Low Symphony From The Music Of David Bowie & Brian Eno

Big fan of Glass. This is an excellent CD

The Low Symphony is based on music originally composed by David Bowie and Brian Eno on their 1970s album Low. Glass works his magic with the Bowie/Eno themes. If you like Glass and haven't heard this, you won't be disappointed.

It has neither great flaws or strengths. I have a feeling it would work better with the addition of electronic instruments. The arpeggios lack the crystalline punch offered by purer tones, resulting in a softened chewed-up sound. Perhaps if they had been played on the piano as with The Hours, the result would have been more effective?Here are a few symphonic masterpieces to check out: Tcherepnin's 3rd (Shui), Prokofiev's 5th (Kuchar/Järvi), the first two movements of Prokofiev's 6th (Slatkin), Prokofiev's 2nd (Kuchar), Le Sacre du Printemps (Stravinsky), Rachmaninov's 1st (Slatkin), Scriabin's Poem of Ecstasy and Prometheus (Maazel), Shostakovich's 15th (Slovák), Messiaen's Turangalîla, Dvorak's 4th, 8th. and 9th, Mahler #10 (1st movement). If you like the arpeggios with the sweeping strings in the first half of Subterraneans, listen to Rautavaara's Cantus Arcticus where quite similar music has greater impact. Around 8 minutes in, I'm reminded of Stravinsky's Symphony of Psalms, but again the latter is more effective.And, as for Glass, I think his "The Hours" soundtrack is outstanding. The only defect in that piece is that some of the ideas progress too quickly -- the opposite is the case here. Even though it's called a soundtrack it makes for much more effective listening by itself than this "symphony" does. Prophecies, Facades, Company... there is better Glass out there. The London Symphony did well with the latter two, which does demonstrate some of his music at least does translate into the unplugged symphonic realm.And, I'm really not certain that this performance is as good as it could be.

This is the best adaptive piece i have ever heard. The incredibly melancholic and serious tone of the original album is reinterpreted through orchestral movements which lend a new tone of urgency to this already emotionally charged masterpiece. It is a must for music lovers.

This is an impressive interpretation of David Bowie and Brian Eno's Low from 1977 (Check out the original album too--way ahead of it's time) Great listen for long drives and this recording holds up well and it quite enjoyable even if you do not have or haven't heard the original album

Excellent album, very good condition

I enjoy this cd

I own many tens of thousands of songs. But invariably I listen to the Low Symphony every day just as I have done for years. It is a brilliant strike of creative lightening.