Uncanny Fragments from Classical Music

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I – Intro. Jesús Rueda: Symphony No.1 “Laberynth”: 0:00

Level 10
II – Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No.3 in E flat major “Eroica”: 0:50
III – W. A. Mozart: String Quartet No.19 in C major (Movement I): 1:50
IV – Heinrich Biber: “La Battalia à 10”: 3:50
V – Franz Liszt: Bagatelle without tonality: 4:42

Level 9
VI – Alan Hovhaness: Symphony No.45 for Two Pianos & Orchestra: 7:49
VII – László Lajtha: Symphony No.2: 9:09
VIII – Jean Sibelius: Symphony No.4 in A minor: 11:39
IX – Rued Langgaard: Music of the Spheres: 14:25

Level 8
X – Gustav Mahler: Symphony No.10 in F sharp: 17:01
XI – Igor Stravinsky: Rite of Spring (Sacrificial Dance): 19:41
XII – Béla Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta: 24:08
XIII – Jesus Rueda: Symphony No.6 “Flight into Darkness”: 26:36

Level 7
XIV – Scipione Lacorcia: Ahi, tu Piangi (Madrigals. Book II): 28:16
XV – Alfredo Casella: “War Pages” Suite: 30:44
XVI – Ivan Wyschnegradsky: “Thus Spoke Zarathustra” Symphony for 4 Quarter-Tone Pianos: 32:27
XVII – Dmitri Shostakovich: String Quartet No.8 in C minor: 34:05

Level 6
XVIII – Luciano Berio: Sinfonia: 37:03
XIX – Alexander Mosolov: “The Iron Foundry”: 39:18
XX – Allan Pettersson: Symphony No.10: 42:52
XXI – George Antheil: Ballet Mechanique: 44:54

Level 5
XXII – Havergal Brian: Symphony No.1 “Gothic”: 46:53
XXIII – Richard Strauss: Salome: 49:57
XXIV – Edgard Varèse: Amèriques: 54:40
XXV – Mark Anthony Turnage: Three Screaming Popes: 56:44

Level 4
XXVI – Arnold Schönberg: Five Pieces for Orchestra: 58:02
XXVII – Elliott Carter: Symphonia: “Sum fluxae pretium spei”: 1:00:15
XXVIII – Konstantin Ivanov: Space Symphony in F sharp minor “In Memory of Yuri Gagarin”: 1:02:38
XXIX – Henry Cowell: “The Banshee” for Piano Strings: 1:06:03

Level 3
XXX – Jean-Féry Rebel: “Chaos” from the Ballet “Les Élémens”: 1:09:37
XXXI – Leo Ornstein: “Suicide in an Airplane” for Piano: 1:12:37
XXXII – Zhu Jian’er: Symphony No.2: 1:16:21
XXXIII – Mikis Theodorakis: Symphony No.2 “Song of the Earth”: 1:19:00

Level 2
XXXIV – Charles Ives: The Fourth of July: 1:22:56
XXXV – Gavriil Popov: Symphony No.1: 1:25:42
XXXVI – Harrison Birtwistle: “The Triumph of Time” for Orchestra: 1:28:22
XXXVII – Galina Ustvolskaya: Symphony No.2 “True and Eternal Bliss!”: 1:30:54

Level 1
XXXVIII – György Ligeti: “Kyrie” from the Requiem: 1:33:34
XXXIX – Giacinto Scelsi: “Uaxuctum” Choral Symphony: 1:36:04
XL – Krzysztof Penderecki: Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima for 52 String Instruments: 1:37:01
XLI – Alexander Scriabin/Nemtin: “Preparation for the Final Mystery”: 1:39:22

Level 0
XLII – Erwin Schulhoff: “Symphonia Germanica”: 1:41:56
XLIII – Marcel Duchamp: “Musical Sculpture”: 1:43:45
XLIV – Luigi Russolo: “Awakening of a City”: 1:45:17
XLV – Arseny Avraamov: “Symphony of Sirens”: 1:47:06

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  1. I – Intro. Jesús Rueda: Symphony No.1 "Laberynth" (Movement IV): 0:00
    (Young Spanish National Orchestra conducted by Ernest Martinez-Izquierdo)
    https://t.ly/8RT10
    Picture: "Anxiety" (1894) by Edvard Munch.

    II – Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No.3 in E flat major "Eroica" (Movement I): 0:50
    (Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by René Leibowitz)
    https://t.ly/saQ4Z
    Picture: "Napoleon Crossing the Alps" (1805) by Jacques-Louis David.

    III – W. A. Mozart: String Quartet No.19 in C major (Movement I): 1:50
    (Emerson String Quartet)
    https://t.ly/9VOdk
    Picture: "Melancholy" (1801) by Constance Marie Charpentier.

