Classical

Feridan · Aug 14, 2015

Let's start with some Arvo Pärth:

Arvo Pärt: Tabula Rasa

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SillySausage · Dec 26, 2013

followed by Rodrigo "Concierto de Aranjuez - Adagio"

Feridan · Dec 27, 2013

That's the spirit!

Alicia de Larrocha plays Rodrigo - A l' ombre de Torre Bermeja
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJlXqZF1yjE

swing · Dec 27, 2013

Well, I don´t know if this fits well. Sometimes people refer to 'classical' in a chronological view.
Let me know what you think about this, for me it´s just perfect.
**..and yes, sometimes it´s labeled as 'classical'. *yes*

http://grooveshark.com/s/Snippet/4Npoge?src=5

Catalyst · Dec 27, 2013

Nice! I see we're up and running with a new expansion to the Transmissions series.
Thanks Feridan.

Feridan · Dec 27, 2013

Thanks Catalyst!

We're raising sunken cathedrals

Debussy - The Swallowed Cathedral, Stokowski Orchestration:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEFuhWLenTA

Rolma · Dec 28, 2013

So then his colleague Ravel

Ravel : Pavane pour une infante défunte

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqAlMItkV44&list=RDWsdnHaz90Fw

Feridan · Dec 28, 2013

carl said: ↑

Well, I don´t know if this fits well. Sometimes people refer to 'classical' in a chronological view.
Let me know what you think about this, for me it´s just perfect.
**..and yes, sometimes it´s labeled as 'classical'. *yes*

http://grooveshark.com/s/Snippet/4Npoge?src=5
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Of course. If you like it and want it to be heard, and consider it to be in a classical vein, it's fine.

Feridan · Dec 28, 2013

Symphony of Sorrowful Songs - Henryk Gorecki
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mEWlGLkjIw

A solo soprano sings a different Polish text in each of the three movements. The first is a 15th-century Polish lament of Mary, mother of Jesus, the second a message written on the wall of a Gestapo cell during World War II, and the third a Silesian folk song of a mother searching for her son killed by the Germans in the Silesian uprisings. (...) The first and third movements are written from the perspective of a parent who has lost a child, and the second movement from that of a child separated from a parent. The dominant themes of the symphony are motherhood and separation through war. (...)

In 1973, Górecki approached the Polish folklorist Adolf Dygacz in search of traditional melodies to incorporate in a new work. Dygacz presented four songs which had been recorded in the Silesia region in south-western Poland. Górecki was impressed by the melody "Where has he gone, my dear young son" (Kajze mi sie podzioł mój synocek miły), which describes a mother's mourning for a son lost in war, and probably dates from the Silesian Uprisings of 1919–21. Górecki had heard a version of the song in the 1960s and had not been impressed by the arrangement, but the words and the melody of Dygacz's new version made a lasting impression on him. He said "for me, it is a wonderfully poetic text. I do not know if a 'professional' poet would create such a powerful entity out of such terse, simple words. It is not sorrow, despair or resignation, or the wringing of hands: it is just the great grief and lamenting of a mother who has lost her son." (...)

Later that year Górecki learned of an inscription scrawled on the wall of a cell the German Gestapo prison in the town of Zakopane, which lies at the foot of the Tatra mountains in southern Poland. The words were those of 18-year-old Helena Wanda Błażusiakówna, a highland woman incarcerated on 25 September 1944. It read O Mamo nie płacz nie—Niebios Przeczysta Królowo Ty zawsze wspieraj mnie (Oh Mamma do not cry—Immaculate Queen of Heaven support me always). The composer recalled, "I have to admit that I have always been irritated by grand words, by calls for revenge. Perhaps in the face of death I would shout out in this way. But the sentence I found is different, almost an apology or explanation for having got herself into such trouble; she is seeking comfort and support in simple, short but meaningful words". (...) He later explained, "In prison, the whole wall was covered with inscriptions screaming out loud: 'I'm innocent', 'Murderers', 'Executioners', 'Free me', 'You have to save me'—it was all so loud, so banal. Adults were writing this, while here it is an eighteen-year-old girl, almost a child. And she is so different. She does not despair, does not cry, does not scream for revenge. She does not think about herself; whether she deserves her fate or not. Instead, she only thinks about her mother: because it is her mother who will experience true despair. This inscription was something extraordinary. And it really fascinated me." (...)

