what are you listening to RIGHT now

[pies]

Andrew Violette's 3-hour long Piano Sonata no. 7

[thalbergmad]

What do you do during a 3 hour sonata??

Thal

[aewanko]

Sarasate - Zapateado
Kreisler - Liebesfreud

[pies]

What do you do during a 3 hour sonata??

Thal

rock out

[pies]

Rzewski's Les Moutons de Panurge

Strange piece.  See the score here: http://icking-music-archive.org/scores/rzewski/mouton.pdf

[ctrastevere]

Tool's Lateralus, the album not the song. It's haunting and very original... I'm surprised I couldn't get into their stuff before.

[Etude]

I find them a bit boring.  I've only heard some of Ænima though.

some time later... Giving them another go with that album.

[ctrastevere]

I find them a bit boring.  I've only heard some of Ænima though.

some time later... Giving them another go with that album.

Eh, can't say I enjoy Ænima that much, for the same reason as you. I tried listening to it again today and it was OK, but it didn't particularly catch my interest. However, listening to Lateralus in a dark room with a good pair of headphones is an experience. I'd highly recommend giving that album a listen.

I think I'll end my night with some Alkan.

[Etude]

Damn, if only I still had my good headphones.  Have you (or anyone else) noticed that some music sounds slightly slower through headphones than with speakers.  I mostly notice it with electronic music.  Maybe it's because you can listen to the detail more closely (literally) with headphones...


Now listening:  Venetian Snares: Vida

[pies]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EP-jjEDL1Ds

[pies]

Klarenz Barlow's Cogluotobusisletmesi

[Etude]

Nice.  Is it the Henck recording, or the synthesised one?  I can't make my mind up which is the lesser of two evils, with Henck leaving out most of the notes in the second half.. and the synth version just... having an awful piano sound.



I believe I will listen to "La Villa Strangiato" by Rush.

[pies]

Henck!  I love his recording, despite its shortcomings.  The synth version is stale and boring and ewww.
Someone else needs to record it and do it justice, though.

[Etude]

I think it should probably be played by a piano duo, despite this apparently going against the composers intentions, but the complex rhythms might pose a problem.  It's actually physically impossible for one pianist to play all the notes so... idk, maybe if someone makes a decent computer recording (not it).

[dnephi]

Bach-Kempff Sinfonia from the Rahkslawake (sp?) Cantate.

[pies]

I believe Cogluotobusisletmesi is for '2 or more hands' so I guess it wouldn't go against his intentions!

Anyway, now listening to Barlow's variations on Beethoven's last piano sonata.  This is one of the most awesome pieces ever.  Barlow totally rapes the second movement.  It 'works' as a computerized Disklavier recording.

[Etude]

I read he wants it to ideally be played by one pianist...



AFX - Laughable Butane Bob

[pianochick93]

Listening to 'Come to Australia' by the Scared Weird Little Guys.

List all the ways you could be killed if you come to Australia...Redbacks, sharks, lue ringed octopus.

Funny song.

[keyb0ardfweak]

Listening to Lizsts 2nd consolation...

just looking for somthing "easy" to play.
I think the 2nd is easier than the 3rd..XD

[general disarray]

John Adams' opera "Doctor Atomic" on the radio. 

My mind is wandering, however.

[Essyne]

My theme song  :

*sings* "AMERICAN WOMMAANNNNNNNN. . . "  .

[aewanko]

Scriabin's Vers la Flamme

next is Albeniz/Godowsky Tango in D played by Cherkassky

[pianochick93]

Mad World - Gary Jules

[pies]

Claviers from Xenakis' Pleiades.  Such a pretty and sweet piece.

[thalbergmad]

Wow, i was listening to the same piece.

Thal

[ahinton]

Funny how it happens to be an anagram of "visceral", what?...

Best,

Alistair

[ctrastevere]

The sound of silence after the Progressive Nation concert last night... I'm still exhausted. It was truly incredible... it's unfortunate that not everyone can appreciate such great music.

[rebby]

the sound of a mercury laser cutter burning my name into a piece of smooth mahogany.

[pies]

http://home.comcast.net/~piesfinder/suite.mp3

One of my favorite movements of all time.  Musical perfection.

[Etude]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZbRujLEqDw&feature=related

Those exponential crescendos (thats what I like to call them) in the brass sound really cool.

[pies]

Eonta rocks <3

Listening to Herbert Henck's Improvsation IV disc.  Henck is one of my favorite pianists.

[aewanko]

Grieg Piano Concerto as played by Rubinstein. Conductor is Andre Previn.

[retrouvailles]

Louis Andriessen's Writing to Vermeer. Such a great opera. This composer amazes me everyday.

[ahinton]

Louis Andriessen
...
This composer amazes me everyday.

He amazes me, too, albeit not daily and certainly not in quite the same way as he appears to amaze you! (and had God intended Stravinsky to be a Dutchman he'd surely have ensured that he was born in Rotterdam) - but then that's only a personal view, no more, no less and, as someone whose name momentarily escapes me once said "it takes all sorts to foul up a world"!...

Best,

Alistair

[j_phett]

the sweet not-so-musical sound of my computer whirring at me, lol. Other than that, The Heart Asks Pleasure First by Michael Nyman.

[anodibu]

Radulescu - Being and Non-Being Create Each Other

[aewanko]

my thoughts

[tompilk]

arietta from op111... while doing revision. I think it's quite fitting to my situation - my demise at my further maths paper tomorrow!!!

[retrouvailles]

Ginastera's Harp Concerto. It's so good, but it makes me wish it were a piano concerto instead. The harp gets overwhelmed too much by the orchestra. If only he had lived to rescore it, which was one of his intentions. Still, a great piece with some very nice driving rhythms and nice melodies.

[Petter]

My fan