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Re: Ligetti & Ives

Dec 18, 2007, 06:20

yeah, Ligeti has a huge body of amazing music. Some of my faves:
Artikulation (electronics, 1958)
Atmospheres (used in 2001, 1961)
Continuum (mind-boggling short piece for cembalo (harpsichord), 1970)
and pretty much all of his orchestral works.

and since we're on the avants-no-one-has-mentioned yet subject:

the two big daddies of avant: Olivier Messiaen and Iannis Xenakis
are absolutley essential listening.

I've been on a Messiaen trip this week (after a few years' break) and I am completely blown away once once again, and every time I listen to one of his major works like Turangalila, Les Offrandes oubliees, Eclairs sur l'au dela, etc. - unique, killer.

and Xenakis was the most radical, most serious and perhaps the most industrial-punk-noise friendly of all 20th C avant composers - if you're up for a challenge and like the ugly stuff, Xenakis will rip your brains out and stuff them back through your earholes.

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Classical/Avant Garde – zphage, Dec 11, 2007, 18:41


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