Acclaimed composer John Luther Adams’ newest work, Arctic Dreams, releases today on Cold Blue Music. The album has been in the works for some time, with Dubway lead engineer Nathaniel Reichman producing and mixing its entirety. As with all of Adams’ works, the performers are top notch. From the label:
The composer, photography courtesy Donald Lee.
Performed by the incredible Synergy Vocals, a critically acclaimed vocal ensemble that has during the past 25 years recorded music by Steve Reich, Louis Andriessen, David Lang, Luciano Berio, James MacMillian, Steven Mackey, John Adams, Arvo Pärt, and many other composers and performed with the Boston, Chicago, St. Louis, and San Francisco Symphonies, the Los Angeles and New York Philharmonics, as well as other major orchestras and many chamber ensembles. Their performances and recordings have been deemed “amazing” (New York Times); “beautiful, haunting” and “wonderfully transparent” (Gramophone); “superb” (The Guardian); “dazzling” (The Observer); “exquisite” (Financial Times); and “blazing and stunning” (The Herald, Scotland). With Synergy Vocals is a quartet of notable string players, all specialists in new music: violinist Robin Lorentz, violist Ron Lawrence, cellist Michael Finckel, and bassist Robert Black.
Coinciding with Apple Music’s new support for Dolby Atmos® Music, the album is available in the Atmos® format and can be streamed with immersive sound here, or purchased at the Cold Blue link at the top.
