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Possibly my favorite work of Schoenberg's, certainly right up there, and perfection in every way. I didn't altogether appreciate GG's performance when I first heard it 30 yrs ago or so. I was at that time under the spell of Charles Rosen's complete works performances. (And if I still had my copy of that out-of-print gem, I could talk more intelligently about it.) But I like this very much now, to say the least. Irrespective who you listen to, or play it yourself, this is 12-tone's apotheosis. Worth living for.
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Glenn Gould - Schoenberg, suite Op. 25
Complete playlist: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMhNcmmMn0A&feature=PlayList&p=B7EA5853D24983FF&playnext_from=PL&index=0&playnext=1
The interesting Rihm, not often programmed (to my knowledge) in the US. I am unsure of the significance of his piano works in his overall body of work, but worth further exploration.
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iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/no/album/wolfgang-rihm-samtliche-klavierwerke/id339117899
Spotify: http://open.spotify.com/album/5bP89P99fQrtVTAsTD39pX
Wolfgang Rihm: Piano works 1966 - 2000
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Jean Barraque: Sonate pour Piano
Complete playlist: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJqQk3mgpYY&feature=PlayList&p=9B7A6357A2E821FA&index=0&playnext=1
In a world of Taylor Swift... talk about heterogeny!
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Elliott Carter: Two Diversions, performed by Pierre-Laurent Aimard.
Such a beautiful work. And I love the attention these players bring to the project.
Alistair MacRae, cello & Heather Connor, piano
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Anton Webern: Drei Kleine Stücke op.11
I imagine folks sitting on a porch, or veranda, in the summertime, sipping rapidly melting iced drinks, listening to the piano sounds coming from the parlor. Folks in a sunny southern town. Folks who love atonal music. (Not this world, obviously.)
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Michael Finnissy: O, Schöner Mai
Absolutely lovely work by another composer unknown to me. More in the nature of an improvisation than a composed piece. I cannot understand the motive behind such complex rhythmic and melodic notation, nor the masochism of one who would prepare it for performance, but I am nonetheless grateful. And of course ever thanks to @atonalitydotnet for showing it to me in the scrolling-score excellence of which I am so fond.
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Michael Finnissy: English Country Tunes - Midsummer Morn
I'd need a closer look at this score to see how it would adapt to piano performance. My best is it would adapt very well. Perhaps for 4 (or 6) hands.
as so often, as too often, another composer whose work is unfamiliar to me...
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Nicolas Hodges, piano
iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/sciarrino-complete-piano-works/id319876623
Spotify: http://open.spotify.com/album/2wxGQdVYnBaauZRuslDCzi
YouTube (Notturno No. 1-4): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDNzMLFaT8A&feature=&p=DEFDA84683890C92&index=0&playnext=1
Salvatore Sciarrino: Complete Piano Works