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)

Product Details

• 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)

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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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Evocative sparse textures and motifs, satisfying., October 31, 1999

By A Customer

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.

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.