Melange 446 Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 Modest and reserved work. Could do with coming out of its shell a bit more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loert 2,510 Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 1 minute ago, Melange said: Modest and reserved work. Could do with coming out of its shell a bit more. Yeah, could end with a louder bang, otherwise how is the audience supposed to know when it finishes? Melange 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karelm 2,903 Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 6 hours ago, loert said: Fun piece I never heard before. Would be fun to play. I played Enigma Variations a few times and that was a "blast". Loert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muad'Dib 1,800 Posted October 28, 2016 Author Share Posted October 28, 2016 I really love this era of Italian composers in (what I call) their apocalyptic mode Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 It's familiar territory for Johannsson and not necessarily his best, but it has some lovely ideas. Dixon Hill 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melange 446 Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 My favourite online version (tempo, etc) of this was removed from YouTube long ago, but this one (a little faster) is a good replacement. Always serves me well to stimulate the mind and perk me up. I whistle like a maniac bird when playing this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightscape94 965 Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 For anyone familiar with the young pianist Daniil Trifonov, this is his piano concerto, written a couple of years ago. Very impressive indeed, and seems rare these days for a virtuoso touring soloist to also try his hand in large scale composition like this. Loert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loert 2,510 Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 Such mysterious sounds, I love it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jilal 569 Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 @karelm Coincidence? Saw this minutes after reading your post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karelm 2,903 Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 53 minutes ago, Jilal said: @karelm Coincidence? Saw this minutes after reading your post. Sorry, I don't fully follow. And what in your list are you referring to specifically? Berlioz and Beethoven? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jilal 569 Posted November 1, 2016 Share Posted November 1, 2016 8 hours ago, karelm said: Sorry, I don't fully follow. And what in your list are you referring to specifically? Berlioz and Beethoven? I was referring to Kol Nidre, which was apparently haunting me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted November 1, 2016 Share Posted November 1, 2016 I have this classical melody stuck in my head that I cannot identify and it is driving me insane. I tried using Parsons code and the flash-based piano at Musipedia and no luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,232 Posted November 1, 2016 Share Posted November 1, 2016 Record yourself humming it and post! Melange 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loert 2,510 Posted November 2, 2016 Share Posted November 2, 2016 I love love LOVE the clarinet in this, especially in the section starting from about 5:00. Such wonderful playing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jilal 569 Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 I'm totally blown away by this recording of Mahler's Third. Imagine Williams recording the Star Wars scores with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra as featured here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karelm 2,903 Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 4 hours ago, Jilal said: I'm totally blown away by this recording of Mahler's Third. Imagine Williams recording the Star Wars scores with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra as featured here! The 1970's and 80's CSO brass sound is very legendary among brass players both teachers and pros. Many brass performers grew up with this sound as their role model. Take this performance from 1981: Solti brought an electric quality to the brass that was bold but refined. He was a great conductor. I saw him conduct this band a few times and it was consistently impressive. Loert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loert 2,510 Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 Or this too (careful not to blow out your speakers): Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 On 11/1/2016 at 1:01 PM, Prerecorded Briefing said: Record yourself humming it and post! I've seriously been trying to place this melody for two days and was this close to figuring out the best way of recording myself whistling it and linking to it here when I finally just now remembered what it is! Nothing obscure, haha. Just: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightscape94 965 Posted November 5, 2016 Share Posted November 5, 2016 One of the greatest slow movements in the history of music. This is not debatable! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted November 5, 2016 Share Posted November 5, 2016 Too slow. Never listened to the whole thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightscape94 965 Posted November 6, 2016 Share Posted November 6, 2016 6 hours ago, nightscape94 said: This is not debatable! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loert 2,510 Posted November 6, 2016 Share Posted November 6, 2016 A fun little piece...I just wish it were "bigger"! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightscape94 965 Posted November 6, 2016 Share Posted November 6, 2016 A little Sunday Bach. Melange and Bespin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melange 446 Posted November 6, 2016 Share Posted November 6, 2016 On 01/11/2016 at 5:01 PM, Prerecorded Briefing said: Record yourself humming it and post! I propose a novelty thread along these lines. Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,232 Posted November 6, 2016 Share Posted November 6, 2016 I will monitor Other Topics with great anticipation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,232 Posted November 9, 2016 Share Posted November 9, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muad'Dib 1,800 Posted November 10, 2016 Author Share Posted November 10, 2016 This may be a weird request, but I'm looking for orchestral music inspired by animals, but I'm looking outside the obvious ones like Saint-Saens or Peter and the Wolf, into more obscure -and even challenging perhaps?- stuff, but whatever comes to mind could help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightscape94 965 Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 1 hour ago, Muad'Dib said: This may be a weird request, but I'm looking for orchestral music inspired by animals, but I'm looking outside the obvious ones like Saint-Saens or Peter and the Wolf, into more obscure -and even challenging perhaps?