Jurassic Shark 12,030 Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 25 minutes ago, Disco Stu said: What is this supposed to represent???? Copland? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 26 minutes ago, Disco Stu said: 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???? Re-posting because Shark pushed the thread to a new page with a pointless response Loert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,030 Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 That's daft. I guess you'll just have to purchase the album to find out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 Well lookie what just got announced for digital release later this month @KK KK 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 Praise be!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,030 Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 Any good? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 3,337 Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 I'm fully aware that this is not strictly classical music, but wanted to share anyway. As part of my succeesful efforts to stay positive during the lockdown, I've been listening to the Chieftains. And I just discovered this glorious track. The energy in the performance is just… so amazing, especially the opening part. Jurassic Shark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 I give my highest possible recommendation to this newly released recording of a 2019 Caroline Shaw "secular oratorio" called The Listeners. It's a suite for orchestra and chorus/vocal soloists. Truly wonderful music. Oh and @karelm, while it uses a variety of texts, the piece overall was inspired by Carl Sagan's "Golden Record" greetings included on the Voyager spacecraft and at one point just includes a recording of Sagan speaking (the famous Blue Dot speech). (this is a playlist of all 10 sections) https://open.spotify.com/album/17vOofhJd7YFaUdPsREpw8 And as Shaw does with a lot of her pieces, she's put the score up for free on DropBox https://www.dropbox.com/s/3rikk6bmul1fcs6/SHAW - THE LISTENERS - MARCH 9 2020 - FULL SCORE.pdf?dl=0 karelm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,480 Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 My Good Friday selection for his year. First the Missa Solemnis of Beethoven. Beethoven repeatedly described the Missa solemnis as his greatest work, intended to affect and move people. https://open.spotify.com/album/7KFjJD7cf8FnKBm2PhtNhj?si=L1tWJlqoTAe7hRwJRohjuQ My suggested version for today is conducted by Frieder Bernius. Next, the mandatory St-Matthew Passion by Johann Sebastian Bach. My suggestion version for today, conduced by Jos van Veldhoven: https://open.spotify.com/album/6E6DHMXAVMMKLq4UTG8KsP?si=hAk1Vox8RSeCwWDRSQ449g Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,030 Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 https://open.spotify.com/album/4Fdury1tdUxkmvfDA2g8bY?si=w2jiyDuHQv66TRbcFCp81w Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabulin 3,510 Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karelm 2,903 Posted April 11, 2020 Share Posted April 11, 2020 11 hours ago, Fabulin said: It sounds like everything. I've performed this! It's extremely exciting to play especially some of the climactic moments. Very fun work. I felt it was a concerto for orchestra. For example in a normal work you might have the trombone section acting as a unison section but here, we had a fugato where each player was on their own. So there is a moment where bass trombone begins the fugato then second trombone enters, then first trombone for instance. This is considerably much more difficult to perform because we all had separate melodic lines that had to completely line up for the harmony to work. So we have to listen to each other very carefully. Very difficult but it results in really intense focus and excitement and thrill in performance if you pull it off which we did! LOVE this work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabulin 3,510 Posted April 11, 2020 Share Posted April 11, 2020 . karelm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 Greenwood's latest. Boy is this kid special. Better quality: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oomoog the Ecstatic 314 Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 My old jam. Loert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loert 2,510 Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 The third movement is particularly lovely! On 4/17/2020 at 12:28 PM, Borodin said: My old jam. Out of this world. Oomoog the Ecstatic and ragoz350 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,030 Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 You guys should check out Medtner's three piano concertos, especially the 2nd, dedicated to Rachmaninov: https://open.spotify.com/album/29bR9y0dvdvGLYKKV8fqsU?si=JL1VHBayR5GhOMDhAm5tRg karelm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karelm 2,903 Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 3 hours ago, Jurassic Shark said: You guys should check out Medtner's three piano concertos, especially the 2nd, dedicated to Rachmaninov: https://open.spotify.com/album/29bR9y0dvdvGLYKKV8fqsU?si=JL1VHBayR5GhOMDhAm5tRg Yes, they're very good and luscious! This is a very dramatic and evocative work by Swedish composer, Gosta Nystroem. Jurassic Shark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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publicist 4,643 Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 It's classical day today... Disco Stu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 20 minutes ago, publicist said: It's classical day today... Those are some darn good film scores right there! My favorite cues from each: Of Mice and Men - "Death of Candy's Dog" Our Town - "The Hill Top" The hymn-like theme that starts around 1:55 in "The Hill Top" is one Copland's most solemnly beautiful. Although I do prefer the orchestration of this theme found in his concert suite from the score. He also published a solo piano arrangement called "The Resting Place on the Hill" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loert 2,510 Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 I love the smell of parallel fourths in the morning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 Elfman’s variations on “Rain Rain Go Away” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will 2,215 Posted April 26, 2020 Share Posted April 26, 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Sharkissimo 1,973 Posted April 26, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted April 26, 2020 Serving pandiatonic realness. I wonder if Howard Shore has this somewhere in his record