October 29, 200916 yr In the same idea of the http://www.youngcomposers.com/forum/pop-music-thread-go-15243.html thread. Post your favorite stuff. No bickering, no dissing, no attacks and no walls of text. If you don't like the stuff: nobody cares and keep it to yourself. I'll start with some of my most favourite stuff, though of course I like a lot more than I can possibly grab out of youtube, but still! YouTube - Krzysztof Penderecki - Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima YouTube - Stockhausen Klavierstuck X (1/3) YouTube - Stockhausen Klavierstuck X (2/3) YouTube - Stockhausen Klavierstuck X (3/3) YouTube - Pierre Henry - 05 - Too Fortiche YouTube - Pierre Schaeffer - Etude Noire (Sadly not complete. Do yourself a favor and get the entire thing if you like it.) YouTube - Peteris Vasks - Te Deum f
October 29, 200916 yr wow. I'm not going to post anything yet. I'll just listen to Pierre Henry instead.
October 29, 200916 yr Messiaen - Oiseaux Exotiques Xenakis - Phlegra Boulez - Explosant-Fixe And one special mention: Robert Simpson's 9th symphony, which I think is a masterpiece. Unfortunately it isn't on youtube so the best I can give you is samples on amazon: Here
October 29, 200916 yr YouTube - Klaus Egge - Solfager og Ormekongen (part 1) YouTube - Klaus Egge - Solfager og Ormekongen (part 2) Sun-fair and the snake king by Klaus egge <3 piano concerto-ish variations on a theme.
October 29, 200916 yr Here's something I was just listening and I really like. I will post more works later... Steve Roach - the Reflecting Chamber
October 29, 200916 yr Not particularly that movement, but it's all that's on Youtube. Ditto....just anything by this composer. YouTube - Black Dyke Mills Band - Blitz - 01 - Blitz (part 1/2) One of the all time great brass pieces, by Derek Bourgeois. Fabulous piece. Epic win. Skip to 1 minute in to get to the start. Conductor looks strangely like Schoenberg. YouTube - Soundings by John Williams - World Premiere Brilliant concert piece by Williams; one of his best. YouTube - David Rouault - Gregson Trumpet Concerto 1st movement I REALLY dig this trumpet concerto. All 3 movements are great. Gorgeous. I find a lot of his writing very sensitive & tasteful. YouTube - STRAVINSKY : Rite Of Spring - V.Gergiev (1/3) Can't leave out Le Sacre. Good version too. Epic brass. Some of these have been 21st century, but I'm not too worried.
October 29, 200916 yr YouTube - G. CRUMB, Ancient Voices of children Ancient Voices of Children by George Crumb, lyrics are from the poem of the same title by Federico Garc
October 29, 200916 yr YouTube - Soundings by John Williams - World Premiere Brilliant concert piece by Williams; one of his best. Yep great piece. Tromba Lontana & Short Ride In A Fast Machine - John Adams Simon Rattle + Berlin Phil = epicness. And while we're on a John Adams kick, here's his latest opera:
October 29, 200916 yr Some of my favorite favorite favorite favorite pieces: YouTube - Schnittke - Concerto grosso no.1 (1/4) (Schnittke - Violin Concerto No. 4)YouTube - Mosolov - String Quartet No. 1 in A minor- I Andante YouTube - Bartok Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta (I) Dohn
October 30, 200916 yr YouTube - Paul Hindemith: Sonata per Viola e Pianoforte (1939) Secondo e Terzo Movimento YouTube - Hindemith conducts Hindemith's Concerto for Orchestra (1/2) YouTube - Sibelius - Symphony No. 7 (I) YouTube - Ravel's String Quartet in F major - Alban Berg Quartet (4/4) YouTube - Xenakis- Keqrops (1986) Part 1 YouTube - Yuri Bashmet - Schnittke Viola Concerto Pt.1 YouTube - Debussy, Sonata for Cello and Piano in D minor - 1. Prologue (Martha Argerich & Mischa Maisky) YouTube - Debussy - Sonata for FLUTE, VIOLA & HARP (1915-16)3/3 YouTube - Igor Stravinsky: Symphonies Of Wind Instruments (1920) YouTube - Arthur Honegger: Une cantate de no
October 30, 200916 yr YouTube - Geirr Tveitt - PianoSonata#29, mvt 3 ''sonata etere'' by Geirr Tveitt. :whistling:
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