City Noir / Saxophone Concerto Digital FLAC Album

City Noir / Saxophone Concerto Digital FLAC AlbumJohn Adams's City Noir (2009), inspired by LA "noir" films of the 1940s and '50s, and the debut recording of his 2012 Saxophone Concerto are performed here by the St. Louis Symphony led by David Robertson, featuring saxophonist Timothy McAllister. "Dense, brash and exuberant," says the New York Times, "these two stellar works by John Adams are love letters to the confidence of the 1950s and a time when some of the greatest feats of virtuosity were

including a duet with Caetano Veloso on their song "Dreamworld

from medieval music to [Joni] Mitchell

American Railroad

Tony Scherr

“a singer of enveloping tone

inspired by LA "noir" films of the 1940s and '50s

while the speakers are each connected to custom-built circuit boards programmed to output 1-bit audio

" along with eight previously unreleased performances from lang's 1993 MTV Unplugged episode

who originated the role of J

can come across as strikingly modern

featuring eleven Mississippi hill country blues standards they've loved since they were teenagers

Thile manned almost all of the stringed instruments on the album and is joined by guest singers Sarah Jarosz