I love Ginastera because he produces music to describe emotions, landscapes and indeed never seems to worry about commercializing his compositions. You have to be open to hear an impressionist composer in order to like most of his works....I totally love it because his works are so soothing and haunting.
This is absolutely like our country....It depicts exactly the sunshine of the long pampean days,the dark abyss of the nights,whne the bad light(luz mala) tilts for to remind there is something more than this inmense solitude.... thanks for to have posted it!
¡BRAVO POR EL MAESTRO GABRIEL CASTAGNA CON LA EXTRAORDINARIA FILARMÓNICA DE BERLÍN, DE ÉSTA PRODUCCIÓN DE UNO DE LOS GRANDES MÚSICOS DEL MUNDO, CON EL IMPRESIONISMO Y LA DESCRIPTIBILIDAD DE NUESTRA MÚSICA ARGENTINA, ADMIRADA EN EL MUNDO!!!...
Si bien leo lo que nos anuncia Wellesz Theatre, no se trata de la Filarmónica de Berlín sino del Berliner Symphoniker. lo que no me molesta del todo ya que los alemanes son muy buenos músicos y que la musica de Ginastera es maravillosa.
First few minutes hit me like something right out of Sibelius. All the nationalist musings about Ginastera are somewhat moot, especially by 1954 where we know he is as familiar with 2nd Viennese School, serialism and the musings of Darmstadt. In terms of an international backdrop, Ginastera is a peer to Carter, Hindemith, Schnittke, et al, he just happens to be a South American and a last name that immediately conjures a Latin spelling. By any measure a true master of modern idiom large and small.
Of course, the main stream of the XXth Century music flows through great composers as Debussy, Stravinski, Scriabin, Bartók, Schoeberg, Berg, Webern, Varese, Messaien, Boulez, Xenakis, Carter and some others, but it is ideed an excellent thing for music and I would add for the sake of humanism that more modest rivgres go on flowing a way of their own Ginastera is one of these splendid rivers.
That is not in the least the mainstream. Those are the divergences from the mainstreams, each ending in a dead end. The mainstream are the conservative composers you never hear about who maintained classical values, who explored modes, and made greater use of the overtone knowledge, adding fifths and fourths to the common vocabulary. They made a lasting, positive contribution.
What kills classical music is when others imitate these extremes, the dead ends of music, rather than work from the core outward, as some of those composers did. Who are you to pick up where Debussy left off? Start where he started and develop in your own way.
I love Ginastera because he produces music to describe emotions, landscapes and indeed never seems to worry about commercializing his compositions. You have to be open to hear an impressionist composer in order to like most of his works....I totally love it because his works are so soothing and haunting.
This is absolutely like our country....It depicts exactly the sunshine of the long pampean days,the dark abyss of the nights,whne the bad light(luz mala) tilts for to remind there is something more than this inmense solitude....
thanks for to have posted it!
@kassandragauthier5199 -- Very well-said, Maestro.....BRAVO from Acapulco!
Beautifully described! You enjoy arranging letters into poetry as well. - muchas gracias from a Violist in Arizona.
In my humble opinion Ginastera is one of the true masters of the 20th century
in my humble opinion you are one of the great fans in the know of modern masterpieces.
so kind of you, but again: that is MY humble opinion:-)
greetings, Peter
i agree with both of you. Ginastera is one of my favorites and not one to be missed. So many good works and so unique.
Yes!
Yet another remarkable discovery. This channel is a haven for those hungry for symphonic works like this. Nothing like it in the mainstream.
I love the second movement
It's pointless to try to get through the entire number 3 without using your hanky.
un genio de la musica del siglo XX !
Bela e grandiosa!
¡BRAVO POR EL MAESTRO GABRIEL CASTAGNA CON LA EXTRAORDINARIA FILARMÓNICA DE BERLÍN, DE ÉSTA PRODUCCIÓN DE UNO DE LOS GRANDES MÚSICOS DEL MUNDO, CON EL IMPRESIONISMO Y LA DESCRIPTIBILIDAD DE NUESTRA MÚSICA ARGENTINA, ADMIRADA EN EL MUNDO!!!...
Si bien leo lo que nos anuncia Wellesz Theatre, no se trata de la Filarmónica de Berlín sino del Berliner Symphoniker. lo que no me molesta del todo ya que los alemanes son muy buenos músicos y que la musica de Ginastera es maravillosa.
I concur.
Got my attention!
Master Ginastera!
First few minutes hit me like something right out of Sibelius. All the nationalist musings about Ginastera are somewhat moot, especially by 1954 where we know he is as familiar with 2nd Viennese School, serialism and the musings of Darmstadt. In terms of an international backdrop, Ginastera is a peer to Carter, Hindemith, Schnittke, et al, he just happens to be a South American and a last name that immediately conjures a Latin spelling. By any measure a true master of modern idiom large and small.
That was very pretty and engaging.
This is also Arizona.
Of course, the main stream of the XXth Century music flows through great composers as Debussy, Stravinski, Scriabin, Bartók, Schoeberg, Berg, Webern, Varese, Messaien, Boulez, Xenakis, Carter and some others, but it is ideed an excellent thing for music and I would add for the sake of humanism that more modest rivgres go on flowing a way of their own Ginastera is one of these splendid rivers.
That is not in the least the mainstream. Those are the divergences from the mainstreams, each ending in a dead end. The mainstream are the conservative composers you never hear about who maintained classical values, who explored modes, and made greater use of the overtone knowledge, adding fifths and fourths to the common vocabulary. They made a lasting, positive contribution.
What kills classical music is when others imitate these extremes, the dead ends of music, rather than work from the core outward, as some of those composers did. Who are you to pick up where Debussy left off? Start where he started and develop in your own way.
Great work. I don't like the later works so much, I have to say.
aw :( i think they all are great but his later works are his best
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By the way, his name, Ginastera, is Italian, and properly pronounced with an Italian G, not a Spanish one or a hard one.
He re-used large parts of the second-movement theme in his harp concerto.