For me it's Yanni Night at the Acropolis. I'm always late to the game. I didn't discover Yanni until his special was broadcast on PBS. I really got into this album. I think I must've played it daily for about a year!
Sean, glad to see someone else likes the Isham/Lande WE BEGIN. Very introspect stuff I put on in my car when I'm doing a long trip in snowy weather, don't ask me why. It reaches a part of my soul I can't put into words. ("Melancholy wistfulness" is all I can come up with.)
Sean, glad to see someone else likes the Isham/Lande WE BEGIN. Very introspect stuff I put on in my car when I'm doing a long trip in snowy weather, don't ask me why. It reaches a part of my soul I can't put into words. ("Melancholy wistfulness" is all I can come up with.)
Yes, it's one of my favorite albums from the 1980s, and kind of one-of-a-kind. Here are a couple of tracks, The first one really screams 1980s, especially at first. But then becomes quite surprisingly different at 1:20.
Mark Isham & Art Lande - The Melancholy of Departure
I know I'm being tiresome, but this thread clicked some switch in my head and makes me want to shout out about some of my favorite music - so here's some more that I've listened to endlessly.
Classical and avant garde (focusing on works not albums, though some were favorite album combinations)
Bach: Goldberg Variations, A Musical Offering
Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante for Violin and Viola
Schumann: Faschingsschwank aus Wien, Carnaval, Humoreske (all piano solo works), Piano Quartet & Quintet, Piano Concerto, and Symphony 3 "Rhenish"
Brahms: Doube Concerto for Violin and Cello
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
Saint-Saens: Organ Symphony (3rd)
Bartok - Piano Concerto 2; Sonata & Concerto for 2 Pianos and Percussion (two versions); Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Sonata, Out of Doors (last two for piano)
Prokofiev: Piano Concertos 3 & 5, Violin Concerto 2, Symphony 5, Romeo and Juliet, Sixth and Seventh Piano Sonatas
Ravel: Tombeau de Couperin (both the piano and orchestral versions)
Frank Martin: Petite Symphonie Concertante, Piano Concertos 1 & 2, and Harpsichord Concerto
Messiaen: Turangalîla-Symphonie, Visions de L'Amen
Boulez: Eclat/Multiples
Charles Wuorinen: Piano Concerto #3
Elliott Carter: Piano Sonata & Night Fantasies
Morton Subotnick: Axoltol/The Wild Beast, The Wild Bull
For crying out loud - even I think this is enough for now. (Two things I think one can fairly conclude from my posts so far - I've been around for a while, and I've spent a lot of time in the past 50+ years listening to music.)
Since this thread is apparently all about me , let me just say that I'm actually not usually fond of making lists. Something about this really struck me - probably because I love to talk about music I love, and I love hearing/reading others talking about music they love.
I hope that something I mention inspires someone else to seek it out (though I don't know how one does that with such massive lists). And more, I hope more people give us some (or heck, just one!) of their favorites.
I think solium is on the right track suggesting some instrumental music that might fit in with the same kinds of feelings that soundtracks convey. The Cirque de soleil albums are a good example. So here's my favorite from Karl Jenkin's Adiemus sets - Col 4, The Eternal Knot.
Adiemus 4 - Cu Chullain
The Eternal Knot
Oh, I've just remembered - this music was used to score The Celts documentary series, but the album plays like full-length numbers not a score so I think it can count!
It doesn't bother me at all that yours are lists, Sean. I was just joking in general. Mine was a list too. I see no reason to limit choices severely if you don't have to. Variety is the spice of life....
