Let's talk music, no genre boundaries
This is an offshoot of the jazz thread. I and others found that we could not talk about jazz without discussing other musical genres, as well as the philosophy of music. So, this is a thread in which people can suggest good music of all genres, and spout off your feelings about music itself.
Great comparison! I like all the pianists mentioned here about Mozart or Chopin... And some others... My favorite Mozart and Chopin pieces though are played by Ivan Moravec ( One of my godly saint pianists). But he never did an integral though just few pieces but very well recorded (Nocturnes) and played with a majestic control of colors... |
**** I’ve never been a fan of the orchestra **** This cannot stand! 😊 Try these on for size: https://youtu.be/LqwZzPpxA0w?si=qJwSJytsc7GnU4b8 |
Good choices. I thought of recommending Bartok’s Concerto for Orchestra. I went to a live concert conducted by Dudamel. Fritz Reiner is my top choice for my album at home, but Dudamel did an excellent job. Reiner commissioned the piece and championed it. I thought it might have been a bit too dissonent for somebody finding their way into classical music, though.Thanks for the Hindemith piece. I’ve been trying to get to know his music better. Bernstein! Interesting. I’ll stream it. We were supposed to go to the Adams concert with Dudamel and Wang, but something happened (something always happens) and we had to exchange the tickets for something else. Now I’m really sorry I missed it. |
For orchestra introduction to someone disliking orchestral work : Beethoven 6 and 7 th symphony is impossible to dislike...( you can listen to the movie "Soylent green" as an intro for Beethoven sixth symphony "Pastorale" ) The 7 th of Beethoven is irresistible masterpiece about creativity and how to become creative as life itself (seeds) moving rocks (allegretto) . Once you had heard them buy the 6 th of Bruckner by Karl Bohm among few other maestros choice the most beautiful symphony ever written...Takes off the light and listen... ( The 6th is the only symphony he never corrected and Bruckner was compulsive and obsessed by inferiority complex and corrected hundred times all his works. Curious for the greatest organist since Bach and the greatest symphonist with Beethoven) I prefered choral music all my life over orchestral works by the way... I entered into real orchestral obsession after my 6 months listening of Bruckner non stop ... I am a bit excessive ... |
I’m taking a different approach. For someone with as varied and insightful a “taste” in Jazz and other more recent genres as @stuartk , more modern works with more emphasis on rhythm (groove) and “crunchier” sonorities seems potentially intriguing. Hardly overtly dissonant in the scheme of things (Webern, anyone?), btw, and demonstrate a different potential of the orchestral sound. Once the groundwork is laid, those intrigued can explore the entire history of the music. Example: what introduced the vast majority of the recent “Jazz curious” to the genre? Jazz/Rock and Jazz/Pop. BTW, @audio-b-dog , that piece is not by Hindemith, Pacific 231 is by the great 20rh century French composer Arthur Honegger.
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