Tone Poem Recommendations, with Exotic Sound

Started by Alina, September 25, 2020, 12:14:44 AM

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Alina

Hi :) I've been looking for tone poems with either exotic or oriental themes, something similar in sound to Borodin's Dance of the Polovtsian Maidens and his tone poem, In the Steppes of Central Asia. I hope you'll share some of your recommendations with me. Thanks :)

relm1

Definitely Rachmaninoff's early tone poems like "The Rock" and "Prince Rostislav".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhba_tVHH6Y

Seek out the opera suites from Rimsky-Korsakov most of Liadov, or Mussorgsky's orchestral works.  There is a rich tradition of music of this style.

Symphonic Addict

Balakirev's Tamara, Lyapunov's Hashish, Glière's Shakh Senem come to my mind.
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Biffo

There is that perennial favourite - Rimsky-Korsakov's Sheherazade

MusicTurner

#4
Some good listening options, but widening the associations somewhat, are

- Nielsen, Aladdin Suite //  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylYzX3Mnbzg
- Hovhaness, And God Created Great Whales // https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgESUPnCQ5o
- Respighi, Belkis Suite // chandos recording with Geoffrey Simon preferable
- Hovhaness, Symphony (no.9), St. Vartan // https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQbOSq0Mdi0
- Villa-Lobos, Uirapuru // many recordings available
- Holmboe, Symphony 1 opus 4  // Hughes
- Arif Melikov, such as Fairy Tale https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l637bbPf9us
- Armen Tigranian, Anush, such as https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smgQoaD58Yg

In general, try exploring for example Hovhaness and Khachaturian.

Daverz

I'd suggest music by Fikret Amirov and Kara Karayev.

Jo498

Try the Jungle book cycle by Charles Koechlin for something a bit  different.
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vandermolen

"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

Biffo

Quote from: Jo498 on September 25, 2020, 08:10:30 AM
Try the Jungle book cycle by Charles Koechlin for something a bit  different.

Les heures persanes from the same composer is well worth hearing. I prefer the piano original but there is also an orchestral version. Despite its title it was originally inspired by North Africa.

Christo

Some of the tone poems by Turkish composer Cemal Reşit Rey, e.g. the posthumously discovered 'Türkiye'.
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pjme

#10
Exoticism in music...
Since you are only 18 years old, Alina, I hope you are willing to look a bit further than Borodin.

You may know some of these :

Ravel :Shéhérazade for soprano and orchestra + the early (1898) "Ouverture de féérie "Shéhérazade"
Debussy : Pagodes from "Estampes", orchestrations by André Caplet and Percy Grainger
Paul Dukas: La Péri
Henri Rabaud: Maroûf, savetier du Caire/ danses pour orchestre.
Albert Roussel: Evocations ( 3 Indian cities : with soloists and chorus in the last movement).

Further (and on Youtube):
Percy Grainger: ballet The warriors
many South American composers wrote exiting, exotic & exuberant music: Villa Lobos (already mentioned) - Choros nr. 10 for chorus and orchestra is a personal favorite, Alberto Ginastera's Estancia and Panambi,
Silvestre Revueltas Sensemayà and la Noche de los Mayas
Oscar Lorenzo Fernandez: "Reisado do Pastoreio " - the last movement, Batuque is a great dance.
Julian Orbon : Tres versiones symphonicas
Miguel Bernal Jimenez: tres cartas de mexico
Carlos Chavez: symphonia India
In 2004 CHANDOS issued a nice cd with (symphonic) argentinian music. Luis Gianneo, Astor piazzola, Carlos Guastavino and the short but beautiful poem Salmo al Parana by Oscar Giudice.
https://youtu.be/ZeSpvkztOMY
Italo-Brazilian Francisco Mignone: check out the BIS cd with Festa das igrejas, Sinfonia tropical and Maracatu de Chico rei

