Special offer. Mason Bates: Works for Orchestra
Mason Bates (electronica)
San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas
Bates (b1977) clearly possesses a keen ear, adventurous mind and sly sense of humour. Each suite of short sound pictures beguiles the listener, the orchestra deployed like an organic synthesiser…this...
Special offer. Mason Bates: Works for Orchestra
Mason Bates (electronica)
San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas
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Bates (b1977) clearly possesses a keen ear, adventurous mind and sly sense of humour. Each suite of short sound pictures beguiles the listener, the orchestra deployed like an organic synthesiser…this...
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Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony release an exhilarating album of young, American composer Mason Bates' large-scale works for orchestra and electronica.
Hear the first-ever recordings of his colossal 'Liquid Interface' and the SFS-commissioned The B-Sides alongside Bates' supercharged work, 'Alternative Energy'. One of the most creative and ingenuous synthesists of our time, these works show Bates reimagining the dimensions of symphonic music by integrating jazz, techno, drum-n-bass, field recordings of a FermiLab particle collider-and more.
Contents and tracklist
Work length21:41
- Mason Bates
- San Francisco Symphony
- Michael Tilson Thomas
I. Broom of the System
Track length4:11
II. Aerosol Melody (Hanalei)
Track length4:01
III. Gemini in the Solar Wind
Track length5:32
IV. Temescal Noir
Track length3:13
V. Warehouse Medicine
Track length4:44
Work length23:33
- Mason Bates
- San Francisco Symphony
- Michael Tilson Thomas
I. Glaciers Calving
Track length6:47
II. Scherzo Liquido
Track length3:54
III. Crescent City
Track length8:24
IV. On the Wannsee
Track length4:28
Work length25:55
- Mason Bates
- San Francisco Symphony
- Michael Tilson Thomas
I. Ford's Farm, 1896
Track length7:07
II. Chicago, 2012
Track length5:52
III. Xinjiang Province, 2112
Track length8:06
IV. Reykjavik, 2222
Track length4:50
Awards and reviews
Classical Music August 2016
Bates (b1977) clearly possesses a keen ear, adventurous mind and sly sense of humour. Each suite of short sound pictures beguiles the listener, the orchestra deployed like an organic synthesiser…this superbly-recorded disc will make him many new friends.
