In Reply to: John Marks recommends seven post-1950 compositions on Stereophile's "Audiostream" satellite site posted by John Marks on July 8, 2017 at 14:40:24:
Great musical ideas **plus** the ability to work the material to satisfying ends, humor, startlingly imaginative as an orchestrator, in other words, Ligeti possesses that elusive "X" factor.
Now that I've made it all about me, I'm glad to see Hovhaness up there. Part often seems like a Neo-Renaissance kind of guy, to me. I've not thrilled to Adams since his Harmonielehre. I'll check out the Dharma!
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- Fun! But what about (Fill in the blank here)? I'll start: No Ligeti? - jdaniel@jps.net 15:32:03 07/08/17 (3)
- I can name a few from my favorite post 1950 composer and one of my musical heros - Analog Scott 17:41:04 07/08/17 (1)
- Yep. Really glad you hipped me to his writing. nt - Rick W 11:46:16 07/09/17 (0)
- And we should never forget that Ligeti was one of us - an audiophile! [nt] ;-) - Chris from Lafayette 16:55:20 07/08/17 (0)