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Recommend me more like John Adams..

Hi all

I just bought John Adams "The Dharma at Big Sur". It's an incredibly beautiful, indian-influenced piece featuring an electric violin. Somehow I just connect to it and find myself transported. Do check it out if you get a chance.

I'd like to find more music like this. I already enjoy Steve Reich's Music for 18 Musicians, Gorecki's 3rd Symphony, and Arvo Part's Fratres, which are in some sense similar to the Adams work. Could anyone recommend more music similar to this? I like all kinds of music and love to discover and explore new stuff.

I have been put off by some avant garde music that just seems to me to be chaotic. I enjoy listening to music that is serene but not to the point of soporific.

Thanks in advance for your suggestions
cheers
Mick
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Try Zia Mohuiddin Dagar. Very slow and meditative raga, each note perfect.

Z.M. Dagar at Amazon

You might also like Alan Hovhaness' Shalimar.

Shalimar at Amazon

Another genre that can do this thing is the medieval a capella mass and motet. The Tallis Scholars, The Clerk's Group, the Huelgas Ensemble are superb performers.

Morales by Tallis

The above disc is slightly on the austere and Apollonian side but IMHO gorgeous. Try their Lobo Requiem too.

The Clerk's Group's Ockeghem Requiem picked up awards. They have done a lot of Ockeghem and the following disc is truly a Best Of:

Essential Ockeghem by the Clerks

The Huelgas Ensemble are at present my favourite performers of the genre. This disc may be hard to get but it is worth it:

Huelgas: Pipelare's Homme Armé

I haven't even mentioned Josquin des Prez who is perhaps the greatest composer of all.

Great thread!
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