American composer Nico Muhly, who burst onto the new music scene when his albums began to appear with regularity in 2006 when he was 25 (he was 29 when this album, Seeing Is Believing, was recorded), is obviously a natural talent with a profligate gift for invention. He has been inundated with high-profile commissions, for the score of the film The Reader, from the Metropolitan Opera, the English National Opera, the Chicago Symphony, and the Boston Pops, among many others. At his best, and for the most part, Muhly uses ...
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American composer Nico Muhly, who burst onto the new music scene when his albums began to appear with regularity in 2006 when he was 25 (he was 29 when this album, Seeing Is Believing, was recorded), is obviously a natural talent with a profligate gift for invention. He has been inundated with high-profile commissions, for the score of the film The Reader, from the Metropolitan Opera, the English National Opera, the Chicago Symphony, and the Boston Pops, among many others. At his best, and for the most part, Muhly uses tonality and repetition in ways that don't just turn over old ideas and procedures but that are fresh and forward-looking. It's not surprising, given the dizzying extent of his output and the high pressure of his many commitments that he is still in the process of working out an individual style independent of the shadow of the Big Three of American minimalism: Glass (for whom he has worked as an assistant), Reich, and Adams. His music is often characterized by an unselfconscious...
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CD in acceptable condition. Size: 4x5x0; The CD is in good condition, with some signs of use that are typical for a previously circulated item. The disc itself has a few light scratches, but it plays smoothly without any skipping or playback issues. Please note that the CD has library stickers on the case which may include a barcode and other markings.