    IV – Heinrich Biber: "La Battalia à 10" (Movement II): 3:50
    (Le Concert des Nations conducted by Jordi Savall)
    https://t.ly/nUrcc
    Picture: "The Triumph of Bacchus" (1628-9) by Diego Velázquez.

    V – Franz Liszt: Bagatelle without tonality (complete): 4:42
    (Arcadi Volodos)
    https://t.ly/AuzBB
    Picture: "Self-Portrait with Death Playing the Fiddle" (1872) by Arnold Böcklin.

    VI – Alan Hovhaness: Symphony No.45 for Two Pianos & Orchestra (Movement II): 7:49
    (Globalis Symphony Orchestra conducted by Konstantin Krimets)
    https://rb.gy/mv2v0t
    Picture: "Krishna with cows, herdsmen, and Gopis." (c.1790-1800. Rajput period)

    VII – László Lajtha: Symphony No.2 (Movement II): 9:09
    (Pécs Symphony Orchestra conducted by Nicolás Pasquet)
    https://rb.gy/3i9n51
    Picture: "Soldiers in the Snow" (1916) by János Vaszary.

    VIII – Jean Sibelius: Symphony No.4 in A minor (Movement I): 11:39
    (Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Leif Segerstam)
    https://rb.gy/yy38c6
    Picture: "Francesca" (1897) by Väinö Blomstedt.

    IX – Rued Langgaard: Music of the Spheres: 14:25
    (Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra & Choir conducted by Gennady Rozhdestvensky)
    https://rb.gy/c32g5t
    Picture: "Satan calling up his Legions" (c.1800-5) by William Blake.

    X – Gustav Mahler: Symphony No.10 in F sharp (Movement I): 17.01
    (Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Michael Gielen)
    https://rb.gy/guii1b
    Picture: "The Bride of the Wind" or "The Tempest" (1913-14) by Oskar Kokoschka.

    XI – Igor Stravinsky: Rite of Spring (Sacrificial Dance): 19:41
    (MusicAeterna Orchestra conducted by Theodor Currentzis)
    https://n9.cl/gfuaq
    Picture: Ballet dancers on a recreation of the original choreography by Nijinsky.

    XII – Béla Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta (Movement III): 24:08
    (Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Andrés Orozco-Estrada)
    https://n9.cl/32sfq
    Picture: "Nocturne in Black and Gold: The Falling Rocket" (1874) by James McNeill Whistler.

    XIII – Jesus Rueda: Symphony No.6 "Flight into Darkness": 26:36
    (Symphony Orchestra of the Principality of Asturias conducted by Baldur Brönnimann)
    https://n9.cl/r4iwr
    Picture: "Mothers" (1919) by the Belgian painter Jean Delville.

    XIV – Scipione Lacorcia: Ahi, tu Piangi (Madrigals. Book II): 28:15
    (Della Quinta)
    https://n9.cl/rfvwc
    Picture: Flagellation of Christ (c.1607) by Caravaggio.

    XV – Alfredo Casella: "War Pages" Suite (Movement I): 30:43
    (Rome Symphony Orchestra conducted by Francesco La Vecchia)
    https://n9.cl/o5z7d
    Picture: "Charge of the Lancers" (1915) by Umberto Boccioni.

    XVI – Ivan Wyschnegradsky: "Thus Spoke Zarathustra" Symphony for 4 Quarter-Tone Pianos (Movement IV): 32:37
    (Cyrille Guion, Martine Joste, Li Xie and Guanlan Xu conducted by Léo Margue)
    https://n9.cl/pvd6r
    Picture: "Portrait of Friedrich Nietzsche" (1906) by Edvard Munch.

    XVII – Dmitri Shostakovich: String Quartet No.8 in C minor (Movement II): 34:06
    (St. Lawrence String Quartet)
    https://n9.cl/funmz
    Picture: "Night Street" (1964) by Ilya Glazunov.

    XVIII – Luciano Berio: Sinfonia (Movement IV): 37:02
    (Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra & Electric Phoenix conducted by Riccardo Chailly)
    https://n9.cl/pnozz
    Picture: "Cut with the Dada Kitchen Knife through the Last Weimar Beer-Belly Cultural Epoch in Germany" (1919) by Hannah Höch.

    XIX – Alexander Mosolov: "The Iron Foundry" (complete): 39:17
    (Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra conducted by Riccardo Chailly)
    https://n9.cl/9rinl
    Picture: "In the Stalin Factory" (1949) by Mikhail Kostin.

    XX – Allan Pettersson: Symphony No.10: 42:51
    (Norrköping Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leif Segerstam)
    https://tinyurl.com/2anhkegc
    Picture: "Fighting Forms" (1914) by Franz Marc.

