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http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php?topic=26813.0 (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php?topic=26813.0)
Quote from: Thatfabulousalien on March 16, 2017, 03:54:54 PM
No, I haven't heard it. I'll check it out 8)
I like this post.
People who haven't heard Beethoven's c-sharp minor string quartet should listen to it.
Quote from: North Star on March 16, 2017, 04:01:07 PM
People who haven't heard Beethoven's c-sharp minor string quartet should listen to it.
I've sat down with a single malt and I'm going to do as you suggest right now.
e: I enjoyed that. I think as far as Beethoven's music is concerned, the later compositions are where it's at for me.
Lucia Dlugoszewski ~ Fire Fragile Flight 09:38 (1977)
Chamber orchestra, players double slide whistles, percussionist doubles playing on the harp of the piano, etc. Lush sound-world, strong and beautifully constructed (form).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cH-HfKTx7dg
Nico Muhly ~ Mothertongue I. Archive 05:47 recorded performance, acoustic / electronic sound sources
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cB46mn8Exd8
David Lang ~ Child viola, cello, flute, clarinet, piano (percussion doubled by players; two conductors.) ca 43 min. imo a really fine work, perhaps, as it so often goes, more worthy of the Pulitzer than the Pulitzer he was awarded for The Little Match Girl Passion.
V. Little eye 07:23
I. My very empty mouth 13:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkZibGtxkag
II. Sweet air 08:50
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lF9pDIfEUtc
III. Short fall 04:07
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7kx2gDP3Wk
IV. Stick Figure 09:56
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=469MY0tdSno
V. Little eye 07:23
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VI0yRXD8tfk
Fulvio Caldini ~ Bestiale, Op. 93 per elettronica e campionamenti (2000)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTAJOBn73GA
Franco Battiato ~ Juke Box (1978) elctro-acoustic, studio recording, six short 'numbers'
His is a pop singer-songwriter / composer. in the early 70's he plunged into making a lot of electronic music This disc is especially far removed from what we might think of as 'pop' songs... a very unique and personal sound, highly communicative and effective, imo.
playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3-ZDxWb_J0&list=PLhQHlPG4E3CxTnnqZ09yS-HFZy_E_GNlJ&index=1
Joseph Fennimore ~ Concerto Piccolo for Piano and Chamber Orchestra (1962) 10:41 totally solid writing, a sense of whimsy and sheer fun
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGC1L48Saow
Early Luciano Berio...
a very neoclassical Petite Suite for piano, 1947
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTE__pthXCo
Concertino for clarinet, violin concertante, chamber group (strings, celeste (1951)
If not serial, damn near, or 'pitch classy' ~ imo lovely magical sounding piece.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMVsTgNqgm8
Quote from: Monsieur Croche on March 16, 2017, 06:43:24 PM
David Lang ~ Child viola, cello, flute, clarinet, piano (percussion doubled by players; two conductors.) ca 43 min. imo a really fine work, perhaps, as it so often goes, more worthy of the Pulitzer than the Pulitzer he was awarded for The Little Match Girl Passion.[/]
V. Little eye 07:23
I. My very empty mouth 13:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkZibGtxkag
II. Sweet air 08:50
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lF9pDIfEUtc
III. Short fall 04:07
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7kx2gDP3Wk
IV. Stick Figure 09:56
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=469MY0tdSno
V. Little eye 07:23
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VI0yRXD8tfk
+1 A fantastic piece of music
[David Lang ~ Child viola, cello, flute, clarinet, piano (percussion doubled by players; two conductors.)]
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on March 16, 2017, 06:45:13 PM
+1 A fantastic piece of music
Topping it off is the link is a recording of a superb live performance!
I think it seriously formidable, too. Such
intelligent yet entirely 'listenable' music is thin on the ground... always has been, lol.
Best regards.
Quote from: Monsieur Croche on March 16, 2017, 06:51:25 PM
[David Lang ~ Child viola, cello, flute, clarinet, piano (percussion doubled by players; two conductors.)]
Topping it off is the link is a recording of a superb live performance!
