SteveMc 2,674 Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 The last two movements are simply sublime. Jurassic Shark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jurassic Shark 12,067 Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 That's a great work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 And this time with Portisead's Beth Gibbons: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loert 2,511 Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 This guy knew how to compose! Tydirium 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 For @SteveMc A couple of new short releases of Florence Price pieces for solo piano. SteveMc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabulin 3,511 Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 . publicist and KK 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 All three of Rorem’s youthful piano sonatas are wondrous and bright and vivacious. But this third movement of his first is especially so. This was written in the 1940s and much of it to my ears sounds like it could have been written in the 1970s or 80s by someone like John Adams or Ryuichi Sakamoto. It’s incredible. Nick Parker and SteveMc 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Parker 3,040 Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 3 hours ago, Disco Stu said: All three of Rorem’s youthful piano sonatas are wondrous and bright and vivacious. But this third movement of his first is especially so. This was written in the 1940s and much of it to my ears sounds like it could have been written in the 1970s or 80s by someone like John Adams or Ryuichi Sakamoto. It’s incredible. Breath of the Wild! Oh damn, this is hella slick. Meanwhile, getting more acquainted with my boy Lieberson. His horn concerto. I love how spontaneous his language is, in this sense he reminds me of Williams. The harmonies here have that edge and depth that really evoke the feelings of adventure I got from listening to scores such as Star Wars as a kid. Disco Stu and SteveMc 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 10 hours ago, Nick Parker said: Breath of the Wild! Oh damn, this is hella slick. Yes, definitely reminds of the horse riding music. This is the specific Sakamoto piece it made me think of. Although the Sakamoto is more rigidly insistent with its ostinatos in that 80s minimalist way. 10 hours ago, Nick Parker said: Meanwhile, getting more acquainted with my boy Lieberson. I will eventually get around to exploring his work more in depth, I promise! Let's not forget this exchange between us in 2018. I made him my 2019 project and now his music is so important to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Parker 3,040 Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 1 hour ago, Disco Stu said: Yes, definitely reminds of the horse riding music. This is the specific Sakamoto piece it made me think of. Although the Sakamoto is more rigidly insistent with its ostinatos in that 80s minimalist way. I will eventually get around to exploring his work more in depth, I promise! Let's not forget this exchange between us in 2018. I made him my 2019 project and now his music is so important to me. I've listened to that album (1996), but I had no memory of that one, thanks! Oh snap, I forgot all about that conversation! You're pulling a Jay! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 *goosebumps* Caroline Shaw is just wonderful. KK and karelm 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveMc 2,674 Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loert 2,511 Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 Fun! karelm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karelm 2,913 Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 For those of you who want to hear Soviet music for a children's film, here is Alfred Schnittke's take from 1976. Moody, lyrical, atmospheric, and thrilling too. Loert and publicist 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 SteveMc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,067 Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 That recording of the symphony has apparently been superceded by John Wilson's. SteveMc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loert 2,511 Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 "Across the Stars" by Alexander Glazunov (2:02:42): Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 Some of you might enjoy this funny story of the time Aaron Copland went to jail as a cow murderer. It was the Tanglewood season of 1949, when Copland was sharing a house with composers Lukas Foss and Irving Fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 @Nick Parker I have a bit of a mea culpa follow-up to something we were gently making fun of the other day: how so many of the recent Pulitzer music winners have some social justice angle to them. Well I actually listened to the most recent winner, Ellen Reid's opera about surviving sexual assault Prism (stylized p r i s m). It's actually pretty fucking great and interesting music, I have to say. Really, seriously worth listening to. Please check out these two highlight tracks at least: KK and Fabulin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 The Pulitzer prize has historically gone to more "academic" work. But in the last decade or so, it's been about the best "conceptual" or "topical" work, if that means anything. It's about rewarding relevance, I guess. With that said, what you've linked is gorgeous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 3 minutes ago, KK said: The Pulitzer prize has historically gone to more "academic" work. But in the last decade or so, it's been about the best "conceptual" or "topical" work, if that means anything. It's about rewarding relevance, I guess. With that said, what you've linked is gorgeous. Oh yeah, I was totally dismissive of them seeming to grasp for social relevance of late (they've also awarded an opera about human trafficking and an oratorio about the labor movement), but at the end of the day the music speaks for itself, and I'd say Ellen Reid was very deserving of her win. I'm so impressed with Prism. At least Andrew Norman's "Sustain" didn't win *barfs* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 7 minutes ago, Disco Stu said: Oh yeah, I was totally dismissive of them seeming to grasp for social relevance of late (they've also awarded an opera about human trafficking and an oratorio about the labor movement), but at the end of the day the music speaks for itself, and I'd say Ellen Reid was very deserving of her win. I'm so impressed with Prism. Hey, to be fair, Julia Wolfe's Anthracite Fields (the labour movement oratorio) is actually quite excellent. Though I prefer the similar Steel Hammer, which was one of the front-runners for the Pulitzer in 2010. Funny enough, it looks like pandering relevance is one of the requirements of the prize: Quote Please be mindful of the current eligibility restrictions: Entered works should reflect current creative activity. The Music Secretary has determined that this corresponds to the two-year recording/performance window but also stands alone as a distinct requirement. Accordingly, works that do not reflect current creative activity but otherwise satisfy the eligibility criteria (to enumerate two common examples, works premiered internationally more than two years before a U.S. premiere date in the eligibility cycle and works published on digital platforms more than two years in advance of an album release) are ineligible. A work may not be entered again on the basis of the other eligibility criterion in ensuing Prize