re: #302 freetoken

I had a few tabs open of Scriabin music this past week, in an attempt to find something “digestible” from him.

For me, the problem with so many of these transitionary composers (the change over from the Romanticists to the 20th century “modernists”) is that I don’t listen to many solo piano (or other instrument) pieces, and so many of them composed a good share of their work to explore with a single instrument (usually a piano.) Plus, I find the transition to atonal or experimental tonalities a bit off putting. These days I’m mostly a listener of the go-big-or-go-home school (e.g., Wagner, or choral music) or more recent ensemble stuff.

At least, when I’m not listening to classic Japanese pop…

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interesting to hear your point of view - actually for me my favorite part of the 19th cen repertoire is the piano literature, so we have a real disconnect there. for large orchestral pieces, though, i do like wagner, as well as strauss and brahms, so i liked the wagner you posted the other day

i tend to specialize in the early music quite a bit, although on the other hand sometimes i like to find new music which is not atonal - like reich’s music for 18 musicians

when i’m not listening to pre WWII jazz…

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