classical music thread

alexander scriabin - etudes

shit is otherworldly. makes me feel like i'm in the middle of the woods millions of years ago, alone

If you like Mirroirs, definitely check out any performances by Richter, if you haven't already.

And Khachaturian and Prokofiev are more IDM than Shostakovich and Stravinsky. Kraftwerk cite Khachaturian as a primary influence. Listen to the rhythms in Prokofiev's Piano Sonata 7, 3rd movement.

So:

Many WATMM frequenters are secretly piano players and enthusiasts? Most of the music mentioned here is piano music.

If only Kraftwerk were idm...

  On 10/8/2009 at 5:42 AM, Braintree said:

If only Kraftwerk were idm...

Touche....

I still claim Khachaturian and Prokofiev are more rhythmically interesting than Shostakovich and Stravinsky. Also, since Khachaturian influenced Kraftwerk, who undoubtedly influenced basically every IDM artist, by the transitive property Khachaturian influenced IDM.

Khachaturian Toccata:

Prokofiev Piano Sonata 7, Movement 3:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fc6-1CKLdpA

been listening to a little arvo part. moondog too

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZeENjvXgjU

the more i listen to classical music the more amazing i find every composer ever.

at the moment im mainly blasting poulenc, alban berg, and haydn. i turned up for my first lesson at college and got set 3 bach preludes and fugues, beethovens 7th sonata, and rachmaninoff's second sonata. this course is going to make me blow my load, its amazing.

i've been learning a couple of chopin's nocturnes, been completely in love with them for years.

Bb minor and F minor if anyone cares. just fucking gorgeous. he gets idm points for having 13 against 12 in no. 1.

the nocturnes get better and better and better the more you listen. do you mean the F minor No.15? ive just finished learning that, the second theme that starts on the 3 page (roughly) is so unbelivably moving.

difficult piece though, achieving the speed, fluidity, and pianissimo in the final f major flourish takes major practice.

Funny I was just gonna come in here to recommend Chopin's Nocturnes.

I've been in love with Op.9 No.1 in Bflat minor for the last month...

Rubinstein's performance of it is amazing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmbyI3_qRLw

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something a bit different

i would add to this great thread that it would pay to notice that some of the best young 'classical' composers are influenced by Ravel, Bjork, Sonic Youth, Steve Reich, Aphex Twin, Stockhausen, Mozart etc. in equal measure.

People don't really get behind these kinds of composers as much as they do the latest sensation in electronic or pop music. Maybe they're not very cool. But the old fuddy-duddies that write so-called complex new music hide behind academic institutional ring-fencing, and it's a boring scene.

My examples of the interesting ones in the UK would be Anna Meredith, Emily Hall, Larry Goves, David Fennessy, Charlie Piper, Chris Mayo, Mica Levi, Helen Grime, Mark Bowden, Ian Vine, and more. They all write often for electronics and live instruments.

two examples:

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UT2w39Yyp3A

i also like debussy, chopin and for modern, erik satie is cool with me

satie is actually less modern than debussy.

I was wondering if anyone had any recommendations for stuff similar to Erik Satie's Gymnopédies No. 1, 2 and 3.

Stuff like this as well.

  On 10/12/2009 at 3:45 PM, Spore said:

I was wondering if anyone had any recommendations for stuff similar to Erik Satie's Gymnopédies No. 1, 2 and 3.

drukqs

  On 10/12/2009 at 3:45 PM, Spore said:

I was wondering if anyone had any recommendations for stuff similar to Erik Satie's Gymnopédies No. 1, 2 and 3.

 

Stuff like this as well.

Try his Gnossiennes... my favorite is Gnossienne 5, which is similar to the Gymnopedies. Also, Ligeti's Musica Ricercata might be up your alley, though it's a little different.