Recommend me more like John Adams..
In addition to the Messeian mentioned above, try the Adams and Glass violin concertos. Robert McDuffie does them both extremely well on a Telarc disc. The Adams uses a synthesizer in the orchestra; the Glass piece is very hypnotic. McDuffie told me that when he played it in Germany with the Stutgart Radio Symphony Orchestra the musicians were grumbling about the repetitive nature of the piece, but when they played it the audience so got into it that it inspired the musicians; they wound up selling over 50 of this CD at the concert's intermission, an unheard-of number for that orchestra. I personally like the Adams more, I think it's a more interesting piece. |
Push those choices into a more pop-infleuenced genre and you might also enjoy music by Rachel's. I'd recommend checking out Systems Layers and Selenography. I've also enjoyed most of the work I've heard from Part, but particularly Alina and Te Deum.Bring in a chorus and try Lux Aeterna. If you like serene, and really have a taste for the avant garde, give Gavin Bryars' Jesus Blood Never Failed Me Yet a listen - hypnotic in a Phillip Glass sort of way, but completely unique. |
