I have a more recent recording by the Tokyo Quartet on the Harmonia Mundi label. A masterful performance in my opinion. It's available as a Hi-Res download from HDTracks.
I have a more recent recording by the Tokyo Quartet on the Harmonia Mundi label. A masterful performance in my opinion. It's available as a Hi-Res download from HDTracks.
"Well my son, life is like a beanstalk, isn't it?"--Dalai Lama
Written in 1916 - way ahead of his time
Duets for piano and harpsichord.Kinda cheesy title but i dig the music and that's what counts.
"please do not understand me too quickly"-andre gide
'Underrated' is an understatement - But Ligeti and Per Nørgaard knew him: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OX_4cJyhgI
He was in Denmark not well regarded because everybody loved Carl Nielsen (who is also a fine composer) who was a different 'school'. Langgaard was also a young and nervous guy, who didn't socialize well in the 'right'circles.
This should be the version to get (I am ordering it soon) https://www.amazon.co.uk/Langaard-Mu...s=music&sr=1-5
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I just ordered this piece on a Chandos cd.
"please do not understand me too quickly"-andre gide
He is also 'not famous' for an opera called Antichrist.
http://www.langgaard.dk/musik/vaerker/antikriste.htm
Here's a quite underrated German composer I recently discovered, Karl Amadeus Hartmann.
Early on, he was quite a bit more tonal, with maybe more than a hint of Stravinsky. But his later career, he took on a bit more Webern and even a bit of Elliott Carter influences. Both parts of his career are very good!
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And if there were a god, I think it very unlikely that he would have such an uneasy vanity as to be offended by those who doubt His existence - Russell
Yo, Dudes. I have already chatted with Reid about this, but y'all need to check out American Mavericks if you haven't already. It's Tilson Thomas conducting the SF Symphony in live performances of Henry Cowell's Synchrony and Piano Concerto, Lou Harrison's Concerto for Organ and Percussion Ensemble, and Varese's Ameriques. Supah monstah killah.
Frank, Walt, etc. Hit it!
Rick speaks and i obey!!!
Ordered from Amazon third-party dealer.
All hail Rick!!
"please do not understand me too quickly"-andre gide
I like the Harrison piece. A great sounding CD!
And if there were a god, I think it very unlikely that he would have such an uneasy vanity as to be offended by those who doubt His existence - Russell
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Have you heard organ music by Messiaen?If you haven't heard this work by Messiaen, you might like it.YMMV
"please do not understand me too quickly"-andre gide
I got turned on to Max Reger about a month ago. Op. 73 is one of his major organ works.
If it isn't Krautrock, it's krap.
"And it's only the giving
That makes you what you are" - Ian Anderson
Pretty sure i posted this or another work by the French composer/organist Jeanne Demessieux.Solidly in the French modern organ tradition.I have the cd on the Ligia label,"A Trubute to Jeanne Demessieux" played by Hampus Lindwall.Wonderful music.
"please do not understand me too quickly"-andre gide
Currently wrapping my sweaty ears around Balada - Steel Symphony. From a CD that couples this with William Schuman's Symphony no. 7.
OK, Bye.
Just read the autobiography of Simeon ten Holt and currently listening to Canto Ostinato, which probably the work he is best known for. It is a kind of minimal music, but different. There is an infinite amount of versions of this piece possible, because it is up to the performers what parts they play and how often the parts are repeated. The version I have is for 4 piano's, but there are also versions for other instrumentens.
A Dutch composer who died on October 13 this year
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