Chanting the Light of Foresight

On this CD:

1. Chanting the Light of Foresight, for saxophone quartet
Composed by Terry Riley
Performed by Steven Adams, Bruce Ackley, Larry Ochs, Jon Raskin, Rova Saxophone Quartet, Rova Saxophone Quartet

2. Chanting the Light of Foresight, for saxophone quartet
Composed by Terry Riley
Performed by Steven Adams, Bruce Ackley, Larry Ochs, Jon Raskin, Rova Saxophone Quartet, Rova Saxophone Quartet

3. Chanting the Light of Foresight, for saxophone quartet
Composed by Terry Riley
Performed by Steven Adams, Bruce Ackley, Larry Ochs, Jon Raskin, Rova Saxophone Quartet, Rova Saxophone Quartet

4. Chanting the Light of Foresight, for saxophone quartet
Composed by Terry Riley
Performed by Steven Adams, Bruce Ackley, Larry Ochs, Jon Raskin, Rova Saxophone Quartet, Rova Saxophone Quartet

5. Chanting the Light of Foresight, for saxophone quartet
Composed by Terry Riley
Performed by Steven Adams, Bruce Ackley, Larry Ochs, Jon Raskin, Rova Saxophone Quartet, Rova Saxophone Quartet

6. Chanting the Light of Foresight, for saxophone quartet
Composed by Terry Riley
Performed by Steven Adams, Bruce Ackley, Larry Ochs, Jon Raskin, Rova Saxophone Quartet, Rova Saxophone Quartet

Chanting the Light of Foresight, Music, Stephen Adams, Jon Raskin, Larry/Adams, Steve Ochs, Terry Riley, Rova Saxophone Quartet, Bruce Ackley, Larry Ochs, Ambient, Chamber, Chamber Music, Classical, Classical Composers, Minimalism, Saxophone Quartet, World Music
Terry Riley: Chanting the Light of Foresight
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • atypical but works well
 Terry Riley: Chanting the Light of Foresight

Manufacturer: New Albion Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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  1. Curran: Electric Rags II
  2. Riley: The Book Of Abbeyozzud / Tanenbaum, Silverman, et al
  3. Terry Riley: Salome Dances for Peace
  4. The Harp of New Albion
  5. Riley: Requiem for Adam / Philosopher's Hand

ASIN: B000000R3O
Release Date: 1994-03-01

Tracks:

  1. Chanting the Light of Foresight: The Tuning Path
  2. Chanting the Light of Foresight: The Pipes Of Medb: Medb's Blues
  3. Chanting the Light of Foresight: Song Announcing Dawn's Combat
  4. Chanting the Light of Foresight: The Chord Of War
  5. Chanting the Light of Foresight: Ferdia's Death Chant
  6. Chanting the Light of Foresight

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars atypical but works well.......2002-02-09

I'm pretty skeptical about the more outrageous claims by the intonational purists - equal temperament will make your brain fall out, and all that. At the same time I envy the sitarist in the old chestnut who didn't get into Beethoven's 5th all that much, but loved that part at the beginning, you know, where the oboe plays that A 440 and the orchestra microtones around it.

That said, though, Terry Riley's collaboration with the world-class saxophone quartet Rova works on an astounding number of levels, not just as a "resonant intonation" showcase. For starters, it's got to be a compositional challenge to present nothing but saxophone timbres for 50 odd minutes, to elicit all possible variety without cloying or blaring. Yet the work also features ensemble playing so well-composed as to sound spontaneous, coupled with improvization so skillful as to sound composed. Then there's that grand, lovely musical arch. And on top of that, the arch serves a programmatic agenda, telling the story of a cattle raid that ends in mystic insight, a contradiction so well embraced by your typical Celtic epic.

All in all, not typical Terry Riley (if there is any such thing), but highly worthwhile listening on its own terms.

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