Sylvano Bussotti- Pour Clavier (1/3)

Bussotti's magnum opus for the piano, Pour Clavier is an expansive piece that rivals the sonatas by Boulez and Barraque in terms of sheer greatness. It's an absolute monolith of the modern piano repertoire, but has been out of print off a very limited run for some time now. Only happy to upload this, which I consider one of the ten greatest and most important pieces in modern piano repertoire. Performed by Martine Joste.

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Music

Tags:

• Bussotti
• Joste
• Pour
• Clavier
• Serialist

[giantustedes]

In my opinion, the less distinction a piano piece has from, say, a piano left out in the middle of a hailstorm, the less reason it has to exist.

[John11inch]

@giantustedes

In my opinion, the more incapable a listener is from differentiating a piece of music from a piano in a hailstorm, the less that person is worth. Period.

[roethkeroethke]

Disappointing. Frankly it's a sloppy performance of an overrated piece. Sifronsky plays it far better. Joste is way out of his depth here. Upon first hearing I discovered very little gradiation of tone between the rapid diminuendi of bars 19-23, not to mention an over-zealous response to the squiggle at 42. It's all very well for Mr 11 inches to upload these pieces, but to do so without any appreciation of the finer points of performance reveals his nasty 'any go will do' attitude such music.

[John11inch]

Who is "Sifronsky"? A google search of "Sifronsky piano" has 0 results. Also, Joste, that is Martine Joste, is a woman, not a man. The piece is not counted in "bars", as bars typically extend for pages and pages. A necessitation of gradiation of "tone" due to "diminuendo" makes no sense; do you know what the terms mean? Not that you're not just an uneducated retard, but this piece doesn't have "squiggles" in the first place, much less at a non-existent "bar 42".

[AntiProUltra]

@John11inch i believe you may have just been trolled

[John11inch]

@AntiProUltra

I'm obviously aware of how stupid everything that this person said was. However, I felt it was important to make sure that everybody else knew, as well. There are a lot of stupid people on the internet. Like people who make really obvious comments.

[Beaudereck]

This is not even a matter of pretty or ugly. We're talking about music here, and thus a way to express what you consider an approach. Way more an approach than "ugly" or "pretty". Why not "small", or "big" ? or "blue" or "yellow.

Probably because during all your life some have taught you to measure art with a somewhat absurd concept of "pretty" and "ugly"

This is quite sad if you ask, because never with only those two criterias would you be able to appreciate something you're not already used to

[Teuora]

LOL

sheet is more interesting than music

i'm going to create music without music (wwha i'm a genious)

[SicklickalProduKts]

I don't understand it, what is the point? i'm not an intellectual.

[hookedonafeeling100]

Looks like the blackboard used to look in those philosophy classes I used to fail. But the difference here is, this feels alleviating to tought and not encroaching! Why not appreciate the extra puzzle piece to the human wierdness, eh? This made me want to put on some Ahmad Jamal to square it up. Don't hate me for it Turtle-necks!

[MartyFriedmanRulez66]

There is no good or bad music there is only I like this or I don't like this, I happen to like this very much

[eetherealflux]

yeah is that sheet real?

[1919viola]

So is this the actual score? If so, how is it read? I've always found graphic scores fascinating, but there never seems to be any explanation for them that isn't in some foreign language. :)

[CardsAsWeapons]

This is nothing but squiggly lines, it's not pretty, and it sound as if someone put a piano out in the middle of the street and decided to throw rocks at it. This isn't full of emotion which is the definition of music. A two year old could have written this random song.

:P I think that covers most people stupidity when listening to music that doesn't adhere to the five principles of tonality (as according to GoM)

[CardsAsWeapons]

@John11inch

That's actually a fallacious comparison: happy is an emotion, pretty is not. Learn to use analogies!

[CardsAsWeapons]

@John11inch

Sofronitsky is indeed an excellent pianist, but please spell names somewhat correctly.