Pallett begins with an austere arrangement of the Ives masterwork and later segues into his own material.
It shows an austere arrangement of a cracked jug surmounted by a toothed skull and encircled by a rough crucifix, a scattering of ashes, and an unstoppered bottle of either medicine or poison.
They both laid back considerably in one exceptional moment that seemed to acknowledge the lineage of the room: an austere arrangement of the standard "I Fall in Love Too Easily," complete with leading-man essay on tenor saxophone.
The bathroom unit divides the "bedroom," at the far end of the house, from the "living room," an austere arrangement of Mies van der Rohe stainless-steel-and-brown-leather furniture on a white rug.
For stricter traditionalism, there are good compilations from the catalogs of two longtime Irish folk labels: Claddagh Records' "Come Dance With Me in Ireland and Temple Recordss' "Irish Traditional Music" both present traditional tunes in austere traditional arrangements, usually just solos or duets.
Gabriel's structures exhibit a "noble simplicity" in the austere but harmonious arrangement of their masses and their subdued Classical decoration.
That Martin was there to arrange the larger ensembles has always been noted what is not noted frequently enough is how brilliant, austere, and original his arrangements were.
Pedro Sá on guitar, Ricardo Dias Gomes on bass and keyboards and Marcelo Callado on drums join Mr. Veloso in arrangements that stay austere — a few guitar notes, a terse beat, virtually no embellishment — as if X-raying the songs.
On her albums "The Marble Index" (1969) and "Desertshore" (1970), Mr. Cale's stark, windswept productions and arrangements were usually built around the undulating patterns Nico played on a harmonium; adding austere string arrangements or keyboards, they suspended the songs far away from rock or pop.
