|
harmonyharmony
|
 |
« Reply #1335 on: 16:52:06, 16-09-2007 » |
|
Messiaen: Vingt Regards
Just listening to VI. Par lu tout a été fait and I'm quite surprised that it sounds a bit like a Ligeti Etude...
Maybe as a result of the fact that, especially from the passage beginning on the fourth page of that piece, it sets certain processes into 'auto-pilot', and then lets them just run their course? That sounds very probably, but there's something in the 'gear-changes' between different areas that made me think it too. |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
'is this all we can do?' anonymous student of the University of Berkeley, California quoted in H. Draper, 'The new student revolt' (New York: Grove Press, 1965) http://www.myspace.com/itensemble |
|
|
|
harmonyharmony
|
|
« Reply #1336 on: 16:58:15, 16-09-2007 » |
|
'Very probable' even.
Kaija Saariaho: Six Japanese Gardens
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
'is this all we can do?' anonymous student of the University of Berkeley, California quoted in H. Draper, 'The new student revolt' (New York: Grove Press, 1965) http://www.myspace.com/itensemble |
|
|
|
oliver sudden
|
|
« Reply #1337 on: 17:18:02, 16-09-2007 » |
|
Par Lui tout à été fait (Aimard)
Having already listened to the Études today and decided I prefer Musica ricercata (sorry) but the Messiaen even more (sorry again)
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
richard barrett
Guest
|
|
« Reply #1338 on: 17:18:50, 16-09-2007 » |
|
That's another fine Messiaen you've got yourself into.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
harmonyharmony
|
|
« Reply #1339 on: 17:34:53, 16-09-2007 » |
|
Par Lui tout à été fait (Aimard)
Having already listened to the Études today and decided I prefer Musica ricercata (sorry) but the Messiaen even more (sorry again)
Musica ricercata is a lot of fun to play. A while ago, I started to listen to the Études in books, rather than (as I would do previously) all in one go. Listening to them like that really brought out some kind of formal narrative of which I was ignorant listening to them either in isolation or smeared all over an afternoon. I think that the Messiaen has something that the Ligeti lacks though. I'm kind of reminded of Finnissy's comments on Ligeti with which I've never really decided whether I completely agree. Messiaen's belief system seems to give the music (and I'm cautious that I'm approaching 'spiritual' territory here) a visceral emotional basis that can leave the Ligeti seeming rather sterile, brittle and joyless. Might have to listen to some Nancarrow in a minute. Currently spinning: Saariaho's Du Cristal |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
'is this all we can do?' anonymous student of the University of Berkeley, California quoted in H. Draper, 'The new student revolt' (New York: Grove Press, 1965) http://www.myspace.com/itensemble |
|
|
|
Chafing Dish
Guest
|
|
« Reply #1340 on: 17:35:20, 16-09-2007 » |
|
Ra du Lu pu plays Schubert's Moments Musicaux.
Not sure if he's related to Sun Ra, but he's got a nice touch.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
harmonyharmony
|
|
« Reply #1341 on: 19:02:09, 16-09-2007 » |
|
Ra du Lu pu plays Schubert's Moments Musicaux.
Not sure if he's related to Sun Ra, but he's got a nice touch.
 Nancarrow: Studies for player piano. Currently mid-spin of no. 3 |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
'is this all we can do?' anonymous student of the University of Berkeley, California quoted in H. Draper, 'The new student revolt' (New York: Grove Press, 1965) http://www.myspace.com/itensemble |
|
|
|
increpatio
|
|
« Reply #1342 on: 19:10:03, 16-09-2007 » |
|
Ra du Lu pu plays Schubert's Moments Musicaux.
Not sure if he's related to Sun Ra, but he's got a nice touch.
Nancarrow: Studies for player piano. Currently mid-spin of no. 3 Ooh; that remind me; I'm in the mood to listen to No. 7 at the moment. And *that* gives me a reason to post here. How terribly convenient this all is. |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
Bryn
|
|
« Reply #1343 on: 19:21:05, 16-09-2007 » |
|
Ra du Lu pu plays Schubert's Moments Musicaux.
