Morton Feldman - Last Pieces

Listen to Last Pieces, slow. soft (3:54)

"My past experience was not to 'meddle' with the material, but use my concentration as a guide to what might transpire. I mentionned this to Stockhausen once when he had asked me what my secret was. 'I don't push the sounds around.' Stockhausen mulled this over, and asked: 'Not even a little bit ?'"
Morton Feldman

Morton Feldman's own words are as valuable for the composer as they are for the performer. His music slowly draws you towards silence by a process of atomization or repetition -- as do some of Beethoven's or Schubert's late compositions. You realize therefore how useless it is to try to act, to push his music against its own will. You will experience something about interpretation: question the music and then use your concentration. Playing or listening to Morton Feldman leads you to very unique moments, like those you feel when you look at a starry Summer sky, unable to measure its dimensions because this is beyond your understanding. A sense of infinity within a finite space.
Stephane Ginsburgh

Ginsburgh is happy to take everything at his own pace, his healthy touch and dynamic making a refreshing alternative to the rather genteel performance tradition that has grown up around this body of work… In this recording, Ginsburgh brings a different sort of physicality to the music, toughly tender as he is here.
About Morton Feldman’s Last Pieces
Tom Perchard
The Wire

Truly beautiful playing by pianist Stephane Ginsburgh on this new CD of the late great minimalist composer Morton Feldman. Solo piano pieces with incredible space and resonance. Find a space in your overly hectic and frenectic life for the works of Morton Feldman and be richly rewarded. This is an excellent starting point.
About Morton Feldman’s Last Pieces
www.boomkat.com

Malgré la distance notable de cet enregistrement avec la musique électronique, il doit être apprécié. Morton Feldman, l'un des pianistes et compositeurs les plus importants du 20ème siècle y est interprété par Stephane Ginsburgh. On y trouve la sonorité du piano et des silences entre les sons isolés. Ce n'est pas le pianiste qui occupe l'avant plan mais l'atmosphère distillée par les pièces. Ici se rencontrent des sons enchaînés auxquels beaucoup d'espace est donné pour respirer, rien d'agité mais la profondeur dont on fait l'expérience sur plusieurs plages. Des sons pour rêver, penser, pleurer, rire (le pathos est ici bienvenu). Pensez aussi aux Gymnopédies d'Erik Satie et réduisez-en la vitesse de moitié, alors peut-être pourrez-vous comprendre, voire écouter.
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		MORTON FELDMAN Last Pieces for piano Unclassical Sub Rosa SR189

			jjj Palais de Mari (1986) commissioned by Bunita Marcus Intermission 6 for two pianos (1953) Last Pieces (1959) - slow. soft. - fast. soft. - very slow. soft. - very fast. soft as possible. performed by Stephane Ginsburgh on a Bösendorfer 225 Recorded in one take by Daniel Leon at Igloo Studio, Brussels on the 4th of July 2001
	1 Listen to Last Pieces, slow. soft (3:54) Acheter sur Amazon.fr Acheter sur Fnac.com Browse and buy this record at Forced Exposure (US) Louer à la Médiathèque Sub Rosa label "My past experience was not to 'meddle' with the material, but use my concentration as a guide to what might transpire. I mentionned this to Stockhausen once when he had asked me what my secret was. 'I don't push the sounds around.' Stockhausen mulled this over, and asked: 'Not even a little bit ?'" Morton Feldman Morton Feldman's own words are as valuable for the composer as they are for the performer. His music slowly draws you towards silence by a process of atomization or repetition -- as do some of Beethoven's or Schubert's late compositions. You realize therefore how useless it is to try to act, to push his music against its own will. You will experience something about interpretation: question the music and then use your concentration. Playing or listening to Morton Feldman leads you to very unique moments, like those you feel when you look at a starry Summer sky, unable to measure its dimensions because this is beyond your understanding. A sense of infinity within a finite space. Stephane Ginsburgh Reviews Ginsburgh is happy to take everything at his own pace, his healthy touch and dynamic making a refreshing alternative to the rather genteel performance tradition that has grown up around this body of work… In this recording, Ginsburgh brings a different sort of physicality to the music, toughly tender as he is here. About Morton Feldman’s Last Pieces Tom Perchard The Wire Truly beautiful playing by pianist Stephane Ginsburgh on this new CD of the late great minimalist composer Morton Feldman. Solo piano pieces with incredible space and resonance. Find a space in your overly hectic and frenectic life for the works of Morton Feldman and be richly rewarded. This is an excellent starting point. About Morton Feldman’s Last Pieces www.boomkat.com Malgré la distance notable de cet enregistrement avec la musique électronique, il doit être apprécié. Morton Feldman, l'un des pianistes et compositeurs les plus importants du 20ème siècle y est interprété par Stephane Ginsburgh. On y trouve la sonorité du piano et des silences entre les sons isolés. Ce n'est pas le pianiste qui occupe l'avant plan mais l'atmosphère distillée par les pièces. Ici se rencontrent des sons enchaînés auxquels beaucoup d'espace est donné pour respirer, rien d'agité mais la profondeur dont on fait l'expérience sur plusieurs plages. Des sons pour rêver, penser, pleurer, rire (le pathos est ici bienvenu). Pensez aussi aux Gymnopédies d'Erik Satie et réduisez-en la vitesse de moitié, alors peut-être pourrez-vous comprendre, voire écouter. www.de-bug.de Links of interest Chris Villars' exhaustive site on Morton Feldman Thomas Moore's conversation with Morton Feldman Morton Feldman Collections in the Music Library, University at Buffalo The Treatment of Random Pitches in Frank Zappa’s 'Approximate' in relation with Duchamp en Feldman
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