    XXI – George Antheil: Ballet Mechanique: 44:53
    (unknown performers)
    https://tinyurl.com/2xl8dmvh
    Picture: "Endgame" (1946) by Man Ray.

    XXII – Havergal Brian: Symphony No.1 "Gothic" (Movement III): 46:52
    (Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra & Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Ondrej Lénard.
    https://tinyurl.com/25pk3npb
    Picture: "Valley of Aosta: Snowstorm, Avalanche and Thunderstorm" (1836–37) by W. M. Turner.

    XIII – Richard Strauss: Salome: 49:56
    (Deutsche Oper Berlin Orchestra conducted by Giuseppe Sinopoli)
    https://tinyurl.com/2dafmzp9
    Picture: "The Apparition" (1876) by Gustave Moreau.

    XXIV – Edgard Varèse: Amèriques: 54:40
    (Concertgebouw Orchestra conducted by Riccardo Chailly)
    https://tinyurl.com/ytmwdfq8
    Picture: New York City depicted in Cubism style

    XXV – Mark Anthony Turnage: Three Screaming Popes: 56:44
    (City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra conducted Sir Simon Rattle)
    https://youtu.be/eiGo37janfU?t=855
    Picture: Fragment of "Study for a Head" (1952) by Francis Bacon.

    Level 4
    XXVI – Arnold Schönberg: Five Pieces for Orchestra: 58:02
    (London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Robert Craft)
    https://youtu.be/1MZwe5M1wcI
    Picture: "Self-portrait with Cigarette" (1895) by Edvard Munch.

    XXVII – Elliott Carter: Symphonia: "Sum fluxae pretium spei": 1:00:15
    (BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Oliver Knussen)
    https://youtu.be/5jW_ljJnAZo
    Picture: "The Forest" (1927) by Max Ernst.

    XXVIII – Konstantin Ivanov: Space Symphony in F sharp minor "In Memory of Yuri Gagarin": 1:02:38
    (Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra of All-Union Radio and Television conducted by Konstantin Ivanov)
    https://youtu.be/OaKmIpQAlj4
    Picture: Edited photograph of Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin along stars and galaxies captured by the Hubble Space Telescope.

    XXIX – Henry Cowell: "The Banshee" for Piano Strings: 1:06:03
    (Performed by Sorrel Hays)
    https://tinyurl.com/yo96dr5t
    Picture: "The Banshee" by Annie Stegg Gerard.

    Level 3
    XXX – Jean-Féry Rebel: "Chaos" from the Ballet "Les Élémens": 1:09:37
    (Le Concert des Nations conducted by Jordi Savall)
    https://tinyurl.com/yrdv7x3w
    Picture: "Magnum Chaos" by Giovan Francesco Capoferri.

    XXXI – Leo Ornstein: "Suicide in an Airplane" for Piano: 1:12:37
    (Performed by Daniele Lombardi)
    https://tinyurl.com/ynzt3wlj
    Picture: "Beautiful suicide" by Katarina Vojković.

    XXXII – Zhu Jian'er: Symphony No.2: 1:16:21
    (Shanghai Symphony Orchestra conducted by Chen Xieyang)
    https://youtu.be/BJMgT6TVBeg
    Picture: The son of a purged official is publicly punished during the Cultural Rebellion (1968).

    XXXIII – Mikis Theodorakis: Symphony No.2 "Song of the Earth": 1:19:00
    (Orchestre Symphonique de RTL conducted by Mikis Theodorakis
    https://tinyurl.com/yunwpe8d
    Picture: Roman fresco from Pompeii depicting Pentheus being torn by maenads.

    Level 2
    XXXIV – Charles Ives: The Fourth of July: 1:22:56
    (San Francisco Symphony Orchestra conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas)
    https://tinyurl.com/yvc22dps
    Picture: Photograph of fireworks on Washington D.C. during fourth of July.

    XXXV – Gavriil Popov: Symphony No.1: 1:25:42
    (Tokyo Symphony Orchestra conducted by Norichika Iimori)
    https://youtu.be/Uz13SglnxEI
    Picture: "New Planet" (1921) by Konstantin Yuon.

    XXXVI – Harrison Birtwistle: "The Triumph of Time" for Orchestra: 1:28:22
    (BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Peter Eötvös)
    https://tinyurl.com/yohukwsq
    Picture: Part of "The Triumph of Time" (1574) by Peter Bruegel the Elder.

    XXXVII – Galina Ustvolskaya: Symphony No.2 "True and Eternal Bliss!": 1:30:54
    (Dutch Radio Philharmonic Orchestra with Reinbert de Leeuw both as a pianist and conductor)
    https://youtu.be/vPl3w8CBk9A
    Picture: "Black Square" (1915) by Kazimir Malevich.

