Bright Moments Posted January 12, 2009 Author Report Posted January 12, 2009 any "must-have's" for my collection?? Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted January 12, 2009 Report Posted January 12, 2009 Only know the Spartacus ballet music - some great tunes. One is very well known in the UK - it was used as the theme music for a TV costume drama series in the 70s about the clipper ships. Always sounds like the wind filling the sails of a ship setting out on the ocean - though I believe it is love music in the ballet! Quote
rockefeller center Posted January 12, 2009 Report Posted January 12, 2009 Only know the Spartacus ballet music - some great tunes. One is very well known in the UK - it was used as the theme music for a TV costume drama series in the 70s about the clipper ships. Always sounds like the wind filling the sails of a ship setting out on the ocean - though I believe it is love music in the ballet! Ah yes, the "Onedin Line" . Bombastic intro... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrxabPBu4gM Quote
Free For All Posted January 12, 2009 Report Posted January 12, 2009 Maria Schneider mentions Khachaturian as an influence- the second movement of the Piano Concerto supposedly inspired her to write her tune Gush (from her first CD). Quote
tonym Posted January 13, 2009 Report Posted January 13, 2009 I only have one Khachaturian piece on disc: I find it very melodic though not as challenging as his contemporaries. Quote
chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez Posted January 13, 2009 Report Posted January 13, 2009 the Spartacus ballet is one of the most intense, best ballets of all time, in no short part for the musical soundtrack....i have 4 different copies of it- hauntingly beautiful. still have never seen it live. so sad Quote
Rooster_Ties Posted January 13, 2009 Report Posted January 13, 2009 I have the piano concerto, which I'm more fond of than it necessarily really merits (at one time I had a real soft spot for 20th century piano concertos, of nearly any kind, what can I say). I also have the violin concerto, a cello concerto, and his 2nd Symphony -- none of which I've listened to in ages. Just put the piano concerto on, and enjoying it for the first time in probably a good 5 years. Quote
Rooster_Ties Posted January 13, 2009 Report Posted January 13, 2009 (edited) Just put the piano concerto on, and enjoying it for the first time in probably a good 5 years. Very nice 2nd movement -- and DAMN, the verison of this I just put on (1972 recording by Alicia de Larrocha and the London Phil) has what sounds like a god damn extended "musical saw" solo in the 2nd movement (playing in unision with the piano for a good couple minutes). The liner say it's a "flexatone", which they describe as bing "an imitation of an Armenian folk instrument". But it sounds just like a damn " Edited January 13, 2009 by Rooster_Ties Quote
Spontooneous Posted January 13, 2009 Report Posted January 13, 2009 The flexatone is also used in Schoenberg's Op. 31 Variations and Rick James' "Super Freak," according to Wikipedia. Quote
Rooster_Ties Posted January 13, 2009 Report Posted January 13, 2009 The flexatone is also used in Schoenberg's Op. 31 Variations and Rick James' "Super Freak," according to Wikipedia. Oh, if only there were a mashup of the two. Quote
Spontooneous Posted January 14, 2009 Report Posted January 14, 2009 The flexatone is also used in Schoenberg's Op. 31 Variations and Rick James' "Super Freak," according to Wikipedia. Oh, if only there were a mashup of the two. I'll be workin' on it. Only problem is, I'm not as familiar with the Rick James record as I am with the Schoenberg. Quote
Spontooneous Posted January 14, 2009 Report Posted January 14, 2009 Back on topic: The must-have is the highlights from the Gayaneh ballet. There's nothing else quite like it. Embrace the potboiler! Quote
chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez Posted January 14, 2009 Report Posted January 14, 2009 highlights?? i found the compelete two vol. 78 rpm columbia masterworks set tonight in the record store dumpster!!!! Quote
Spontooneous Posted January 15, 2009 Report Posted January 15, 2009 Conducted by Efrem Kurtz? I grew up on that record! Seriously. Darned good performances too. Quote
chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez Posted January 15, 2009 Report Posted January 15, 2009 hellz yeah dawg! its E.K. all the way....dude, i also got this really really really really strange set ive never heard of befroe: Symphony: The Airbone. Its some multimedia orchestreal, chorale, spoken word masterwork about world war II. heres the clinker: its by Mark Blitzstein who wrote cradle will rock and its conducted by leonard bernstein. 7 12" 78 rpm records, 14 sides of music, i have no idea what it is. ive never heard of it, its a little scary, but im pretty sure im not hallucinating it Quote
chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez Posted January 15, 2009 Report Posted January 15, 2009 classical music on cd is like having steve hoffmann master a 45 rpm pressing of john cage 4'33 the only good thing about cd/digital format music, is that alan whites drums sound punchier at the beginning of the 2nd track on nineohonetwofive Quote
chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez Posted January 15, 2009 Report Posted January 15, 2009 what else i got: can u say....SOUTH PACIFIC ORIGINAL CAST RECORDING ON twelve 10" 78s! Quote
Bright Moments Posted January 15, 2009 Author Report Posted January 15, 2009 any "must-have's" for my collection?? still awaiting recommendations please!!! Quote
Spontooneous Posted January 16, 2009 Report Posted January 16, 2009 any "must-have's" for my collection?? still awaiting recommendations please!!! Hey, quit trying to derail our thread! (That Temirkanov Gayaneh highlights is nice, especially if you can find it cheap. There's no need to hunt down a complete Gayaneh, unless you're really into evening-length boy-loves-girl-and-tractor Soviet ballets.) Quote
Chuck Nessa Posted January 16, 2009 Report Posted January 16, 2009 That's probably all you need unless you are completely knocked out and can't live without more. Maybe a recording of the piano concerto will finish it for you. Quote
Bright Moments Posted January 17, 2009 Author Report Posted January 17, 2009 got it! thanks all. Quote
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