anyone dig modern classical atall?

Pistonsbeneath · Post by **Pistonsbeneath** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 1:43 am

modern classical can surely be defined as twentieth century..therefore erik satie, henrik gorecki, bela bartok & philip glass...

i think chopin can be classed as such as well along with debussy

all awesome

bagelator · Post by **bagelator** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 2:12 am

john cage

zhao · Post by **zhao** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 3:41 pm

are we allowed to post out of print albums? (mods feel free to delete if not)

Giacinto Scelsi - Music for Wind Instruments and Percussion

"This collection of the late Italian composer Giacinto Scelsi marks the recorded debut of many of his smaller works. Ranging from 1954-1966, Scelsi's elongated tonal studies are given a rapt performance here by a nameless Dutch ensemble that carries off the task without flaw or unnecessary adornment (a constant temptation, it seems, with Scelsi's work). Included here are three fragments of I Riti, the ritual march from the composer's Funeral for Achilles. Non-rhythmic timbral patterns, spare in posture and deep in resonance, constitute an interior motion. On Ko-Lho for flute and clarinet, from 1966, Scelsi concentrates on the variations in similar whole tones the instruments are capable of producing. These variations may be timbral, or that may be in the embouchure itself, but they sound at times so remarkably similar as they exchange semi-quavers that it is nearly impossible to tell them apart. Likewise, Rucke di Gluck for piccolo and oboe from 1957, while much more primitive in feel and approach, offers the turning of tone from one pitch to the next as a meeting place for timbral investigation. Also from tense, varying durational statements, harmony is explored not as a device for unification but rather as a spatial consideration of interstitial elements. The truly revelatory works occur near the end of the set with Hyxos for alto flute, gongs, and cowbell from 1955 and Quattro Pezzi for trumpet solo from 1956. In both these works, Scelsi looks past serialism's limited investigations of tonal dissonance and finds a type of consonance in duration and pitch without regard for scalar mathematics. These are gigantic leaps in the consideration of spatial relationships in compositional technique and sonic placement in the tonal one. This is a highly rewarding and necessary addition to the Scelsi canon, and an excellent introduction to the "aegis mysterium" that Scelsi created in 20th century music." --Thom Jurek, All Music Guide

1 I Riti: Ritual March, "The Funeral Of Achilles" For Percussion (1962) (Fragment) (0:57)
2 Ko-Lho For Flute And Clarinet (1966): I, II (7:13)
3 Pwyll For Flute Alone (1954) (4:15)
4 I Riti: Ritual March, "The Funeral Of Achilles" For Percussion (1962) (3:05)
5 Ixor For Bb Clarinet (Or Other Reed Instrument) (1956) (4:00)
6 Rucke Di Guck For Piccolo And Oboe (1957): I, II, III (8:56)
7 Hyxos For Alto Flute, Gongs And Cowbell (1955): I Tranquillo, II Con Moto, III Tranquillo (9:49)
8 Quattro Pezzi For Trumpet Alone (1956): I, II, III, IV (9:16)
9 I Riti: Ritual March, "The Funeral Of Achilles" For Percussion (1962) (Fragment) (1:14)

http://rapidshare.com/files/109661681/G ... ussion.zip

trap · Post by **trap** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 9:29 pm

Hells yeah! I'll get in on some Keith Kenniff rimming!

Any work under either his Helios or Goldmund monickers is absolutely sublime. Loving his new album, Caesura. Gotta say, Eingya's my favourite album, ever. And Coduroy Road, under Goldmund is something else. Absolutely phenomenal stuff.

Really liking Peter Broderick's Float too, Max Richter's Blue Notebooks is good stuff, and I recommend Bersarin Quartett's self titled album - all quality stuff.

Not heard any Phillip Glass, though I've been recommend. Might cop some sharpish.

zhao · Post by **zhao** » Fri Oct 31, 2008 5:19 am

Trap wrote:
Not heard any Phillip Glass, though I've been recommend. Might cop some sharpish.

glass is my least favorite of the 60s/70s minimalists. do the earlier recordings if you have to; but i would start with Steve Reich - Electric Counterpoint, Different Trains, etc. and then go to Terry Riley and La Monte Young. micro-tonal music will make you its bitch and you'll love it (trust).

merkin · Post by **merkin** » Fri Oct 31, 2008 1:05 pm

http://www.boomkat.com/item.cfm?id=143942

Carl Craig & Moritz tinkering with Ravel & Mussorgsky???

Can't wait to check this!

slothrop · Post by **slothrop** » Sat Nov 01, 2008 9:29 pm

zhao wrote:
Trap wrote:
Not heard any Phillip Glass, though I've been recommend. Might cop some sharpish.
glass is my least favorite of the 60s/70s minimalists. do the earlier recordings if you have to; but i would start with Steve Reich - Electric Counterpoint, Different Trains, etc. and then go to Terry Riley and La Monte Young. micro-tonal music will make you its bitch and you'll love it (trust).

It's kind of interesting the way that minimal music went from being, afaict, a radically different approach to the whole idea of music (at least, radically new to western classical) to being another post-romantic stylistic tendancy. Not to say that being a post-romantic stylistic tendancy is a bad thing, but I'd be interested to know whether people like Adams, Glass and Nyman feel that they've backed off from something or what...

The Phillip Glass orchestration of whichever Aphex Twin it was is pretty ace, albeit in a techno-with-orchestral instruments sort of way rather than a classical sort of way.

hear today · Post by **hear today** » Sun Nov 02, 2008 12:23 pm

HELIOS - just checked out the myspace... it's incredibly cheesey no?!!!!

first track sounds like f*cking Dawson's Creek the musical.

I'm into these badmans: http://www.myspace.com/deafcenter

deamonds · Post by **deamonds** » Tue Nov 04, 2008 11:48 am

thanks for that album, cool thread, i really like modern classical, peter broderick & eric satie are cool..

havent heard of helios, but thanks for the reccomendation

headphone commute · Post by **headphone commute** » Sun Nov 09, 2008 6:15 pm

Sorry, chiming in a bit late, but I'd love to keep this thread going. I'm a big fan of modern classical and review the latest albums anytime I can get my hands on them. For a nice list, along with my writeups, check out the modern classical tag on my reviews, or just click here:

http://headphonecommute.blogspot.com/se ... 0classical

The latest from Goldmund, Library Tapes, Hauschka, Jacaszek, Rudi Arapahoe, Peter Broderick, and Hecq are absolutely a MUST for 2008!

subvert47 · Post by **subvert47** » Sun Dec 21, 2008 5:50 pm

£10 Bag wrote:isn't 'modern classical' an oxymoron?

a bit
modern composition is a better term perhaps

but anyway
here's a few names just going through my collection:

Luciano Berio
Harrison Birtwistle
John Cage
Sylvie Courvoisier
George Crumb
Peter Maxwell Davies
Annie Gosfield
Sofia Gubaidulina
Helmut Lachenmann
György Ligeti
Elizabeth Maconchy
Conlon Nancarrow
Harry Partch
Karlheinz Stockhausen
Edgard Varèse

monekh · Post by **monekh** » Sun Jan 04, 2009 4:40 pm

subvert47 wrote: Conlon Nancarrow

word

performed one of his studies last year at university with 2 other guys, each of us with a metronome through headphones... one of the more hilarious moments of my life for sure

can't let those player pianos overtake us humans!

slothrop · Post by **slothrop** » Tue Jan 06, 2009 3:39 am

I'm on a bit of a Webern flex at the moment...

anyone dig modern classical atall?

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