dbjorck
01-07-2007, 06:36 AM
Hi!
I've now recorded Prokofievs 5th symphony, second movement, Allegro Marcato. It is between romanticism and modern, so it contains a lot of atonal bits. It ends in total cacaphony. I don't normally do that kind of thing, and don't like atonal/modern, but I often find myself humming the main theme because it is quite good, and so I decided to record it myself.
To me it has a scherzo feel, although it's only marked as marcato. At the same time it always makes me think of the Russian revolution for some reason. It's quite dramatic in places; where the gran cassa starts in particular always remnds me of an old teacher of mine who pointed out in a certain piece that it should sound like loud banging on the door by the enemy during a war. That is what it sounds like here.
He also goes to town with the percussion. It's syncopated yet not. There is a "Boleresque" bit which didn't quite become as sexy as I had hoped for unfortunately.
All in all a fun piece though.
Prokofiev 5 Allegro Marcato (http://www.box.net/public/static/0xzxkpri9x.mp3)
Brgds
Danny
I've now recorded Prokofievs 5th symphony, second movement, Allegro Marcato. It is between romanticism and modern, so it contains a lot of atonal bits. It ends in total cacaphony. I don't normally do that kind of thing, and don't like atonal/modern, but I often find myself humming the main theme because it is quite good, and so I decided to record it myself.
To me it has a scherzo feel, although it's only marked as marcato. At the same time it always makes me think of the Russian revolution for some reason. It's quite dramatic in places; where the gran cassa starts in particular always remnds me of an old teacher of mine who pointed out in a certain piece that it should sound like loud banging on the door by the enemy during a war. That is what it sounds like here.
He also goes to town with the percussion. It's syncopated yet not. There is a "Boleresque" bit which didn't quite become as sexy as I had hoped for unfortunately.
All in all a fun piece though.
Prokofiev 5 Allegro Marcato (http://www.box.net/public/static/0xzxkpri9x.mp3)
Brgds
Danny