Brevity
Tom Service explores brevity in music in the company of sonic artist JLIAT who has made a piece lasting 1/44100th of a second.
Tom Service ponders brevity in music - how short you can go? From Beethoven bagatelles to Webern's chamber miniatures, short doesn't need to mean lightweight. Short pieces may be intricate as a netsuke or as simple as a sonic doodle. Or suggest a fragment of something larger. Tom talks to sonic artist JLIAT, who has made a piece lasting 1/44100 of a second. But he's thinking of shorter pieces.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Bagatelle, Op 119, No 10 Allegrament
Performer: Stephen Kovacevich.- Bagatelles (6) for piano, Op. 126.
- Philips.
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Carl Stalling
Wind-Up Doll
Performer: Carl Stalling.- The Carl Stalling Project Volume 2 More Music From Warner Bros. Cartoons 1939-19.
- Warner Bros. Records .
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Erik Satie
Le Prisonnier Maussade
Performer: Jean‐Yves Thibaudet.- Satie - The Complete Solo Piano Music.
- Decca.
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Joby Talbot
League of Gentlemen Theme Tune
Performer: Joby Talbot. -
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Allegro in C major, K.1b
Performer: Cyprien Katsaris.- The Mozart Family.
- PIANO21.
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Johannes Haessler
Etude from 360 Etudes
Performer: Johannes Haessler. -
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Robert Schumann
Mit Humor (Davidsbuenldertaenze)
Performer: Maurizio Pollini.- DG.
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John Zorn
Obeah Man
Performer: John Zorn.- Naked City.
- Elektra Nonesuch.
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Anton Webern
3 Little Pieces op 11 No. 2
Performer: Clemens Hagen. Performer: Oleg Maisenberg.- DG.
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Pierre Boulez
Notations - no 2
Performer: Chen Pi-hsien.- CBS.
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Pierre Boulez
Notations - no 10
Performer: Chen Pi-hsien.- CBS.
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Frédéric Chopin
Prelude, No. 11, Op. 28 in B Major
Performer: Maurizio Pollini.- Chopin: Preludes (24), Op. 28.
- DG.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
The Goldberg Variations - Canon in unison (No.3)
Performer: Richard Egarr.- Bach: Goldberg Variations BWV 988 - 14 Canons BWV 1087.
- Harmonia Mundi.
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Judith Weir
Mountain Air 3
Performer: Judith Weir. -
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Napalm Death
You Suffer
Performer: Napalm Death.- Scum.
- Earache Records.
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Napalm Death
The Kill
Performer: Napalm Death.- Scum.
- Earache Records.
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John Zorn
Igneous Ejaculation
Performer: John Zorn.- Naked City.
- Elektra Nonesuch.
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Béla Bartók
Dragon's Dance from Mikrokosmos - no 72
Performer: Jenő Jandó.- Bartok - Mikrokosmos.
- Naxos.
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György Kurtág
Microludes no. 2
Performer: Hagen Quartett.- DG.
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György Kurtág
Microludes no. 3
Performer: Hagen Quartett.- DG.
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JLIAT
one bite piece [CLICK]
Performer: JLIAT. -
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György Ligeti
Sippal Doppal Nagihegeduval - VII
Performer: Amadinda Percussion Group. Performer: Katalin Károlyi.- The Ligeti Project III.
- Teldec.
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