Dichten=Condensare

[Tapiola]

Inbearably long pieces, those pieces opus 6.

The 5 pieces opus 10 last some 4'30 - 5' - and encompass the universe of a Mahler symphony too

and you read my mind Roehre. The "5" make the "6" positively Brucknerian. Gestural profundity the likes of which I know no equal.

Not in the same league, but:

Part's 2nd Symphony
Stravinsky's Three Pieces for String Quartet (or even Les Cinq Doigts) - (to my mind)

[Tapiola]

Oops. I've just remembered Scelsi's "Pfhat!"

[Serial_Apologist]

Scelsi's "Pfhat!"

But I'd imagine that's inflatable...

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

But I'd imagine that's inflatable...

Wouldn't that be "saturated Pfhat"?

[Serial_Apologist]

Wouldn't that be "saturated Pfhat"?

Polymorphously and polyphonically ensaturated Pfhat, I'd think!

[MrGongGong]

But I'd imagine that's inflatable...

I always found that a bit of a let down at the end .......................

[Tapiola]

Polymorphously and polyphonically ensaturated Pfhat, I'd think!

Of course, there's also the Scelsi/Stockhausen colloboration: "Trans-Pfhat".

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Of course, there's also the Scelsi/Stockhausen colloboration: "Trans-Pfhat".

[MrGongGong]

Of course, there's also the Scelsi/Stockhausen colloboration: "Trans-Pfhat".

In your dreams matey

[Serial_Apologist]

I always found that a bit of a let down at the end .......................

A bit of a punk chewer, I agree.

[Tapiola]

In your dreams matey

I must lay off the Gorgonzola late at night...

Anyone recognise this Bond villain?

[Tapiola]

Back on topic...

Ligeti's 15th Piano Etude: White on White.

Recalling the composer's horrific experiences in his Nazi-occupied, and, later, Soviet-occupied homeland, and his heartbreaking family story, I hear real tragedy in this work's short span. To my fanciful mind, this piece is unique in his oeuvre for the expressive power it yields. A world and a life in 4 minutes.