Stockhausen: Samstag aus Licht: Akt 4 - Luzifers-Abschied (Part 1 and 2)

[HenriNioto]

I find contemporary music a little problematic. On the one hand, you have pop artists, that produce more and more crap, and on the other hand, you have contemporary classical musicians that seems a little mad and create works that you're desperate to understand, in vain.

[4stringoFury]

He really captures the evil of Lucifer in this peice. the snake hisses, the groans, the Gregorian like chants

[4stringoFury]

He really captures the evil of Lucifer in this peice

[fabekuso]

Stockhausen was influenced in this composition by "The Urantia Book" - an amazing book that changed my life- check it out.

[mpopean]

Thank you so much for this! What is the source of these recordings?

[ext409]

hell yeah!

[LuliAngel]

this sound it is really "ambient"...I think it's a good piece, it is relaxing. this is my personal opinion.

[Loismustdie26]

@LuliAngel It can be calming if you sort of listen to it in the background, but if you really focus all of your thoughts on this I think its really quite disturbing. It is an opera about the devil.

[LuliAngel]

@Loismustdie26 lol...I should try :)

[LuliAngel]

@Loismustdie26 ok...now I agree

[liszt100]

a masterpiece indeed.

[jeanhaliburtonwills]

dunno...I'm in my right mind as far as i know and like this noise a fair bit....perhaps I'm such a pretentious fake I've fooled even myself....or maybe this piece skillfully creates a certain ambiance that anyone who opens their ears just a shade can find mysterious but satisfying....I lean to the latter explanation....

[mpopean]

@jeanhaliburtonwills I fully endorse it.

[DCioccoloni]

in what way do think they are more famous than stockhausen? there have been more concerts of stokhausen's music, and more records of his music have been sold, who will be remembered in 200 years? i remember someone i knew saying pretty much what you're saying now but about 5ive being more famous than ligeti, well where are they now? nowhere, but ligeti's music is still going strong

[shamikami]

Woah, Harsh! too bad so much of youtube is used up with people bickering senselessly and trying to prove their point to obvious idiots instead of actually exchanging worthwhile ideas. As for me I am extremely intrigued and even fascinated with Stockhausen. I studied music composition at CAl Arts and ever since have been largely into many modern composers and their ideas/philosophies. I`d love to hear back from anyone sharing similar interests and am glad you blocked that disrespectful lady.

[PiaNonuTT]

Many thanks for this!

[Manwithcam]

The music you hear on the radio, despite advances in recording technology, isn't that fundamentally different from primitive repetitive beats with influence from classical and world music thrown in. In fact, almost NO advances have been made in popular music since the Beatles. Okay, you have acidhouse and rap, those are quite unique, but pop and alternative is so cliched. Stockhausen's work is a step beyond - music which is HUMAN, not simian.

[sixstringking6]

At least stockhausen, ligeti, xenakis, berio, stravinksy, messien, schnittkey, ect, were actually doing something inventive. Call it bad music, good music, amazing music, or complete garbage, they weren't following a trend like your Tokio Hotel, Hawthorne heights were they follow trends.

[SyncChrome]

@sixstringking6 I'm sorry man but I don't think Ligeti's music is that inventive, don't get me wrong I luuurve Ligeti but it's just that he was kinda following Bartok who for me is way more inventive. Ligeti is just an extension of Bartok IMHO. Besides, most of the people you call are really not that inventive, they just follow a trend like Tokyo Hotel or wtf it's called, atonality was a trend as well, you know. For me people like Georgs Pelecis and Mike Oldfield are the real original artists.

[puretonereviews]

It blew me away too. Thanks for posting it. I embedded it to my blog.

[MrRaph87]

"you can't reason with stupidity, I guess." hélas ...

c'est malheureusement vrai ... et nous avons affaire à la bêtise la plus authentique. je comprends votre colère, mais on ne peut pas discuter avec ce type de personne. juste un mot pour dire que ... je compatis !! d'autres sauront trouver la réelle valeur de cette musique.

[FireLionLady]

Okay, you asked for it:

THIS IS UGLY MUSIC!

[Manwithcam]

You should really find a way to start using more than ten percent of your brain. It'd really make life alot better, I guarantee it.

[MrRaph87]

c'est vrai qu'on peut ne pas comprendre ... et pourtant, c'est une oeuvre absolument sublime. on peut écouter ce "bruit", comme vous dites - je respecte votre positionnement - et y trouver une marque confondante de génie. ni plus ni moins.

[rhizom123]

yes , perfectly right.....

headphones on...and an incredible journey can begin.....

many thank for posting this

[annedegro]

Thanks! I was also immediately taken away with this work. I'm not sure if the apocalyptic images fit to this text by St. Franciscus, but they certainly fit to Luzifer

[terrestial63]

Thank you!!! fav.

[NewMusicXX]

Very Nice!!!

[DasAmericanAtheist]

This is amazing.

Stockhausen is my thesis subject.