Texture
Tom Service considers the texture of music. Is it rough or smooth, dense or transparent? He consults composer Anna Meredith and arranger Iain Farrington.
Tom Service considers the texture of music. We often talk about the pitches and the rhythms in a piece of music, but how does it strike the ear? Is it rough or smooth, dense or transparent? And how are such textures achieved? He talks to composer Anna Meredith about how she creates excitement through combining different layers of orchestral sound; and to arranger Iain Farrington about how to preserve the textures of a Mahler symphony when it's arranged for only a dozen musicians.
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Aaron Copland
Grohg - ballet
Conductor: Leonard Slatkin. Orchestra: Detroit Symphony Orchestra.- Naxos.
- 8.559862.
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Iannis Xenakis
Pithoprakta for orchestra
Conductor: Maurice Le Roux. Performer: French Radio Orchestra.- Chant du Monde.
- LDC278368.
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Iannis Xenakis
Hibiki-hana-ma for 12-track tape
Performer: Ensemble Xenakis.- Ellipsis Arts.
- OHM.
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Maurice Ravel
Pavane pour une infante defunte, arr. for orchestra [orig. piano]
Conductor: Claudio Abbado. Performer: London Symphony Orchestra.- DG.
- 415 9722.
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Richard Strauss
Ein Heldenleben Op.40
Conductor: Andrew Davis. Performer: Melbourne S O.- ABC CLASSICS.
- 4812425.
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Claude Debussy
Suite bergamasque for piano
Performer: Angela Hewitt.- Hyperion.
- CDA67898.
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Carpenters
Goodbye To Love
- A&M.
- SAMP-1989.
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Maurice Ravel
Ma mere l'oye - ballet
Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle. Performer: Berliner Philharmoniker.- EMI CLASSICS.
- 5574242.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Sonata no. 29 in B flat major Op.106 (Hammerklavier) for piano
Performer: Maurizio Pollini.- DG.
- 499740-2.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony no. 29 in A major K.201
Conductor: Charles Mackerras. Performer: Scottish Chamber Orchestra.- LINN.
- CKD350.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Die Kunst der Fuge BWV.1080
Performer: Davitt Moroney.- hm.
- HMC90116970.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Die Kunst der Fuge BWV.1080
Performer: Robert Hollingworth. Performer: I Fagiolini.- cor.
- COR 16171.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Die Kunst der Fuge BWV.1080
Performer: Emerson String Quartet.- DG.
- 4744952.
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William Barton
Didjeridu solo no 1
Performer: William Barton.- abc.
- 4764834.
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Trad.
KANJINCHO
Performer: Ensemble Nipponia.- Nonesuch.
- 7559720842.
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Trad.
SHIRABE-SAGARIHA
Performer: Ensemble Nipponia.- Nonesuch.
- 7559720842.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony no. 29 in A major K.201
Conductor: Charles Mackerras. Performer: Scottish Chamber Orchestra.- LINN.
- CKD350.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony no. 29 in A major K.201
Conductor: Charles Mackerras. Performer: Scottish Chamber Orchestra.- LINN.
- CKD350.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto in F minor RV.297, Op.8`4 (L'Inverno) for violin and orchestra
Performer: Rinaldo Alessandrini. Performer: Concerto Italiano.- naive.
- OP30363.
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Henry Purcell
King Arthur, or The British worthy Z.628
Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Performer: English Baroque Soloists.- Erato.
- 2292452112.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Quartet in E flat major Op.74 (Harp) for strings
Performer: Hungarian Quartet.- EMI.
- EMI Classics 387774-2.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Cosi fan tutte, ossia La scuola degli amanti - opera buffa in 2 acts K.588
Conductor: Charles Mackerras. Performer: Bryn Terfel. Performer: Christine Rice. Performer: Miah Persson. Performer: Scottish Chamber Orchestra.- DG.
- 4775886.
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Gustav Mahler
Symphony no. 1 in D major vers. standard, in 4 mvts.
Performer: Aurora Orchestra. -
Claude Debussy
Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune
Performer: Aurora Orchestra. -
Arnold Schoenberg
5 Orchestral pieces Op.16
Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle. Performer: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.- EMI.
- CDC7498572.
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Gyorgy Ligeti
Lontano for orchestra
Conductor: Jonathan Nott. Performer: Berliner Philharmoniker.- Teldec.
- 8573882612.
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Anna Meredith
Moonmoons
Performer: Anna Meredith. Performer: Anna Meredith. Performer: Anna Meredith. Performer: Anna Meredith.- Moshi Moshi.
- MOSHICD95.
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Frank Sinatra
Deep In A Dream
- CAPITOL.
- 7-46571 2.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Suite no. 2 in D minor BWV.1008 for cello solo
Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma.- Sony Classical.
- 19075854652.
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