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there's lots of new classical music--new in the genre sense.
a huge amount.
my introduction came by way of anton webern's op. 30 for piano, olivier messiaen's quartet for the end of time and eliot carter's piano sonata from 1947 i think. it had a giant fugue in it. that sequence of 3 worked for me...but i'd add john cage's work--the sonatas and interludes for prepared piano are good places to start, but i'd recommend imaginary landscapes as well for starters---and stockhausen's klavierstucke 11. well, there's alot of stockhausen's work that's great too--zyklus, hymnen, kontakte....
i can post more when i get home--but i'll say that i don't think that orchestral music is where most interesting activity has been happening--more smaller ensembles and solo pieces.
o yeah--david tudor's rainforest.
that one i would say just go now and find it.
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a gramophone its corrugated trumpet silver handle
spinning dog. such faithfulness it hear
it make you sick.
-kamau brathwaite
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