New York's Bang on a Can festival has made a few interesting strides in infusing classical composition with the fire and openness of rock music; many of the results may come off as more "Downtown"-style wankery, but much of the music compiled on Cheating, Lying, and Stealing (composed by seven Bang on a Can "all-stars") manages to get past this into rather appealing territory. Musicians like Annie Gosfield add the clang and discordance of the Downtown scene to classically-shaped pieces; Frederic Rzewski transforms simplistic folk melodies into a virtuousic piano composition; Hermento Pascoal adds elements of dissonance and atonality to the plush roots of Brazilian jazz; and David Lang, Evan Ziporyn, Louis V. Vierk, and Nick Didkovsky contribute pieces as well.
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Bang On a Can - Cheating, Lying, Stealing
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AllMusic Review by Nitsuh Abebe
Track Listing
| Sample | Title/Composer | Performer | Time | |||
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| 1 | 10:30 | |||||
| 2 | 05:20 | |||||
| 3 | 05:23 | |||||
| 4 | 04:12 | |||||
| 5 | 10:43 | |||||
| 6 | 02:56 | |||||
| 7 | 02:19 | |||||
| 8 | 01:21 | |||||
| 9 | 01:47 | |||||
| 10 | 00:27 | |||||
| 11 | 02:36 | |||||
| 12 | 00:16 | |||||
| 13 | 01:14 | |||||
| 14 | 01:14 | |||||
| 15 | 01:59 | |||||
| 16 | 06:21 | |||||
| 17 | 08:41 |
