Here’s a nice bit of Liszt:
Jorge Bolet - Un Sospiro: Allegro Affettuoso [Franz Liszt, Étude S. 144 No. 3]
And here’s some Scriabin, recorded to piano rolls by the composer himself, back in 1910. It’s a bit like discovering antiquated MIDI tracks:
I go through waves of listening to classical music. There’s a great radio station for it in Finland. I’ve tried a lot of stations from everywhere and it’s the best I’ve found:
Come to think of it, here’s a famous “tone poem” about a Finnish swan:
Jean Sibelius - Lemminkäinen In Tuonela [Philadelphia Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski, 1929]
Also, I think it’s worth noting that there are so many different versions of everything out there - recordings of different orchestras and conductors etc. - it can be worth trying out a few if you feel that something’s not slapping, but it could slap. I gravitate towards early 20th century recordings, myself.
I went and saw some ballet at Lincoln Center last night “21st Century Choregraph” at Lincoln Center. One piece (the only one I liked) used compositions from Du Yun including this piece which was interesting and speaking of metal it had these metal guitar bits which wafted in. I thought they were prerecorded or something until I saw the guitarist in the pit
I’m glad I’m not alone here in loving that Max Richter piece. I always had this weird feeling of it too easily accessing my emotions. Listening now I once again feel my old friend the frisson stopping by with his best friend mysterious tears peaking in my windows.
