In Reply to: Re: Contemporary Classical compositions posted by remiller on February 19, 2007 at 09:31:31:
If this is the direction that's interesting, others in this lineage could include the likes of Holliger (has some amazing pieces), Lachenmann, Eotvos, Birtwistle, even Ferneyhough, culminating in Ligeti, Kurtag, and the totally uncategorizable Sciarrino. For me it's the latter three that, in different ways, carry the banner of great music in our time.But what's contemporary? Among the mothers of these inventors are Nono and Berio (in some ways also Boulez and Stockhausen). Why not start with them? And where do we place Messiaen?
There's a whole bunch of ex-Soviets, lead by Schnittke of course, but they're really something else (quite romantic and not purposefully worried about advancements in compositional technique and musical language).
TL
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