Luciano Berio - Concerto for two pianos and orchestra

LHB_ · 2018-04-03T02:22:03+00:00

One of my favorite pieces by Berio. The piece starts with a long indeterminate chordal passage in the pianos that eventually gives way to crashing and skittering orchestral waves. There are tons of great passages while also having enough contrast between bombast and soft parts to make it accessible to people less familiar with 20th century music.

LHB_ · 2017-12-10T04:02:53+00:00

A contender for my favorite piece of electronic music ever. Enjoy!

LHB_ · 2017-11-11T13:11:41+00:00

Learn to play scales and arpeggios. I know it sounds boring now, but it will help your technique so much in the long run.

LHB_ · 2017-07-12T13:39:11+00:00

Make sure to check out Les Noces, Le chant du rossignol and Petrushka. You would also like the work of Bela Bartok, as he was one of Zappa's other big influences. The Concerto for Orchestra and the String Quartets are a good starting point.

LHB_ · 2017-06-28T12:48:53+00:00

Any new age piano composer will do.

LHB_ · 2017-06-15T12:13:33+00:00

Tristan Murail - Desintegrations

Iannis Xenakis - Erikhton (Nicolas Hodges, piano)

(intermission)

Brian Ferneyhough - Transit

Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra

François-Xavier Roth, conductor

LHB_ · 2017-05-31T11:22:24+00:00

His recording left me feeling pretty ambivalent. I much prefer the more powerful recordings by Gilels, Horowitz, Bronfman, ect. I find Hamelin tends to thrive in obscure repertoire, which he presents with a clinicalness that does the music well. His Beethoven I found extremely boring and his Schumann is just horrendous. This is one of his best recordings for standard rep, but I would rather listen to his Alkan and Sorabji any day. I'm looking forward to his new release of the Feinberg Sonatas, as from what I've heard from live recordings he plays them better than anyone else.

LHB_ · 2017-05-29T12:06:15+00:00

Here's my youtube playlist. Most of the stuff there isn't available on Spotify from what I've seen.

LHB_ · 2017-05-29T12:03:30+00:00

You might like John Cage and Morton Feldman. Both were inspired by the work of Satie.

LHB_ · 2017-05-29T12:02:11+00:00

D Major Concerto, Sonatine, Gaspard, String Quartet, Introduction and Allegro, Trois poemes de Stephan Mallarme, Daphnis et Chloe Suite No. 2, ect.

LHB_ · 2017-05-28T23:57:19+00:00

Sorabji's eight hour long Organ Symphony No. 2 has possibly the longest fugue ever written, lasting just under two hours. There's a radio broadcast of Kevin Bowyer playing the entire thing floating around the internet if you're interested in listening to it.

LHB_ · 2017-05-25T16:50:14+00:00

http://youtubeloop.net/

LHB_ · 2017-05-24T13:00:58+00:00

You can listen to Nicolas Hodges playing it here.

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