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the shizzle => shootin' the shit => music, art and culture => Topic started by: slackline on April 24, 2013, 11:59:02 am
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After hearing a piece on Mary Anne-Hobbs' 6 Music breakfast show at the weekend I'm really enjoying Lubomy Melnyk's (http://www.lubomyr.com/) piano music.
He developed a new technique he termed "Continuous Music" and it really stood out. It makes from some incredibly complex layered sounds with 4/6/7 bars overlaid each other simultaneously (must be very hard to play!).
You can listen to a remaster of his original Piano Music in the Continuous Mode (http://www.unseenworlds.net/UW02/) (and buy it through bandcamp). CD's are available direct from his site here (http://www.continuouspiano.com/) and some of the more recent releases are available direct from their respective record labels (e.g. this years Corrolaries (http://www.erasedtapes.com/artists/biography/19/Lubomyr+Melnyk) or The Voice of Trees (http://www.hinterzimmer-records.com/releases/lubomyr-melnyk_the-voice-of-trees.html) ).
I've really enjoyed everything that I've listened to so far.
When I was in Budapest last year we went to a performance by Hungarian Concert Pianist Adam Fellegi (http://www.fellegiadam.hu/index.php)....in his living room. It was really, really good, a lot of locals there too not just tourists. The performance is tip based and refreshments (biscuits and juice) were provided. I'd highly recommend it if you are ever in Budapest even if you're not that into classical music (it might change your mind!).
I quite like classical music in general, not that knowledgeable about it all and don't go to see much live (the above performance is about the only thing), but other recommendations are welcome.
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Completely impossible! Here goes...
Most classical buffs, faced like a request like this, suggest the usual Mozart/Brahms/Beethoven. I love all this stuff but they are sometimes not to best way in to this world for folk reared on rock / electronica in my view.
If you liked Melnyk then the next to investigate are other 'minimalists' like Reich, Glass and Part, the friendlier end of modern classical, and possibly some pre-classical. I've included some of each with a good dollop of piano plus one more mainstream item.
Reich: Music for 18 Musicians
Steve Reich - Music For 18 Musicians (Complete 1998 Nonsuch Records release) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KghPse1g9QA#ws)
Pärt: Tabula Rasa
Arvo Pärt: Tabula Rasa (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-J8LNcZgTA#)
Cage: Sonata II for Prepared Piano
John Cage - Sonata II For Prepared Piano (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUTXNxFvjDw#)
Ligeti: Piano Etude 16 "Pour Irina"
http://youtu.be/DsiwKf8w_R4 (http://youtu.be/DsiwKf8w_R4)
Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time
Kyung Wha Chung plays Messiaen Quartet for the End of Time (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQiH0csUPP0#)
Bach: Goldberg Variations (Aria)
Bach - Goldberg Variations: Aria (Glenn Gould) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gv94m_S3QDo#)
Hildegard of Bingen: Hymns and Sequences “A Feather on the Breath of God” – Page/Gothic voices
Hildegard von Bingen - Columba aspexit (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdVcKfAZJMU#)
Tallis: Spem in alium
The Tallis Scholars sing Thomas Tallis-1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtJvtk6EHZE#)
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Thanks duncan, will check those out (I should probably have mentioned I've come across & listened to Steve Reich and Philip Glass before).
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I like: Gustav Mahler, Henryk Gorecki, can't remember any others without looking at our CDs at home
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Franz Schubert; unparallelled.
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Franz Schubert; unparallelled.
For example the C Major string quintet. My brother is a professional classical musician, and when I said to him years ago that I wanted to start getting into listening to some classical music, it was one of the first things his mentioned as the greatest must-listen-to pieces of music of all time.
If otoh you want something way off-piste that hardly anybody has ever heard of (except, now, all of ukb), I caught some of Scene Polidimensionali by Márton Illés (http://martonilles.com/music.html) on the radio on the way home from the wall the other week and was impressed. High quality obscure modernism.
Oh, and the original piano version of Mussorgsky's Pictures At An Exhibition. There's a live recording by Sviatoslav Richter that is unbelievable; Michael Pletnev is good too. Here's Richter, but youtube doesn't go loud enough on my laptop to do it justice. Fortunately I have it on CD.
http://youtu.be/CitIXrkQfzo (http://youtu.be/CitIXrkQfzo)
Shostakovich 8th & 15 string quartets, viola sonata, preludes & fugues for piano.
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Franz Schuber
C Major string quintet.
Not to be confused btw with the Trout Quinte, which I totally can't see the point of.
Monteverdi's Vespers. Vaughan Williams Tallis Fantasia.
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vaguely related to the topic
we're off to see Einaudi's In a Time Lapse tour at City Hall on Saturday
not classic classical, but I haven't listened to any of this new work and am pretty psyched to listen to something completely new to me
might still be tickets available?
