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Monte Rosa (Adagio in
Am)
By
Kristin Amarie, David
Lanz, Cameron Stone & Czech National Orchestra
Written by
Steve Sheppard
There are some musicians who are performers of a great
standard, there are some who produce fine works and have moments of brilliance,
akin perhaps to a firefly’s existence in late summer, others find a niche and
stick with it, then there be the gods of music, those who are the ultimate
creators of great beauty, fluency and passion, that last slot goes to one of
the most masterful contemporary musicians of their time in David Lanz, and partnered with his soul mate Kristin Amarie, they have brought into reality a blockbuster of a
creation with Monte Rosa (Adagio in Am),
a cinematic overture of outstanding natural beauty.
I must be honest here, this one took me so long to write,
because I became incredibly emotional listening to it, probably the Am effect,
but the pleasure was so pronounced, the master Game of Thrones cellist, Cameron Stone whose tonal descriptive
intelligence reigned supreme started this emotional roller coaster, and that so
very powerful Lanz piano literally made me tingle with very nerve in my body,
Kristin’s sense of musical composition is beyond anything I have seen or heard,
she has such a keen and intelligent ear, and the Czech National Orchestra a
treasure to be treasured indeed.
The huge crescendo at around 1:50 said so much about the
sheer talents of world renowned arranger Kurt Bestor, then this symphony of
grandeur entered a softer phase, emphasising the textured beauty of this
mountain in the Alps, and the composition climatically drew to a close in ways
that even John Williams and Jerry Goldsmith would only ever wish to
do, if ever a piece of music should win an award, without doubt it has to be
the cinematic glorification called Monte
Rosa (Adagio in Am) by Kristin Amarie,
David Lanz, Cameron Stone and Czech National Orchestra, it is literally the
apex of the neo classical genre, by a light year.
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