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| Pieces in a Modern Style | 
 enlarge | Artists: Samuel Barber, Ludwig Van Beethoven, John Cage, Ferry Corsten, Henryk Gorecki, George Frideric Handel, Pietro Mascagni, Maurice Ravel, Erik Satie, Andre (aka Atb) Tanneberger, Antonio Vivaldi, William Orbit
Label: Maverick
Category: Music
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (94 reviews)
Sales Rank: 22472
Format: Enhanced
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 47596
UPC: 093624759621
EAN: 0093624759621
ASIN: B000046S1W
Release Date: February 22, 2000
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | Adagio For Strings | | • | In A Landscape | | • | Ogive Number 1 | | • | Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo | | • | Pavane Pour Une Infante Defunte | | • | L'Inverno | | • | Triple Concerto | | • | Largo From Xerxes | | • | Piece In Old Style I | | • | Piece In Old Style III | | • | Opus 132 |
Disc 2
| • | Adagio For Strings: Ferry Corsten Remix | | • | Adagio For Strings: ATB Remix |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
William Orbit's Pieces in a Modern Style is an ambient album that rejigs 11 works by classical composers in a particularly tacky fashion. Even though Orbit has proved his mettle as an innovative and exciting producer for others--Blur's 13 and Madonna's Ray of Light--this is an ungainly meeting of the sublime and the absurd that, frankly, doesn't work. Samuel Barber's "Adagio for Strings," Ludwig van Beethoven's "Triple Concerto," Henryk Gorecki's "Piece in the Old Style I," and Antonio Vivaldi's "L'Inverno" are four that unfortunately meet their maker in a crude pileup of flat, belching synths and wallpaper flourishes. If he had combined live instrumentation with a playful reverence for the arcane glories of the past, perhaps he could have managed to make reality out of that most elusive of notions: experimental music that actually sells. However, Orbit fails to do anything more than resemble a second-rate Vangelis. --Maxine Kabuubi
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| Customer Reviews: Read 89 more reviews...
 Impressive September 6, 2007
Being a fan of classic music as well of a fan of electronic music, this album blew me away, I often play this CD when I want to create a relaxed atmosphere and I know for a fact that 4 friends of mine have bought the CD after listening to it here with me.
Xerxes and Cavalleria rusticana are sublime achievements of production.
Mr. Orbit, "Hello waveforms" is great but you should take time to produce a second CD of pieces in a modern style.
PS: It's the perfect gift for classic music lovers, you can't expect them to have it and they'll love it for sure
Outstanding. A classic. June 6, 2007
I have been working in electronic music for almost 20 years years. I have a massive library of music for almost any reason, mood and itch. Tonight, I am taking the five minutes to stop and write how unique, amazing and consistently refreshing this album is everytime I go back to it since the day it was released.
Highly Melodic, very electronic and overall lacking the percussive elements most have come to know when listening to Orbit.
Much more sophisticated than the average listener might appreciate.Consider it a staple for anyone serious about electronic music.
I believe anyone rating this poorly is looking for a pop appeal that you just won't find here, thankfully.
 Pay not attention to the crab behind the curtain June 22, 2006
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
I don't know who Maxine Kubabi is. She's certainly untitled to her opinion. An "ungainly meeting of the sublime and the absurd?" What a sublimely empty and inadequate statement.
You have to know something about a genre before you can be an effective critic inside it. You should be able to specify why you don't like something in some detail, rather than resort to crabby nebulousities ... that's greasy kid stuff.
What Orbit has done is to realize some old, familiar works in an electronic medium, using smooth and musical strokes. He's taken many big chances. Some of them worked out well, others not as well as one might hope. But he deserves kudos for taking a risk and for making some of it work.
Why would anyone who *likes* electronic music complain that it doesn't have live instrumentation? That's like complaining that jazz has no rock and roll in it. "Reverence"? "Second rate Vangelis"? so: you were disappointed that Orbit didn't create more of the kind of schmaltz you personally like. Yanni, anyone?
For those who actually like electronic music, and like Beethoven's Opus 132, please, give that track a listen. I don't think you'll be disappointed.
This is incredible. Arrogant but incredible May 26, 2006
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I have been a fan William Orbit since Water from a vine leaf and I have to admit while this ins't exactly a electronica per se it is still amazing to see what he has done with our classics. The listening experience depends solely on the listener. More ambient than anything else I have heard though.
Recommended for William orbit and curious georges
not a rave February 4, 2006
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
If you're looking for something to pop in late at night to dance to...this is not the album. This album is eery and some of it is painful. It's not full of upbeat electronics like originally thought it would be. But, I love it. It's great to listen to while just thinking...relaxing...reading...it's beautiful.
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