aworks ordered list :: top five for this week /the walrus in memorium/

Terry Riley via Wikipedia

1. The Walrus in Memorium. Terry Riley - Gloria Cheng
2. String Quartet No. 2 "Company." Philip Glass - Angèle Dubeau: La Pietà
3. North by Northwest. Bernard Herrmann
4. Apparition. George Crumb - Jan DeGaetini / Christine Schäfer
5. La voix du Boulgou - Burkina Electric

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Riley: The Walrus in Memorium transcends its Beatles pop origin. Unfortunately, it is not on lala.

Glass:This just sounds deeper than his other quartets.

Herrmann: Do I like the Hitchcock movie because of the score or do I like the score because of the Hitchcock movie? Regardless, here's a favorite clip from North by Northwest where "Cary Grant discusses love with Eva Marie Saint on the train." The music is not the appeal of this particular scene. Note: this might contain a spoiler.

Crumb: Note to self: spend some more time on this composer.

Burkina Electric: I"m still surprised I like this so much given little else associated with Gyorgy Ligeti's son has appealed to me. Of the five, this is the music I am least sure about.

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prior top fives: monday tuesday wednesday thursday
prior aworks posts: the walrus in memorium north by northwest "company" 

top 5 this week :: 1/29/10

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Comments

[Alex V. Cook]

I love the stuff I'm unsure about the best.