    Level 1
    XXXVIII – György Ligeti: "Kyrie" from the Requiem: 1:33:34
    (unknown performers)
    Picture: "And I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth" [Rev. IX – 1] (1902) by Henry John Stock.

    XXXIX – Giacinto Scelsi: "Uaxuctum" Choral Symphony: 1:36:04
    (Krakow Radio-Television Orchestra & Chorus conducted by Jürg Wyttenbach)
    https://tinyurl.com/ytf3kfo7
    Picture: Photograph of Panel 3 from Cancuen, Guatemala, representing king T'ah 'ak' Cha'an.

    XL – Krzysztof Penderecki: Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima for 52 String Instruments: 1:37:01
    (Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Krzysztof Penderecki)
    https://youtu.be/tdAe6jVw0Co
    Picture: "Venus of Hiroshima" (1961) by Armand Cardona Torrandell.

    XLI – Alexander Scriabin/Nemtin: "Preparation for the Final Mystery": 1:39:22
    (Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin conducted by Vladimir Ashkenazy)
    https://tinyurl.com/yrkcv2vm
    Picture: "The Liberation" (1936) by Jean Delville.

    Level 0
    XLII – Erwin Schulhoff: "Symphonia Germanica": 1:41:56
    (Performed by Jaap Blonk and Panc Daalder)
    https://tinyurl.com/ymkbq4dh
    Picture: "Pillars of Society" (1926) by Georg Grosz.

    XLIII – Marcel Duchamp: "Musical Sculpture" (reconstruction): 1:43:45
    https://tinyurl.com/yojmufnc
    Picture: "Sonata" (1911) by Marcel Duchamp.

    XLIV – Luigi Russolo: "Awakening of a City": 1:45:17
    https://tinyurl.com/ysy24kfb
    Picture: "The Revolt" (1911) by Luigi Russolo.

    XLV – Arseny Avraamov: "Symphony of Sirens" (reconstruction): 1:47:06
    https://tinyurl.com/yn6qw4uo
    Picture: Sketch of Tatlin's Tower or "Monument to the Third International" (1919) by Vladimir Tatlin.

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  3. Upvoting for Galina Ulstvoskaya!!! True and Eternal Bliss is one of my favorites
    I find her music is comforting in a way- Very rhythmic, formal and structured in it's brutality, you spot the patterns after a while, like concrete Soviet blocks. Went through a phase where I listened to her while studying.

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  4. I've seen in the past another version of an uncanny playlist and really liked it. But I love that you that you brought this one so much further with so much more diversity. And also more time to appreciate each piece

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  5. The Schulhoff piece I'd never heard, though familiar with a very small number of recorded pieces by him….That seemed like a rather bold political/social commentary. Do you have any background on this piece?

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  8. This is truly wonderful…Thank you so much. Could you also come up with a sampling of melodious moments from lesser known composers or works especially of the romantic/late romantic period?

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  12. I might probably add some of Bermd Alois Zimmermann's works to the list, especially the Requiem for a Young Poet and Ich wandte mich, as well as Die Soldaten. They were pretty uncanny, especially when you know the context. I don't recall seeing BAZ in any of the uncanny music videos, nor Hans Werner Henze, Mauricio Kagel, Sylvano Bussotti, Peter Maxwell Davies, Elisabeth Lutyens, let alone some of the less well known composers from Latin America and Asia (Isang Yun would be a pick for me), as well as many African American modernists. It's also interesting that the hard-core Darmstadt composers, Boulez, Stockhausen and Nono, are not included, as well as Schnittke, who had many uncanny works or at least moments.

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  13. This is a fantastic idea! Something I'd been considering myself. Pairing paintings with classical pieces is an art in itself and something I really enjoy. You've done a phenomenal job of that on your channel and it's made both the artwork and the music you choose indelible. Keep up the fantastic work!

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  14. We all shall express our gratitude to the owner of this channel to introduce us to this marvelous artworks and expand our aesthetical horizon. I hoped for this video with much anxiety since knowing it's idea and it confirmed that the waiting was really deserving. Great last choice to bring us the dantesc Symphony of Sirens. Thank you, mister Cánovas.

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  16. The Arseny Avraamov one is genius, because it allows the listener to listen away from the uncanny sirens and towards the festive marching music, until even this "uplifting" part of the music gets overpowered by screaming and church bells.

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  17. Thank you!!! you know how to attract attention! listened and watched Uncanny Fragments from Classical Music with enthusiasm! fantastic review in scope and content. risky. ambiguous. boldly. apocalyptic. many thoughts on this work, which is too serious and complex to be simply praised. I will return again.

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