Morton Feldman: Piano and String Quartet (1985)

The opening pages of Feldman's late piano quintet, which lasts about 75 minutes total. Ives Ensemble performs.

Art by Philip Guston.

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• feldman
• minimalist
• john
• cage
• new
• york
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• string
• quartet
• piano
• avantgarde
• 20th-century

[avb20540]

Nice! I'm currently studying contemporary music. This is very interesting. Feldman also had an interest in Persian rugs. Perhaps the complexity of the interwoven patterns in the rugs can be made parallel to the delicate, yet heavily expressive texture of this piece. Nice recording!

[minirausch]

there's other pieces that have a more direct connection to his interest in 'teppich' but all of his late works are connected to the ideas he derived from his study and collection -- not just the patterns but, more specifically, the way in handmade rugs and hand-dyed thread that the patterns are not quite symmetrical. this 'crippled symmetry' has its own expressive power.

[MrRaph87]

j'aime beaucoup cette partition de Feldman ... la dernière partie surtout !! (avec cet "arpège" de 6 notes répété sur l'ensemble du registre, au piano ...).

seriez-vous interessé de diffuser les 75 minutes de l'oeuvre, intégralement ? je crois que l'oeuvre mérite qu'on s'y attarde un peu ...

merci d'avance !!

[minirausch]

on va voir.. =) j'ai pas beaucoup de temps cet été. bien sur, on doit écouter toute la pièce...

[cristlang]

1) I´d like to correct the title: (GELL MINIRAUSCH): FELDMAN CALLED IT PIANO, VIOLIN, VIOLA, CELLO!!! (There aren´t 2 violins just one so it´s not a string quartet). It´s Feldman´s last work, written in 1987.

2) The piece is excellent, I even prefer it to Palais de Mari or Triadic memories, I had a recording of the piece where the piano arpeggio at the beginning and throughout the piece is played more slowly what I prefer, but this recording´s great, too.

[minirausch]

as for this piece itself, it's one of his most austere pieces, and that has its own appeal; i prefer the slightly more differentiated scores, though. "patterns in a chromatic field" is my favorite late work by a long shot, but i love it all. feldman's music is very dear to me....

[syr1811]

This is beautiful, haunting. Very spare, but with enough flesh for expression. This is my first taste of Feldman, and I like it very much. I'm enjoying my musical journey very much here. Thanks for sharing this, minirausch, I love many of these modern classical composers even though I don't have much knowledge of them, I know what I like. lol

[AyumuVanguard]

@bbnut Your opinion can't hurt us. It can only hurt you. I'd rather listen to an hour and a half of this than an hour and a half of *insert random corporate pop artist*.

[AAAbstractJack]

@AmandiMasen

I do understand...

don't think...

listen only

and then you'll

understand.

[AAAbstractJack]

@Lisette224

So true.

[AAAbstractJack]

@TheFate23 Spectral Music?

You are on the correct path - there's much more out there.

Feldman's music is, most of the time, brilliant.

[AAAbstractJack]

This piece is clearly a glimpse of genius.

[afkhajiit]

@avb20540 GJ()_UOW#

[AmandiMasen]

i like it..but..i dont understand. :( i want to understand..:(

[avb20540]

@eldonthedevil Haha!! You're response here to my comment is pretty funny. Not gonna lie. Helped me get into a better mood because I have a midterm for school tomorrow.

[TheFate23]

i love Feldman style, this spectral music. *_*