This is so exciting, especially because it sounds like we have really similar taste in music, and all of my friends around here are either listening to the same stuff as me already or sick of me giving them CDs. So, based on this, here are a couple more things I bet you'd like:
1) If you don't know it already, the Harry Smith Anthology of American Folk Music is a really great collection of old folk and gospel and blues with some really stellar performances on it.
2) It's so cool that you like Perotin! Do you have the Hilliard Ensemble's Perotin recording that's just called PEROTIN and has the super-minimal cover? If not, it rules, and it's worth getting your hands on. The Hillard Ensemble, in general, is great; they have this really clean, open aesthetic that I really like--in particular, they have a Dowland song recording that is all the religious melancholia you could possibly want.
3) Arvo Part. Do you know him already? He's an Estonian minimalist composer; based on what you said you liked, he is going to knock your socks off. Look at "Tabula Rasa" first, I would think. Seriously, maybe put him first on the list if you don't know him. I bet you will loooooove him.
4) This is just a hunch, but you might really like the consort sets for viols by William Lawes--he's a 17th century composer who wrote some very fucking intense music for strings, and those gamba consort sets, especially the 5th and 6th, will blow your mind.
Oh, I have only this very lame dilettante's knowledge of klezmer, so I have no real recommendations, but I really like Davka too! And you should definitely check out that Uri Caine I mentioned above.
hey - i have the anthology of folk music courtesy my dad, who's a musician and has lots of great music. the perotin thing i have is that hilliard ensemble album and i like it a lot. and i do love arvo part (and yeah he's totally up my alley); he's a bit over the top at times but i like that - i vastly prefer a bit of melodrama to aloofness and detachment. any more? seriously, i want to milk you for all your knowledge here.
i got your paper; haven't read it yet but i will soon. all the stuff you're recommending sounds so great...
1) If you don't know it already, the Harry Smith Anthology of American Folk Music is a really great collection of old folk and gospel and blues with some really stellar performances on it.
2) It's so cool that you like Perotin! Do you have the Hilliard Ensemble's Perotin recording that's just called PEROTIN and has the super-minimal cover? If not, it rules, and it's worth getting your hands on. The Hillard Ensemble, in general, is great; they have this really clean, open aesthetic that I really like--in particular, they have a Dowland song recording that is all the religious melancholia you could possibly want.
3) Arvo Part. Do you know him already? He's an Estonian minimalist composer; based on what you said you liked, he is going to knock your socks off. Look at "Tabula Rasa" first, I would think. Seriously, maybe put him first on the list if you don't know him. I bet you will loooooove him.
4) This is just a hunch, but you might really like the consort sets for viols by William Lawes--he's a 17th century composer who wrote some very fucking intense music for strings, and those gamba consort sets, especially the 5th and 6th, will blow your mind.
Oh, I have only this very lame dilettante's knowledge of klezmer, so I have no real recommendations, but I really like Davka too! And you should definitely check out that Uri Caine I mentioned above.
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i got your paper; haven't read it yet but i will soon. all the stuff you're recommending sounds so great...
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