Dec 21, 2008
Song. Simply.
” Moka’s New B’day Headphone. ’08 ”
01. André Prévin – Song. Simply
Tango Song & Dance – Anne-Sophie Mutter (2003)
02. Manuel de Falla – Asturiana
Jimena Gimenez Cacho & Ireneusz Jagla. Musica Española Para Violoncello y Piano (2005)
03. J.S. Bach – Suite for solo cello No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009. Prélude
Johann Sebastian Bach / Elliott Carter (1994)
04. Olivier Messiaen – Catalogue d’oiseaux / Book 3 – 6. L’Alouette Lulu
Pierre-Laurent Aimard. Hommage a Messiaen (2008)
05. Olivier Messiaen – Préludes . La colombe
Pierre-Laurent Aimard. Hommage a Messiaen (2008)
06. Arvo Pärt – Summa
Arbos (ECM. 1987)
07. Arvo Part – Tabula Rasa
Tabula Rasa (ECM. 1984)
08. J.S. Bach – Sonata No. 1 in G minor. IV. Presto
Bach – The Concerto Album (Ancalagon. 2002)
note: A simple acoustic list that ends up being an inward sounding essay. The Olivier Messiaen tracks particularly are absorbing. If anything the Falla and Bach sonata interpretation are proud independent stroke. I hope you enjoy them. Happy B’day Moka. Hope this will test your headphone a little.
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Simply. Beautiful.
Aimard interpretation of Hommage is incredible. Apparently he is big in French of doing modern piano pieces.
I felt he is doing it in mysteriously mechanical way, unlike other pianists who tends to use changing tempo to emphasizes phrases. I don’t quit understand what he is doing, but it’s amazing. Very futuristic.
Aimard – Ravel Gaspard de la nuit “Ondine”
This is amazing, as if finally classical pianists are taking some of jazz musicians techniques to achieve that “smooth/mechanical” texture. …. It’s extremely fast fingering.
These are all amazing, thank you sq.
Where do you get such fine sounding recordings? I have no idea on where to look for good stuff in the classical canon, record stores in my city are very modest in their catalog and on the interwebs I always end up with something rather flat and generic.
ps: tabula rasa is missing.
the interweb FLAC… :D (I’ll email you) For classical pieces. You have to read review and listen first. There is no way you are going to find anything good just by randomly browsing store. (unless you have favorite artists and know exactly what their style is)
the tabula rasa is 18 minutes long. (38MB). anybody wants to listen to it has to get the CD. I tried the mp3. It’s not listenable at any bit rate.
Get the Aimard CD. he is incredible.
lol, it’s ok I have the arvo part albums. Yes, meaning to ask you about where to read reviews as well, I’m completely lost.
I email ya already.
but in general, I don’t listen to too many classical albums. Compared to pop/rock. I usually only dig for more well known small work and probably found new gems randomly that way. All the best albums are known and have been talked to death.
Another thing, sometimes I think I like the freakish technicians and quirky modernists more than the more standard performances. So I am not so sure if what I post can be considered “popular” or more mainstream. Plus I like the flowing playlist MdM with mix of several styles … etc.
I suppose there are more interesting ways of exploring classical
i love it, and no philip glass, yay!
magnifique…..
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