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Their music exemplifies how the avant-garde need not be aloofly off-putting (though I like plenty of that ilk as well) but can be playful, inviting, dare I say whimsical (since whimsy appears to be a main preoccupation of the PI community)
See also: "Dishwasher" by Amy Denio for another example of this
Avant-garde but blissful is what I often aim for when composing pieces myself
Mar 19, 2025
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Debussy transcends his Impressionist roots for a new century. Bolder and more striking melodies and themes for a new world, marching into the future.
Also, can we bring back Gilded Age fashion? This girl's outfit is adorable as hell.
Jan 24, 2024
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I have been in a such a dry spell with new music lately so I've returned to my old classical music playlists:
ravel:
Jeux D'Eau
Gaspard de la nuit (Ondine specifically)
Piano Trio in A Minor (mvt 1)
Daphnis Et Chloe: Lever Du Jour
String Quartet in F major
barber:
Cello Concerto op.22 mvt 1
debussy:
string quartet in g major
la plus que lente
violin sonata in g minor mvt 2
poulenc:
Sonata for cello and piano--mvt 2 and 3
May 2, 2024
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I got Apple Music classical recently. absolutely love it. If you’re reading this and haven’t taken the classical-pill yet, you have to give it a try. It has all the calming space out lock in effects of ambient music— but if you care to really tune into the music itself it’s astonishing how beautiful it can be. Growing up, I thought it was music for the diaperproles— babies & senior citizens. I was so wrong. Such grace, such clarity, such overwhelming force, such tenderness, such vehement, electrifying ENERGY all expressed completely wordlessly. By a means that surpasses words. Wordcelsisters, we never stood a chance…
I’ve been on a huge Russians kick currently. Prokofiev, Rachmoninov, Stravinsky, Scriabin, Tvhaikovsky. Some pieces that I’ve really been enjoying recently, in no particular order:
Schumann’s piano concerto in A minor performed by Marta Argerich.
Rossini’s overture from la gazza ladra
Prokofiev‘s dance of the knights from Romeo & Juliet
Stravinsky’s rite of spring
Vladikir Ashkenazy’s rendition of Chopin’s 15th nocturne
I’m also convinced that “Smile Sessions” is the best pop album ever made. If anyone can provide any evidence to the contrary I’d be delighted. But in the meantime, I’ll continue listening to ”The Teenage Symphony to God” front to back ad infinitum
Apr 27, 2024
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They're like the Goldilocks zone between a total lack of stimulus and the overload of modernity; and quite moving seeing the slight signs of decay in these monuments of antisepticness
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