We saw the LAGQ perform Road to the Sun at a Philadelphia Chamber Music Society concert in November 2017. It was an impressive and mesmerizing piece, but two years later, having heard it only the once, I can remember very little of it. I've been eagerly awaiting this recording. (I am unfamiliar with the other piece on the new record.)
I fantasized about a quad recording of the piece, but I doubt that will ever happen.
It should probably be emphasized that Metheny does not perform on this album. It consists of his compositions for classical guitar, played by other musicians.
My recollection of "Road to the Sun" is that, while it shares the compositional lexicon of some of his other serious, long-form work, it is not in any way jazz. It is clearly Metheny, though, even without his fingers on the strings.
Last edited by rdclark; 12-05-2020 at 06:07 AM.
I found these videos last night. A interesting analysis of the Metheny/Mays compositional approach and who wrote which parts. Turns out Lyle wrote a lot of the quirkier harmonic and rhythmic sections.
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