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Morton Feldman: The Ecstasy of the Moment Reviews
Morton Feldman: The Ecstasy of the Moment Reviews
| 4 of 4 people found the following review helpful  An excellent cross-section of Feldman's writing career., By Sparky P. "jsparkyp" (composer, all around nice guy, yada yada yada) - See all my reviews This review is from: Morton Feldman: The Ecstasy of the Moment (Audio CD) On three discs, Fulkerson and co. manage to touch upon a portion of the three periods of Feldman's writing career. What is espacially significant are the numerous first recordings of both individual pieces (Instruments III, Voice and instruments II) and sets of like-titled pieces (the five-part Projection series from the '50's and the equally-parted Vertical Thoughts cycle from the '60's, as well as another cycle of Durations 1-5). As John Cage spoke of his friend in his book "Silence": Feldman's music does not evolve but continue. That phrase could not be more apropo here. Our journey starts with the monophonic setting of 1947's "Only" (to me the only (no pun intended) weak performance on this disc; the Joan LaBarbara version is superior), continues with the graph pieces of Projections 1-5 and Intersections 2-4 (where numbers are placed onto graph paper to indicate pitch events), moves into the free duration pieces (where pitches are defined but their durations... Read more 3 of 3 people found the following review helpful essential, By A Customer This review is from: Morton Feldman: The Ecstasy of the Moment (Audio CD) I have many recordings of MF's compositions and this is one that is listened to a lot. (Second only to the California Ear Unit's For Philip Guston.) That is to say, the compositions and performances are first rate.This is very transparent and intimate music. Feldman is one of the important composers of the 20th century and it is worth whatever effort it may take to get to his music 1 of 1 people found the following review helpful essential, By A Customer This review is from: Morton Feldman: The Ecstasy of the Moment (Audio CD) I have many recordings of MF's compositions and this is one that is listened to a lot. (Second only to the California Ear Unit's For Philip Guston.) That is to say, the compositions and performances are first rate.This is very transparent and intimate music. Feldman is one of the important composers of the 20th century and it is worth whatever effort it may take to get to his music |
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