- stuff, but whatever comes to mind could help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Story 57 Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 This may have already been posted, but it's got drama, energy, and soaring melodies I love. Also a good example of the universality of great music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omen II 1,235 Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 8 hours ago, Muad'Dib said: This may be a weird request, but I'm looking for orchestral music inspired by animals, but I'm looking outside the obvious ones like Saint-Saens or Peter and the Wolf, into more obscure -and even challenging perhaps?- stuff, but whatever comes to mind could help. Charles Koechlin was inspired by langur monkeys for the Les Bandar-log movement of his The Jungle Book symphonic poems. How about And God Created Great Whales by Alan Hovhaness? The piece even includes whalesong. The eleventh movement of Edward Elgar's Enigma Variations is about a dog playing in the River Wye in Hereford (in fact there is a statue of said dog beside the river in Hereford). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karelm 2,903 Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,172 Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 Some obvious ones: Then there's music that's "bigger" in its overall scope, but includes animals in one way or another. Operas are an obvious case, especially when they feature people riding horses. Take Wagner's riding motif from his Ring, famously known from the Ride of the Valkyries, but also used to great effect in other parts of the operas, like the prelude to the 3rd act of Siegfried: The recurring theme first heard at the beginning of the finale of Bruckner's 8th symphony also represents riders: And the secondary theme of the first movement of his 4th is a bird call, first heard at 2:31 in this clip: David Story 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loert 2,510 Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 Dance of the Tree Frogs by Ravel (from L'enfant et les sortilèges) Des canyons aux étoiles... by Olivier Messiaen was inspired by the landscape and birds of Utah (and he was inspired by birds in pretty much everything he wrote, I believe): David Story 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will 2,215 Posted November 11, 2016 Share Posted November 11, 2016 This is the first work I heard in the music appreciation class I'm taking at school that I actually enjoyed. (We just finished the Renaissance and will soon be moving on to baroque). The rhythms are so fun! In that general sense I'm reminded of JW's own action writing. This is also great (it was used in the BFG which I've been analyzing): Loert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted November 11, 2016 Share Posted November 11, 2016 Alex David Story 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,172 Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 On 10.11.2016 at 8:18 PM, Marian Schedenig said: Then there's music that's "bigger" in its overall scope, but includes animals in one way or another. Richard Strauss' Rosenkavalier prelude features twittering birds in the morning at 3:17 (after the graphic sex music): Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loert 2,510 Posted November 13, 2016 Share Posted November 13, 2016 Dixon Hill and Gnome in Plaid 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karelm 2,903 Posted November 13, 2016 Share Posted November 13, 2016 Sorry, I can't find the whole thing on youtube... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted November 15, 2016 Share Posted November 15, 2016 I may only be a dabbler in classical music, but man this 2nd movement of Bartok's String Quartet No. 5 leaves me as a puddle in the floor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loert 2,510 Posted November 15, 2016 Share Posted November 15, 2016 On 13/11/2016 at 0:35 AM, karelm said: Sorry, I can't find the whole thing on youtube... What a beautiful, lyrical piece of music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karelm 2,903 Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 2 hours ago, loert said: What a beautiful, lyrical piece of music. If you thought that was beautiful, you might enjoy this tender nocturne too. It's a little bit too soft so make sure to turn the volume up: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,232 Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 Goldenthal's symphony does have a breathtakingly dark, lyrical middle movement, though. Fantastic piece. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karelm 2,903 Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 I also find it innovative in his orchestration the way he uses an agitato string quartet against the strings and then for the final moments has three sets of roto-toms where two are in the audience to provide an apocalyptic cataclysm. At the premiere it was very effective. It reminded me of his teacher JC who had a marching band and 12 trumpets enclosing the audience in Circus Maximus...which of course borrows from Brant, Ives, Mahler, and others who play with the stage/audience relationship. Dixon Hill 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loert 2,510 Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 21 hours ago, karelm said: If you thought that was beautiful, you might enjoy this tender nocturne too. It's a little bit too soft so make sure to turn the volume up: Wow, very nocturnal. Reminds me of being woken up at night to the sound of a rushing freight train (I live close to the railway). I'm only kidding of course, I love the Gothic Symphony! Also, I'm greatly enjoying this album: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karelm 2,903 Posted November 19, 2016 Share Posted November 19, 2016 JW grew up with this sort of stuff: His friends included Previn and Rozsa who were both very personable and exceptionally skilled. I think some of what Rozsa was doing in these suites is what we hear with the concert arrangements of JW's scores. These were people who first and foremost considered themselves as Composers and as film composers secondly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted November 19, 2016 Share Posted November 19, 2016 The best ones are composers who just happen to made their careers working on films. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted November 19, 2016 Share Posted November 19, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karelm 2,903 Posted November 22, 2016 Share Posted November 22, 2016 For reasons I can't fully explain, I find Vaughan Williams Norfolk Rhapsody so freaking gorgeous: Dixon Hill 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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