Youtube neglected pieces thread

[opus10no2]

Post video performances of pieces which are rarely heard but strike you as worth remembering.

<3 that piece.

Also, check out this guy's treasure trove -

[michel dvorsky]

You would like that kind of piece wouldn't you.  Any of that kind of stereotypical 19th century rhetoric throws you into fits of passion.

[opus10no2]

Mister, I return to a piece because it provides a feeling and sensory experience no other piece has.

While some may be content with primary colours, I search for the beautiful shades inbetween.

[indutrial]

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[indutrial]

For a composer who composed as much strong piano work as Tansman, it's sad to see how little of it gets performed, let alone filmed and put on Youtube.

2nd movement -

3rd movement -

[indutrial]

It's not (entirely) a piano work, but probably one of my favorite pieces from a composer whose work is incredibly meaningful in my life. He composed this master work of cello/piano repertoire exactly 60 years ago and it's amazing to know that I'm going to be lucky enough to be in NYC to see a presentation of his newest works a couple weeks from now, two days after he turns 100!! Just a few weeks ago, I finally saw a live performance of this work by Matt Haimovitz and Geoffrey Burleson and it was completely remarkable. Much gratitude to these guys for posting a live video of this excellent early work.

Elliott Carter - Cello Sonata (movement 3)

The other three movements:
first -

second -

fourth -

[pies]

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[indutrial]

One last thing...

It's not piano, but it's one of the only things I could find by any of the numerous 20th century Danish composers I study (Bentzon, Norgard, Norholm, Holmboe). This is Ib Norholm's Englebreve, which may or may not be a movement from his Harp Sonata, op. 149.

[tanman]

For a composer who composed as much strong piano work as Tansman...

 
*adds an "s: to display name.

[argerichfan]

awesome... 

[cmg]

Holy Mother of God!  THe Alkan is stupendous. 

Thanks, opus, for this great thread idea.  Stenhammar is waayyyy neglected.  Have you heard the new Hyperion disc of his solo work? 

Tansman.  New to me and terrific. 

Yes, Cowell deserves more love!

The Carter is incredible.  Thanks, indutrial.  Haunting piece.  Norgard ( I think) has an ambitious piece called "Borderlines"?  Yes?  I've only read of it.  Do you know it and can you tell me anything about it?

[retrouvailles]

Norgard ( I think) has an ambitious piece called "Borderlines"?  Yes?  I've only read of it.  Do you know it and can you tell me anything about it?

That is his second violin concerto. It's a really tense work. There are different tuning schemes used in the piece, and the violinist must adjust to this while playing, or in the words of the composer, "the soloist is constantly challenged by the shifting borderlines". It's not one of my favorite pieces of his, but it is definitely a very interesting work.

On topic, here is something I want to share:

God, how I wish I could hear the whole thing sometime. Or possibly even get the sheetmusic.

[opus10no2]

Thanks, opus, for this great thread idea.  Stenhammar is waayyyy neglected.  Have you heard the new Hyperion disc of his solo work? 

Only samples, I'd love to hear the whole thing.

[indutrial]

The Carter is incredible.  Thanks, indutrial.  Haunting piece.  Norgard ( I think) has an ambitious piece called "Borderlines"?  Yes?  I've only read of it.  Do you know it and can you tell me anything about it?

Glad you liked the Carter. This is certainly the month for catching loads of good Carter recitals around the world.

That's a Norgard work that I don't know much about, aside from the info provided at EWH's web page (see link) and by retrovailles.

https://en.ewh.dk/Default.aspx?TabId=2448&State_2953=2&workId_2953=20163

It would be wonderful to see and hear more Norgard works on Youtube, since he's certainly one of the most fascinating active composers alive. He's one of those composers from whom I will buy any CD, since almost every disc is chock full of first-time recordings that are brilliant and captivating. As a composer, he reminds me of all the great things that can be appreciated about mega-genius composers like Bartok. It's obvious that there is a heavy amount of intellectual clout behind his work, but it never seems to overwhelm the organic intensity of the end results. There is also a considerable amount of well-used folk inspirations, noticable in works like the second sonata for piano and his recent batch of (f**king amazing) string quartets (#s 7 through 10, recently recorded and released on Dacapo Records. Order them, you will not be sorry!).

Here's another Carter video that I enjoyed.

Ms. Oppens' new CD of Carter's complete piano works (at least before turning 100 :-) ) is just plain excellent. I've recently been attempting to make more sense of pieces I enjoy like 90+, Night Fantasies and the above-played short piece and I couldn't have asked for a nicer recording.

[indutrial]

Here's some more 20th century greatness from the USA.

Roger Sessions - Duo for Violin and Piano, 2nd movement

1st movement -

3rd movement -

4th movement -

The second 'allegro impetuoso' movement of this work is very exciting and dynamic, filled with rhythmic drive and some unforgiving intense harmonies (the piece actually utilizes sharp and flat key signatures but seems to steadily subvert those keys, placing it flatly between free-tonality and atonality). I picked this movement because it moves through several different sections, incorporating the dynamics of the other movements before hitting a shiver-inducing climax, but I would recommend just watching all four of them in sequence.