Harmonielehre

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Adams’s Nonesuch debut takes its title from Arnold Schoenberg’s Harmony Teachings. The New York Times has called Harmonielehre “a dazzling, whirling crystal ball of a piece in which Mr. Adams at once celebrates and parodies lush Romantic harmony.“

Description

Adams’s Nonesuch debut takes its title from Arnold Schoenberg’s Harmony Teachings. The New York Times has called Harmonielehre “a dazzling, whirling crystal ball of a piece in which Mr. Adams at once celebrates and parodies lush Romantic harmony.“

ProductionCredits

PRODUCTION CREDITS
Recorded March 23, 1985, at Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco
Engineer: John Newton

Art Direction and Design by Carin Goldberg
Cover photography by William Clift

Executive Producer: Robert Hurwitz

Nonesuch Selection Number

79115

Number of Discs in Set
1disc
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2
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14
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Album Status
Available
Artist Name
John Adams
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MUSICIANS
San Francisco Symphony
Edo de Waart, conductor

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Label
CD+MP3
Price
0.00
UPC
075597911527BUN
Label
MP3
Price
9.00
UPC
603497999774

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    Adams’s Nonesuch debut takes its title from Arnold Schoenberg’s Harmony Teachings. The New York Times has called Harmonielehre “a dazzling, whirling crystal ball of a piece in which Mr. Adams at once celebrates and parodies lush Romantic harmony.“

    Credits

    MUSICIANS
    San Francisco Symphony
    Edo de Waart, conductor

    PRODUCTION CREDITS
    Recorded March 23, 1985, at Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco
    Engineer: John Newton

    Art Direction and Design by Carin Goldberg
    Cover photography by William Clift

    Executive Producer: Robert Hurwitz

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