Diamond Music

Released in 1996, Diamond Music is an album by Welsh composer Karl Jenkins.

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1996 - Album - Welsh - Composer - Karl Jenkins

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Perhaps one of Jenkins most recognized works is the first movement of the "Palladio" suite, inspired by sixteenth-century architect Andrea Palladio. This piece, in varying arrangements, has served as the music for DeBeers television advertisements since the company's "A Diamond is Forever" campaign in the mid 1990s. For this reason, the album is titled Diamond Music and the cover art features shadowed figures and photographs of diamonds much like the imagery used in the ad campaign.

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Sixteenth-century - Andrea Palladio - Arrangement - DeBeers - Television advertisement - 1990s

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Jenkin's compositions in this album encompass a broad polystylistic range, contrasting delicate pieces written for string quartet with the broad sound of a string orchestra. "String Quartet No. 2" includes movements in the Baroque style of Antonio Vivaldi ("The Fifth Season") as well as a tango, waltz, hoe-down, and others. The four "Adiemus Variations" are reworkings of Jenkin's own piece "Adiemus" from '. Additionally, the second movement of "Palladio" served as the theme for "Cantus Insolitus" also heard on Songs of Sanctuary.

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Polystylistic - String quartet - String orchestra - Baroque - Antonio Vivaldi - Tango - Waltz - Hoe-down - Variations

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