Since I have just got paid, I have some record shopping to do, clearly. Must write these down.
― The Brocade Fire (kate), Thursday, 22 September 2005 14:17 (eighteen years ago) link
― what?, Thursday, 22 September 2005 14:18 (eighteen years ago) link
― Joel (aquabahn), Thursday, 22 September 2005 14:40 (eighteen years ago) link
― Edward Bax (EdBax), Thursday, 22 September 2005 14:47 (eighteen years ago) link
In the Minimalist Heirarchy of Needs I would say Glass is king, as I can't imagine life without Einstein, Akhnaten and Satyagraha. Einstein takes my head off every time; I can't imagine what seeing the original production was like. (Are there DVDs of Glass performances? I never thought to look.) Glass' solo piano stuff, the film scores - it's all great. Haven't been too wild about the latest records, but much respect. The Glassbreaks mashups are really nice, too (not the Glasscuts remix record).
Reich is fantastic as well, and I think why I'm not quite as enamored is that he lacks the Doom that late seventies Glass holds for me. But I love everything he's done. Tehillim is so beautiful, especially.
Adams I haven't spent a lot of time with. I liked Nixon in China quite a bit. I remember liking his synthesizer-pop record, the name of which escapes me. I'll drop by the library today to see what they have.
Terry Riley should definitely rank with these guys, and it's a shame he's not better known. Shri Camel and the Poppy Nogood stuff is great, You're Nogood is great ... I saw him do a solo piano show and I was completely engrossed.
I think of LaMonte Young and Morton Feldman operating in the same space as the minimalists, even though their music is very different.
― Brakhage (brakhage), Thursday, 22 September 2005 14:56 (eighteen years ago) link
So, Reich then Glass then Adams, taking their entire careers into account.
― Matt #2 (Matt #2), Thursday, 22 September 2005 15:00 (eighteen years ago) link
― Paul in Santa Cruz (Paul in Santa Cruz), Thursday, 22 September 2005 15:02 (eighteen years ago) link
― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 22 September 2005 15:02 (eighteen years ago) link
― Brakhage (brakhage), Thursday, 22 September 2005 15:06 (eighteen years ago) link
― Brakhage (brakhage), Thursday, 22 September 2005 15:18 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dominique (dleone), Thursday, 22 September 2005 16:16 (eighteen years ago) link
― Matt #2 (Matt #2), Thursday, 22 September 2005 16:23 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dominique (dleone), Thursday, 22 September 2005 16:27 (eighteen years ago) link
― Brakhage (brakhage), Thursday, 22 September 2005 16:45 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Thursday, 22 September 2005 16:48 (eighteen years ago) link
― Brakhage (brakhage), Thursday, 22 September 2005 16:49 (eighteen years ago) link
well, i liked this movie to begin with, but PATENTLY UNTRUE.
and umm... how about:
Arvo Part > Gavin Bryars > Glass > Reich > Adams (haven't heard much from Adams though)
― firstworldman (firstworldman), Thursday, 22 September 2005 17:40 (eighteen years ago) link
― Zack Richardson (teenagequiet), Thursday, 22 September 2005 18:06 (eighteen years ago) link
http://www.notam02.no/9/
It's Beethoven's 9th stretched to take 24 hours to play back with no pitch adjustmant using new cutting-edge time-stretching software. It's truly astonishing. Table of the Elements is planning on releasing it on DVD at some point.
― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Thursday, 22 September 2005 18:19 (eighteen years ago) link
― Naive Teen Idol (Naive Teen Idol), Thursday, 22 September 2005 18:19 (eighteen years ago) link
Thanks! It sounds good...
― Joel (aquabahn), Thursday, 22 September 2005 19:28 (eighteen years ago) link
Dan, I think I was sitting in that class with you — I have vivid memories of performers (Glass included) dressed in black and sitting at keyboards nodding their heads dramatically with the pulse of the music. Whose class was it again?
― Naive Teen Idol (Naive Teen Idol), Thursday, 22 September 2005 20:09 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Thursday, 22 September 2005 20:20 (eighteen years ago) link
― Matos-Webster Dictionary (M Matos), Thursday, 22 September 2005 20:54 (eighteen years ago) link
― jed_ (jed), Thursday, 22 September 2005 22:03 (eighteen years ago) link
wish I could go!
Adams' music suddenly bugged me a lot less after his Pulitzer acceptance speech
― milton parker (Jon L), Thursday, 22 September 2005 23:57 (eighteen years ago) link
Yeah, that's what elevates Reich over Glass for me, too, even though I probably like more of Glass's stuff overall. As for Adams, I've only really heard Nixon in China; I'd like to hear more.
― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 23 September 2005 00:10 (eighteen years ago) link
Hell, yeah, that looks soooooo cool! Wonder if Glass and Reich will talk to each other?
― avery keen-gardner (avery keen-gardner), Friday, 23 September 2005 00:14 (eighteen years ago) link
'You Are' and 'Cello Counterpoint' are released on 26 September in the UK.
― avery keen-gardner (avery keen-gardner), Friday, 23 September 2005 00:19 (eighteen years ago) link
― Brakhage (brakhage), Friday, 23 September 2005 12:51 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dominique (dleone), Friday, 23 September 2005 13:25 (eighteen years ago) link
Adams' Son of Chamber Symphony -- so awesome
― #fomo that's the motto (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 27 August 2013 14:59 (ten years ago) link
i don't listen to a ton of modern composed music but for some reason john adams really speaks to me. not sure why he's my dude in particular.
― congratulations (n/a), Tuesday, 27 August 2013 15:01 (ten years ago) link
Anyone seen Klinghoffer/planning to see it? Curious in re the "anti-Semitism" angle. From what I have read it doesn't exactly sound anti-Semitic but maybe a little morally mushy.
― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 21 October 2014 13:31 (nine years ago) link
Tomassini's exemplary description of complex, apparently imperfect, riveting The Death of Klinghoffer at the Met: http://nyti.ms/1pwPdry
― dow, Tuesday, 21 October 2014 14:07 (nine years ago) link
the libretto sounds corny to me. I'm sure the music is great though.
― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 21 October 2014 14:13 (nine years ago) link
http://www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2014/10/21/adam-shatz/whos-afraid-of-klinghoffer/
― Acting Crazy (Instrumental) (jed_), Tuesday, 21 October 2014 17:26 (nine years ago) link
Shoot wish they were doing Met Live in HD for this
― Brakhage, Tuesday, 21 October 2014 22:35 (nine years ago) link
Reich > Glass, easy. Adams I can't speak intelligently about, though I would think the question would be Adams vs. Luther Adams (and the answer fairly clear?).
― benbbag, Tuesday, 21 October 2014 23:05 (nine years ago) link
A friend who is a Met subscriber was at opening night, and was revolted by Rudy Giuliani / Fox News etc milking the "anti-Semitic" angle in the plaza. He finds the accusations ludicrous, and as his mate is Israeli I tend to believe him.
― this horrible, rotten slog to rigor mortis (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 23 October 2014 16:22 (nine years ago) link
Furore made me check out Klinghoffer, which I'd blown off when it came out. Man I am loving this. The 2001 film version is great so far, though I'm glad I listened to the recording first before watching it (there are a lot of diegetic sound cues in the film, especially at the beginning, which distract from the opening choruses)
― Brakhage, Thursday, 23 October 2014 18:44 (nine years ago) link