Hi Everyone -
I agree with Chris that this board has been dead for the last couple of weeks. Lets see if we can get back into the swing of things.
Everyone please list your top 10 favorite marimba pieces. Its cool if you only feel like listing 5 instead of 10 solos. Hopefully this will lead to some great discussions and exposure to great marimba repertoire.
Here are my Top 10 Favorite Marimba Pieces as of 10/03.
1. Mirage - Seuyoshi
2. Reflections on the Nature of Water - Druckman
3. Convergence I - Taira
4. After Syrinx II - Bennett
5. Etudes for Marimba, Book 1 - Stout
6. Preludes 1-3 for Marimba - Helble
7. Time for Marimba - Miki
8. Merlin for Marimba - Thomas
9. Velocities - Schwantner
10. Autumn Island - Reynolds
*Runner up - Variations on Japanese Children's Songs by Keiko Abe *
1. Reflections on the Nature of Water -Druckman
2. Dances of Earth and Fire - Klatzow
3. Converstation - Myoshi
4. Time - Miki
5. Velocities - Schwanter
6. Merlin - Thomas
7. Mirage - Sueyoshi
8. Torse III
9. Nancy - Sejourne
10. Night Rhapsody - Serry
where can i find a recording of Dances of Earth and Fire - Klatzow? i heard tatsiana play it at the 1995 LHS competition and it blew my mind.
My favorite top ten....please excuse my spelling errors
1) Shadow Chasers
2) Northern Lights
3) cameleon
4) Caritas
5) velocities - to watch not to listen to
6) Variations on Lost Love -
7) Of wind and water
8) 4 Rotations...well three #'s 1,2,and 4
9) Sedimental Structures
10) Rhythmic Caprice
Let's see if I can come up w/10......
(in no particular order)
"Astral Dance", Stout
"4 Rotations", Sammut
"Variations on Japanese Children Songs", Abe
"See ya Thursday", Mackey
"Merlin", Thomas
"Process of Invention", Deane
"Three Dances", Yoshioka
"Marimba Quartet", Levitan
"Velocities", Schwantner
"Iliaj", Zivkovic
Best,
CJT
No particular order:
For Marimba I - Tokuhide Niimi
For Marimba II - Tokuhide Niimi
Memory of the Woods - Akemi Naito
Ahania - Yoshio Hachimura
Time for Marimba - Minoru Miki
Ripple - Akira Miyoshi
Torse III - Akira Miyoshi
Kahn Variation - Alejandro Vinao
Polytempus II (w/ cd) - Dary John Mizelle
Spellbound - Dary John Mizelle
AZ
1. northern lights
2. velocities
3. reflections on the nature of water
4. rotations
5. virginia tate
6. illiaj
7. caritas
8. bach
9. rythmic caprice
10. abe pieces
1) Prince - Purple Rain
2) AC/DC - Back in Black
3) Bryan Adams - Summer of '69
4) Toto - Rosanna
5) Oingo Boingo - Dead Man's Party
6) Styx - Don't Let It End
10) Top Gun Theme
not in order...
1. Merlin-Thomas
2. See ya' Thursday-Mackey
3. Three Moves for marimba-Lansky
4. Kaskada-Kopetzki
5. Kopetzki concerto
6. Ilijas-Zivkovic
7. Tambourin Paraphrase-Abe
8. Dance of Passion-(last track on Zeltsman's Woodcuts)
9. 2nd Rotation-Sammut
10. Velocities-Schwantner
I could add about 20 more that I hold in high esteem as well...Just a marimba junkie here!
Mike
