John Adams
I Am Love [Soundtrack]

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Track Listing

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1	Chairman Dances (Foxtrot for Orchestra)	12:27
2	Century Rolls: I. First Movement (excerpt)	4:10
3	Lollapalooza	6:50
4	Shaker Loops: III. Loops and Verses	6:55
5	Shaker Loops: IV. A Final Shaking	3:56
6	The Death of Klinghoffer: Desert Chorus	5:03
7	Fearful Symmetries (excerpt)	3:03
8	Harmonielehre: Part II. The Anfortas Wound	12:16
9	Harmonielehre: Part III. Meister Eckhardt and Quackie	10:31

News & Reviews

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

John Adams Awarded Honorary Degree from Yale University

Congratulations to composer John Adams, who received an honorary degree from Yale University at the school's 312th Commencement held in New Haven yesterday. Adams' fellow honorees include Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor and author Edwidge Danticat (seated in the photo with Adams). "You have pushed the boundaries of music, layering sound upon sound, playing with silence and speech and song, extending minimalism," read the citation honoring Adams. "Creating symphonies, choral works, concerti, and historical operas, your compositions have comforted and confronted, amused and amazed, challenged and transformed."
Wednesday, March 6, 2013

New John Adams Documentary Film by Mark Kidel to Premiere on BBC4 TV

American Master: A Portrait of John Adams, a new film documentary about composer John Adams by Mark Kidel, will be broadcast for the first time on BBC4 TV on Friday, March 8, at 8 PM. The film, which offers a journey through the musical landscapes of the composer, will be repeated on BBC HD on March 15. The film will also be screened at the Barbican in London on March 16 as a prelude to the European premiere of Adams's The Gospel According to the Other Mary with the LA Philharmonic conducted by Gustavo Dudamel. Watch an excerpt from the film here.

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About this Album

Several of John Adams's works surge with new life as the score to the Italian film I Am Love, which was directed and produced with Adams's music in mind. The New York Times calls the film, directed by Luca Guadagnino and starring Tilda Swinton, "a cinematic tour de force"; the Times of London gives it five stars, noting its "sublime score." The BBC calls the album "one of those rare soundtracks that merits—and rewards—repeated listening."

Credits

MUSICIANS
San Francisco Symphony, Edo de Waart, conductor (1, 8, 9)
Emanuel Ax, piano (2)
Cleveland Orchestra, Christoph von Dohnányi, conductor (2)
Hallé Orchestra, Kent Nagano, conductor (3)
Orchestra of St. Luke's, John Adams, conductor (4, 5, 7)
Orchestra of the Opéra de Lyon, Kent Nagano, conductor (6)
English Opera Chorus, Richard Cooke, director (6)
Sanford Sylvan, baritone (7)

PRODUCTION CREDITS
The Chairman Dances (1985)
Produced by Wilhelm Hellweg
Recorded November 1986 at Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, CA
Recording Engineer: John Newton
Assistant Engineer: Lolly Lewis
Edited by E. Amelia Rogers
Originally Mastered by Robert C. Ludwig

Century Rolls (1996)
Produced by Wilhelm Hellweg
Recorded October 4, 1999, at the Masonic Auditorium, Cleveland
Balance Engineer: Everett Porter
Recording Engineer: Tom Knab
Edited by Thijs Hoekstra, Polyhymnia International, Baarn, Netherlands
Mixed by Everett Porter, Polyhymnia International
Originally Mastered by Robert C. Ludwig

Lollapalooza (1995)
Produced by Wilhelm Hellweg
Recorded July 1997 at Royal Centre, Nottingham, England
Engineered by Kees de Visser
Edited and Mixed by Kees de Visser, Galaxy Studios, Mol, Belgium
Originally Mastered by Robert C. Ludwig

Shaker Loops (1978)
Produced by Philip Waldway
Recorded November 1988 at Manhattan Center Studios, New York, NY
Engineered by Paul Zinman
Assistant Engineer: Nelson Wong
Originally Mastered by Paul Zinman at SoundByte Productions Inc., New York, NY

The Death of Klinghoffer (1990–91)
Produced by John McClure
Recorded April and July 1991 at Auditorium Maurice Ravel, Lyon, France
Balance Engineer: John Newton
Recording Engineer: Henk Jansen
Recording and Editing Engineer: Everett Porter
Stage Sound Design: Jonathan Deans
Stage Production Sound Engineer: Graham Carmichael
Audio Assistant: Susan Presson
Production Coordinator: Kathryn King

Fearful Symmetries (1988)
Recorded November 1988 at Manhattan Center Studios, New York, NY
Engineer: Paul Zinman
Assistant Engineer: Nelson Wong
Mixing Engineer: Everett Porter

Harmonielehre (1984–85)
Recorded March 23, 1985, at Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, CA
Engineer: John Newton

Mastered by Paul Zinman at SoundByte Productions, Inc., New York, NY

Design by Kasia Ozmin
Cover Photograph by Pierpaolo Ferrari, provided courtesy of Magnolia Pictures