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. |
Try Zia Mohuiddin Dagar. Very slow and meditative raga, each note perfect. Z.M. Dagar at Amazon You might also like Alan Hovhaness' Shalimar. Shalimar at Amazon Another genre that can do this thing is the medieval a capella mass and motet. The Tallis Scholars, The Clerk's Group, the Huelgas Ensemble are superb performers. Morales by Tallis The above disc is slightly on the austere and Apollonian side but IMHO gorgeous. Try their Lobo Requiem too. The Clerk's Group's Ockeghem Requiem picked up awards. They have done a lot of Ockeghem and the following disc is truly a Best Of: Essential Ockeghem by the Clerks The Huelgas Ensemble are at present my favourite performers of the genre. This disc may be hard to get but it is worth it: Huelgas: Pipelare's Homme Armé I haven't even mentioned Josquin des Prez who is perhaps the greatest composer of all. Great thread! |
