With 10 titles, EMI Classics has initiated a midline American Classics series, no doubt taking a cue from Naxos' success with a line utilizing the exact same moniker. This has been achieved through creative, though not necessarily artful, re-combinations of back catalog. Minimalism: Steve Reich-Philip Glass takes the Steve Reich items from a famous 1985 album -- one of the last things produced by EMI's Los Angeles-based classical division -- and combines them with a 1973 Reich track originally paired with John Cage and two ...
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With 10 titles, EMI Classics has initiated a midline American Classics series, no doubt taking a cue from Naxos' success with a line utilizing the exact same moniker. This has been achieved through creative, though not necessarily artful, re-combinations of back catalog. Minimalism: Steve Reich-Philip Glass takes the Steve Reich items from a famous 1985 album -- one of the last things produced by EMI's Los Angeles-based classical division -- and combines them with a 1973 Reich track originally paired with John Cage and two Philip Glass pieces from a very successful Virgin disc led by Christopher Warren-Green that has been repackaged countless times. The John Adams piece that was paired with Ransom Wilson's interpretations of Eight Lines and Vermont Counterpoint has been moved off to an all-Adams disc within the series, Shaker Loops from the Warren-Green, and two additional Simon Rattle recordings make up the balance of the Adams disc.Of course, one cannot be blamed for wondering what makes EMI think...
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