cycles. https://www.pulitzer.org/page/music-submission-guidelines-and-requirements Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 Just now, KK said: Hey, to be fair, Julia Wolfe's Anthracite Fields is actually quite excellent. Though I prefer her similar oratorio, Steel Hammer, which was one of the front-runners for the Pulitzer in 2010. Yes, I'm really only gently poking fun at the Pulitzer committees. A lot of good music gets recognized through both the prize itself and listed "runner-ups." Great young composers like Caroline Shaw, Michael Gilbertson, and Timo Andres have all gotten recognition from the Pulitzers in the last 5 or so years, which is only good thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 At the end, much like the Oscars, it's about rewarding how much clout you have in the industry. People like Julia Wolfe, David Lang, Jennifer Higdon all have a lot of pull in New York contemporary music circles, whatever you think of them. Even Shaw, as much as I really like her, is also the new pan-genre "shiny toy" of the sector. You hang out with the right people long enough, and you're bound to get the Pulitzer eventually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 That could all easily be reworded to sound positive instead of cynical! It's all about perspective and taste. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 Well we've already got an optimist for the thread! Let me play the cynic! With that said, let me brighten up the thread with some Faure: karelm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,192 Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 The crucifixion as a horror score, complete with jump scares: Also, Duel of the Fates at 1:09. karelm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveMc 2,674 Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 karelm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 If anyone else wants to join me up in the heavens... karelm and Omen II 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Marian Schedenig 8,192 Posted February 24, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 24, 2020 Rued Langgaard, obscure and almost forgotten Danish composer who wrote Ligeti style music 10 years before Ligeti was born: From Wikipedia: Quote The work incorporates radical innovations, considered ahead of their time,[2] including some of the earliest examples of string piano (playing directly on the strings of the piano), and Langgaard's extensive use of slow moving string clusters prompted the composer György Ligeti to proclaim himself a "Langgaard-epigone" when presented with the score in the late 1960s. The first part of his final work sounds like encounter music straight out of a Japanese RPG, but was written in 1950: karelm, SteveMc and KK 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 It's the end of Shrovetide! Listen to Petrushka! https://open.spotify.com/album/3UujHbNxn4L2rScbLGcVyE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Parker 3,040 Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 19 minutes ago, Disco Stu said: It's the end of Shrovetide! Listen to Petrushka! https://open.spotify.com/album/3UujHbNxn4L2rScbLGcVyE Done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karelm 2,913 Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 A wonderful symphony on a Mahlerian scale, Josef Suk's Asrael Symphony. In Islam and Judaism traditions, Asrael is said to hold a scroll concerning the fate of the mortals so this is a gloomy work but not as overtly dark as Mahler, Shostakovitch, or Tchaikovsky. It's more philosophical and questioning. Regardless, its a very fine work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 Anyone ever heard of this Swiss composer, René Gerber? This concerto for two pianos is really fun. Easy to listen to, with jazzy inflections, but not dumbed down. Me likey! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 Working to this beauty... karelm and publicist 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,067 Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 What kind of work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 Takemitsu seems like a fitting companion lately... karelm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Loert 2,511 Posted March 18, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted March 18, 2020 If I could take only one album with me into self-isolation it would probably be this one. Unbelievable playing! Fabulin, karelm and Jurassic Shark 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post karelm 2,913 Posted March 20, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted March 20, 2020 On 3/18/2020 at 1:35 PM, Loert said: If I could take only one album with me into self-isolation it would probably be this one. Unbelievable playing! Two of his best works and some of the finest works in their respective genres from any composer! Loert, as a composer, keep an ear open for his transitions. These works are masterclasses. This moment for example at 1:06:04 the biggest climax of the last movement and how it transitions back to the opening material of the last movement lasting through 1:06:54. 50 seconds just spent on transitioning! He takes just as long as is needed and not a moment longer. He is using multiple transitional techniques but only one at a time. For example if you compare 1:06:04 to 1:06:54, the melody is different, the dynamics are different, the key is different, the tempo is different, etc. Let's say if he took 30 seconds to do all of these changes, the effect would be jarring. So he takes one at a time first turning the climax into a motif, then transitions the dynamics, then a sequence where he switches the key gradually with that recurring motif, then he drops a note from the motif, then slows the tempo until we arrive at the new tonic by stepwise motion at 1:06:54. He does this often and its extremely well executed. Study his transitions because it's a perfect example of excellent structure too. Fabulin, KK, Loert and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 KK, would you say this is one God's greatest gifts to mankind? Why yes KK, I would. SteveMc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,067 Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 There you see, kids, one of the symptoms of the coronavirus is speaking to yourself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Disco Stu 15,495 Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 I really really dig this Gail Kubik sonata from 1947. SteveMc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 Played on a Polyfusion modular synth, the 7th of Easley Blackwood's "Microtonal Etudes" sounds like some kind of retro-futurist sci-fi Camelot fanfare. KK and SteveMc 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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KK 3,307 Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 The Met is streaming John Adams' Nixon in China for the night! https://www.metopera.org/season/on-demand/opera/?upc=811357014158&fbclid=IwAR12pmdOFaH1GYLAyAUHTYxxoh2o0bSymz0m7UNRXteNGmacKs3QT7b2HO0 Jurassic Shark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,067 Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 That's OK, I've got it on blu/DVD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 Can anyone tell me what is going on with this upcoming album? It's a German orchestra performing 3 of Copland's most well-worn, most recorded pieces. Why is it called "Father" Copland??? What is that flag??? What is this supposed to represent???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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