Off The Beaten Track

[Lat-Literal]

I do, as might be expected. But I also once knew an Australian of that name, whose parents decided to be original by spelling it Brein.

Which reminds me that Mr Eno is often referred to anagramatically by colleagues as Brain One. I quite liked The Ship. Last night I listened through his latest release, a more straightforwardly "ambient" piece called Reflection which runs continuously for 54 minutes. I'm not generally that keen on music that comes with an explicit suggestion that one might use it for background, but in this case listening to it in the middle of the night on headphones while doing some not very interesting work was a rather pleasant experience.

Oh yes - release date 1 January 2017.

I wasn't aware of it so thank you, RB.

[teamsaint]

well off the beaten track this one.

Nice atmospheric piece, on first listen.

and here is a short biog.

http://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2002101214500790874341

[teamsaint]

This Annie Gosfield album can be heard in full on Youtube.

Officially fantastic !!

[teamsaint]

this really grabbed my attention on CD 9 from the Sony " Masterworks of the 20th Century " box.
Actually only the Prologue is on the CD, which seems a great shame. I don't think I have heard a combination of choral and electronic quite like this before.

[Beef Oven!]

Gloria Coates - Lyric Suite (Piano Trio) "Split The Lark And You'll Find The Music"
Roderick Chadwick, piano; Neil Heyde, 'cello; Peter Sheppard Skaerved, violin.

[Beef Oven!]

Pēteris Vasks - Piano Trio (Episodi e canto perpetuo)
AdAstra Piano Trio

And earlier today I thoroughly enjoyed the spring quartets 1, 3 & 4 performed by (the) Spīķeru String Quartet.

[Beef Oven!]

Hao-Fu Zhang (b. 1952) - String Quartets Nos. 2 & 3
Quatuor Danel. Label: Cypres

I've been listening to a substantial amount of string quartets over the last month, especially DSCH, Béla Bartók, Michael Matthews, David Matthews, Peter Racine Frecker, Robert Still, Paul Hindemith, Beethoven, Schubert, RVW, Rawsthorne, Elgar, and others besides. But this Chinese composer is a little off the beaten track.

[Beef Oven!]

Mátyás Seiber - String Quartet #2
Edinburgh Quartet

[Serial_Apologist]

Mátyás Seiber - String Quartet #2
Edinburgh Quartet

The first of quite a number of "next steps after Bartók" by Seiber, Maconchy, Lutoslawsky & others, it's of my favourite string quartets - but my recording is the Amadeus one of 1950-whatever, one of thefew they did in a modern idiom.

[Beef Oven!]

The first of quite a number of "next steps after Bartók" by Seiber, Maconchy, Lutoslawsky & others, it's of my favourite string quartets - but my recording is the Amadeus one of 1950-whatever, one of thefew they did in a modern idiom.

Yes, that's the lineage.

I have String Quartet #3 by the Amadeus on an EMI CD c/w Tippett's String Quartet #2, Boyhood's End, Songs for Ariel & The Heart's Assurance.

[Beef Oven!]

Stefan Wolpe - String Quartet
Fred Sherry, cello; Curtis Mocomber, violin; Theodore Arm, Violin; Toby Appel, viola (members of The Group For Contemporary Music).

[Lat-Literal]

Toshi Ichiyanagi:

Sapporo (1962) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-Ihl4aF4z0
Appearance '67 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQ4TmijOPV8

Denny Provisor - It Really Tears Me Up (1965):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkloO53q1iE

[Serial_Apologist]

Toshi Ichiyanagi:

Sapporo (1962) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-Ihl4aF4z0
Appearance '67 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQ4TmijOPV8

Denny Provisor - It Really Tears Me Up (1965):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkloO53q1iE

Mr Yoko Ono by any other name, of course, before she beatled off into another flux.

[Lat-Literal]

Mr Yoko Ono by any other name, of course, before she beatled off into another flux.

Yes, quite.

There is no obvious link with Denny Provisor who sounds a bit Beatley though rather more Kinksy on that track and has an interesting name.

But Provisor did play in Japan when one of his bands, the Grass Roots, reformed in 1980.

[Bryn]

I must admit that I was familiar with Ichiyanagi's Sapporo before I ever heard of his former wife, Yoko.