Xann Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Boulez is most famous for being a conductor. He's done Beethoven, Mozart, Debussy... the popular stuff. He's also been the champion of the less accessible, contemporary composers and works. He recorded the likes of Ligeti and Varese for Deutsche Grammophon, as well as composing his own often quite experimental music. You'll get a fair bit of listening out of him. You might even like some of it? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Yeah I've seen his name on records on discogs alongside some of the usual suspects of 'experimental' music. When I said I'd listened to him I think I was getting him mixed up with Luciano Berio. I'm listening to his 'Structures I & II (Kontarsky/Kontarsky)'. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Gary Thomas Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 I am about halfway through reading "Instrumental: A Memoir of Madness, Medication and Music" by James Rhodes". Has anyone read this? Brutally honest, powerful, and a bit disturbing, all at the same time. He talks a lot about music - how it helped him through some very dark times as a kid and how it can help to heal. Very informative and interesting for anyone into classical. I am not particularly, but I have learned quite a lot reading this and it has changed my view of classical music and the composers! He recommends a piece of music to accompany every chapter and has created a playlist on Spotify. If you want to check it out you can get the playlist for free - just search 'instrumental James Rhodes' and you should find it. http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/jun/04/instrumental-a-memoir-of-madness-medication-and-music-james-rhodes-review Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 My favourite Casals is de Falla Useless. For the Bach, Rostropovich is good, as are the Wispelwey and the more modern Isserlis 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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mjmooney Posted March 8, 2016 Author VT Supporter Share Posted March 8, 2016 So, Mister Xann, what think you to this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 Have you got it already? It looks ok. Not too mental by any means. Nothing too sleepy either. Partch is quite approachable generally. There's the usual danger that you might not get on with the voice of the chosen vocalists. It's not for me, got a bit of it already, and the EMI 20th Century box set. Not sure what you're going to make of disk 9? The electronic/concrete one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted March 9, 2016 Author VT Supporter Share Posted March 9, 2016 I haven't got it. Was wondering whether I should purchase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 Sprinkle a couple of the titles into Spotify, see what you think? The EMI box has more in it, but is much more orchestral. What contemporary stuff do you like already? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted March 9, 2016 Author VT Supporter Share Posted March 9, 2016 If "contemporary" means 20th C, then Stravinsky, Bartok, Shostakovich, Berg, Schonberg, a bit of Cage and Riley. Oh, and I like a lot of the Nikos Mamangakis soundtrack on "Der Zweite Heimat". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 The EMI 20th Century Masterpieces is more where you're at now. The Sony one if you want to strike out a bit? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted March 9, 2016 Author VT Supporter Share Posted March 9, 2016 That's what I was thinking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlwaysAVFC Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 6 hours ago, Xann said: Sprinkle a couple of the titles into Spotify, see what you think? The whole album is on there. Thought I'd have a look at widening my tastes a bit. Skipped through a few tracks and not so sure, but will give it a proper go some time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 1 minute ago, AlwaysAVFC said: Thought I'd have a look at widening my tastes a bit. What sort of stuff do you like atm? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlwaysAVFC Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 When it comes to classical I have relatively no knowledge of it and never really given it a chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted March 9, 2016 Author VT Supporter Share Posted March 9, 2016 3 hours ago, Xann said: The EMI 20th Century Masterpieces is more where you're at now. The Sony one if you want to strike out a bit? Have you got a link for that? EMI seem to have a range of "Masterpieces" CDs for different composers, but is there a various artists box? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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