Lately, I have been listening to John Adams - Naive and Sentimental Music. It has an enormous dynamic range and is interspersed with quiet, contemplative, and ambient sections. I think one could compare the essence of nature invoked in some passages with parts of the Sibelius Tone Poems released recently on Naxos. Unlike some modern music, this Adams recording can be listened to with other people in the house (but watch the volume on the percussive accents!).
NEW MUSIC
Ligeti, Messiaen, Penderecki and so on.
There doesn't seem to be much by way of Neue Musik in the archived threads. Shall we get one going on this contemporary niche?
Comments/sugg'ns re literature, interpretations or just stuff from bookmark files etc. are all welcome. A first post will follow shortly.
There doesn't seem to be much by way of Neue Musik in the archived threads. Shall we get one going on this contemporary niche?
Comments/sugg'ns re literature, interpretations or just stuff from bookmark files etc. are all welcome. A first post will follow shortly.