It reminds me of a storm about to strike with rain-drops striking erratically on a window and leaves loosened from branches flying through the air... What a challenging piece to learn!
The comments on this work by André Hodeir are in my opinion the most beautiful text ever written on a musical work. As for the work itself, it remains for me an enigma, but an impressive one.
Still the most fearless and visceral performance available with its breakneck start, pantheistic romanticism (Lynn Edwards below - I get your flying leaves!) and silences that are real vacuums, not awkward hiatuses (hiati?) waiting to be interrupted with sound. Such a shame it's been deleted from the catalogue so thank you for uploading it! Now when is Hamelin going to record it??
Not being an expert, a performer, nor a musicologist, though a very enthusiastic listener of 20th century music, I took your comment very seriously. After perhaps 30 or 40 or maybe even more listens I am absolutely enchanted by this piece. As I have mentioned before and still very much believe it takes me a while to really catch on to genius - true even of much more commercial and popular music what more a radically austere work of serial deconstruction. I actually get the full endorphin rush from this piece ala robert deniro entering the bar in mean streets to the opening chords of jumping jack flash. Spiritual experience is spiritual experience- the origin of which is not relevant - being open to the experience is what matters.
I realize this and I am so glad I wrote a book on a new approach to harmony called "Symmetrie as the Fundament of Sound Creation" Even Schönberg Krenek and Berg had harmony, I heard this tedious type of music very much and never enjoyed it.
@@paulamrod537 harmony and chord progression are two different things. most oral music worldwide hasn't any chord progression, often hasn't any harmony - gregorian chant (just an example) has't any harmony. harmony is highly overevaluated especially by jazzmen whose music is seldom interesting beause of harmony (more often despite it and despite strophic forms so often used). so... the only problem is that you expect music to have harmony in order to work properly - that's fine: it is your conception of what music is. What surprises me is that: 1) you can't hear the organization in this piece 2) you absolutize your point of view... it's just one among others. No one needs to know the truth about "how to create aound art".
I and this 'composer' know something that many people dont: Hes a fraud. Like all the shit that sounds like this. They wont be offended either - they are laughing at the idiots who think they are actually good. If you want great composition on piano, I recommend Esbjorn Svensson, Debussy, Ravel, Kenny Barron, and if you want experimental, Ran Blake. These are actual musicians. Not frauds, whos only reason for playing random notes is that they cant even play the piano.
Sublime! My pets love it.
It reminds me of a storm about to strike with rain-drops striking erratically on a window and leaves loosened from branches flying through the air... What a challenging piece to learn!
Love it.
It's like music from another world.
I've always thought this is *the* great performance of this amazing piece.
(used to have it on LP, was very glad when it finally appeared on CD)
How exactly did you make such a determination? What factors came into play?
c'est fou, merveilleux, prodigieux ...
oh oui, oui, oui ! :D
Great! That's incredible!
The comments on this work by André Hodeir are in my opinion the most beautiful text ever written on a musical work. As for the work itself, it remains for me an enigma, but an impressive one.
A 20th century masterpiece, you won't hear it played any better than this.
Still the most fearless and visceral performance available with its breakneck start, pantheistic romanticism (Lynn Edwards below - I get your flying leaves!) and silences that are real vacuums, not awkward hiatuses (hiati?) waiting to be interrupted with sound. Such a shame it's been deleted from the catalogue so thank you for uploading it! Now when is Hamelin going to record it??
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As great as a piece of solo piano can possibly be.
Not being an expert, a performer, nor a musicologist, though a very enthusiastic listener of 20th century music, I took your comment very seriously. After perhaps 30 or 40 or maybe even more listens I am absolutely enchanted by this piece. As I have mentioned before and still very much believe it takes me a while to really catch on to genius - true even of much more commercial and popular music what more a radically austere work of serial deconstruction. I actually get the full endorphin rush from this piece ala robert deniro entering the bar in mean streets to the opening chords of jumping jack flash. Spiritual experience is spiritual experience- the origin of which is not relevant - being open to the experience is what matters.
This?! XD Oh wow. You know nothing about music.
so good...
Exceptionnel !
Masterpiece
Anybody know what boulez thought of this work?
It sounds like those videos where a cat is seen pouncing on the piano keyboard. "Music" for the neurotic.
Ahora entiendo que fuera pareja de Foucault, se marcaron muchisimo en sus obras
O músico de Foucault
vim aqui por isso hahahahha
Namorado do Foucault
One question where is the chord progression? It sounds like an intellectual space jazz piece and goes against the grain of my brain.
There isn't one.
I realize this and I am so glad I wrote a book on a new approach to harmony called "Symmetrie as the Fundament of Sound Creation" Even Schönberg Krenek and Berg had harmony, I heard this tedious type of music very much and never enjoyed it.
Man, it's a cat on the piano progression ...
@@paulamrod537 harmony and chord progression are two different things. most oral music worldwide hasn't any chord progression, often hasn't any harmony - gregorian chant (just an example) has't any harmony. harmony is highly overevaluated especially by jazzmen whose music is seldom interesting beause of harmony (more often despite it and despite strophic forms so often used). so... the only problem is that you expect music to have harmony in order to work properly - that's fine: it is your conception of what music is. What surprises me is that: 1) you can't hear the organization in this piece 2) you absolutize your point of view... it's just one among others. No one needs to know the truth about "how to create aound art".
I think life is too short to waste on this type of music!
I think life is too long to not waste time on this type of music...
@@coreylapinas1000 Whatever...
Where's the pathos? Give me Helffer, dropped notes and all.
How many cats on the piano ?
All the cats
none
Sad, sad, sad ...
Cats many how piano the on????
merveilleux!
I and this 'composer' know something that many people dont: Hes a fraud. Like all the shit that sounds like this. They wont be offended either - they are laughing at the idiots who think they are actually good.
If you want great composition on piano, I recommend Esbjorn Svensson, Debussy, Ravel, Kenny Barron, and if you want experimental, Ran Blake. These are actual musicians. Not frauds, whos only reason for playing random notes is that they cant even play the piano.
Ravel lol
L take