Road Movies

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The New York Times praised the “freewheeling violin and piano work” of Adams’s “traveling music.” The Oakland Tribune says the other piano-based pieces collected here “thrillingly exhibit the kinetic rhythmic excitement that always placed Adams above the so-called minimalists.” 

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The New York Times praised the “freewheeling violin and piano work” of Adams’s “traveling music.” The Oakland Tribune says the other piano-based pieces collected here “thrillingly exhibit the kinetic rhythmic excitement that always placed Adams above the so-called minimalists.”

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PRODUCTION CREDITS
Produced by Judith Sherman
Road Movies recorded September 2, 2002, at the American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York City
Engineered by Judith Sherman
Assistant Engineers: Hsi-Ling Chang
Editing assistant: Jeanne Velonis
All other pieces recorded July 28-29, 2003, at Lyndhurst Hall, Air Studios, London
Engineered by Geoff Foster
Assistant Engineers: Chris Barrett
Mastered by Judith Sherman
Piano Rental: Mary Schwendeman (New York) / Steinway & Sons (London)
Leila Josefowicz appears courtesy of Philips Classics.

Design by John Gall
Cover photograph by Deborah O’Grady

Executive Producer: Robert Hurwitz

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79699

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1disc
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John Adams
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MUSICIANS
Leila Josefowicz, violin (1-3)
John Novacek, piano (1-3)
Nicolas Hodges, piano (4-8)
Rolf Hind, piano (4-6, 9-11)

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075597969924BUN
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MP3
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075597969962
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  • 79699

News & Reviews

  • The 2026 BBC Proms schedule has been announced, including performances by Ambrose Akinmusire and Thomas Adès and music by Adès, John Adams, Gabriel Kahane, Steve Reich, and Caroline Shaw. The 86-concert series takes place in the UK over eight weeks this summer. Every Prom will be broadcast on Radio 3 and BBC Sounds and twenty-four will be broadcast on BBC television and iPlayer.

  • "John Adams' music comes to me constantly," says filmmaker Luca Guadagnino. "Discovering it was transformative and changed my life as a director forever." In a new essay, Nonesuch Records' Matthew Rankin explores the connection between the filmmaker and composer, whose music has featured in almost all of Guadagnino's films, from 2009's I Am Love to the just-released After the Hunt. You can read it and hear a complete playlist of Adams's music in Guadagnino's work here.

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  • About This Album

    The New York Times praised the “freewheeling violin and piano work” of Adams’s “traveling music.” The Oakland Tribune says the other piano-based pieces collected here “thrillingly exhibit the kinetic rhythmic excitement that always placed Adams above the so-called minimalists.”

    Credits

    MUSICIANS
    Leila Josefowicz, violin (1-3)
    John Novacek, piano (1-3)
    Nicolas Hodges, piano (4-8)
    Rolf Hind, piano (4-6, 9-11)

    PRODUCTION CREDITS
    Produced by Judith Sherman
    Road Movies recorded September 2, 2002, at the American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York City
    Engineered by Judith Sherman
    Assistant Engineers: Hsi-Ling Chang
    Editing assistant: Jeanne Velonis
    All other pieces recorded July 28-29, 2003, at Lyndhurst Hall, Air Studios, London
    Engineered by Geoff Foster
    Assistant Engineers: Chris Barrett
    Mastered by Judith Sherman
    Piano Rental: Mary Schwendeman (New York) / Steinway & Sons (London)
    Leila Josefowicz appears courtesy of Philips Classics.

    Design by John Gall
    Cover photograph by Deborah O’Grady

    Executive Producer: Robert Hurwitz

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