Stochastically Correct
June 23, 2007 at 9:09 pm
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“Sound Balance”
01. Aphex Twin - jynweythek ylow
DrukQs (2001)
02. Domenico Scarlatti - Sonata in F-sharp minor K.25
17 sonate per pianoforte/Vladimir Horowitz (1995)
03. Tchaikovsky - The Seasons, Selection June, Barcarolle
(Sviatoslav Richter, 1983)
04. Raison D’Etre - Metamorphyses Phase V
Metamorphyses (2006)
05. Joanna Newsom - The Book of Right-on
The Milk-Eyed Mender (2004)
06. Domenico Scarlatti - Sonata in G major K.547
17 sonate per pianoforte/Vladimir Horowitz (1995)
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Note: Somebody ask for dark ambient. Here is one track by Raison D’Etre from their Metamorphyses. It has a lot of interesting changes of sound that makes it interesting despite long play time for each track. It also doesn’t try to be strange, everything seems fit. The rest are excellent technicians. Musicians job is to create and control sound output of his instrument to a degree that nobody else can match. There lies an instrumentalist skill, the thing that makes a musician ego. This problem is specially tricky with acoustic instrument where sonic control only exist at the moment source of vibration occurs. There is nothing beyond, no electronic. So control occurs in much shorter window. About the list. Overall this list is quite and mostly about solo performance, electronic next to acoustic. The star in the list: Vladimir Horowitz [1], probably the most famous 20th century technicians with unmatched tone control and sense of overall balance. Etc. enjoy.
btw, track no4 is a really long track. I would say only click/download if you like dark ambient. It is a nice track however.
The horowitz versions of scarlatti are magnificent and that tchaikovsky version is very impressive as well, the other ones I’ve heard before sound hollow when paired to this ones. I really like the baroque vibe on this playlist. Would recommend taking a listen on by Luigi Boccherini’s string quintets and cello sonatas and also H.I.F. Biber’s violin sonatas, Biber was one of the greatest violinists of the 17th century. I would recommend the “romanesca” one on the Harmonia Mundi label. For the boccherini ones I can’t remember which one I had back home…
again a very interesting way to mix acoustic and idm.. on that same way i tried mixing Bach’s Piano partita No 1 in B major with Boards of Canada -trans canada highway- and i liked the result, just as i like this list.
I sort of suspect all slower tempo well known ambient track will works nicely with anything baroque, soul or funk.
but am too lazy to test that idea.
Nice choice of aphex twin!