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| The John Adams Earbox: A 10-CD Retrospective | 
 enlarge | Creators: Steve Smith, Sanford Sylvan, Hannu Rantanen, Dominick Morgan, John Orford, Andrew Shulman, Christopher Van Kampen, Joan Jeanrenaud, Guy Cowley, Kari Tenkanen, Michael Collins, Michael Collins [clarinet], John Adams, Charles Ives, Edo De Waart, Kent Nagano, Lynda Houghton, Robin Mcgee
Label: Nonesuch
Category: Music
List Price: $99.98
Buy New: $79.67
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (7 reviews)
Sales Rank: 39897
Format: Box Set
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 10
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 6 x 5.2 x 3.6
UPC: 075597945324
EAN: 0075597945324
ASIN: B00001SID1
Release Date: October 19, 1999
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | Lollapalooza | | • | John's Book Of Alleged Dances: Judah To Ocean | | • | John's Book Of Alleged Dances: Toot Nipple | | • | John's Book Of Alleged Dances: Dogjam | | • | John's Book Of Alleged Dances: Pavane: She's So Fine | | • | John's Book Of Alleged Dances: Rag The Bone | | • | John's Book Of Alleged Dances: Habanera | | • | John's Book Of Alleged Dances: Stubble Crotchet | | • | John's Book Of Alleged Dances: Hammer & Chisel | | • | John's Book Of Alleged Dances: Alligator Escalator | | • | John's Book Of Alleged Dances: Standchen: The Little Serenade | | • | John's Book Of Alleged Dances: Judah To Ocean (Reprise) | | • | Slonimsky's Earbox |
Disc 2
| • | Two Fanfares For Orchestra - Tromba Lontana | | • | Two Fanfares For Orchestra - Short Ride In A Fast Machine | | • | Common Tones In Simple Time | | • | El Dorado - Part I. A Dream Of Gold | | • | El Dorado - Part II. Soledades |
Disc 3
| • | Harmonielehre - Part I | | • | Harmonielehre - Part II The Anfortas Wound | | • | Harmonielehre - Part III Meister Eckhardt And Quackie | | • | Violin Concerto - Part I | | • | Violin Concerto - Part II Chaconne: | | • | Violin Concerto - Part III Toccare |
Disc 4
| • | Chamber Sympony - Mongel Airs | | • | Chamber Sympony - Aria With Walking Bass | | • | Chamber Sympony | | • | Hoodo Zephyr - Tundra | | • | Hoodo Zephyr - Dissappointment Lake | | • | Hoodo Zephyr - Hoodo Zephyr | | • | Gnarly Buttons - The Perilous Shore | | • | Gnarly Buttons - Hoe-Down (Mad Cow) | | • | Gnarly Buttons - Put Your Loving Arms Around Me |
Disc 5
| • | Ensemble - I Was Looking At The Ceiling And Then I Saw The Sky | | • | A Sermon On Romance | | • | Consuelo's Dream | | • | Mike's Song About Arresting A Particular Individual | | • | Tiffany's Solo | | • | Song About The On-Site Altercation | | • | Song About The Bad Boys And The News | | • | Your Honor My Client He's A Young Black Man | | • | Leila's Song; Alone (Again Or At Last) | | • | Three Weeks And Still I'm Outta My Mind | | • | Crushed By The Rock I Been Standing On | | • | Dewain's Song Of Liberation And Surprise | | • | !Este Pais! / This Country | | • | One Last Look At The Angel In Your Eyes | | • | Finale |
Disc 6
| • | Lollapalooza | | • | John's Book Of Alleged Dances - Judah To Ocean | | • | John's Book Of Alleged Dances - Toot Nipple | | • | John's Book Of Alleged Dances - Dogjam | | • | John's Book Of Alleged Dances - Pavane: She's So Fine | | • | John's Book Of Alleged Dances - Rag The Bone | | • | John's Book Of Alleged Dances - Habenera | | • | John's Book Of Alleged Dances - Stubble Crotchet | | • | John's Book Of Alleged Dances - Hammer & Chisel | | • | John's Book Of Alleged Dances - Alligator Escalator | | • | John's Book Of Alleged Dances - Standchen: The Little Serenade | | • | John's Book Of Alleged Dances - Judah To Ocean (Reprise) | | • | Slonimsky's Earbox |
Disc 7
| • | Harmonium - Negative Love | | • | Harmonium - Becuase I Could Not Stop For Death | | • | Harmonium - Wild Nights | | • | Shaker Loops - Shaking and Trambling | | • | Shaker Loops - Hymning Slews | | • | Shaker Loops - Loops and Verses | | • | Shaker Loops - A Final Shaking |
Disc 8
| • | The Chairman Dances - Foxtrot For Orchestra | | • | Grand Pianola Music - First Movement | | • | Grand Pianola Music - Second Movement | | • | Grand Pianola Music - Third Movement: On The Dominant Divide | | • | Fearful Symmetries |
Disc 9
| • | Nixon In China - Opening | | • | Nixon In China - | | • | Nixon In China - | | • | Nixon In China - Landing Of The Spirit Of '76 | | • | Nixon In China - | | • | Nixon In China - | | • | Nixon In China - | | • | Nixon In China - | | • | Nixon In China - Cheers | | • | Nixon In China - | | • | Nixon In China - Opening | | • | Nixon In China - | | • | Nixon In China - | | • | Nixon In China - | | • | Nixon In China - | | • | Nixon In China - | | • | Nixon In China - | | • | Nixon In China - | | • | Nixon In China - | | • | Nixon In China - | | • | Nixon In China - | | • | Nixon In China - |
Disc 10
| • | The Wound-Dresser | | • | Christian Zeal And Activity | | • | Five Songs - Thoreau | | • | Five Songs - Down East | | • | Five Songs - Cradle Song | | • | Five Songs - At The River | | • | Five Songs - Serenity | | • | Eros Piano |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
