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Do you have an accessible example for two different recordings of a composition that each shine in their own light?
by vestrigi 4y ago
Do you have an accessible example for two different recordings of a composition that each shine in their own light?
- browningstreet 4y agoA million examples, but I'll offer just one: Moonlight Sonata 1st Movement. Slow: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbTVZMJ9Z2I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbTVZMJ9Z2I Faster: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrqBw4eELOM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrqBw4eELOM Same could be said for compositions recorded on different instruments. Moonlight Sonata doesn't have to be played on piano. There are lots of recordings of it on other instruments.
- l5870uoo9y 4y agoThat is a good example. You could also go even wilder and compare classical Bach interpretations with jazzy Bach interpretations.
- badwolf 4y agoThere are truly so many variables, How many of each instrument in an orchestra, the orchestra's layout, the conductor, the recording, the acoustics of the physical location, etc... Take for example, Stokowski doing Clair de Lune https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMvIy1HO3UY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMvIy1HO3UY vs Stanley Black: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zxpbwedpo4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zxpbwedpo4 Then again, you can even take a different recording of Stokowski doing Clair de Lune, and get a different experience still - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VMjfPPMKK0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VMjfPPMKK0
- l5870uoo9y 4y agoGoldberg variations comes to mind. If you search for it on your music service you will without a doubt be presented with Glenn Gould famous interpretation from 1955 where he eccentrically hums you through. You can then listen other renditions and you will notice they are quite different (foreinstance Fazil Say or Lang Lang)
- davepeck 4y agoI happened to be listening to Fazil Say's variations when I read your comment. I can't recommend them highly enough; they're a delight.
- ben7799 4y agoAnother example is orchestras that record historical pieces with period correct instruments that are intonated/tuned/tempered in a period correct way as those changed over the years. Look up Well Temperament versus Equal Temperament, etc.. These kinds of changes can make things sound quite different than a modern interpretation on modern instruments setup in a modern way.
- WillAdams 4y agoThe appropriately-named "The Academy of Ancient Music" is a very approachable way to access such music recordings.
- bjornlouser 4y agoThe main difference (to my untrained ear) is usually interpretation of tempo Take Rachmaninoff's Cello Sonata Op. 19, 2nd movement https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZT9qe_euX8g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZT9qe_euX8g (Sheku & Isata) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fZwD-Jq554 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fZwD-Jq554 (Ax & Yo Yo Ma)
- gevz 4y agoThis video compilation is the great example how a simple 11 beats from the “rite of spring” can be interpreted. >103 different versions of the same 11 notes for a total of 1,133 beats https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=z-NqGMS8p-c https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=z-NqGMS8p-c
- mwest217 4y agoMy favorite example of this is the Glenn Gould recordings of Bach's Goldberg Variations. He has 2 famous recordings - one recorded in 1955, another in 1981. They are very different in tone.
- mustacheemperor 4y agoI'm looking forward to this app in part because I think I can finally let go of keeping the Plex Player app on my phone almost exclusively for listening to the Glenn Gould SACD collection I ripped like a decade ago. Great recommendation, and I'm genuinely happy at the thought that this release could expose a lot more people to his work.
- poulsbohemian 4y agoAnd then try Schiff or Dinnerstein to hear the same music in yet another way…