Sharkissimo 1,973 Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/OAR0UYkorng?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> In a reflective mood. Bespin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,331 Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 Ravel's Pavane was used in a movie I watched a few days ago and again I was touched. The last time that happened was with Faure's Pavane in Mr. Nobody ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karelm 2,913 Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 I so much love Shostakovich Violin Concerto No. 2. So much passion and agnst but never over the top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 Wow! Rare Morricone. Muad'Dib 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 Ravel's Pavane was used in a movie I watched a few days ago and again I was touched. The last time that happened was with Faure's Pavane in Mr. Nobody ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jilal 569 Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 I've been to a performance of Philip Glass's Akhnaten produced by the Flemish Opera today. While I didn't really find the costumes (some were utterly ridiculous) and some aspects of the staging appealing (although I have to say both did have their merits) the music was performed with the energy and devotion it deserves, often reaching truly breathtaking highlights. I was particularly impressed by the music for Amenhotep III's funeral (which is almost enchanting with its sinister harmony) and the temple scene (mostly due to the ominous, almost horror-evoking tritone-driven harmony in the second half). A little side note: the trumpet motif heard throughout the first half of the piece (at 4:47, for example) is very reminiscent of Williams Epilogue for War of the Worlds. Marian Schedenig and Dixon Hill 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 I'm not always into opera, but that one is fantastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jilal 569 Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 I really need to see some of his other opera's, now, though I'm a bit afraid I won't enjoy them as much as I did this one - I can't really figure out whether it was the music's distinct character or the minimalism that appealed to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,331 Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 Ravel's Pavane was used in a movie I watched a few days ago and again I was touched. The last time that happened was with Faure's Pavane in Mr. Nobody ... Was it used in that movie too (as background music maybe)? I don't recall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 Yes, with beautiful synchronization between that harp glissando and Selina's movements. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,480 Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 And now, some good music from 1742. J.S. Bach: 24 preludes and fugues (The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II), BWV 870-893 (Ashkenazy) Written 20 years after the first volume, Book II contains the musical and spiritual legacy of the composer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedBard 71 Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 Saw Alexander's post for a Philip Glass work. Now here's one I found, and I clearly remember it:Geometry of Circles (1979) The first and fourth segments are my favorites. Dixon Hill 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 Wonderfully expressive publicist and Jilal 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 I could listen to those last three over and over.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jilal 569 Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 Mussorgsky's Promenade theme is very joyful and moving at the same time - I think it's so striking because of its harmonic and melodic straightforwardness, e.g. the lack of melodic embellishment and the sparse use of chromaticism (which is completely absent in the first half of the piece). I must say I vastly prefer the piano version - I think Ravel's orchestration lacks some of the subtlety of the former. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkissimo 1,973 Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 I agree with Vladimir Ashkenazy on Ravel's orchestration. It tries to "comb Mussorgsky's hair." It Francifies the piece. My favourite orchestration is still Stokowski's. <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/mgxFtLikwiQ?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 How about this one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Sharkissimo 1,973 Posted March 14, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted March 14, 2015 I'm finding it hard to masturbate to. Glóin the Dark, Jay and Dixon Hill 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightscape94 965 Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 Give this a go then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkissimo 1,973 Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 Classical music? Folk music? Jazz? Whatever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,480 Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 I just discovered this 2010 recording. The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra playing Star Wars... that's not usual!http://www.allmusic.com/album/summer-night-concert-sch%C3%B6nbrunn-mw0002018652 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightscape94 965 Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 This is just from that outdoors concert they have on YouTube, right? Didn't realize they had an official release on disc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,192 Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 Neither did I. And as far as I know, the programme was Ozawa's doing. Bespin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,480 Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 Star Wars Theme at the piano.Well, it remains a curiosity, but that's on DG too. 300 by Ingolf Wunderhttp://www.deezer.com/album/7773326 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RedBard 71 Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 I love this piece so much that I taught myself how to play it: It marked my debut as a concert pianist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightscape94 965 Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 Respighi - Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite 2. Great third movement. Sharkissimo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnome in Plaid 219 Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 Dixon Hill 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkissimo 1,973 Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 A very Sharky piece. Dixon Hill 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9y1b91uVuAhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBYSkR5TwK8What a babe. Sharkissimo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melange 446 Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 How about this one? Oh I do like that. 11:39 = great, and 12:03 brought these to mind for some reason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 She was on the plane that just went down in the Alps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkissimo 1,973 Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 That's a lovely contralto. RIP karelm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 Too un-John Williamsy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Sharkissimo 1,973 Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/JGQDBgz_TT0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Singing along to this. A bit shitfaced. Incredible. Just discovered this. I have tears welling up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 Oh wow. That is very moving.I'm reminded of another Polish gentleman who gave me one of my most profoundly definitive musical experiences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkissimo 1,973 Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 But not your most definitively profound? Sounds like a template for legions of Sword & Sandal/Oriental scores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 In honour of the old coot's 90th birthday: It's kind of cool hearing/seeing it from the cimbalom player's perspective too: Glóin the Dark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jilal 569 Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 https://soundcloud.com/kenji_sakai/blackout-sound-extractI'm sorry, I can't seem to find a way to embed the SoundCloud clip here. Glóin the Dark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glóin the Dark 1,220 Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 Pierre Boulez picks his ten favourite pieces of music from the 20th Century (including his own Repons, the cheeky sod). Here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 Can't disagree with any of those. Needs some Debussy/Dutilleux/Takemitsu though.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkissimo 1,973 Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 What Debussy/Takemitsu/Dutilleux pieces would you choose, Pil? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 Images/Preludes, From Me Flows What You Call Time, Ainsi la nuit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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