_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - - _ - - _ - - _ - - _ - - _ - - _ - - _ - - _ - F u F F E N S p r o u d l y p r e s e n t s a r e l e a s e w h i c h i n t e n t i o n i s t o p l e a s e a n d t o e n l i g h t e n t h o s e l e s s a w a r e o f t h e t r u e m e a n i n g a n d q u a l i t y o f m u s i c d u e t o d a m a g e s r e l a t e d t o m t v b u t w i t h o u t f u r t h e r a d o f u f f e n s o f f e r y o u t o i n c r e a s e y o u r k n o w l e d e g e a b o u t m u s i c a n d i n t h a t w a y c r e a t e a b e t t e r w o r l d f o r o u r c h i l d r e n t h e f o l l o w i n g m a s t e r p i e c e o f a r t _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - - _ - - _ - - _ - - _ - - _ - - _ - - _ - - _ - a r t i s t allan pettersson a l b u m symphony no 9 l a b e l n/a g e n r e classical r i p d a t e 09.25.2003 s t r e e t d a t e 1994 o r i g i n a l r e l 1994 s u p p l i e r doodoo s o u r c e cd b i t r a t e 192 kbps, JS e n c o d e r lame 3.92 r e l e a s e n o t e s Drone and ambient post rock acts are "in" these days, and we like it too. But as always, FuFFENS wants to dive into things and point out influences for the music of today. Among others, the Canadian based Godspeed You Black Emperor! mentions Allan Pettersson as a huge influence. Pettersson received a grounding in the folk music of his native Sweden from his mother. He attended the Stockholm Conservatory where his instruments were viola and violin. He later began to study counterpoint. After a short period of study in Paris via the Jenny Lind Scholarship, Pettersson played viola in The Stockholm PO, and made his compositional debut in 1949 with his Concerto for violin and string quartet, both of which were poorly received. He returned to Paris to study 12-tone composition and, suffering from arthritis, abandoned his performing career to concentrate on composition. In 1968 his Symphony no. 7 brought him recognition, and this work became widely popular after it was recorded in 1972. Subsequent symphonies brought him continued success. Pettersson's music is marked by both dissonant, complex and explosive passages as well as simple sections born of his roots in folk music. The feeling tone of his work is one of compassion toward the persecuted and the outsider. Pettersson's Ninth embodies the drama of a seemingly endless battle fought on many different fronts. Mercifully, this recording has been subdivided into 17 major "turning points" in the score. I would recommend to anyone interested in grappling with this work to start at track 10, and go from there. I say this because as this massive work approaches its concluding sections, there are some quite beautiful and lyrical elements which may encourage the listener to make a complete exploration of this battle-scarred terrain. Indeed, there are beautiful treasures hidden everywhere, but you must seek them out. This work is not listener-friendly. It was never meant to be. What I call the "fate motif" first appears in track 11. This motif (two short notes, one long, two short) reappears often throughout the latter portions of the work, forcefully accented by brass or percussion. Finally, in the concluding track, a canto emerges unisono on the strings: a searing, searching song of great beauty, which leads the listener into a whole new realm. It is as if one had emerged from a battlefield and suddenly coming up over a mountain ridge encountered a beautiful sunset, inexplicable, mysterious, bearing no resemblance to the battlefield below. The symphony concludes gently in a major key, with an "Amen" played softly on the winds.s ...and remember: s t a y f u f f e n s f o r l i f e t r a c k l i s t beginning 02:48 two measures after no 10 02:15 two measures after no 18 03:39 one measures before no 31 03:03 two measures after no 41 04:37 two measures after no 57 05:43 three measures after no 78 01:58 one measure after no 87 09:34 four measures after no 122 05:03 no 139 04:57 five measures after no 153 03:55 four measures before no 165 04:31 no 179 00:54 four measures before no 181 03:51 four measures after no 189 05:37 no 203 02:22 three measures after no 208 04:58 69:45 MB 95,10 g r o u p n e w s Now releasing more than the 5 rels per week our good old manifest said we would. We are growing every day, and we just cannot help it. h e l p f u f f e n s We are looking for quality sites in Europe and US, to be afilliated on. 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