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Ahh! Hurrah! A Classical thread - just up my alley. While I like all sorts of music from here and there, the bulk of my collection consists of film soundtracks and classical music. And pretty much foremost on my list of faves, among Vivaldi and Bach, is Philip Glass. I love the "pure" structure of Glass's music, the rhythmic arpeggios and the way that a song can stretch out for hours and slowly change without your even realizing it. That after a while, hearing similar notes over and over, the ear starts to hear it differently, I feel, like saying the same word over and over again. It's a spooky effect. And the way one takes a very small set of sounds and permutes them to produce variations - this sort of "mathematical" structure is something I really enjoy about minimalistic music. It's crystal clear-- like glass. Anyhow, I've really enjoyed his recent take on the Four Seasons. I think it's a worthy successor to Vivaldi's classic. "The American Four Seasons: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtvQm10qHO4&playnext=1&list=PL702ECF92440A4F47 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGHSBqVKPtE And here's a fave of mine: "Metamorphosis 2" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwwKFBeZr5Q This song has such deep, introspective, quiet majesty about it. There's a refined dignity to the progression of the piece. I love it! On the wider modern classical scene, sometime in January, I think it was, I went to see the Kronos Quartet play various modern pieces, and I was very impressed. I haven't seen much live music, much less the modern classical stuff that I like to listen to, so this was a great experience for me. Anyway, they performed a piece by Bryce Dessner titled "Aheym", that just blew me away. http://vimeo.com/5641499 The last part of it, from 07:00 in the video onwards is just amazing. Does anyone know of any other music that sounds quite like this? EDIT: GAH! I linked the wrong videos for The American Four Seasons. That's what I get for posting late at night! DrSunshine fucked around with this message at 15:11 on Mar 20, 2011 |
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I've been flailing around kind of aimlessly, trying to investigate into the twelve-tone technique and serialism, but all of the stuff I've come across so far just sounds like so much harsh clanking and honking to me. So I come, asking this thread who the best, most listenable twelve-tone composer is. I'd really like to broaden my horizons in this area.
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Herr Napalm posted:Alban Berg is probably the best in my opinion. His music is really quite something; his sonata op. 1 was a birthday present to Schoenberg, who was not particularly impressed. It has probably come to become one of the four most important 20th century sonatas (the other being Barber's, Carter's and Vine's no. 2... at least in my eyes, there's probably arguments for some others.) Hey! That was pretty enjoyable to listen to. Sounded kind of jazzy. Thanks!
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