kremer (tracks: 1 to 3). Notes. Tracks 1 to 3: Recorded June, 1994, at Abbey Road Studios, London. Tracks 4 to 7: Recorded November, 1988, at Manhattan Center Studios, New York. Other Versions (2 of 2) View All.
Album · 1996 · 7 Songs. Violin Concerto: I. 78. John Adams. 2. Violin Concerto: II. Chaconne: Body Through Which the Dream Flows. 3. Violin Concerto: III. Toccare. 4. Shaker Loops: I. Shaking and Trembling. 5. Shaker Loops: II. Hymning Slews. 6. Shaker Loops: III. Loops and Verses. 7. Shaker Loops: IV. a Final Shaking.
MUSICIANS Violin Concerto Gidon Kremer, violin London Symphony Orchestra Kent Nagano, conductor. Shaker Loops Orchestra of St. Luke’s John Adams, conductor. Shaker Loops Produced by Philip Waldway Recorded November 1988 at Manhattan Center Studios, New York Engineered by Paul Zinman Assistant Engineer: Nelson Wong. Mastered by Paul Zinman at SoundByte Productions In. New York.
London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor, Primary Artist. Orchestra of St. Luke's. Tiziana de Silvestro.
Nonesuch: 7559793602. Gidon Kremer (violin), St Luke's Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Kent Nagano. St Luke's Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Kent Nagano. Adams, J: Violin Concerto.
Gidon Kremer has been played on NTS shows including Phil's Jazz Dis-Junction, with Shaker Loops first played on 5 November 2017. Gidon Markowitsch Kremer was born on 27th of February 1947 in Riga, Latvia to German-Jewish parents. John Adams, Gidon Kremer, London Symphony Orchestra, Kent Nagano, Orchestra Of St. Luke's,Nonesuch,1996.
Adams's Violin Concerto was co-commissioned by the Minnesota Orchestra, the London Symphony Orchestra, and the New York City Ballet. Composer John Adams's works, spanning more than four decades, have entered the repertoire and are among the most performed of all contemporary classical music, among them Harmonielehre, Shaker Loops, Chamber Symphony, Doctor Atomic Symphony, Short Ride in a Fast Machine, and his Violin Concerto.
John Adams Conductor. Concerto for Violin and Orchestra. In fact, my first reaction to the concerto (a pretty personal one, I admit) was that it resembles Berg – not his Violin Concerto, but Wozzeck, Act 3 scene 4, where an eerie ‘drainage’ effect symbolizes Wozzeck’s drowning beneath a blood-red moon.
Tracklist
| Violin Concerto | ||
| 1 | I. Quarter Note = 78 | 14:56 |
| 2 | II. Chaconne: Body Through Which The Dream Flows | 11:30 |
| 3 | III. Toccare | 11:30 |
| Shaker Loops (1977/83) | ||
| 4 | I. Shaking And Trembling | 8:25 |
| 5 | II. Hymning Slews | 5:08 |
| 6 | III. Loops And Verses | 6:55 |
| 7 | IV. A Final Shaking | 3:56 |
Companies, etc.
- Manufactured For – BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. – D 111302
Credits
- Composed By – John Adams
- Conductor – John Adams (tracks: 4 to 7), Kent Nagano (tracks: 1 to 3)
- Design – Barbara De Wilde
- Engineer – Paul Zinman (tracks: 4 to 7), Ulrich Ruscher (tracks: 1 to 3)
- Engineer [Assistant] – Nelson Wong (tracks: 4 to 7)
- Executive Producer – Robert Hurwitz
- Liner Notes – John Adams
- Mastered By – Paul Zinman
- Mixed By – John Adams (tracks: 1 to 3), Martin Sauer (tracks: 1 to 3)
- Orchestra – Orchestra Of St. Luke's (tracks: 4 to 7), London Symphony Orchestra* (tracks: 1 to 3)
- Photography By [Cover] – Tiziana De Silvestro
- Producer – Martin Sauer (tracks: 1 to 3), Philip Waldway (tracks: 4 to 7)
- Violin – Gidon Kremer (tracks: 1 to 3)
Notes
Tracks 1 to 3: Recorded June, 1994, at Abbey Road Studios, London.Tracks 4 to 7: Recorded November, 1988, at Manhattan Center Studios, New York.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Matrix / Runout: 2 79360-2 SRC**01
- Mould SID Code: IFPI 2U2W
Other versions
| Category | Artist | Title (Format) | Label | Category | Country | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 79360-2 | John Adams - Gidon Kremer, London Symphony Orchestra*, Kent Nagano - Orchestra Of St. Luke's, John Adams | John Adams - Gidon Kremer, London Symphony Orchestra*, Kent Nagano - Orchestra Of St. Luke's, John Adams - Violin Concerto / Shaker Loops (CD, Album) | Nonesuch | 79360-2 | US | 1996 |
| 7559-79360-2 | John Adams - Gidon Kremer, London Symphony Orchestra*, Kent Nagano - Orchestra Of St. Luke's, John Adams | John Adams - Gidon Kremer, London Symphony Orchestra*, Kent Nagano - Orchestra Of St. Luke's, John Adams - Violin Concerto / Shaker Loops (CD, Album) | Nonesuch | 7559-79360-2 | Germany | 1996 |









