Will 2,215 Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 2:55 - 3:10 Whimsically romantic. Arpy and Jay 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oomoog the Ecstatic 314 Posted April 4, 2019 Share Posted April 4, 2019 2:05 till the end, reminds me of something I wrote long ago before studying romantic period music. I remember when discovering Debussy I thought "hey, this guy sounds a lot like me." Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oomoog the Ecstatic 314 Posted April 8, 2019 Share Posted April 8, 2019 Deleted by user: Not really a fav Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted April 10, 2019 Share Posted April 10, 2019 40 seconds of pure, transcendent, glorious bliss. 1:49 - 2:32 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oomoog the Ecstatic 314 Posted April 10, 2019 Share Posted April 10, 2019 Phenomenal conducting. Also 16:00 - 16:35 has some Star Wars resemblance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muad'Dib 1,802 Posted April 10, 2019 Share Posted April 10, 2019 I'm a party man, I'm your party man... Kasey Kockroach 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will 2,215 Posted April 10, 2019 Share Posted April 10, 2019 Holko and The Illustrious Jerry 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted April 11, 2019 Share Posted April 11, 2019 Inspired by the recent thread i asked Spotify for the re-recording of 'The Chairman' and voilá (the recording is good enough and the theme still a wonderfully cheesy approximation of ancient China): Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 The climax of the second movement of Copland's 3rd (aka my best friend). The movement is so perfectly constructed it's like an out-of-body experience when it all pays off for this magnificent pinnacle where every instrument is playing triple forte like their lives depended on it. The low brass and timpanis in sync like the world's most badass rhythm section, answering in a call-and-response with the trumpets and strings doubling each other while the woodwinds breathlessly bleat out 6 eighth notes per bar like a metronome from hell, if they can even be heard above the din made by the fiery trombones. ROCK. AND. ROLL. 6:54 - 7:32 Made all the more satisfying because its a return of the theme introduced earlier in the movement by a lovely solo oboe (3:37) I love this movement so much it makes me bounce up and down. This recording by Eduardo Mata is probably my favorite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loert 2,511 Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 1:44 - I always get goosebumps at this point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Loert 2,511 Posted April 22, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted April 22, 2019 34:27 - 34:30 #accidentalJohnPowell The Illustrious Jerry, Will and Holko 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabulin 3,511 Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muad'Dib 1,802 Posted May 12, 2019 Share Posted May 12, 2019 3:21 - 3:38 Particulary at 2:29 when the whole choir sings together Sean, Sean.... Sean, Sean it melts my soul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oomoog the Ecstatic 314 Posted May 12, 2019 Share Posted May 12, 2019 43 minutes ago, Muad'Dib said: Particulary at 2:29 when the whole choir sings together Sean, Sean.... Sean, Sean it melts my soul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muad'Dib 1,802 Posted May 12, 2019 Share Posted May 12, 2019 They go very well together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oomoog the Ecstatic 314 Posted May 12, 2019 Share Posted May 12, 2019 I always listen to two or more pieces at once too. Because my brain is so large. We go well together! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted May 16, 2019 Share Posted May 16, 2019 A true "holy fuck this is a masterpiece" moment in Britten's Spring Symphony (27:34 - 28:03) https://youtu.be/dw-sW83vF4o?t=1654 Or here, in a video that will embed but is region restricted (4:36 - 5:08) SteveMc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted May 21, 2019 Share Posted May 21, 2019 This section of Copland's 3rd can move me to tears if I'm in the right mood. Deeply reverent and spiritual but not solemn or dour, a tricky balance to carry I think. (6:42 - 8:38) Alternate non-geo restricted link but from a less preferred (but still fine) recording (36:24 - 38:09) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will 2,215 Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 Here to end: Just discovered this cue this evening (and have listened to it about 15 times on repeat over the last hour - no joke). So joyful and exuberant. Feels very "modern," you can feel how North influenced more recent scoring. Loert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Docteur Qui 1,544 Posted June 3, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted June 3, 2019 9:45 to 10:19. Some of the most spine-tingling music I've ever experienced, it's incredible that just four instruments are capable of producing that sound. It's so ahead of its time and never fails to move me. KK, Loert and SteveMc 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveMc 2,674 Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 Stunning. The conception of modernism, right there. 5 hours ago, Docteur Qui said: 9:45 to 10:19. Some of the most spine-tingling music I've ever experienced, it's incredible that just four instruments are capable of producing that sound. It's so ahead of its time and never fails to move me. Docteur Qui 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 Piston's 1930 Flute Sonata (1:49 - 2:25) Returns slightly changed for the end of the movement (4:49 -5:17) Docteur Qui 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 The Piano Fantasy is probably the single least approachable, most challenging piece of music Copland ever wrote. Something like "Connotations" at least has the varying timbres of orchestration to engage the listener, where as the Fantasy is a half-hour of hard-hitting solo piano. I'm an obsessive devotee of his music and I feel I haven't even begun to scratch the surface of it. It will probably be the last of his music that I will ever feel I've mastered just listening to, understanding and following from beginning to end, if I ever get there. That said, this section is Copland at his most joyously introverted. Clangorous and moody, but in that way where you almost enjoy being alone and melancholy if that makes sense. (5:51 - 6:23) SteveMc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveMc 2,674 Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 Some of the best Copland I've ever heard. Will have to check the whole piece out. Disco Stu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 11 minutes ago, SteveMc said: Some of the best Copland I've ever heard. Will have to check the whole piece out. And it's not all as portentous and somber as that. The middle of the piece is him in his always fun "Stravinsky + Jazz = Copland" mode. SteveMc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveMc 2,674 Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 What is especially