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Franz Schubert
Full-on rock'n'roll lifestyle too: died young, probably of syphilis, probably contracted whilst playing piano in Viennese brothels. (Perhaps not actually whilst playing piano, although that would certainly score extra points)
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All good recommendations. Will check them out in due course, thanks.
A very good film that put me onto Rachmaninov is Shine (http://www.imdb.co.uk/title/tt0117631/) staring Geoffery Rush, highly recommended if you've not already seen it.
@lagers : good heads up, unfortunately I have to prepare for a job interview on Monday and forecast for Sunday is best so will have to do preparation Saturday.
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I listened to the piano music the thread started with and quite liked it - not something I've come across before. It did instantly make me think of Stravinky, in particular Petrushka. Have a listen - it's bloody awesome!
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Personally I listen to Elgar's Nimrod if I'm feeling blue, and can't help but feel happier by the end. It always gives me shivers down my spine. I really like Elgar's work, but I know I'm biased as Elgar lived just down the road from where I grew up
Elgar - Nimrod (from "Enigma Variations") (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUgoBb8m1eE#)
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Interesting thread, gave most of the above a listen. Whilst being able to listen and appreciate the music and musician's it didn't quite grab me.
The classical music I would most like recommendations of would be along the lines of
carmina burana, John Williams, Star wars, etc. High energy with serious amounts of bass.
:off: I know but if you like piano give this a listen all the way through. He seems to specialise in re arranging dance tracks into piano cover with amazing results.
Mat Zo - Yoyo Ma (Piano Cover) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3b-by6xpxpw#ws)
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High energy with serious amounts of bass.
There's already a few threads for that here (http://ukbouldering.com/board/index.php/topic,10528.0.html) here (http://ukbouldering.com/board/index.php/topic,8780.0.html) and here (http://ukbouldering.com/board/index.php/topic,13391.0.html). :clown:
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Interesting thread, gave most of the above a listen. Whilst being able to listen and appreciate the music and musician's it didn't quite grab me.
The classical music I would most like recommendations of would be along the lines of
carmina burana, John Williams, Star wars, etc. High energy with serious amounts of bass.
Verdi: Requiem [Dies Irae]
Verdi: Requiem, Dies irae (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDFFHaz9GsY#)
Shostakovich: 10 Symphony [2nd movement]
ムラヴィンスキー Mravinsky, Shostakovich / Symphony No.10 (2nd mov) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKs1Y3l3jI0#)
Mahler: 1st Symphony [4th movement]
Mahler symphony No.1-4M (4/4) G.Dudamel Los Angles Philharmonic (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIykYnoKKt8#ws)
And since this is a climbing site...
R. Strauss: An Alpine Symphony
R. Strauss - An Alpine Symphony (Proms 2012) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQa9mW8ygAE#ws)
Wagner: Siegfried's Funeral March [Götterdämmerung]
Richard Wagner - Siegfried Funeral March - Götterdämmerung - Solti (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xshqg0)
I'm off to invade Poland
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Stravinsky's other worldly Rite of Spring
Stravinsky: Le sacre du printemps / The Rite of Spring (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UJOaGIhG7A#ws)
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A few contemporary pieces I can recommend:
Roberto Cacciapaglia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biZwbqlD138 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biZwbqlD138)
Another vote for Ludovico Einaudi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qvglWAHDak (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qvglWAHDak)
Neoclassical composer Brian Crain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkAFV-hw1Js (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkAFV-hw1Js)
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There's already a few threads for that here (http://ukbouldering.com/board/index.php/topic,10528.0.html) here (http://ukbouldering.com/board/index.php/topic,8780.0.html) and here (http://ukbouldering.com/board/index.php/topic,13391.0.html). :clown:
Granted, don't get me wrong Trance has always been my favourite genre. Not adverse to a bit Drum & Bass now and then. Theres something quite spectacular about some of the classical arrangements. Bass you say, nothing goes quite as low a big church pipe organ.
Verdi: Requiem [Dies Irae]
Verdi: Requiem, Dies irae (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDFFHaz9GsY#)
Shostakovich: 10 Symphony [2nd movement]
ムラヴィンスキー Mravinsky, Shostakovich / Symphony No.10 (2nd mov) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKs1Y3l3jI0#)
Mahler: 1st Symphony [4th movement]
Mahler symphony No.1-4M (4/4) G.Dudamel Los Angles Philharmonic (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIykYnoKKt8#ws)
And since this is a climbing site...
