Name that piece! The game

[mc ukrneal]

Richard Wagner

Correct!

Ok, it was a tricky one. It was from this CD:
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Here is a youtube version of it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hC6Ox9x-3X8

[Opus106]

http://www.youtube.com/v/otkamYt7DlQ

Listen to the music while watching the man's face.

[DavidW]

What that is so what!? That's almost at the level of the Gurnian deception!

[Parsifal]

Ok. I had this one already to go

See what you think:

http://www.4shared.com/audio/os8pM5pq/Mystery_piece.html

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

Happy Birthday!

I am not sure you will get this one, but you already got your birthday selection, so all is well!!!

Test 2.mp3

Thanks! And I see Wagner is there. Excellent!

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

Ok. I had this one already to go

See what you think:

http://www.4shared.com/audio/os8pM5pq/Mystery_piece.html

Sounds like accidental music for a (Shakespearean?) play...

[Parsifal]

Sounds like accidental music for a (Shakespearean?) play...

Sorry, no.

Keep posting guesses, I'll check back in a while

[mc ukrneal]

What that is so what!? That's almost at the level of the Gurnian deception!

Almost?!?!?! That's it - almost?!?!  At least the named composer actually wrote the piece! 

it is remarkable, and hard to imagine that this style will later develop into his mature style.

[Scarpia]

Sorry, no.

Keep posting guesses, I'll check back in a while

Has a certain Ives-ish cacophony to it.    

[DavidW]

Almost?!?!?! That's it - almost?!?!  At least the named composer actually wrote the piece! 

it is remarkable, and hard to imagine that this style will later develop into his mature style.

hehe good point!

[Parsifal]

Has a certain Ives-ish cacophony to it.   

I should mention the recording is historical, mono from 1960, the conductor was famous as a somewhat conservative proponent of contemporary music.
The composer is well-known, the piece is not 

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

Conductor - Scherchen?

[Scarpia]

Conductor - Scherchen?

or Hanson?

[Parsifal]

or Hanson?

Conductor: Ernest Ansermet

[Brian]

I guess Frank Martin - Concerto for 7 Winds and Percussion
Haven't actually heard it, but it's in my Ansermet box from Decca.

[Scarpia]

I guess Frank Martin - Concerto for 7 Winds and Percussion
Haven't actually heard it, but it's in my Ansermet box from Decca.

His Decca recording is Stereo and after 1960.  A mono recording from 1960 must be a radio broadcast tape.

[Parsifal]

His Decca recording is Stereo and after 1960.  A mono recording from 1960 must be a radio broadcast tape.

Yes that's stereo.

But I already used Martin and would not repeat a composer in this game

This composer if from a different country, and better known than Martin. He was likely a favorite of Ansermet, since he recorded several other works by him (in spectacular sound,btw)

[Brian]

Honegger?

In any case, I want to jump in on the Johan birthday celebrations with a piece of my own, right answer or not.    For our esteemed friend's party I hired a troupe of dancers... only, who are they, and what are they dancing?

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/12672585/mysteryclip5.mp3

[Parsifal]

Honegger?

In any case, I want to jump in on the Johan birthday celebrations with a piece of my own, right answer or not.    For our esteemed friend's party I hired a troupe of dancers... only, who are they, and what are they dancing?

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/12672585/mysteryclip5.mp3

Well that certainly is polite of you

[Brian]

Well that certainly is polite of you

Sorry    if it makes you feel better I'm catching a plane tomorrow and thus won't be on GMG for ~18 hours.