Górecki now had two texts: one from a mother to her son, the other from a daughter to her mother. While looking for a third that would continue the theme, he decided on a mid-15th century folk song from the southern city of Opole. (...) Its text contains a passage in which the Virgin Mary speaks to her Son dying on the cross: "O my son, beloved and chosen, Share your wounds with your mother ..." (Synku miły i wybrany, Rozdziel z matką swoje rany ...). Górecki said, "this text was folk-like, anonymous. So now I had three acts, three persons ... Originally, I wanted to frame these texts with an introduction and a conclusion. I even chose two verses (5 and 6) from Psalm 93/94 in the translation by Wujek: 'They humiliated Your people, O Lord, and afflicted Your heritage, they killed the widow and the passer-by, murdered the orphans.'" (...) However, he rejected this format because he believed the structure would position the work as a symphony "about war". Górecki sought to transcend such specifics, and instead structured the work as three independent laments. (...)
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Code:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_No._3_(Górecki)

Rolma · Dec 30, 2013

Terry Riley - journey from the death of a friend (1972) - Minimalism

One of the pioneers of minimalism retaking the theme of the death of a friend

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1D587yc-8V0

Edited by Catalyst: Rolma remember to remove the s in https to utilize YouTube embedding.

Rolma · Dec 30, 2013

OK I was think what is the problem there
Thanks CT

SillySausage · Dec 30, 2013

minimalism? one of the great pioneers

Terry Riley

A Rainbow in Curved Air
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hy3W-3HPMWg

who needs drugs or alcohol? (well, maybe just a little perhaps?)

SillySausage · Dec 30, 2013

Philip Glass - Aguas da Amazonia performed by uakti

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phsLu8oxDZ4

I'm tripping mannnnnnn

need to get back to some good ole rock and jack daniels

edit: oh dear too late, I'm in the zone, something neo-classical

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uip7paDZsRA

Rolma · Jan 1, 2014

Rhapsody In Blue: Gershwin

Gershwin a big influence in Ravel

Just saying that every time Hollywood took a cut from it, they took the wrong one.
Even Tex Avery in his cartoons took the wrong ones. There is so much going on in this rhapsody

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IsQ29EL6tA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osh6jkA_Y4Q

SillySausage · Jan 1, 2014

+1 Liquid Tension Experiment, just luuuuuv those dream theater guys

Rolma · Jan 2, 2014

Yeah very cool version specially for a New year´s evening
Back to work ....
Happy New Year

swing · Jan 3, 2014

SirSillySausage said: ↑

minimalism? Another one of the pioneers

Terry Riley

A Rainbow in Curved Air
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hy3W-3HPMWg

who needs drugs or alcohol? (well, maybe just a little perhaps?)
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Lovely album art *yes*

swing · Jan 3, 2014

This is my first classical memory, and since then, one of the pieces I can´t believe/understand how it was conceived. Absolute intimate masterpiece.
I´m going to post it in the way I met it:

SillySausage · Jan 3, 2014

carl said: ↑

This is my first classical memory, and since then, one of the pieces I can´t believe/understand how it was conceived. Absolute intimate masterpiece.
I´m going to post it in the way I met it:
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"Moonlight Sonata" by Beethoven a classic amongst classics

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Tr0otuiQuU

Catalyst · Jan 4, 2014

Wow SirSillySausage it's really weird that you put up that exact link. I was actually going to post that exact YouTube video earlier today because it's one of my favorite classical pieces but then I had to take care of some pressing matters and forgot. Of course classical people will remember that the actual name is Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 14 not Moonlight Sonata.

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