Whoever put this music into Civilisation IV has probably done more for the cause of 'modern' music than anyone else in the last 30 years.

These ads in between with 5 times the volume absolutely kill the mood

I will never get bored of this piece and performance. It's just absolutely sublime. I first came across John Adams' work from the video game Civilization IV, where his compositions are used (to great effect) to underscore the modern era of the game. It's just hypnotic and unique and gives me so much pleasure to listen to. Thank you for the upload.

This is a gorgeous composition and the performance is exquisite. The octave leaps in the Third Movement beggar speech. The availability of so many wonderful performances on this platform throughout the Pandemic has figuratively been for those sheltering in place a form of medicine not requiring a prescription.

Which orchestra is this? At the very LEAST they should be mentioned! They’re better than the conductor who gets lost and forgets to give cues, has his head buried in the score and doesn’t even give the last note of the first movement! The players of this orchestra are so good that one might not even notice de Waart’s errors (unless one knows the music and is used to watching conductors)… The orchestra was unflustered and completely together, despite his vagaries and (the conductor’s) inability to keep track of the score…

You can tell this made an indelible impact on The Matrix.

I have always been considering this works as THE GREATEST orchestral works on the 20/21st century the moment I heard this piece 20 years ago.

I've got to say that trying to learn the piece and being interrupted by adverts in the middle of the bar is REALLY annoying!!! They could perfectly fit in between of movements

This upload is solid gold! So great to relive the SFSO with De Waart recording from 1985 in this way. And so glad that this masterpiece lives on!

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I love this piece. I wish American orchestras would perform it on tour more.

Melbourne Symphony (Australia) performed this last night with Lawrence Renes - superb - just before our 5th Covid19 lockdown in Melbourne. What a Gift to carry us through however long it takes this time.

It would be useful to know what orchestra is performing this piece. All I see is a large number of east Asian faces. I recognize Edo de Waart having seen him conduct the Sydney Symphony Orchestra in the Opera House in 1995 when I was visiting Australia. And, of course, he conducted the premiere recording of this piece with the San Francisco Symphony in the mid-1980's.

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Bravo maestro Adams! Bravo, maestro Edo! You make dreams come true!

I first heard this work in the Edo De Waart/San Francisco recording and was rather looking forward to this video but .... the lack of sync between audio/video ruined it for me....

This is a great recording of this masterwork!

Just perfect in every way. such a pleasure.