Thomas Adès
Thomas Joseph Edmund Adès (born 1 March 1971) is a British composer, pianist and conductor. Five compositions by Adès received votes in the 2017 Classic Voice poll of the greatest works of art music since 2000: The Tempest (2004), Violin Concerto (2005), Tevot (2007), In Seven Days (2008), and Polaris (2010). Major recent works include: Dante (2020) and Aquifer (2024).
Genre: 21st-century-classical, contemporary-classical, avant-garde, british-contemporary-classical
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Top Tracks
- Adès: Dante, Pt. I "Inferno": I. Abandon Hope—
- Adès: Dante, Pt. I "Inferno": IV. Pavan of the Souls in Limbo—
- Adès: Dante, Pt. I "Inferno": II. The Selfish—stung by wasps
- Adès: Dante, Pt. I "Inferno": V. Paolo and Francesca—the endless whirlwind
- Adès: Dante, Pt. I "Inferno": III. The Ferryman
- Adès: Dante, Pt. I "Inferno": VI. The Gluttons—in slime
- Adès: Dante, Pt. I "Inferno": VII. The Suicides—the bleeding trees—
- Adès: Dante, Pt. III "Paradiso": Awakening—Moon—Mercury—Venus—Sun—Mars—Jupiter (The Eagle)—Saturn (The Golden Ladder)—Fixed Stars—Empyrean
- Adès: Dante, Pt. II "Purgatorio": I. Dawn on the Sea of Purgatory—
- Adès: Dante, Pt. I "Inferno": XII. The Thieves—devoured by reptiles
- Adès: Dante, Pt. I "Inferno": VIII. The Deviants—on burning sand—
- Adès: Dante, Pt. II "Purgatorio": VI. The Heavenly Procession—
- Adès: Dante, Pt. II "Purgatorio": III. The Valley of Flowers—
- Adès: Dante, Pt. II "Purgatorio": II. Mount Purgatory—
- Adès: Dante, Pt. I "Inferno": XI. The Hypocrites—in coats of lead
- Adès: Dante, Pt. I "Inferno": X. The Popes’ Adagio—heads first—
- Adès: Dante, Pt. I "Inferno": IX. The Fortune-tellers—facing both ways
- Adès: Dante, Pt. II "Purgatorio": VII. The Ascent
- Adès: Dante, Pt. II "Purgatorio": V. The Earthly Paradise—
- Adès: Dante, Pt. II "Purgatorio": IV. The Healing Fire—
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