I think it seriously formidable, too. Such intelligent yet entirely 'listenable' music is thin on the ground... always has been, lol.
Best regards.
Oh cool! I'll admit I didn't hit the links as I thought they were perhaps from the recording of Child by Sentieri selvaggi. But I will definitely check them out.
Thanks,
Croche!
I'm sure not many here have heard any of Ester Magi's music:
https://www.youtube.com/v/OfkXE_bsakE
Quote from: Mirror Image on March 16, 2017, 06:59:56 PM
I'm sure not many here have heard any of Ester Magi's music:
https://www.youtube.com/v/OfkXE_bsakE
I hadn't, but I had a listen to the piece on that video. Interesting and attractive stuff. I've added the CD to my basket.
Quote from: NikF on March 16, 2017, 04:45:03 PM
I've sat down with a single malt and I'm going to do as you suggest right now.
e: I enjoyed that. I think as far as Beethoven's music is concerned, the later compositions are where it's at for me.
Don't let the whiskey win.
Quote from: NikF on March 16, 2017, 07:34:39 PM
I hadn't, but I had a listen to the piece on that video. Interesting and attractive stuff. I've added the CD to my basket.
Yeah, she's a neat composer, Nik. She draws heavily from Estonian folk music. In this particular work, she kind of has the Bartók-lite (a la
Hungarian Sketches) sound with perhaps some Janáček thrown in for good measure. But in a work of hers like
Vesper for string orchestra, you can hear some Vasks and Pärt and even some American composers like Copland and Barber in the string writing.
https://www.youtube.com/v/Ady_84T2ESU
Quote from: Mirror Image on March 16, 2017, 08:53:35 PM
Yeah, she's a neat composer, Nik. She draws heavily from Estonian folk music. In this particular work, she kind of has the Bartók-lite (a la Hungarian Sketches) sound with perhaps some Janáček thrown in for good measure. But in a work of hers like Vesper for string orchestra, you can hear some Vasks and Pärt and even some American composers like Copland and Barber in the string writing.
https://www.youtube.com/v/Ady_84T2ESU
I can hear what you mean by Bartók-lite. And the folk music is readily apparent. Good stuff.
I recommended these yesterday to a new member:
Jan Kalliwoda!
[asin]B000GQL8OA[/asin]
and
[asin]B01M4KPBOT[/asin]
which contains the Symphony #1, the Violin Concertino #1, and the Introduction and Variations for Clarinet and Orchestra
AND...
[asin]B00WVR1S38[/asin]
which contains the Violin Concertino #5, and Overtures #3, ,7 and 10 which are like compact symphonies!
This could become your favorite Wuorinen piece to begin with a veiled reference to the Capriccio italien:
http://www.youtube.com/v/u_rwdmUQuZ0
A very slow piece, but for those who like contemporary piano music, I think this is pretty cool:
https://www.youtube.com/v/oZI5nIpIUcA
Also this masterwork by Trevor Wishart
https://www.youtube.com/v/lekLl7o8yrc
Toshio Hosokawa's Utsurohi for sho and harp (not a combination I've seen anywhere else!):
https://www.youtube.com/v/KM5mrO0yUXI
Bersa, Sunny Fields:
https://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=8tQKZGgz5lU
Quote from: Mirror Image on March 16, 2017, 06:59:56 PM
I'm sure not many here have heard any of Ester Magi's music:
https://www.youtube.com/v/OfkXE_bsakE
Gift of the Magi, for sure, thank,s John!
Quote from: jessop on March 17, 2017, 07:49:01 PM
A very slow piece, but for those who like contemporary piano music, I think this is pretty cool:
https://www.youtube.com/v/oZI5nIpIUcA
There is one criterion of small consequence, where one should I suppose, at least make mention of the stamina it takes to play 'like that' for forty minutes or so.
Whatever effect or point he means to make, for me, the piece lacked anything to hold my interest, and I spot checked through the entire piece to see if there might be more to it than what I thought. This has me in wonderment that he he has a career doing --- this. There is not much real difference between this and alternative pop 'neoclassical' Nils Frahm wailing away on the keyboards at something highly repetitive for twenty minutes or more. I will check other works to see if there is 'anything there' but this is not at all, imo, a promising first intro.
