Had never heard of Wyschnegradsky (copy-pasted that name). So far, the best (subtle) use of quartertones in Western music that I've heard, especially since it's accompanied by a normally tuned piano and blends quite well. Very easy on the Westernly tuned ear.
That has got to be insanely hard to play. The cellist has to have really long fingers to be able to play those octaves of which neither note is an open string, and later sometimes you have to play arco and pizzicato simultaneously, while the pianist sometimes has to play more notes than they have fingers. Congratulations to the performers for being able to pull this off. And then this composition also has some crazy rhythms for both instruments -- that can't be easy to play either. And that's before you get into reading that original score, although I've seen worse (except for a couple of places where it looks like the paper got folded over before being scanned).
![Wyschnegradsky - Méditation sur "La Journée de l'Existence", Op.7 (Audio+Sheet) [Wiederker/Joste]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/kt6SsyOlBHs/mqdefault.jpg)
Effortless use of microtonal melodies. Mystical and magnificent. Just discovered this composer's musical world. What a revelation!
Same here! 🎉🎉🎉
Hauntingly beautiful, especially the closing bars.
Had never heard of Wyschnegradsky (copy-pasted that name). So far, the best (subtle) use of quartertones in Western music that I've heard, especially since it's accompanied by a normally tuned piano and blends quite well. Very easy on the Westernly tuned ear.
I’ve seen you on comments before. I’m currently studying wyschnegradsky and was glad to find this, thanks
This is quite nice. Good themes, good harmony.
This is great.
Awesome piece. :)
That has got to be insanely hard to play. The cellist has to have really long fingers to be able to play those octaves of which neither note is an open string, and later sometimes you have to play arco and pizzicato simultaneously, while the pianist sometimes has to play more notes than they have fingers. Congratulations to the performers for being able to pull this off. And then this composition also has some crazy rhythms for both instruments -- that can't be easy to play either. And that's before you get into reading that original score, although I've seen worse (except for a couple of places where it looks like the paper got folded over before being scanned).
like Szymanowski's metopes
Highly Scriabinesque conceptions but unfortunately not particularly well written. he original symphonic work is much better