The Become Trilogy, by John Luther Adams

The Become Trilogy

by John Luther Adams

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Minivan Riots Gorgeous. I adore this music. Favorite track: Become Desert.

Stephen Savage Visionary and sublime, the Become Trilogy are a testament to the brilliance and depth of JLA and his orchestral writing. Favorite track: Become River.

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	1.	Become River 14:54
	2.	Become Ocean (remastered) 42:13
	3.	Become Desert (remastered) 40:22
	4.	Become River (excerpt) 02:05

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When asked about three of his signature orchestral works — the Grammy-winning Become Ocean, its sequel Become Desert, and the original source Become River (previously unreleased as an official recording until now) — composer John Luther Adams refers to them collectively as “a trilogy that I never set out to write.”

Become River, composed for chamber orchestra, was the first of the three, although it began while Adams was working on Become Ocean for the Seattle Symphony. “Steven Schick and I were having dinner together,” he recalls, “and I went on at length about the music I’d begun to imagine. ‘So you’re already composing a symphonic ocean,’ Steve said. ‘Maybe for a smaller orchestra you could go ahead and compose that river in delta.’ He had me, and I knew it. Within a week I’d begun work on Become River.”

Collected here for the first time, with newly remastered versions of Become Ocean and Become Desert by acclaimed engineer Nathaniel Reichman, The Become Trilogy pays tribute to a magical partnership between Adams, conductor Ludovic Morlot and the renowned Seattle Symphony. As a whole, the music speaks both to the meditative solace of solitude, and the universally shared experience of living, giving and interacting as a citizen of the world.

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released September 25, 2020

Remixed and remastered by Nathaniel Reichman in stereo, 5.1 surround, and Dolby Atmos.
(5.1 and Dolby Atmos mixes available in digital format only by request)

Become Ocean (CA21101) and Become Desert (CA21148) were each originally released as a 2-disc CD+DVD set, in stereo and 5.1, on Cantaloupe Music.

Executive producers: Michael Gordon, David Lang, Kenny Savelson and Julia Wolfe
Label manager: Bill Murphy
Sales & licensing: Adam Cuthbert
Label assistant: Cassie Wieland

Art direction and graphic design: Jim Fox
Photography: Andy Futreal (front), Pete Woodhead (JLA image, back), David Köster (Become River, Neon River Valley, from the Neon Country series), Sebastian Meckelmann (Become Ocean, front), Paul Chesley (Become Ocean, back), Stefan Kunze (Become Desert)

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