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What Classical Music Are You listening to Now? III
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Originally posted by DracoM View PostCan someone quietly explain to me why Macmillan has achieved such apparent acclamation?
My first exposure was a live performance of his percussion concerto (by the dedicatee), which I thought was fun and unique in a postmodern collage sort of way. I ended up losing interest mostly because, to my ears, everything else I heard by him felt basically like rehashes of the same aesthetic. (That said, aesthetic rehashes are not always a problem for me, I can listen to a couple hundred Scarlatti sonatas in a row, so this distaste might involve some additional subjective judgments.)
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Originally posted by kea View PostBroadly speaking, his music combines a number of recognisable elements from other people's music (or the musical canon writ large), and is therefore easy to follow, while also generally using the same elements (or at least similar ones), and therefore also being stylistically identifiable. I may be overgeneralising here.
My first exposure was a live performance of his percussion concerto (by the dedicatee), which I thought was fun and unique in a postmodern collage sort of way. I ended up losing interest mostly because, to my ears, everything else I heard by him felt basically like rehashes of the same aesthetic. (That said, aesthetic rehashes are not always a problem for me, I can listen to a couple hundred Scarlatti sonatas in a row, so this distaste might involve some additional subjective judgments.)
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I’m having, or seem to be having m a Jean Martinon theme, this week.
Debussy
La Mer
Trios Nocturnes
Prélude à l’aprés-midi d’un faune
Berceuse héröique
Musiques pour Le Roi Lear
Jeux
Images
Printemps, suite symphonique
Children’s Corner Suite
Petite Suite
Danse Sacrée et danses profane
La Boite à joujoux
Fantasie pour piano et orchestre
La plus que lente
Première Rapsodie
Khamma
Danse
French National Radio Orchestra
Jean Martinon.Don’t cry for me
I go where music was born
J S Bach 1685-1750
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Originally posted by BBMmk2 View PostI’m having, or seem to be having m a Jean Martinon theme, this week.
Debussy
La Mer
Trios Nocturnes
Prélude à l’aprés-midi d’un faune
Berceuse héröique
Musiques pour Le Roi Lear
Jeux
Images
Printemps, suite symphonique
Children’s Corner Suite
Petite Suite
Danse Sacrée et danses profane
La Boite à joujoux
Fantasie pour piano et orchestre
La plus que lente
Première Rapsodie
Khamma
Danse
French National Radio Orchestra
Jean Martinon.
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Originally posted by Pianoman View PostLol - the oldest trick in the book for hifi salesman ....
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Originally posted by cloughie View PostReminds me of audio fairs from way back when certain favoured LPs were played - Martinon’s Danse Macabre and Mehta’s Also Sprach with bass and volume set to woof up the Tannoy Lancasters (or similar!)
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