My first discovery is Alberic Magnard. While I'm sure there's at least one person reading this who will think "Yeah, so, I've listened to his stuff for years" my idea is to place your personal discoveries of that one musician/composer/whatever you think the majority of us haven't heard, and really should.
If you have heard of the suggested artist then chime in, like or dislike, if you haven't then perhaps you'll like them, and we'll have broadened your musical horizons (and how pretentious does THAT sound? )
Seriously though, whatever the musical style, and perhaps combining and amplifying threads from "CLASSICAL...recommendations" to "Broadly defined avant-garde and modern music" let's share.
Alberic Magnard is a French composer who studied under Massenet and whose symphonies I would include in the very loose grouping of "Romantic." especially perhaps his 3rd.
A historical footnote, and I'll have to quote directly from Wikepedia here, but this demands respect - "In 1914, at the beginning of World War I, Magnard sent his wife and two daughters to a safe hiding place while he stayed behind to guard the estate of Manoir de Fontaines at Baron, Oise. When German soldiers trespassed, he fired at them, killing one of them, and they fired back and set the house on fire. It is believed that Magnard died in the fire, but his body could not be identified in the remains."
So, there he is, Alberic Magnard. I'd never heard of him until recently but I'm now a fan. You can pick up a 3 CD set of his symphonies via Amazon and it's definitely worth every penny of the eight and a half quid I paid for it.
Now, who have you heard of that I haven't, and really should have? It's not often I'll ask you to persuade me to part with my hard earned cash, so make the most of it. Come all ye - folkies, rockers, jazzers, classicists, etc. et al.
Share a discovery with me!
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Definitely modern - and yes, kind of strange.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Elisabeth-Val ... 43a756847f
Lots of copies available from this excellent value eBay source.
There's a haunting beauty to this album.
I'm not sure I can describe it - ya just have to give it a listen! :D
There are excerpts on YouTube, but the album is very varied.
Try this sampler -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMc54po2kbs -- but it doesn't really capture the 'magic'.
And the sound quality is top notch, demonstration class.
Many visitors to Jerry Towers have been subjected to this - most scrabble for pen & paper, or these days get their iphone out .
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Elisabeth-Val ... 43a756847f
Lots of copies available from this excellent value eBay source.
There's a haunting beauty to this album.
I'm not sure I can describe it - ya just have to give it a listen! :D
There are excerpts on YouTube, but the album is very varied.
Try this sampler -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMc54po2kbs -- but it doesn't really capture the 'magic'.
And the sound quality is top notch, demonstration class.
Many visitors to Jerry Towers have been subjected to this - most scrabble for pen & paper, or these days get their iphone out .
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A bit different - baroque sonatas for solo lute.
I find the music totally captivating, hanging on spellbound for the next note.
And the sound quality is superb, really capturing the finely detailed sound of a solo plucked instrument in a fairly reverberant space. The focussed sound image of the lute is subtley embedded in a church acoustic.
I find the music totally captivating, hanging on spellbound for the next note.
And the sound quality is superb, really capturing the finely detailed sound of a solo plucked instrument in a fairly reverberant space. The focussed sound image of the lute is subtley embedded in a church acoustic.
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Worth resurrecting from the old forum
I give you the Lovely Eggs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uuMy2ZN7A8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOsFadmH584
I give you the Lovely Eggs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uuMy2ZN7A8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOsFadmH584
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I love this :D the difference in pronunciation between forget it and fuck it even caught out the Dali Lama - what a nice man though.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbC-TXNG ... re=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbC-TXNG ... re=related
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He may well be the nicest man that has ever lived. Their is more to this than meets the eye I fancy...
Jerry, do I detect a hint of Marianne Faithful there,??
Jerry, do I detect a hint of Marianne Faithful there,??
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In looks, now that you mention it Ms Valletti has that kind of demure, eyes downcast aura about her.wallace wrote:Jerry, do I detect a hint of Marianne Faithful there,??
-- I wonder if she is as raunchy in real life as Ms Faithful was ....
Musically - a different planet, I suspect.
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Recent biggest discovery? Probably Kashiwa Daisuke and his neoclassical pieces. There's a quick review in the video's description.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByD5ORT6Mcw
And he does it perfectly!(...) His aim, so precise, causes the glass to fall into a perfect shape in its shattered form, much like Picasso's cubist paintings or Dali's melted clocks. (...)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByD5ORT6Mcw
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Love the keyboard and the twangy music - but what's with the weird noises?Anesthetise wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByD5ORT6Mcw
OK OK , so I must be missing the point!
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That's the charm of modern music, people experiment with sound in every possible way they can. This kind of treatment should make you experience a beautiful, fragile piece that is partially broken, but still in good 'working condition'. At least it makes me feel like that, I love such play of emotions.
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