December 21st, 2012, 7:40 am
QuoteOriginally posted by: DevonFangsQuoteOriginally posted by: exneratunriskSymphony No 7 - Prokofiev (Valery Gergiev conducting LSO)I like this one a lot.@exner: no Mozart? I find Mozart terrible - too many notes, collages, ... in short, computer music without computer ... In general, my "acceptance for classical ...." starts with Wagner, ... but with preferences to contemporary: Adams, Berio, Birtwistle, Boulez, Dusapin, Eötvös, Göbbels, Gubaidulina, Ligeti, Messiaen, Neuwirth, Penderetsky, Saariaho, Schnittke, Takemitsu ... Zorn, some refining the ideas of Schoenberg, Webern, ... but I like also also the more traditional Russian styles of Prokofiev (one of my favorite Opera composers) and Shostakovich ...There are "mathematical approaches", like the "spectralis music" (Eötvös, Saariaho, ...)But often the combination with the conductors is really important, my favorites: Boulez, Gergiev, Nagano, Salonen ... Sorry for the schoolmasterly ...
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