Pieces in a Modern Style

Pieces in a Modern Style

Infobox Album |
Name = Pieces in a Modern Style
Type = Album
Artist = William Orbit
Released = February 22, 2000
Recorded =
Genre = Electronic/Ambient
Length = 1:00:10
Label = WEA
Producer = William Orbit
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:ntn8b5n49sqh link]
* "Rolling Stone" Rating|3|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/williamorbit/albums/album/91338/review/5945233/pieces_in_a_modern_style link]
Last album = "The Best of Strange Cargos" (1996)
This album = "Pieces in a Modern Style" (2000)
Next album = "Hello Waveforms" (2006)

"Pieces in a Modern Style" is the sixth album by electronic instrumentalist William Orbit. He is credited as arranger, programmer, producer, and performer of the album. Released in 2000, it was responsible for introducing the piece "Adagio for Strings" to a new generation. This was the first single from the album, however the version played on radio and television was a remix by Ferry Corsten which led to people buying the album thinking it was dance music.Fact|date=February 2007. The album is in fact a fusion of classical music, electronica, ambient music and chill out music and contains no vocals. The Adagio single reached #4 in the UK Singles Chart in December 1999.

The second single was "Pavane pour une Infant Défunte". This again had a different arrangement to the album version, but this time was done by Orbit himself. The single reached #31 in the UK Singles Chart in May 2000.

The album was originally released in May 1995 on Orbit's N-Gram Recordings label, credited to Orbit alias The Electric Chamber. This version is not widely available, as it was withdrawn from sale almost immediately when Arvo Pärt objected to its inclusion of his compositions "Fratres" and "Cantus In Memoriam Benjamin Britten". The version issued in 2000 replaced these pieces with works by Beethoven, Vivaldi, Handel and Mascagni, and reached #2 in the UK Album Charts.

Track listing

# Samuel Barber - "Adagio for Strings" – 9:34
# John Cage - "In a Landscape" – 2:57
# Erik Satie - "Ogive Number 1" [Although titled "Ogive Number 1", this track is actually an arrangement of the second of Satie's four Ogives. Compare, for example, Orbit's arrangement with either the published sheet music or the midi files linked from Ogive (music).] – 6:44
# Pietro Mascagni - "Cavalleria Rusticana" – 3:19
# Maurice Ravel - "Pavane pour une Infante Défunte" – 6:11
# Antonio Vivaldi - "L'Inverno" – 3:57
# Ludwig van Beethoven - "Triple Concerto" – 5:32
# George Frideric Handel - "Xerxes" – 4:42
# Henryk Górecki - "Piece in the Old Style 1" – 5:06
# Henryk Górecki - "Piece in the Old Style 3" – 5:49
# Ludwig van Beethoven - "Opus 132" – 6:14

Limited edition EP also contains:
#"Adagio for Strings" (Ferry Corsten Mix) - 6:33
#"Adagio for Strings" (ATB Mix) - 7:35

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