Articles tagged 'Bartók'
Of Coattails, Hangers-On and Human Zoos
Back in Chicago, back to the fabled yesteryear.
Of Coattails, Hangers-On and Human Zoos
Back in Chicago, back to the fabled yesteryear.
Piano Factory 32.
I hear the last four sonatas as a connected sequence where Walker’s system appears to value compact expression over logic.
Piano Factory 32.
I hear the last four sonatas as a connected sequence where Walker’s system appears to value compact expression over logic.
String Theory 38: Nineteen String Quartets
Two quartets deliver a seven-installment series by Kalabis.
String Theory 38: Nineteen String Quartets
Two quartets deliver a seven-installment series by Kalabis.
Piano Factory 28.
My favorite track is the Prelude from Bach’s Second English Suite which glows fantastically on Fender Rhodes.
Piano Factory 28.
My favorite track is the Prelude from Bach’s Second English Suite which glows fantastically on Fender Rhodes.
String Theory 32: Quartets, plus or minus
Electricity and fire pervade this release.
String Theory 32: Quartets, plus or minus
Electricity and fire pervade this release.
Concerto Concentrations 4.
The soloist starts at one side of the stage, discovering a bow only at the end of the first movement which he flourishes like a sword.
Concerto Concentrations 4.
The soloist starts at one side of the stage, discovering a bow only at the end of the first movement which he flourishes like a sword.
String Theory 28.
Plucking introduces the nine plucked string instruments gradually, completing a grid governed by mathematical patterns.
String Theory 28.
Plucking introduces the nine plucked string instruments gradually, completing a grid governed by mathematical patterns.
In 1908…
In 1908 Mahler (48) made his Metropolitan Opera debut in New York with Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde (Jan. 1), wrote Das Lied von der Erde, and premiered his Seventh in Prague (Sep. 19).
In 1908…
In 1908 Mahler (48) made his Metropolitan Opera debut in New York with Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde (Jan. 1), wrote Das Lied von der Erde, and premiered his Seventh in Prague (Sep. 19).
String Theory 21: Mostly Viola(s)
Royer is an inspired Scelsi performer. He plays as if improvising, easing into Scelsi’s languid microtones with grace notes flicked away like involuntary twitches.
String Theory 21: Mostly Viola(s)
Royer is an inspired Scelsi performer. He plays as if improvising, easing into Scelsi’s languid microtones with grace notes flicked away like involuntary twitches.
String Theory 20: Mostly Violin (with Piano Accompaniment)
With coarse harmonies and a rhythmic engine requiring a few cranks before it hums, the two-movement Sonata emerges brooding and severe, wonderfully modern and unfamiliar.
String Theory 20: Mostly Violin (with Piano Accompaniment)
With coarse harmonies and a rhythmic engine requiring a few cranks before it hums, the two-movement Sonata emerges brooding and severe, wonderfully modern and unfamiliar.
Hungarian Holiday 3.
Intended as comic contrast to Bartók’s Bluebeard’s Castle, Vajda’s 30-minute Barbie Blue gives the woman the upper hand. Seven scenes echo Bartók’s seven doors as Mrs. Blue lurches through different emotional states after her husband returns home inopportunely.
Hungarian Holiday 3.
Intended as comic contrast to Bartók’s Bluebeard’s Castle, Vajda’s 30-minute Barbie Blue gives the woman the upper hand. Seven scenes echo Bartók’s seven doors as Mrs. Blue lurches through different emotional states after her husband returns home inopportunely.
Used Bin Troll Tweets B.
Gilbert’s freshness makes the comparison wonderfully simple.
Used Bin Troll Tweets B.
Gilbert’s freshness makes the comparison wonderfully simple.