It's Modern Classical Week! Classical Foreverrrrrrr!

Paedantic Basterd · 11-27-2011, 10:38 AM

Hopefully everyone forgot that last week was Classical Period! ANGIE GRAB MY THREAD. POOR ORGAINZATIONAL SKILLS!

RYM's top Modern Classical releases

Wikipedia!

This is a very broad genre, so hopefully will see lots of action. Um.

jackhammer · 11-27-2011, 07:29 PM

Intoxicating:

and again:

Stephen · 11-27-2011, 09:33 PM

Gorecki has his own thread but I feel that this bears repeating.

Henryk Gorecki - Symphony of Sorrowful Songs.

Stephen · 11-27-2011, 09:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pedestrian

That sounds eerily ominous and somewhat disturbing. Is there a particular recording you would recommend?

Stephen · 11-27-2011, 09:56 PM

Arvo Part - Symphony No 4 (Part 1)

Paedantic Basterd · 11-27-2011, 10:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fazstp

That sounds eerily ominous and somewhat disturbing. Is there a particular recording you would recommend?

This one is highest rated, and contains most of the work I've heard of his. I absolutely adore what I've heard so far. I need to man up and get ahold of it.

Zaqarbal · 11-29-2011, 02:21 PM

A very broad genre, indeed. So many subgenres, musicians, instruments....

I love Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet (1935) and Peter and the Wolf (1936):

musiclistsareus · 11-30-2011, 04:00 AM

I like Eric Whitacre's choral compositions-particularly his work with the Virtual Choir. Check it out on youtube.

Zaqarbal · 12-01-2011, 06:28 AM

Two more heavyweights:

*Gustav Holst: The Planets (1918). I like that connection Planets' names --> Classical mythology --> Classical music.

*George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue (1924). Here, piano is played by Leonard Bernstein (which should be mentioned in this thread too):

Alexthe4th · 12-01-2011, 09:56 AM

Anne Akiko Meyers Birds In Warped Time - Violin - YouTube

The video is being a bit spotty on my end, but it's a great bit of music, I hope some people can hear it through.

11-27-2011, 10:38 AM	#1 (permalink)
Paedantic Basterd Music Addict Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 5,184	It's Modern Classical Week! Classical Foreverrrrrrr! Hopefully everyone forgot that last week was Classical Period! ANGIE GRAB MY THREAD. POOR ORGAINZATIONAL SKILLS! RYM's top Modern Classical releases Wikipedia! This is a very broad genre, so hopefully will see lots of action. Um.

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jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	Intoxicating: and again: __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”

11-29-2011, 02:21 PM	#7 (permalink)
Zaqarbal Music Addict Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Spain Posts: 824	A very broad genre, indeed. So many subgenres, musicians, instruments.... I love Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet (1935) and Peter and the Wolf (1936): __________________ "Lullabies for adults / crossed by the years / carry the flower of disappointment / tattooed in their gloomy melodies."

11-30-2011, 04:00 AM	#8 (permalink)
musiclistsareus Music Addict Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 64	modern classical I like Eric Whitacre's choral compositions-particularly his work with the Virtual Choir. Check it out on youtube.

12-01-2011, 06:28 AM	#9 (permalink)
Zaqarbal Music Addict Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Spain Posts: 824	Two more heavyweights: *Gustav Holst: The Planets (1918). I like that connection Planets' names --> Classical mythology --> Classical music. George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue* (1924). Here, piano is played by Leonard Bernstein (which should be mentioned in this thread too): __________________ "Lullabies for adults / crossed by the years / carry the flower of disappointment / tattooed in their gloomy melodies."

11-27-2011, 09:33 PM	#3 (permalink)
Stephen I sleep in your hat Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Melbourne, Vic. Aus. Posts: 1,847	Gorecki has his own thread but I feel that this bears repeating. Henryk Gorecki - Symphony of Sorrowful Songs.

11-27-2011, 09:56 PM	#5 (permalink)
Stephen I sleep in your hat Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Melbourne, Vic. Aus. Posts: 1,847	Arvo Part - Symphony No 4 (Part 1)

12-01-2011, 09:56 AM	#10 (permalink)
Alexthe4th Groupie Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: All over the US Posts: 33	Anne Akiko Meyers Birds In Warped Time - Violin - YouTube The video is being a bit spotty on my end, but it's a great bit of music, I hope some people can hear it through.