I think this piece by Hans Wurman is a masterpiece of uniqueness and entertainment. I find it such a pity that it has not been yet "discovered" by the public at large. It seriously needs to be blasted and publicized all over the radio.
It may not be the most comforting and complete representation of a classical piece through synthesizers, but it's mad raw and intense and sounds like sweet videogame tunes and I'm 100x more it for that.
Stunning, so hard to imagine how something so musical could be executed given the technology of the time. Who needs MIDI, sequencers etc! Thanks for uploading, took me back quite a few years!
Thank you! A splendid album and this is, probably, my favourite track : so emotive and evocative, at times raw, at times haunting. The last variation is sinister and threatening, like something unspeakable overtaking you! Why, oh why, has this never been released on CD? (As to Carlos v Wurman, they are chalk and cheese but I love 'em both!)
I love Wendy Carlos's works but I have to agree with the dreamlandtreemusic, Hans Wurman's approach to classical music with synthesizers is more innovative, original and always freshly. Wendy Carlos performed Bach pieces with a synthesizer, Hans Wurman recreated the music through it.
If I were doing variations on the (in)famous Caprice I would try to suggest what other composers would do with it. I would incorporate composers as disparate as Handel and Prokofiev, which obviously implies some anachronisms. There would have to be a fugue. Maybe a rag suggesting Scott Joplin.
I think this piece by Hans Wurman is a masterpiece of uniqueness and entertainment.
I find it such a pity that it has not been yet "discovered" by the public at large. It seriously needs to be blasted and publicized all over the radio.
It may not be the most comforting and complete representation of a classical piece through synthesizers, but it's mad raw and intense and sounds like sweet videogame tunes and I'm 100x more it for that.
Stunning, so hard to imagine how something so musical could be executed given the technology of the time. Who needs MIDI, sequencers etc! Thanks for uploading, took me back quite a few years!
long time favourite of mine - thanks for uploading it
Man was a BEAST!!
Thank you! A splendid album and this is, probably, my favourite track : so emotive and evocative, at times raw, at times haunting. The last variation is sinister and threatening, like something unspeakable overtaking you! Why, oh why, has this never been released on CD? (As to Carlos v Wurman, they are chalk and cheese but I love 'em both!)
I love Wendy Carlos's works but I have to agree with the dreamlandtreemusic, Hans Wurman's approach to classical music with synthesizers is more innovative, original and always freshly. Wendy Carlos performed Bach pieces with a synthesizer, Hans Wurman recreated the music through it.
If I were doing variations on the (in)famous Caprice I would try to suggest what other composers would do with it. I would incorporate composers as disparate as Handel and Prokofiev, which obviously implies some anachronisms. There would have to be a fugue. Maybe a rag suggesting Scott Joplin.
'in my opinion outclasses the work done by Walter Carlos'.
You might think so, but I think not ! !
I wasn't aware Walter Carlos recorded Rachmaninov.
This is pretty vile stuff to my ears. Come back Walter & show this guy how it's properly done.
Yes, no one comes close to Wendy. This is okay, is a little harsh to my ears.
Primitive. More colorations of the sonic palette are available.