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I really like contemporary atonal classical music, though finding good pieces requires digging through a pile of poo poo. So I really hope someone here can share his findings. Here are some I've found that really achieve being perfectly original, something you've never heard before, and genius, but are also touching, something you can connect to and understand emotionally (an aspect most music of this type lacks). Grisey - Partiels: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kX77MC5oXDY Berio - Sequenza nr. 7 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kf90X0CNxcI Gubaidulina - Seven words: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g33S4XQ7qWs Dr. Witherbone posted:Ah, good, a classical thread! I was hoping one of these would turn up. Handel is really amazing. His Fireworks music is really what set my passion for classical music aflame, though I must admit I never delved into his music, so your links were most interesting. The only "non-mainstream" Handel piece I know that is great is his Dixit Dominus, a piece he wrote only 21 years old, studying in Italy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axW9pmJMhPs&feature=related
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Bobfromsales posted:The 60s and 70s were a weird time. Most composers have moved away from this kind of experimentation. It's not really something I like to listen to casually, but I think it's really a great thing to experience live. If there's a university near you I'd check out what kind of recitals are being put on, as that's probably the best place to hear avant-garde music live, for cheap(or free). To me it seems hard to find a non-commercial composer who hasn't moved away from this kind of experimentation. I've gone to a lot of contemporary concerts, and judging from my experience the 60's and 70's were actually really good times. Because all this "weird" stuff is still going on but it's like most composers (both professional and the stuff the universities are playing) nowadays try really hard to make pieces that sound weird or "modern", but the music itself is empty and (if the performer isn't beyond amazing) boring. I'm just hoping that with recommendations from people who really love the particular music they're recommending (not just "found it really interesting" or "intellectually engaging") the good pieces will be easier to find. @oiseaux morts 1994: Thanks for recommending Radulescu! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1K7u8w-m5k this is the greatest thing I've heard in months, this is how you're supposed to play piano! Frankly I don't care if the piece is strictly atonal or not. I find what I'm looking for in Pärt's music, I just unwittingly said atonal to leave out the minimalism and composers like Whitacre. Silvestrov was ok, too jazzy-romantic for my taste. regulargonzalez posted:Can anyone recommend pieces along the lines of the Andante movement of Mozart's Concerto #23? Wistful, plaintive, sad? Brahms symphony nr.3 3rd movement. It's the exact same feeling. (a good recording, grandmaster Furtwangler & co: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1trE3ms3AGo) Also, Brahms intermezzo nr. 3 Op.117 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxObXhtQoBY&feature=related Bondage posted:I'm really digging Baroque. Currently my favorites are Johann S Bach, Locatelli and Corelli. Also have listened to Telemann and Purcell. Can anyone recommend some decent Baroque? If you want to explore other composers I recommend Vivaldi(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCLpqkIDlXs), Albinoni(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjgndGuy77o, Buxtehude(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Um7jMJOHLFM) & Couperin (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sFyywRq-SE). Oromo fucked around with this message at 02:31 on Mar 26, 2011 |
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I've heard a handful of Prokofiev 2 recordings, which of the only really solid and good one is Ashkenazy (the part with the cadenza for comparison: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcEwnimouwc). That pianist in the Horse song sounds amazing although the song was total rubbish, who listens to this poo poo?  .Oromo fucked around with this message at 02:30 on Mar 28, 2011 |
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Mar 28, 2011 02:25
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Flaccid? I think I know what you mean but it's only the sound, not the playing itself, Horse recording has more edge (attack and boosted upper octaves) and volume. Valentina doesn't even get all the notes, probably due to hand-size (compare 5:17 horse with 3:27 Ashkenazy).
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Mar 28, 2011 10:33
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Kaiser Schnitzel posted:Since there's like a hundred of them, what are some of the best/your favorite Haydn symphonies? And is there a good recording/collection of all of them? The ones with nicknames are usually pretty great - probably because they got the nicknames for being repeatedly performed and likable. Of them my favorites are no. 53 L'impériale, no. 22 The Philosopher and no. 104 London Of the nameless symphonies nos. 68 and 24 are my favorites. There aren't many who have bothered to record the entirety of the symphonies and in my experience the best recordings for each piece do not come from those collections, although Fischer's are always fine. I would rather just make a playlist with mixed performers on Spotify or Idagio. The best performers IMO are Harnoncourt, or Kuijken with Le Petite Bande Oromo fucked around with this message at 19:54 on Dec 9, 2018 |
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Coohoolin posted:Been looking for a good Erlkönig for a while though, all the violin recordings sound stilted and tight and the piano doesn't really have the same oomph you want from that piece. Check out Josef Spacek's recording, it really owns. Gidon Kremer's is also good.
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John Holloway Also, avoid all baroque winds until the 90's - some of the 80's stuff is good but some of it is abyssmal to the point where you wonder whether the artists are even being serious. Turns out that a lot of them were actually amateurs, on top of having to play these more difficult versions of their instrument.
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Jan 11, 2019 18:44
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Gould made some of my favorite Brahms recordings although most of his non-baroque stuff isn't really great
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Apr 23, 2019 12:01
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This is a recording session, all musicians just wear comfy normal clothes for them. It's a great take, thanks for sharing! The orchestra is also amazing IMO
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Apr 27, 2019 15:55
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rofl Seems like the right fit for an audience that views itself as progressive and avant garde but really just wants to keep listening to the good old songs
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Jul 31, 2019 13:24
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The Saint-Saens basson sonata is the most wholesome piece of music I've ever heard. Love when the 3rd movement is played slowly enough: https://youtu.be/FTwrFOusEOE
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Aug 17, 2019 20:21
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Yeah, when a singer hasn't studdied their pronunciation I'd rather hear the translated lyrics.
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Brahms Intermezzos are very soothing and nice. Composed near the end of his life, they are some of the most intimate and mature music there is. Best recording IMO is by Glenn Gould, but there are many good ones. Schumann is also really great. I recommend Fantasie Op. 17 (particularly the last movement). Composed upon Beethoven's death as a hommage to him, but dedicated to Liszt, it's a cornerstone piece for the romantic movement. Best recording is by Pollini, nobody else comes even close.
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