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The Far Country

John [2] Luther Adams (Composer), JoAnn Falletta (Conductor), Kevin Culver (Conductor), Apollo Saxophone Quartet (Performer), Atlanta Singers (Performer), Barbara Chapman (Performer), Nella Rigel (Performer), Cabrillo Music Festival Orchestra (Orchestra), Michael Cebulski (Performer), Cheryl Bray Lower (Performer)
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Song TitleArtist Time Price
listen  1. Dream in White On WhiteJohn Luther Adams16:30Album Only
listen  2. Night PeaceJohn Luther Adams14:55Album Only
listen  3. The Far Country of SleepJohn Luther Adams16:42Album Only


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  • Performer: Apollo Saxophone Quartet, Atlanta Singers, Barbara Chapman, Nella Rigel, Michael Cebulski, et al.
  • Orchestra: Cabrillo Music Festival Orchestra
  • Conductor: JoAnn Falletta, Kevin Culver
  • Composer: John [2] Luther Adams
  • Audio CD (April 16, 1995)
  • SPARS Code: DDD
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: New Albion Records
  • ASIN: B000000R3L
  • In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #321,833 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

On this CD:
  1. Dream in White on White for string quartet, string orchestra, & harp
    Composed by John Luther Adams
    with Barbara Chapman, Apollo Quartet
    Conducted by Joann Falletta

  2. Night Peace for soprano voice, chorus, harp, & percussion
    Composed by John Luther Adams
    with Michael Cebulski, Nella Rigel, Atlanta Singers, Cheryl Bray Lower
    Conducted by Kevin Culver

  3. Far Country of Sleep, The for orchestra
    Composed by John Luther Adams
    Performed by Cabrillo Music Festival Orchestra
    Conducted by Joann Falletta


Editorial Reviews

San Francisco Chronicle, July 29, 1991

". . . wondrous soundscapes of place and the imagination. - Marilyn Tucker


The Village Voice, March 22, 1994

". . . austere, Nordic textures. . . landscape-obsessed forms. . . rich, indistinct sonorities. . . images you can’t forget." – Kyle Gann

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Evocative sparse textures and motifs, satisfying., October 31, 1999
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The words "Far Country" were carefully chosen for this music. As I listen to these works I feel effortlessly transported to a realm where everything makes sense in the way that ancient stories strike something archetypal and evocative in us. The "stories" are very sparsely arranged tone poems that are like watching a winter dawn slowly progress.

There is a very limited palette of thematic and textural variation, but, unlike some minimalist "trance music", there always seems to be a logic and intelligence behind the flow that invites continued awake listening.

I rate this a welcome addition to my music library, a vision that is unique and does not pale on repeated listening.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars soundscape, texture, melody, and bliss., June 26, 2002
By microminimalist (st. louis, mo. USA) - See all my reviews
john luther adams, a resident of alaska, consistently blows me away with his ability to transplant even the most urban of us to another land, another place, another time. the first piece featured on "the far country", "dream in white on white", is referential to landscape both in title and sound texture. long, drawn string tones with slow arpeggiations in the the harp make the listener believe that s/he has been beamed down into the most perfect of all tranquil landscapes... without feeling like s/he is stuck in a new age album. no, there is nothing new age-y about the music of john luther adams, just transcendent otherworldliness.
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