[video=youtube;EsmTluomjrU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsmTluomjrU[/video]
the lyrical section at 0:36 is so beautiful
[QUOTE=Ntag;51562595]Which ones you going for? I looked at the lake at evening but the others look pretty mental to play.
Still gutted Hexameron's youtube channel was shut down. Was the way I discovered Griffes, Lourie, Bridge, Krein and countless others. Tried to upload as many as possible but the majority of his even more obscure videos are lost to time.[/QUOTE]
The Lake at Evening. Love the harmonies. Hexameron's channel being taken down is quite possibly the biggest blow to classical music fans on YouTube ever, it's a damn shame.
[QUOTE=Headhumpy;51575995]The Lake at Evening. Love the harmonies. Hexameron's channel being taken down is quite possibly the biggest blow to classical music fans on YouTube ever, it's a damn shame.[/QUOTE]
I managed to contact him a few months back. He sticks to amazon reviews now (he's actually quite good at it), but he still has all his videos on a hard drive. Here's hoping he decides to upload them again some day.
Weirdly enough I've come to really like Prokofiev's Piano Sonata No. 6. Maybe it's because it comes right after Gaspard de la Nuit in Pogorelich's 1984 record so I end up inadvertently listening to it all the time.
[video=youtube;NHLFjVIYKQo]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHLFjVIYKQo[/video]
I especially like the fourth movement. Such a driving rhythm.
[video=youtube;hgdBIplvt2U]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgdBIplvt2U[/video]
[video=youtube;cRl8Dx4XyUA]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRl8Dx4XyUA[/video]
happy new year folks
band has started up again, we're playing these pieces for our spring concert in march (among others)
[media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6HUVYQ63GY[/media]
[media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIgjAY55k1g[/media]
[media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VP7RnuCmM00[/media]
[video=youtube;y9gnL2tHz8k]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9gnL2tHz8k[/video]
Not really posting this for the music itself, but at 3:09, 8:57, and 9:43, you can see Pogorelich casually reaching an 11th in his right hand (D to G), a span of about 25 cm. What I would give to have hands that big...
That's an insane stretch. I'd have to stop playing to set up my hands to get that.
Been digging into Russian futurists lately such as Lourie, Mosolov, Protopopov, Polovinkin and ROSLAVETS:
[video=youtube;hjK9ZTaNi0U]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjK9ZTaNi0U[/video]
Holy shit this is insane. It's like a step beyond Scriabin's prometheus with a dash of Varese thrown in.
[img]https://i.imgur.com/Xz8XEt1.png[/img]
Anyone else play Chopin's 4th Ballade? I realised that the first motif of the coda might have an inner voice that can be brought out as shown above, and it sounds far more dramatic that way.
Let me just post here some great classic by Wilhelm Stenhammar:
[video=youtube;8ey3wdhE1OI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ey3wdhE1OI[/video]
Very powerful end there.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nh7tVwcknb4
About time to revive this thread again. Been diving head first into contemporary classical this past while. What are you folks listening to?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DweM4nFooic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBSvCEH37Ew
You folks should check out Rachel's.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NFgtBxU7iU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kS1MZUUD_4g
A rather flat and unmusical interpretation but holy shit those octaves.
Does anyone here play violin? I need major help
Slavic Romance is the greatest imho
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-zktSF0uVo&index=26&list=RDEM8f95H4k9o4Th4II-09JjDw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNIE6ZHrrrM
One of my favorite piece's of ever
Been a while since this place got a good bump.
Hmmm... what have I been listening to in the meantime....
Franz Schmidt's 4 symphonies are like Mahler but far more elusive. Definitely recommend. Very conservative in style (as opposed to Wellesz's set but they can get quite chromatic).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hxG76yvpoY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRyn-gRp_p0
Getting into Schoenberg and Messiaen big time. This might be one of my favourites.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAk8xsuqEOo
If any of you are into Part or Gorecki have a listen to this! Vasks had Lutoslawski-inspired early works but quickly moved to holy minimalism. This work is absolutely breathtaking, and still quite modern.
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