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Re: Recent Purchases
Posted: Fri Nov 29, 2013 12:25 am
by james
I just bought this but have not listenned yet .. it's 5 CD's so quite long. I saw Ian Pace a few years ago when he played Messiaen in the concert hall.
Here is a discussion of the work
http://www.divine-art.co.uk/CD/HOPIS.pdf [300 pages]
james
Re: Recent Purchases
Posted: Fri Nov 29, 2013 12:26 am
by james
Sorry the image is so big .. its the only one I could find ...
Re: Recent Purchases
Posted: Fri Nov 29, 2013 9:04 pm
by fergus
"The History of Photography in Sound" - what an intriguing title. I would be interested in your comments after you get a chance to listen to it James.
Re: Recent Purchases
Posted: Sat Nov 30, 2013 10:16 pm
by james
Its a present so I have to wait for Christmas .. The titles of the movemets are also interesting ..
[This is from wikipedia ..]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_co ... l_Finnissy
1. Le démon de l'analogie 25' -
2. Le réveil de l'intraitable réalité 15' -
3. North American Spirituals 20' -
4. My parents' generation thought War meant something 40' -
5. Alkan - Paganini 12' -
6. Seventeen Immortal Homosexual Poets 40' -
7. Eadweard Muybridge - Edvard Munch 25' -
8. Kapitalistisch Realisme (met Sizilianische Männerakte en Bachsche Nachdichtungen) 75' -
9. Wachtend op de volgende uitbarsting van repressie en censuur 12' -
10. Unsere Afrikareise 30' -
11. Etched bright with sunlight 25' -
piano solo c. 320' (one of the longest non-repetitive piano pieces ever written)
Some stuff from the Guardian ..
http://www.theguardian.com/music/tomser ... usic-guide
Partly I am interested since it's so long. But probably still shorter than Sorabji
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opus_clavicembalisticum
james
Re: Recent Purchases
Posted: Mon Dec 16, 2013 8:23 pm
by Seán
An early Christmas present:
Re: Recent Purchases
Posted: Mon Dec 16, 2013 10:01 pm
by fergus
Seán wrote:An early Christmas present:
Enjoy it Seán!
Re: Recent Purchases
Posted: Wed Dec 18, 2013 9:42 pm
by Seán
On Saturday I entered a quiz on Lyric FM, the question posed was: 'who wrote the Well Tempered Clavier?' Well I won a prize for my trouble and it arrived this morning, I am pretty pleased about that:
Re: Recent Purchases
Posted: Wed Dec 18, 2013 10:13 pm
by Aleg
Seán wrote:On Saturday I entered a quiz on Lyric FM, the question posed was: 'who wrote the Well Tempered Clavier?' Well I won a prize for my trouble and it arrived this morning, I am pretty pleased about that:
Congratulations, and a lovely CD it is by 'our' Janine.
Enjoy it
Cheers
Aleg
Re: Recent Purchases
Posted: Wed Dec 18, 2013 10:57 pm
by fergus
Seán wrote:On Saturday I entered a quiz on Lyric FM, the question posed was: 'who wrote the Well Tempered Clavier?' Well I won a prize for my trouble and it arrived this morning, I am pretty pleased about that:
Congratulations and well done Seán!!!
Re: Recent Purchases
Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 5:30 am
by Peter
Couldn't resist....