collection. The Illustrious Jerry, KK, karelm and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karelm 2,903 Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 4 hours ago, Sharkissimo said: Serving pandiatonic realness. I wonder if Howard Shore has this somewhere in his record collection. I LOVE Lepo Sumera, he was a friend of mine gone way too soon. I wrote a musicological analysis of this work too but what you hear as Howard Shore is really mediant harmonic intervals...the major third which is a sci-fi and fantasy convention. It is a major third harmonic interval and sounds very spacey. I use it anytime I want someone to think of sci-fi or fantasy. Regardless, others should explore this composer's output. He was also a prolific film composer though mostly of Eastern European art films. He was very interested in film music, sci-fi, and pop music but also so kind and humorous. We exchanged multiple emails and then I lost contact only to learn later he had died at the age of 50. His last email to me was telling me about his upcoming opera which I don't know if he completed. He was always kind, jovial, and sincere. Damn, it's so crazy to realize it's been 20 years since he died. That was the same year as my dad. Sharkissimo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 4 hours ago, Sharkissimo said: Serving pandiatonic realness. I wonder if Howard Shore has this somewhere in his record collection. This is absolutely fantastic. My curiosity is piqued. Any other suggestions for exploring, Sharky, Karelm? Yoda's Theme anybody? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveMc 2,674 Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 13 hours ago, SteveMc said: I'm hurt! You didn't even link to *my* video of the Piano Quartet? While I'm here, the wonderful pianist Timo Andres uploaded a "from quarantine" performance of Copland's Sonata to Youtube yesterday. This is a full meal, and a delicious nutritious one at that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveMc 2,674 Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 8 minutes ago, Disco Stu said: I'm hurt! You didn't even link to *my* video of the Piano Quartet? Whoops, sorry mate, YouTube just gave that one to me near midnight last night and I did a quick copy-paste. It's a great piece. Full bodied harmonically with a wealth of interesting motifs and rhythmic shifts. Disco Stu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 I really hope that one day I can find my way to Tanglewood, so that I can pay respect to my hero. It is so fitting that the memorial to the man whose music is most important to me was commissioned by the man whose music is next most important to me SteveMc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveMc 2,674 Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 Continuing my Copland phase with the most personally stirring piece I've yet heard from him. Disco Stu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Disco Stu 15,495 Posted May 4, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 4, 2020 uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh what the fuck SteveMc, Holko and The Illustrious Jerry 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 Can't believe I actually sat through all that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 It's oddly mesmerizing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,287 Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 On 4/30/2020 at 9:48 PM, Disco Stu said: I really hope that one day I can find my way to Tanglewood, so that I can pay respect to my hero. It is so fitting that the memorial to the man whose music is most important to me was commissioned by the man whose music is next most important to me When you come I'd love to share a drink with you Disco Stu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 This incredible film was uploaded by the Martha Graham Dance Company a couple of weeks ago. It’s a performance of Appalachian Spring from 1947, less than 3 years after it premiered. I can tell the audio comes from the late 1950s public television broadcast version. Still it’s amazing to see a document of the ballet so close to its actual creation. karelm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 A live shot of me "air conducting" Danzon Cubano by Copland at 4:42 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 On 4/2/2020 at 3:42 PM, Disco Stu said: 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???? The classical music critic for the New Yorker is similarly perplexed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will 2,215 Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 Took me several listens over the last couple years to really get into this, but it's marvelous: Love the use of synths and other unconventional orchestration. publicist 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 I know in certain circles the idea of calling Robert Farnon “classical” would raise an eyebrow, but man the main theme of “Gateway to the West” just tickles me in the right spot. Main theme after the intro at 0:20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oomoog the Ecstatic 314 Posted June 7, 2020 Share Posted June 7, 2020 SteveMc and Jurassic Shark 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Disco Stu 15,495 Posted June 8, 2020 Share Posted June 8, 2020 There is *finally* a commercial recording of one of my favorite orchestral pieces of the last 20-or-so years, Lowell Liebermann's fantastic Trumpet Concerto written in 1999. This is really the only trumpet concerto that's truly in competition with John Williams' for me (although I haven't heard Goldenthal's yet!). I think Liebermann's music is perfect for fans of the classic Hollywood romantic film score style. It's tracks 2 - 4 on this album: https://open.spotify.com/album/4K4LWwNxFDemgu61oZ18XV?si=drr9u1E5T7CqgPLLYSBhyg Or here's a playlist karelm and SteveMc 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 Just for a second i thought... Jurassic Shark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,030 Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 I'd welcome a requiem, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 He's Raymond Scott or Carl Stalling territory. karelm and KK 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 The scherzo section of the Symphonic Ode is so good I just wanna disappear inside it forever. It's very balletic in that way that most of Copland's fast music is. (the Tilson Thomas is my preferred recording but it doesn't separate the sections out into tracks, the section starts below at 4:22) SteveMc and karelm 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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