This piece is delightful indeed. The combination is roughly the same than in Bartok's sonata, deliberately without undetermined pitch percussion instruments - while the vibraphone is enhanced. The sound is not at all "Bartokian'. It sounds quite "ghostly" aerial, even more than in the lightest scores of f.i Debussy, Scriabin, Scelsi, Takemitsu. Indeed a masterpiece in its uncompromising completion of aesthetic goals. I would like to hear a concert with this piece and Bartok's sonata , perhaps with the two piano suite by Debussy.
Ethereal indeed. Wispy, diaphanous, translucent, almost creepy. The piano gives it some weight and dimension steering us toward a traditional sound. I hear neither Debussy nor Bartok. I do hear some of the composers own gestures present in other works of his. Very ghostly and middle of the nightish.
@@WocklessGamingforAnimeMoms I clearly understand what you mean, but in my mind this is not in relation with the question. I think that our friend is simply looking for a CD to gt that magificent, both firm and tiny work.
C'mon now. First things first...atonality in any of its manifestations has nothing to do with randomness. In fact, many, if not most of the atonal composers are accused of adhering to their system way too strongly. Webern comes to mind, not because I agree, but rather because he is often accused of choosing his notes based upon mathematical instead of purely musical reasons. Anyway, musical composition that DOES rely on an element of randomness is ALEATORIC, not atonal. This piece by Berio has no elements of Aleatory and was written 40 or more years after the use of the term atonal had for the most part been abandoned.
@@rosamundaics For sure it is atonal but as far as I know, by no ways it is aleatoric. An aleatoric score written for such a formation would probably need a conductor, just like pieces by Lutoslawski or Boulez.
This piece is delightful indeed. The combination is roughly the same than in Bartok's sonata, deliberately without undetermined pitch percussion instruments - while the vibraphone is enhanced. The sound is not at all "Bartokian'. It sounds quite "ghostly" aerial, even more than in the lightest scores of f.i Debussy, Scriabin, Scelsi, Takemitsu. Indeed a masterpiece in its uncompromising completion of aesthetic goals. I would like to hear a concert with this piece and Bartok's sonata , perhaps with the two piano suite by Debussy.
Ethereal indeed. Wispy, diaphanous, translucent, almost creepy. The piano gives it some weight and dimension steering us toward a traditional sound. I hear neither Debussy nor Bartok. I do hear some of the composers own gestures present in other works of his. Very ghostly and middle of the nightish.
Wouldn't there be a misspelling : Guanda instead of GUALDA?
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Gualda!
When did this recording date? Is there a cd from which it is taken?
If it's the same composition with all the same sequences as the 1974 one does it matter?
@@WocklessGamingforAnimeMoms I clearly understand what you mean, but in my mind this is not in relation with the question. I think that our friend is simply looking for a CD to gt that magificent, both firm and tiny work.
What subtype of contemporary music is this?
Musica per radical-chic!
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atonality assures one of complete originality (random notes do not always translate into a sound piece of music).
......but It keeps on coming returning to those oscillating pitches at the start to name one less than random feature.
C'mon now. First things first...atonality in any of its manifestations has nothing to do with randomness. In fact, many, if not most of the atonal composers are accused of adhering to their system way too strongly. Webern comes to mind, not because I agree, but rather because he is often accused of choosing his notes based upon mathematical instead of purely musical reasons. Anyway, musical composition that DOES rely on an element of randomness is ALEATORIC, not atonal. This piece by Berio has no elements of Aleatory and was written 40 or more years after the use of the term atonal had for the most part been abandoned.
@@stueystuey1962 so if it is not aleatoric and it is not atonal, what the hell is it? 😀
@@rosamundaics For sure it is atonal but as far as I know, by no ways it is aleatoric. An aleatoric score written for such a formation would probably need a conductor, just like pieces by Lutoslawski or Boulez.