R. Strauss: An Alpine Symphony
R. Strauss - An Alpine Symphony (Proms 2012) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQa9mW8ygAE#ws)
Wagner: Siegfried's Funeral March [Götterdämmerung]
Richard Wagner - Siegfried Funeral March - Götterdämmerung - Solti (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xshqg0)
Cheers Ducan, thats exactly what I'm looking for.
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Bass you say, nothing goes quite as low a big church pipe organ. [/url]
My grandmother used to play organ in her local church and years ago (1940-50s) played piano in the Hallé Orchestra (http://www.halle.co.uk/) in Manchester.
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vaguely related to the topic
we're off to see Einaudi's In a Time Lapse tour at City Hall on Saturday
not classic classical, but I haven't listened to any of this new work and am pretty psyched to listen to something completely new to me
might still be tickets available?
This was absolutely brilliant
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Shostakovich's 5th
Rachmaninov 2nd in C minor- Shine refrs to 3rd concerto a lot IIRC, but I prefer 2nd.
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I am biased due to playing classical piano throughout my youth but I'm a sucker for Beethovens piano pieces. Although I never learnt it the Waldstein is just brilliant imo. How do a humans hands do that?!
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I'm off to invade Poland
:2thumbsup: (the comment that is, not your intention to invade a country...)
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Lots of good concerts on Avro Klassiek's YouTube channel (http://www.youtube.com/user/avroklassiek?feature=watch) e.g.
Rachmaninov, pianowerken voor 2, 4 en 10 handen - Rachmaninoff pianoworks - Live Concert - HD (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVOS6YJ-gZ0#ws)
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Listened to this today and enjoyed it, something a bit different....
Pekka Kuusisto with Joanna Wallfisch, Nico Muhly and Nadia Sirota (Live at (Le) Poisson Rouge) (https://soundcloud.com/q2-music/pekka-kuusisto-with-joanna)
On Mar. 3 at (Le) Poisson Rouge, Finnish violinist Pekka Kuusisto performed a set that ranged from Bach and traditional Finnish fiddle songs to drone-based music and an experimental work for "swallowed microphone." Composer-pianist Nico Muhly, violist Nadia Sirota and singer Joanna Wallfisch made guest appearances on the multifaceted program.
Known for performing on both acoustic and electric violin, Kuusisto has a far-reaching 2012-2013 season. It includes the premiere of Sebastian Fagerlund’s Violin Concerto with Finland's Tampere Philharmonic and the North American premiere Thursday, Mar. 7 of Owen Pallett's Violin Concerto at the Toronto Symphony Orchestra's New Creations Festival.
Recent accolades have surrounded his international tour this winter with the Britten Sinfonia under the direction of composer Thomas Adès, whose Violin Concerto Kuusisto performed with "the kind of luminous and infectious beauty that comes only from a true marriage of mastery and love" (The Guardian).
Set list
Samuel Rinda-Nickola: Finnish fiddle tunes
Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata BWV 4, "Christ lag in Todesbanden" for electric baseball bat
Unto Mononen: Tahdet meren ylla
Joanna Wallfisch: "I Could Tell You"¹
Pekka Kuusisto: Music for Swallowed Microphone
Nico Muhly: Drones & Violin²
Traditional: Finnish melodies, "On suuri sun rantas autius" and "Piupali Piupali"
¹ with singer Joanna Wallfisch
² with Nico Muhly, piano and Nadia Sirota, viola
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Enjoyed this...
Anoushka Shankar -- Traveller --2012 FULL CONCERT Live at Festival Les Nuits de Fourvière (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lr8G7UNgy24#ws)
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Rach's 3rd variation on a theme by Paganini,
Pretty much anything by Sibelius, the intermezzo from the Karelia suite will be a blast from the past for any early birds & R4 listeners.
Mozart's Great Mass in C minor
The list goes on.
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I'm going to work my way through Unsung Masterworks (https://www.youtube.com/user/UnsungMasterworks?feature=watch) (a youtube user who uploads under-appreciated classical music).
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This should be worth skipping an evening at the wall for the Leeds residents: Endellion Quartet at live in Leeds (http://www.lcm.ac.uk/whats-on/Upcoming-Performances/The-Endellion-String-Quartet-july) on Tuesday.
I've heard the Endellion Quartet live once, have a couple of CDs by them and rate them highly. More to the point my brother, who is a professional classical musician, reckons they're probably the current top UK string quartet.
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I've argued that a large amount of Heavy Metal is just Classical music played on guitars (see Rainbow, Iron Maiden et al) and this proves it...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uT3SBzmDxGk
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2Cellos
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I'm rather partial to a bit of Sibelius, also Mahler and Dvorak, his suite on folk dances is wonderful, also ahh forgot British composer, London & The Wasp well worth listening to
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If you like Sibelius, try Bruckner. Symphony No. 4 is particularly worth a listen.