Youngs version of just intonation, by contrast, is more exact, with the. In fact, fellow composer and former schoolmate dennis johnsons work november inspired young to create the welltuned piano. Karlheinz stockhausen studie ii 81step microtonal scale. See all formats and editions hide other formats and editions. You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions and access our other features. When he wrote trio for strings, he was still a starving artist eating mustard sandwiches to survive. His works are cited as notable examples of postwar avantgarde, experimental, and contemporary music. This version most easily identified by made by discover systems an american company text around center of discs. He will probably be playing parts of the tortoise, his dreams and journeys throughout his life, but rumour has it that he is only accompanying pran nath these days, as well as occasionally performing the welltuned piano. This list is random and not numbered by importance. In terms of distribution, packaging, and fidelity to youngs vision the company gets mixed grades, but the bare recordings were miraculous.
You will notice that there are no avantgarde or free jazz recordings on this list. Just press the reset button to move to another chord. The welltuned piano, his title wryly limning bachs klavier pieces in even temperament, is a watershed moment, shattering, transformative, nothing short of perfect. By reputation, the piece is supposed to have been six hours long, very slow and somewhat improvisatory, and. This is, perhaps, his masterpiece so naturally it is way out of print. The incense wasnt so thick that it obscured the neon sign on the ceiling, but it clung to my shirt all the way back to the airbnb in bushwick. From a special audiovisual concert for gaida 2011 festival. Welltuned piano written for a speciallytuned boesendorfer imperial. As a piece, it takes immense patience to get through, not because its difficult or boring, but simply by its length it clocks in at a whopping 5 hours. After young conceived the welltuned piano in 1964, a decade passed. Its a classic of american minimalism, composed in 1964 though young considers it to be still a work in progress.
At first, i was angry that they were so loud as to break into my musical world. The second dream of the hightension line stepdown transformer from the four dreams of china. Heres my favorites at this time not including some of mine. Lamonte young biography, albums, streaming links allmusic. One example of this influence was pandit pran naths approach to badhat, the concept of organically. Then, i realized that the girls had treated me to a version of the welltuned piano that mr. The welltuned piano 1964 is a 6hour improvisatory work founded in the roots of minimalism. This version captures the 1981 live performance at the new york mercantile exchange, hence the 81x25. Recorded live at the last 6 harrison street dream house concert of the well tuned piano, new york city, october 1981, presented by dia foundation. This is a digitized version of an article from the timess print archive, before the. Freenote music free your notes and your mind will follow. The welltuned piano welcome to talk classical a community covering every aspect of classical music.
Yet, at the same time it permits indulgence in the sensuous, tactile beauty. Foundation and just dreams have issued a new deluxe dvd edition. The welltuned piano a pun on bachs welltempered clavier, a semiimprovisatory work for solo piano in youngs own unique tuning. The american minimalist has fed bales of hay to his piano but its his sixhourplus welltuned piano that has changed the way we hear music, quite literally, writes tom service. Within the liner notes, young breaks the performance into seven major sections and further deconstructs. New dvd now available the welltuned piano in the magenta lights. Gramavision 1887011 recorded at 6 harrison street dream house concert of. The welltuned piano unfurls in graceful slow motion. He was influenced by john cage, but went on to create his own highly influential oeuvre. The welltuned piano is 5 hourlong discs of fairly slow, rather discordant piano playing.