Not sure if he's related to Sun Ra, but he's got a nice touch.
Nancarrow: Studies for player piano. Currently mid-spin of no. 3 Insufficient information. What instrument was used for this recording? Or to put it another way, Wergo CD, MDG CDor Arch LP?  |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
harmonyharmony
|
|
« Reply #1344 on: 19:33:04, 16-09-2007 » |
|
Wergo CD. I've never heard any other recordings (should I be  ing?) so I'd be really grateful if you could tell me how the recordings differ. |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
'is this all we can do?' anonymous student of the University of Berkeley, California quoted in H. Draper, 'The new student revolt' (New York: Grove Press, 1965) http://www.myspace.com/itensemble |
|
|
|
Bryn
|
|
« Reply #1345 on: 19:33:42, 16-09-2007 » |
|
Here in gloomy Bracken Hale, it John Lord's Concerto for Group and Orchestra (to test my new £34 DVD Audio player, you understand). I'm currently finding it difficult to believe how good this Woolies bargain basement player is, (Technosonic DVD 2088). It plays DVD Video, DVD Audio, VCD, S-VCD, mp3, mp2, wma, jpeg, etc., connects via phono, SCART or HDMI, and even comes with both SCART and HDMI leads! Oh, and it reads various memory cards too. Just pop in an SD card with mp2s fom a Pure Bug on it, and it plays them beautifully.
Oh yes, it handles surround as well as 2 channel stereo. Even via the analogue outputs the sound is remarkably good.
Well, you can't expect perfection at that price. If you feed it a DVD with a 96ksps sample rate, it downsamples it to 48k.
Currently it's spinning mp3s of LaMonte Young's "The Well-Tuned Piano".
|
|
|
|
« Last Edit: 08:35:52, 18-09-2007 by Bryn »
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
Bryn
|
|
« Reply #1346 on: 19:43:31, 16-09-2007 » |
|
Wergo CD. I've never heard any other recordings (should I be ing?) so I'd be really grateful if you could tell me how the recordings differ. Well, if you ever happen across any of the Arch LPs., grab it quick. They are like gold dust. Unlike the Wergo set, they were recorded on the instrument Nancarrow intended them for (it was out of commission when the Wergo sessions took place). The MDG ongoing set is quite remarkably better in sound than the Wergo. They use, with Nacarrows express approval, a restored Bösendorfer grand player piano, with hammer board addapted to Nancarrows requirements. Don't hesitate. By the way, the information on the Forced Exposure site regarding these recordings is bogus. The instrument was not Nancarrow's. He did like the results he heard from it though. |
|
|
|
« Last Edit: 22:03:51, 16-09-2007 by Bryn »
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
harmonyharmony
|
|
« Reply #1347 on: 22:02:41, 16-09-2007 » |
|
Once I have a celery, I won't be hesitating at all. But until then... Um... NOT THAT RECORD! NOT THAT RECORD! NOT THAT RECORD! |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
'is this all we can do?' anonymous student of the University of Berkeley, California quoted in H. Draper, 'The new student revolt' (New York: Grove Press, 1965) http://www.myspace.com/itensemble |
|
|
|
roslynmuse
|
|
« Reply #1348 on: 00:01:48, 17-09-2007 » |
|
Angela Hewitt - Bach 2 part inventions. Not sure I like it as much as some of her other Bach recordings - rather aggressive and clipped. Also, having problems with the pitch of the instrument (s?) - some of the inventions sounded quite sharp, a problem I recall with her English Suites. Anyone else been disturbed by this?
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
MT Wessel
|
|
« Reply #1349 on: 01:57:00, 17-09-2007 » |
|
Brian Eno - Here Come The Warm Jets  |
|
|
|
« Last Edit: 00:27:07, 18-09-2007 by MT Wessel »
|
Logged
|
lignum crucis arbour scientiae
|
|
|
|