impacting me are the quite angular lyrical passages, like around the 3rd and 9th minutes. Delicious stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 1 minute ago, SteveMc said: What is especially impacting me are the quite angular lyrical passages, like around the 3rd and 9th minutes. Delicious stuff. Yes, Copland had this amazing ability to write music that feels beautifully still, the kind where you suddenly realize that you've been holding your breath, like the entire world just stopped except for the music you were hearing. For more of that quality, I highly recommend the 3rd movement of his Piano Sonata, which is a masterpiece! SteveMc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasey Kockroach 2,344 Posted June 18, 2019 Share Posted June 18, 2019 1:33-onward. Gets me every time, man. The Illustrious Jerry and publicist 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 From my favorite section of Piston's The Incredible Flutist, "Dance of the Merchant's Daughters" One bar, a truly short moment! Would that be described as alternating major and minor thirds? (8:55 - 8:59) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Parker 3,040 Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 It's mostly major thirds for the exception of two notes: the Bb and Db on 2, and Ab and F on 3, which sneaks back in on the "uh" of 4. Usually that sort of thing is to keep things in key. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 1 minute ago, Nick Parker said: It's mostly major thirds for the exception of two notes: the Bb and Db on 2, and Ab and F on 3, which sneaks back in on the "uh" of 4. Yeah, I should refrain from the theory talk probably. Either way, it's a great example of the wit and charm he brings to the ballet overall, no matter how unlike the rest of his oeuvre it may be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Parker 3,040 Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 8 minutes ago, Disco Stu said: Yeah, I should refrain from the theory talk probably. Either way, it's a great example of the wit and charm he brings to the ballet overall, no matter how unlike the rest of his oeuvre it may be. Hey you weren't that far off! A lot of great moments in this number, but I'll start with this. I love how sneaky and groovy it sounds, I could see a Michael Jackson Smooth Criminal in an alley type thing going on here. It always evoked this for me: Soon after you have those low brass bwomps that Rota and Elfman loved to use, and then...this: Those strings? Oh, that's right, baby, lay it on me, Strav. Pour that honey into my ears. Disco Stu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 This section of the final movement of Piston's 3rd string quartet. I'm IN LOVE with the viola part right here. 15:39 - 16:10 (viola comes in at 15:43) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will 2,215 Posted June 26, 2019 Share Posted June 26, 2019 Been running through my head today (until 4:50 or so): Disco Stu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 These big, FAT, bluesy chords are kinda sexy IMO. (8:11 - 8:29) "Emblems" is yet another very underrated piece by Copland. It's a striking and witty piece of Americana, much more ironic in tone than his late 30s/early 40s inspirational Americana music. The rousing fanfare that begins and ends the piece is in more familiar territory but much of music between I think is more than a bit sarcastic. Lots of blue notes that make the piece seem almost woozy, some of it is like a drunk choir attempting "Amazing Grace". And the light scherzo-like middle section is a ton of fun. I love how this is almost the irreverent opposite of his reverential take on Simple Gifts. It's Copland at his most Ivesian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oomoog the Ecstatic 314 Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 I feel sexier? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted July 30, 2019 Share Posted July 30, 2019 19:03 - 19:22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loert 2,511 Posted July 30, 2019 Share Posted July 30, 2019 3:18:51 - 3:20:07 - one of the best climaxes of the 20th Century! Disco Stu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oomoog the Ecstatic 314 Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 Love how romantically irritated the oboe sounds at 2:34. Like straight out of a Disney movie; beautiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 Liebermann's Violin Sonata 3:17 - around 4:00 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbellamy 6,286 Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 15:08-15:35 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oomoog the Ecstatic 314 Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 On 6/3/2019 at 2:11 AM, Docteur Qui said: 9:45 to 10:19. Some of the most spine-tingling music I've ever experienced, it's incredible that just four instruments are capable of producing that sound. It's so ahead of its time and never fails to move me. Hmmm... it's clear Beethoven was way ahead of his time, but I'm not into a lot of his stuff personally/aesthetically--the classical sound to me is a bit humdrum and plain, a lot of its purpose appears to be experimenting with basic note combinations instead of creating truly great aesthetics and themes. Beethoven pushed us forward on the latter, but nowadays there is much more beautiful and imaginative thematic development. I admit sometimes Beethoven is totally awesome with stuff like Symphony 3, I never understood why Sym 9 would be his best, I don't think it's superior-sounding in any way! Anyway just wanted to give my take. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Illustrious Jerry 3,356 Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 4:57-5:16 0:58-1:21 I love how it practically trots along after 1:13 before heading into the finishing touches. 15:09-15:42 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Parker 3,040 Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 2 hours ago, The Illustrious Jerry said: 4:57-5:16 2:30-2:48 for me, especially the Emin7 chord at 2:40ish. Ohhhh, that's the juice. Sounds like some epic ancient Asian military drama! Speaking of Asian drama: A bridge you would take to see your mother. Oomoog the Ecstatic 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loert 2,511 Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loert 2,511 Posted September 1, 2019 Share Posted September 1, 2019 The piano reminds me of the thumping timpani from ANH: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted September 5, 2019 Share Posted September 5, 2019 On 7/9/2016 at 2:40 PM, Disco Stu said: The short moment I want to spotlight is the absolutely wonderful clarinet section from 2:46 - 3:00. This entire track is delightful and you should listen to it! I agree with me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fargo 297 Posted September 5, 2019 Share Posted September 5, 2019 2:26 - 3:09 The last three tracks of this album are fire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 I miss Goldenthal... Dixon Hill 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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