Leo Smit : Schemselnihar - ballet : https://youtu.be/ZYbuzJWrqMQ
Colin Mac Phee: Tabu Tabuhan : https://youtu.be/UnWHYnIuftU
André Jolivet: Suite Delphique
Yasuhide Ito: Gloriosa for large wind band https://youtu.be/HL0htrubtgc
Yuzo Toyama's 外山雄三 Rhapsody for orchestra: https://youtu.be/t0SGuzfywzw
Kiyoshige Koyama [小山清茂]: "Ubusuna" for Orchestra (1985): https://youtu.be/kYeSdMXrSTk

.....etc;





vandermolen

Although a ballet rather than a tone poem this might fit the bill:
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

brunumb



Behzad RANJBARAN (b. 1955)
The Persian Trilogy (1991-2000)
1. Seven Passages (2000) [13:39]
2. Seemorgh (1991) [22:07]
(The Mountain; The Moonlight; The Sunrise)
3. The Blood of Seyavash (1994) [42:28]
(The Young Prince and Heir; Seduction by Betrayal; Trial by Fire; Tormented Loyalties; Seeds of Envy; Idyllic Love; Prophecy Fulfilled)
London Symphony Orchestra/JoAnn Falletta



vandermolen

#13
Quote from: brunumb on September 30, 2020, 01:31:39 AM


Behzad RANJBARAN (b. 1955)
The Persian Trilogy (1991-2000)
1. Seven Passages (2000) [13:39]
2. Seemorgh (1991) [22:07]
(The Mountain; The Moonlight; The Sunrise)
3. The Blood of Seyavash (1994) [42:28]
(The Young Prince and Heir; Seduction by Betrayal; Trial by Fire; Tormented Loyalties; Seeds of Envy; Idyllic Love; Prophecy Fulfilled)
London Symphony Orchestra/JoAnn Falletta
Looks like an interesting release.

PS it's fun. I discovered a clip on You Tube - a bit 'Star Wars' in places but v enjoyable. CD on my wish list  ::)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3lPTBgOyUc4
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

brunumb



Reinhold GLIÈRE (1875-1956)
Symphony No. 3 in B minor Ilya Muromets Op. 42 (1911) [93:02]

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Harold Farberman


relm1

Quote from: brunumb on September 30, 2020, 01:31:39 AM


Behzad RANJBARAN (b. 1955)
The Persian Trilogy (1991-2000)
1. Seven Passages (2000) [13:39]
2. Seemorgh (1991) [22:07]
(The Mountain; The Moonlight; The Sunrise)
3. The Blood of Seyavash (1994) [42:28]
(The Young Prince and Heir; Seduction by Betrayal; Trial by Fire; Tormented Loyalties; Seeds of Envy; Idyllic Love; Prophecy Fulfilled)
London Symphony Orchestra/JoAnn Falletta

Excellent disc in excellent performances perfectly captured.  Highly recommended.

vandermolen

Quote from: brunumb on September 30, 2020, 05:50:07 AM


Reinhold GLIÈRE (1875-1956)
Symphony No. 3 in B minor Ilya Muromets Op. 42 (1911) [93:02]

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Harold Farberman
Excellent choice!

I hope that Alina gets to see the recommendations.
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

relm1

Quote from: vandermolen on September 30, 2020, 06:40:39 AM
Excellent choice!

I hope that Alina gets to see the recommendations.

LOL!  Yikes I just realized it was this posters first and only post.  Hope we didn't overwhelm.  ???

Cato

Charles Ives: The Fourth of July!  Exotica Americana!    $:)

https://www.youtube.com/v/YTCF52GQSnA



Alexander Tcherepnin: Symphony #3, "Chinese"


https://www.youtube.com/v/mcwOcuo7oFg



Julian Carrillo: Preludio Cristobal Colon (Christopher Columbus Prelude)


https://www.youtube.com/v/vQRtYEb4tqQ



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vandermolen

Quote from: relm1 on September 30, 2020, 04:20:23 PM
LOL!  Yikes I just realized it was this posters first and only post.  Hope we didn't overwhelm.  ???

+1  :)

At least I got to discover Ranjbaran thanks to this thread!
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).