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Adams: Darkness & Scattered Light / Robert Black
Cold Blue Music

Adams: Darkness & Scattered Light / Robert Black

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Composer
John Luther Adams
Artist
Robert Black
Format
CD
Label
Cold Blue Music
Released
Sep 15, 2023
Catalog #
CB0067
UPC
800413006725

About

“Darkness and Scattered Light” presents celebrated Pulitzer- and Grammy-winning composer John Luther Adams’s mesmerizing; elegant; virtuosic music for double bass—two solos and a work for five basses—written for and all performed by bassist extraordinaire Robert Black. “This is one of the most beautiful albums I have heard in years.... It would be hard to imagine a better match of composer and performer than John Luther Adams and Robert Black.”(David Lang; Pulitzer-winning composer); John Luther Adams’s music has been performed by such prominent ensembles as the New York Philharmonic; the Chicago Symphony; the Los Angeles Philharmonic; the Seattle Symphony; the and the JACK?Quartet. Cold Blue Music has released ten recordings of his work; including Houses of the Wind; Arctic Dreams; Lines Made by Walking; Everything That Rises; and The Wind in High Places. “John Luther Adams ... one of the most original musical thinkers of the new century.” (Alex Ross; The New Yorker) “His music . . . is an elemental experience.” (The Guardian). Robert Black tours the world collaborating with composers; musicians; and other artists. A founding member of the Bang on a Can All-Stars; his recent collaborations have been with Philip Glass; Eve Beglarian; and Joan Tower. “No one on the planet can make the double bass sing; dance; sound like a drum; spin like a top; like Robert Black. Robert has single-handedly reinvented the technique and repertoire of the Double Bass; bringing it bursting into the 21st century.” (Michael Gordon)

Tracklist 7 tracks

  1. 1 No. 1. Above Sunset Pass 05:13
    Track
    1
    Title
    No. 1. Above Sunset Pass
    Duration
    05:13
    Composer
    John Luther Adams
    Performer
    Robert Black
  2. 2 No. 2. The Wind at Maclaren Summit 04:42
    Track
    2
    Title
    No. 2. The Wind at Maclaren Summit
    Duration
    04:42
    Composer
    John Luther Adams
    Performer
    Robert Black
  3. 3 No. 3. Looking Toward Hope 05:42
    Track
    3
    Title
    No. 3. Looking Toward Hope
    Duration
    05:42
    Composer
    John Luther Adams
    Performer
    Robert Black
  4. 4 Darkness and Scattered Light 16:32
    Track
    4
    Title
    Darkness and Scattered Light
    Duration
    16:32
    Composer
    John Luther Adams
    Performer
    Robert Black
  5. 5 I. Moonrise 04:40
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. Moonrise
    Duration
    04:40
    Composer
    John Luther Adams
    Performer
    Robert Black
  6. 6 II. Night Wind 04:44
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Night Wind
    Duration
    04:44
    Composer
    John Luther Adams
    Performer
    Robert Black
  7. 7 III. Moonset 04:24
    Track
    7
    Title
    III. Moonset
    Duration
    04:24
    Composer
    John Luther Adams
    Performer
    Robert Black