Having earned his composing stripes after the 1960s, John Adams had the pioneering work of Steve Reich, Philip Glass, and Terry Riley close at hand as he ventured into his trade. And, while minimalism's historical continuum helps place Adams, he used Reich, Glass, and Riley (among others) only as a starting point. And here's proof: a 10-CD retrospective of nearly all Adams's recorded compositions on Nonesuch Records, the label that also issued Steve Reich 1965-1995 and Kronos Quartet: 25 Years. Adams's Harmonium, a choral work of startling energy and effervescence, appears here in a new recording, as do distillations of both The Death of Klinghoffer and Nixon in China, two path-clearing operas. Over the span of a career covered by Earbox, Adams has returned minimalism to traditional instrumental ensembles as well as to projects that at once advanced a political commentary and took that commentary back to orchestral audiences. And so, in far less time than his predecessors, Adams created works that now play like standard repertoire pieces: The Wound Dresser and Shaker Loops and the Violin Concerto--all of them are here. What these works demonstrate is a fierce creativity on the one hand and perhaps a hunger for commercial advances on the other. Adams may at times be a bustling free thinker, but he sounds ever conscious of what audiences are listening to. As for the works themselves, they remain every bit as daunting as when written. Some may object to particular selections. I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky, for example, hardly ranks with Adams's best work. But this box isn't a mere best-of; it's an almost-all-of. At times terrifically American--especially in the news-aware operas and their narrative pragmatism--Adams well deserves a major box set, and its coverage is appropriate to his varied, stylistically diverse output. As with any large-scale retrospective, Earbox--which fairly bristles with Adams's new composition, Slonimsky's Earbox--has spots where fans might balk at the quality of the composer's writing. But it's got a fantastic accompanying booklet along with its many hours of inarguably modern and thoroughly listener-friendly music. --Andrew Bartlett
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| Customer Reviews: Read 2 more reviews...
Moved to tears March 18, 2004
6 out of 9 found this review helpful
Never before in my life was i moved so intensely and directly by classical music. I put the first cd in my player and a few minutes later tears are flowing. I find myself dancing and moving to a rythm i already seem to know. Wow, i just have to share that.
Nonesuch delivers.Again November 27, 2002
10 out of 12 found this review helpful
John adams is one of the most popular living composers of"modern" classical music[I believe the cutoff point, though arbitrary is usually WWII}.I came to him late, through my husband. Modersn classical music , I said? What the hell is that?My husband kept playing bits and pieces of adams for me, and more and more i found myself amazed. and swayed. His operas have been groundbreaking{Nixon in China} controversial{Death Of klinghoffer},his compostions sublimely beautiful{shaker Loops or harmonium].HIS STATURE IS WORTHY THEN OF SUCH A MONUMENTAL CAREER SPANNING BOX SET.This 10 disc set[great value, again from NONESUCH}encompasses Adams' entire career,and though there are some misses here{I was looking at the ceiling and then i saw the sky doesnt quite fit},it is still magnificent. the Highlights are ,{for me} the Wound Dresser, Chamber symphony,Violin Concerto, of course, Shaker Loops and Harmonuim are wonderful. The true jewels here are Nixon in China,the Chairman dances and the Death of Klinghoffer,which is simply a masterpiece. The set comes with a wonderful book, which contains essay's by Robert Hurwitz {An Uncommon Man}renaud Machart[John adams as seen from europe} and Essays before an earbox by Adams himself.A Chronology and dicography are included. A wonderful study of an American original,worth the investment, Highly highly recommended
 harmonia in excelsis November 12, 2001
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
I must agree with Mr. Bartlett, particularly with regard to "Ceiling." It may well be because his Violin Concerto and Harmonielehre are so powerful. 4.5 stars.
Interesting, and likely intentional, is that two names in the extensive liner book fail to mention two great and glaringly obvious precursors: Carl Orff and Raymond Scott. Without "Carmina Burana," there would be no "Harmonium." Orff has his mark all over Adams's gifted and epic compositions. Similarly, though there are glib references to "cartoon music," the polymath engineer/musician Scott is a seminal figure in American music, and casts a large shadow over the witty juxtapositions and sense of play one loves in Adams's work. In all, an excellent career overview.
Our greatest living composer July 22, 2001
9 out of 13 found this review helpful
As a composer, I'm staggered that anyone could fail to be gripped by this music. That anyone can use the words "spoiled, overrated" amazes me. I emphatically disagree with "A music fan"'s review. I don't think it's "mind-numbing"; I think it's spiritual and exciting. To me it's the most substantial music being created in our times. I'm really sorry that anyone could fail to enjoy it, and really recommend others to listen for themselves.
Wonderful CD April 2, 2000
9 out of 12 found this review helpful
This compilation should turn even the most curmudgeonly listerner into a fan. Beautifully recorded, great notes -- and it's a heck of a bargain!
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