Search - David Lang, Michael Gordon, Julia Wolfe :: Lost Objects

Crossover Sensation!

afellowreader | New York, NY | 05/19/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"The maverick composers David Lang, Michael Gordon, and Julia Wolfe hit cult status with this crossover classical-rock event, premiering in 2001 at the Dresden Music Festival. Musicians from Bang on a Can, a rock combo, and the baroque orchestra Concerto Koln blend beautifully. It's exquisite music, and it tells some amazing stories--the track "We Were Enveloped" takes off from a letter from explorer George Mallory, who vanished into the swirling snow in 1924 and was just discovered on Mount Everest. The letter was to his wife, Ruth, and this is ONE SPOOKY TUNE! "Not Our Darkness" sounds like Jimi Hendrix accompanied by a choir of angels."I Lost a Sock" is an ethereal meditation/lamentation. You can't lose with this CD!"

Annoying/Beautiful

jadestiles | 07/21/2002

(3 out of 5 stars)

"Perhaps the most intense sensation we have received from "minimal" music such as that contained within this CD is music's new ability to at the same time annoy and inspire."