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Here are a couple of other videos about Square Dance you might be able to watch (since you've mentioned Baroque music is a fave):
Thank you for these, and for taking the time and trouble to link them; much appreciated. I have enjoyed watching them.
It's been a while since I looked at this thread, but I caught something last night that really had be give it a listen, and holy **** I'm not only surprised but am highly impressed.
The following piece is from a guy named Kip Winger. For those of you to whom this name seems familiar, it is that very same Kip Winger, from the hair metal band Winger. I caught an interview with him after Grunge hit in the early 90s and left him floating in a sea of nothingness as no one was buying what they were selling. But what no one realized is that early in his life, Kip went into the conservatory to dance ballet, and kept up with it and the classical music behind the ballets he was performing in. So he took a detour from metal and went back to orchestral composing, along the likes of Debussy, Nijinsky, and others. Apparently last year he wrote a ballet that was performed by Tuscon symphony, was nominated for a Grammy for contemporary classical, and composed an entire symphony with the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra.
This is one of those pieces: Chaconne de feu, from Conversations with Nijinsky. Enjoy.
Not bad for a hair metal guy.
BL.
The following piece is from a guy named Kip Winger. For those of you to whom this name seems familiar, it is that very same Kip Winger, from the hair metal band Winger. I caught an interview with him after Grunge hit in the early 90s and left him floating in a sea of nothingness as no one was buying what they were selling. But what no one realized is that early in his life, Kip went into the conservatory to dance ballet, and kept up with it and the classical music behind the ballets he was performing in. So he took a detour from metal and went back to orchestral composing, along the likes of Debussy, Nijinsky, and others. Apparently last year he wrote a ballet that was performed by Tuscon symphony, was nominated for a Grammy for contemporary classical, and composed an entire symphony with the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra.
This is one of those pieces: Chaconne de feu, from Conversations with Nijinsky. Enjoy.
Not bad for a hair metal guy.
BL.
I saw Christopher Wheeldon’s Ghosts, set to another Winger ballet composition, danced by San Francisco Ballet. I don’t really remember much about it, honestly, because it was part of a triple bill that had a powerhouse Jerome Robbins piece and a classic Paul Taylor piece alongside Ghosts. Plus it hasn’t been danced by SFB since then.
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“Ghosts” would be a good title for all of his work: everything he has made to date is powerfully haunted by dead choreographers, and usually it’s a pleasure to recognize his sources, if you can.
As it happens, the title comes from the music, composed largely to Mr. Wheeldon’s specifications by C. F. Kip Winger, of the band Winger. Like Mr. Wheeldon’s choreography, Mr. Winger’s music recalls a range of sources, some late-Romantic, some thoroughly modernist. His 30-minute, four-movement composition led by piano and strings, with the solo violin adding its voice at times supplies Mr. Wheeldon with constant change.
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Listening to some intriguing orchestral music by Mexican composer Pablo Moncayo. Had never encountered his music before, but recently seeing a recorded performance based on Mexican folk and nationalist themes was fascinating.
I hope this classical music thread gets revived more often. Always interesting to see what everyone's listening to.
I hope this classical music thread gets revived more often. Always interesting to see what everyone's listening to.
I can't believe that in my two years on this site, I have never found this thread!! So I'll happily throw in some suggestions for excellent classical music:
Keith Jarrett, who y'all might best know as a jazz musician--but he also wrote excellent classical music! And his album In the Light perfectly represents this!
Messiaen's "Poemes Pour Mi," which also has fascinating harmonies.
Then of course all the chorales from the Bach masses, which are also excellent!
Keith Jarrett, who y'all might best know as a jazz musician--but he also wrote excellent classical music! And his album In the Light perfectly represents this!
Messiaen's "Poemes Pour Mi," which also has fascinating harmonies.
Then of course all the chorales from the Bach masses, which are also excellent!
Been a while since I posted here.
