Par Lindh's very credible Classical composition:
http://www.crimsonic.se/listen/?fbcl...8Y736vNYZWUGAk
Par Lindh's very credible Classical composition:
http://www.crimsonic.se/listen/?fbcl...8Y736vNYZWUGAk
^^ Par Lindh's preference for Baroque era music certainly shines through in this work.
"Well my son, life is like a beanstalk, isn't it?"--Dalai Lama
Terje Rypdal goes classic
Harley Gaber
The Gaber reminds me of the Ira J Mowitz disc I was spinning last night -
Outstanding performance of Copland's Appalachian Spring:
This was written in collaboration with Martha Graham as a modern dance. Here's the dance, with Martha Graham as the lead:
I think the subtext is rapidly becoming text.
My Progressive Workshop at http://soundcloud.com/hfxx
Psalm från Älvdals-Åsen (Sweden)
Any love for Haydn?
Have become enamored of the London Symphonies, amongst other things. He was so prolific!
Franz Joseph, that is. lol
Perhaps finding the happy medium is harder than we know.
Not a big fan but among the symphonies there are many beautiful movements. I like some of the masses as well. I have a set of string quartets but nothing has really grabbed my ear yet. But in general I don't listen to a lot of classical era music.Originally Posted by Frankh
I like that Martin Frost. Time to go exploring.
He's perhaps my least favorite. While his contemporaries began to experiment on the verge of the romantic era, Haydn in his isolation maintained full classicism. In case you haven't guessed, I too consider classical era classical completely forgettable.
EDIT: That being said, there is one debt we owe Haydn...the invention of the string quartet.
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"Well my son, life is like a beanstalk, isn't it?"--Dalai Lama
I have a complete set of the masses and love them.
I recommend Symphony 88 for Haydn. Pretty cool, and even hints toward the next era, a little.
Mostly, the actual Classical era is not my bag, but the Beethoven symphonies are pretty freakin' killer.
The last cycle I picked up conducted by Skrowaczewski is superb! It's on the Oehms label. I also have his Bruckner cycle which is equally as good. The Beethoven set is now hard to find but it's included in the Skrowaczewski 90th Birthday Collection box.
I've actually had the complete Mackerras set of the Beethoven symphonies on EMI for years. Haven't pulled it out in a while, though.
Haven't hear Mackerras Beethoven but I have some of his Janacek, and Martinu. I've been into Otto Klemperer lately. I picked up his Wagner/Strauss set on Warner Classics. Great stuff! Mostly all instrumental but it includes Act I of Die Walkure which is the best I've heard. The guy was a master of the German/Austrian repertoire.
While Beethoven was technically a classical era composer, he defined the romantic style.
"Well my son, life is like a beanstalk, isn't it?"--Dalai Lama
Yup.
Technically, Beethoven was a transitional composer. He studied under Haydn, who (along with Mozart) defined the classical era. Beethoven studied under Haydn, but had a falling out with the master when Haydn left to work in London. It was traditional to dedicate your Opus 1 compositions to your mentor, but Beethoven refused to do that. (And those Opus 1 piano trios are unmistakably Beethoven.) For some decades after his death, the late Beethoven works (quartets and piano sonatas, particularly) were considered inferior and a sign of Beethoven's mental deterioration.
One could make a case for Schubert beginning the romantic era; he invented the German art song as a form. And for Chopin, with his Polish nationalism and promotion of new forms such as the nocturne (invented by the Irish composer John Field). Liszt began the transition from romanticism to modernism and away from traditional tonality.
I think the subtext is rapidly becoming text.
It's been said that the Symphonie Fantastique by Berlioz was the first major romantic work. It's at least one of them.
This is an example of modern piano music that I do not care for - anything that sounds like something I could create without any formal piano lessons gets a thumbs down from me
Schubert put the actual "romance" in the romantic era, penning literally hundreds of love songs.
"Well my son, life is like a beanstalk, isn't it?"--Dalai Lama
This is an example of modern piano music that I do not care for - anything that sounds like something I could create without any formal piano lessons gets a thumbs down from me
I have no problem hearing a very high level of piano technique and organized composition in that piece.
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
To each their own - there's some early Magnus Lindberg that I really enjoy that would drive some people up the wall! --Peter
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