Not really- but I couldn’t resist. Might vote Boulez this time, actually.
― Jeff W, Monday, 18 May 2020 17:17 (three years ago) link
He's been royally snubbed throughout. This is your (his) last chance!
― pomenitul, Monday, 18 May 2020 20:36 (three years ago) link
Went with the Holliger in the end. I guess this means I won't have voted for a single Takemitsu piece, which is quite sad seeing as he's absolutely one of my favourite composers. But we're electing individual works, not oeuvres.
― pomenitul, Tuesday, 19 May 2020 18:28 (three years ago) link
was not familiar with anything but the adams concerto, but i've done a bunch of listening in the past week. narrowed down to:
adams - violin concertosorensen - echoing gardenrautavaara - symphony no. 7messaein - eclairsgubaidulina - string quartet no. 4ligeti - sonata for solo viola
last three are duking it out
― sleight return (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 19 May 2020 22:33 (three years ago) link
All worthy picks. Btw I'm generally not very taken with Simon Rattle's conducting, but his recording of Éclairs de l'au-delà is stupendous. I waver between that one and Myung-Whun Chung's.
― pomenitul, Tuesday, 19 May 2020 22:43 (three years ago) link
*sur l'au-delà, rather...
― pomenitul, Tuesday, 19 May 2020 22:46 (three years ago) link
chung's is the one i listened to. last movements are exquisite, and a fitting final word from a 20th century giant
― sleight return (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 19 May 2020 23:16 (three years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Wednesday, 20 May 2020 00:01 (three years ago) link
voted Horațiu Rădulescu – String Quartet No. 6, ‘practicing eternity’ (1992)
― budo jeru, Wednesday, 20 May 2020 00:40 (three years ago) link
i like rautavaara a decent amount though this isn't my fav of his despite being the "hit"
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 20 May 2020 00:47 (three years ago) link
As always, lemme know if you've got requests for the next half.
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 20 May 2020 00:57 (three years ago) link
You’re including 🚁🚁🚁🚁 right?
― Jeff W, Wednesday, 20 May 2020 01:17 (three years ago) link
I'm actually going to poll the entirety of Licht (of which 🚁🚁🚁🚁 is a noted part) next week, once we reach the early noughties.
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 20 May 2020 01:19 (three years ago) link
Besides, it was apparently composed in 1993. So I'm just going to leave this here (for now):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ykQFrL0X74
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 20 May 2020 01:22 (three years ago) link
🗓👍
― Jeff W, Wednesday, 20 May 2020 01:24 (three years ago) link
xp my request is that you don’t immediately start a new poll once this poll’s results are in, for extra requesting time (if that is possible)
― budo jeru, Wednesday, 20 May 2020 03:02 (three years ago) link
Sure. I’ll kick off the next poll on Friday, then.
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 20 May 2020 03:15 (three years ago) link
thanks pom
― budo jeru, Wednesday, 20 May 2020 03:30 (three years ago) link
I went with Toru Takemitsu's 'From me flows what you call Time' in the end.
After Enescu Schnittke might just be my other biggest discovery from these polls. I knew him, but had only barely scratched the surface. 'Piano Sonata' <3
― Hey, let me drunkenly animate yr boats in about 25 to 60 days! (Le Bateau Ivre), Wednesday, 20 May 2020 07:02 (three years ago) link
pomenitul, do you have any Ades picked out for 95-99 yet, or were you still looking for guidance? Although the only one of his pieces I know from '95 until about 2010 is Traced Overhead from '96.
― Revolutionary Girl Utrenja (Tom Violence), Wednesday, 20 May 2020 12:23 (three years ago) link
I wasn’t planning on including any yet. I don’t dislike his early material per se but none of it strikes me as essential compared to the other works I’ve set aside so far.
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 20 May 2020 12:28 (three years ago) link
‘Vote’ – Barack Obama.
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 20 May 2020 18:11 (three years ago) link
went with sonata for solo viola
― sleight return (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 20 May 2020 18:13 (three years ago) link
👍
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 20 May 2020 18:44 (three years ago) link
Voted for the Ligeti violin concerto ofc but I'm still listening. On Norgard 5 now.
― Feel a million filaments (Sund4r), Wednesday, 20 May 2020 18:56 (three years ago) link
Tbh I didn't know Messiaen was still writing this recently and I was surprised by Éclairs.
Do you have a favourite recording of the Ligeti Violin Concerto, Sund4r?
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 20 May 2020 19:00 (three years ago) link
I've always listened to this one: https://www.discogs.com/fr/Ligeti-Nørgård-Christina-Åstrand-Danish-National-Radio-Symphony-Orchestra-Thomas-Dausgaard-Violin/release/2538217
― Feel a million filaments (Sund4r), Wednesday, 20 May 2020 19:07 (three years ago) link
Nice! I like that one and Frank Peter Zimmermann's a lot. The dedicatee's (Saschko Gawriloff), not so much.
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 20 May 2020 19:09 (three years ago) link
I've always hated the violin concerto, late Ligeti is full of this zany crap. Whenever I hear about a composer's sense of humour I am filled with dread.
― The Cognitive Peasant (ogmor), Wednesday, 20 May 2020 23:52 (three years ago) link
I tend to agree but I exempt tragicomedy from such charges and therefore enjoy late Ligeti.
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 20 May 2020 23:59 (three years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Thursday, 21 May 2020 00:01 (three years ago) link
Glad Takemitsu (a non-American, to boot) came out on top at long last.
― pomenitul, Thursday, 21 May 2020 00:02 (three years ago) link
If you’ve got any requests for the next half, post them here before 9 pm (EST).
― pomenitul, Thursday, 21 May 2020 12:28 (three years ago) link
Time's up, folks, so it's onwards to part II without your faves (maybe):
Wherein We Elect Our Favourite Classical Compositions of… the 1990s – Part II (1995-1999)
― pomenitul, Friday, 22 May 2020 13:02 (three years ago) link