Mainly have been listening to Bach’s organ works, like BWV 542, 543, and 538
Mainly have been listening to Bach’s organ works, like BWV 542, 543, and 538
Oh, absolutely! I have a folder dedicated to Chopin, but not a Liszt folder, unfortunately. I should find some Liszt CDs to rip into its own folder in here. I do have some scores of his though.
Actually, these are all the ones I do have:
An excellent selection:
Actually, brilliant to see Scarletti and Corelli on such a list, as well as Rachmaninov and Prokofiev, both of whom I love.
Some of the other Russians are also well worth a listen (such as Rimsky-Korsakov, Moussorgsky, Tchaikovsky, and Khachaturian).
Personally, I would also add Antonio Soler (I recall recommending his superlative Fandango to you some time ago), - he wrote some wonderful works for harpischord - to your selection.
The trouble with Liszt Is that many of his pieces are simply technical virtuoso pieces. Impressively constructed, but they don’t necessarily offer the best listening experience at least compared to chopin, Bach, Mozart, beethoven etc.
I’ve been Enjoying this little tune lately:
”The rest Is just the same isn’t it?” Always comes to mind 🤣
I may have a skewed perspective, because I LOVE complicated music. Messaien wrote some very "weird" classical stuff, but it all works so well! I also love avant-garde stuff. I have a track in my library that's literally 7 minutes of choppy-sounding white noise. But it has a groove, so it is music.
Anyway, I love that Bach piece! Simple form, and the melody/harmony fits well.
These albums here are the most exquisitely recorded and beautifully sounding music I've heard outside of a live performance.
Chasing the Dragon Audiophile Recordings in the U.K.
I have all of these on vinyl, in DSD and/or WAV formats to play on my Hi-Fi systems.
Their thing is that they record all of their music with analog equipment, nothing digital. The vinyl is a direct cut from analog as well. The only digital part is when they take the analog recordings, unedited, and make the digital files for DSD and WAV.
Chasing the Dragon Audiophile Recordings in the U.K.
I have all of these on vinyl, in DSD and/or WAV formats to play on my Hi-Fi systems.
Their thing is that they record all of their music with analog equipment, nothing digital. The vinyl is a direct cut from analog as well. The only digital part is when they take the analog recordings, unedited, and make the digital files for DSD and WAV.
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I will be traveling to the east cost of Canada this month to celebrate my 30th and this will be on repeat the WHOLE time.
Good to see you again, @S.B.G, and also very nice to see a welcome salute to the wonderful world of vinyl and analogue systems of recording.
Pop quiz!
What do the movie Clueless and Sergei Rachmaninoff have in common?
What do the movie Clueless and Sergei Rachmaninoff have in common?
Eric Carmen, the writer and original performer of 'All By Myself' was forced to share songwriting royalties with Rachmaninoff's estate because the second verse uses a melody from Piano Concerto No. 2.
I've mentioned this here before...but if you don't know about this book, you might be interested in reading it:
Perfecting Sound Forever
"In 1915, Thomas Edison proclaimed that he could record a live performance and reproduce it perfectly, shocking audiences who found themselves unable to tell whether what they were hearing was an Edison Diamond Disc or a flesh-and-blood musician."
(here's what early 1900s recordings actually sound like: http://cylinders.library.ucsb.edu/ )
Seeing coverage of Formula 1 podium ceremonies made me put this on…
Carmen
(my version of this edition is so old it says it was made in West Germany!)
and then for a fun comparison (Shchedrin’s reduction is very funny, in a good way):
Carmen-Suite
Carmen
(my version of this edition is so old it says it was made in West Germany!)
and then for a fun comparison (Shchedrin’s reduction is very funny, in a good way):
Carmen-Suite
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"Lost" Chopin waltz discovered and performed!
www.nytimes.com
Hear a Chopin Waltz Unearthed After Nearly 200 Years
An unknown work in the composer’s hand has emerged in a New York museum, the first such find in more than a half century. The pianist Lang Lang plays it here.
Well, the kids visiting my door this All Hallows E'en are getting treated to the Bach Orgelwerke!