Best regards.
Quote from: Monsieur Croche on March 22, 2017, 10:10:46 PM
There is one criterion of small consequence, where one should I suppose, at least make mention of the stamina it takes to play 'like that' for forty minutes or so.
Whatever effect or point he means to make, I found the piece so flat on imagination and so dulling in its choice and use of materials that it is a wonderment to me he has a career doing --- this. There is not much real difference between this and alternative pop 'neoclassical' Nils Frahm wailing away on the keyboards at something highly repetitive for twenty minutes or more. I will check other works to see if there is 'anything there' but this is not at all, imo, a promising first intro.
Best regards.
Well perhaps you might find some of his percussion music a little more interesting
https://www.youtube.com/v/mV-qKM7yFec
Quote from: jessop on March 23, 2017, 12:19:31 AM
Well perhaps you might find some of his percussion music a little more interesting
https://www.youtube.com/v/mV-qKM7yFec
Thanks. I did bookmark this composer to check his other works, a fair amount on Youtube.
There are few band works that I have recommended in other forums that have received some positive responses. Some of them have been response to member who think all contemporary music is atonal or aleatoric or whatever. One of the recommendations that has received the most positive results is a performance David Maslanka's Fourth Symphony by the United States Navy Band with Mallory Thompson conducting. Ms. Thompson is the director of the principle band at Northwestern University and one of the top concert band directors in the United States.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2xcMoQ6ML4 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2xcMoQ6ML4)
Quote from: arpeggio on March 23, 2017, 04:09:25 AM
There are few band works that I have recommended in other forums that have received some positive responses. Some of them have been response to member who think all contemporary music is atonal or aleatoric or whatever. One of the recommendations that has received the most positive results is a performance David Maslanka's Fourth Symphony by the United States Navy Band with Mallory Thompson conducting. Ms. Thompson is the director of the principle band at Northwestern University and one of the top concert band directors in the United States.
http://www.youtube.com/v/A2xcMoQ6ML4
thanks, I'm taking this to the WAYLT thread 8)
Quote from: arpeggio on March 23, 2017, 04:09:25 AM
There are few band works that I have recommended in other forums that have received some positive responses. Some of them have been response to member who think all contemporary music is atonal or aleatoric or whatever. One of the recommendations that has received the most positive results is a performance David Maslanka's Fourth Symphony by the United States Navy Band with Mallory Thompson conducting. Ms. Thompson is the director of the principle band at Northwestern University and one of the top concert band directors in the United States.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2xcMoQ6ML4 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2xcMoQ6ML4)
Witty and fanciful variants on
Ein feste Burg.
Quote from: Ghost Sonata on March 22, 2017, 02:55:44 PM
Gift of the Magi, for sure, thanks John!
You're welcome. I wish more of her music was recorded, though. :(
Quote from: arpeggio on March 23, 2017, 04:09:25 AM
There are few band works that I have recommended in other forums that have received some positive responses. Some of them have been response to member who think all contemporary music is atonal or aleatoric or whatever. One of the recommendations that has received the most positive results is a performance David Maslanka's Fourth Symphony by the United States Navy Band with Mallory Thompson conducting. Ms. Thompson is the director of the principle band at Northwestern University and one of the top concert band directors in the United States.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2xcMoQ6ML4 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2xcMoQ6ML4)
If you play in the Navy Band do you still have to do other stuff or is that a full time gig?
Some wonders from Czech baroque and early classicism:
Bohuslav Matěj Černohorský : Laudetur Jesus Christus (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoPnIBE_oyY)
Jan Josef Ignác Brentner : Vesperae cum ordinariis psalmis (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvcTwT6d88o)
Šimon Brixi : Tu es Deus (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwUVC1DejTo)
František Ignác Tůma : Stabat Mater (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQ7Z1lh8Ia0)
Franz Benda : Flute Concerto in E Minor (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQt4wiGz5jM)