
William Orbit - Pieces in a Modern Style (2 CD)
Artist: William Orbit
Trackliste:
Here the 2 CD version with a radio edit of one track.
William Orbit's Pieces in a Modern Style is an ambient album that rejigs 11 works by classical composers in a particularly tacky fashion. Even though Orbit has proved his mettle as an innovative and exciting producer for others--Blur's 13 and Madonna's Ray of Light--this is an ungainly meeting of the sublime and the absurd that, frankly, doesn't work. Samuel Barber's "Adagio for Strings," Ludwig van Beethoven's "Triple Concerto," Henryk Gorecki's "Piece in the Old Style I," and Antonio Vivaldi's "L'Inverno" are four that unfortunately meet their maker in a crude pileup of flat, belching synths and wallpaper flourishes. If he had combined live instrumentation with a playful reverence for the arcane glories of the past, perhaps he could have managed to make reality out of that most elusive of notions: experimental music that actually sells.
Trackliste:
CD 1: | |||
1 | |
Adagio For Strings Written-By – Samuel Barber |
9:31 |
2 | |
In A Landscape Written-By – John Cage |
2:56 |
3 | |
Ogive Number 1 Written-By – Erik Satie |
6:42 |
4 | |
Cavalleria Rusticana Written-By – Pietro Mascagni |
3:13 |
5 | |
Pavane Pour Une Infante Defunte Written-By – Maurice Ravel |
6:06 |
6 | |
L'Inverno Written-By – Antonio Vivaldi |
3:51 |
7 | |
Triple Concerto Written-By – Ludwig van Beethoven |
5:28 |
8 | |
Xerxes Written-By – George Frideric Handel |
4:38 |
9 | |
Piece In The Old Style 1 Written-By – Henryk Górecki |
5:00 |
10 | |
Piece In The Old Style 3 Written-By – Henryk Górecki |
5:47 |
11 | |
Opus 132 Written-By – Ludwig van Beethoven |
6:14 |
CD 2: |
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1 | |
Adagio For Strings (Ferry Corsten Remix - Radio Edit) Composed By [Original] – Samuel Barber Remix – Ferry Corsten |
3:41 |
William Orbit's Pieces in a Modern Style is an ambient album that rejigs 11 works by classical composers in a particularly tacky fashion. Even though Orbit has proved his mettle as an innovative and exciting producer for others--Blur's 13 and Madonna's Ray of Light--this is an ungainly meeting of the sublime and the absurd that, frankly, doesn't work. Samuel Barber's "Adagio for Strings," Ludwig van Beethoven's "Triple Concerto," Henryk Gorecki's "Piece in the Old Style I," and Antonio Vivaldi's "L'Inverno" are four that unfortunately meet their maker in a crude pileup of flat, belching synths and wallpaper flourishes. If he had combined live instrumentation with a playful reverence for the arcane glories of the past, perhaps he could have managed to make reality out of that most elusive of notions: experimental music that actually sells.