@@dopaminecloud I can genuinely, because it isn't. It has hideous sounds which never resolve into anything beautiful sounding. It has all the techniques of masterfully made music, but they've been perverted to make it sound intentionally bad.
I ordered this score through Great Britain, Russia, and a bunch of other connections, and the day I received it (two days after my own birthday) I checked Google to see that he had passed away that day. (July 27th, 2016) What a strange morning that was, certainly gave me a different connection to the piece!
Lol these people are fighting so hard in those comments. Some people find advanced harmonies beautiful and others are put off by it. People need to accept that others have different tastes and not gatekeep art music. I personally love this music.
It's composers like Rautavaara that are driving compositional or "classical" music forward. His music is unique, original and fresh, yet familiar and understandable/tonal. Somehow composers like him found their own voices despite reaching the period of atonality. What I'm trying to say is... Just when you think there's nothing new under the sun - composers like him come along to prove there's still a lot more to discover!
@d c Hmm, on a second thought, I'm not sure if you are 100% right. After doing some research, it seems that fortissimo exclusively refers to volume, whereas "forceful" is more of a characteristic. So I basically said "forceful, loud chords". Now, is it true that something that is loud is also forceful and vice versa self-evidently? I don't know. I'd say it's a near-redundancy, but not quite because the "forceful" emphasizes the assertive quality of the chords, as in the sharp attack and in-your-face character, in addition to them being just loud. I think the main question is, does the inclusion of "forceful" communicate anything in this sentence? I'd argue yes; it's a nuance.
@@K.D.Meyers right, I can't wait for someone to ruin it eventually. I literally saw two people arguing...but with mature thoughts. No cussing, name calling, just civilization. Unfortunately the recommendations are only going to draw a bunch of people to ruin this lovely asylum from petty and unnecessary TH-cam comments
I just played the first one on a concert, great experience. It’s a fun-to-play piece that makes you feel powerful while performing it. I would also recommend you “Kvartit”.
This is such a beautiful set. So many unique and luscious chords that all serve to make each etude either a jam-packed rush or a deeply contemplative meditation. There’s no one like Rautavaara, it seems.
Un grand compositeur pas assez connu ! Merci à Cmaj7 pour la mise en ligne. I think this composer deserves more popularity ! Thanks to Cmaj7 for uploading.
Thanks so much for the upload...I've been a drummer most of my life and took a couple lessons in piano 35 years ago...But I was terrible at sight reading...This piece really helped me to "see" it...It would take me forever to translate it to piano but; I know where middle C is between the treble and bass clef...:)...Thanks again...
This études are really majestic. One of his, in personal aspect, best pieces that he did. With Canctus Articus, his Piano sonatas, concertos, and the Garden. A trutly excellent composer.
That's literally random atonal playing. It's imposible to enjoy that. Sounds like a cat stepping on the keys. I know the intention is to wake up reactions from you, but you described it perfectly. That's unexpected, and quite honestly, unwanted.
+John Appleseed Same here, found him from out of nowhere, and now, I come back everyday to watch this video. I showed this to my teacher who is a Chopin fan and plays piano for the last 56 years, she was just in shock didn't tell me even a single word then after.
Irphan Uddin his uses of tonality and dissonance is very tasty, can't get enough of it. His Symphonies are also very impressive too! Glad to see others loving his work, one of many truly underrated (Or unknown?) composers! (I know it gets thrown around a lot but it's true)
Rautavaara has his peculiar harmonical language uncomparable with another composers. It is very clear audible. Example: A-Dur+c-moll at the same time as a chord, it is so wonderful color. He uses his own way of polytonality. Slightly impressionistic are his rhythmic structures, but the harmonies are so peculiar
Wikipedia states that "Rautavaara suffered an aortic dissection in January 2004. He had to spend almost half a year in intensive care" Not surprised, judging by the complexity of his music......
Is my opnion ,but I think this remenber rachmninoff if he composed more contemporany , it would be something like this. Im not in contemporany music but this is awesome.
DSCHMinecraft I thinks that is because the titles are about what the studies's difficulties. I mean, "thirds" is about the intervals between notes. Sorry for my awful english. p.s. love your channel's name
for the non musicians out here, etudes are first and foremost meant to improve ur technique! any melodic coherence is awesome, but a lot of times it takes a backseat to technique improvement. so if this sounds repetitive or scale-heavy or disjointed... thats bc its an etude lol. its so interesting though! which is nice bc most etudes dont bother to sound musically interesting lol
Madigan Blake etude can also denote that the work is a compositional 'workout' for the composer, or that it is meant to demonstrate a compositional style or technique.
Interestingly written in 1969 when this kind of music wasn't 'fashionable' anymore, but then came the piano etudes of Ligeti (who stated once that it was important to reintroduce a 'retro' element in contemporary music) with similar harmonies in the 1980's. Intriguing.Anyway, it also shows the originality of Scandinavian music in general.
Despair This was my first contemporaneous composer, in which one I internalized myself into contemporaneous music. I’m 15, so my ear is not that mature for now, I don’t believe this pieces are hard to listen. His harmonies are wonderful
I've been learning these etudes and in the final fifths etude I've been labouring over the 3+2+3, listening here it sounds like Mikkola is glossing the 3+2+3 into basically a 3/4 1+1+1. Is this common for this piece at that tempo?
Here it's multiplying the note value by 5/2 so that it's 5 quarter notes long; there's an annotation at the bottom of 7:15. In other works (by Rautavaara and some others), it normally multiplies note value by 5/4.
The (wonderful) voiced notes beginning at 0:38 on an E all have a double-dot to their right - does anyone experienced know what these indicate? Thanks! :)
I love Rautavaara ! Thank you for posting these, most I've never heard. I am more familiar with his orchestral works. :-) Do you have any scores of Arvo Part?
His score is aesthetically beautiful to look at..
eottoe2001 and asthetically beautiful to play as well!
The only reason I clicked
The sound isn't though, He sacrificed music for mathematics...
@@Roescoe Can you genuinely say this isn't beautiful?
@@dopaminecloud I can genuinely, because it isn't. It has hideous sounds which never resolve into anything beautiful sounding. It has all the techniques of masterfully made music, but they've been perverted to make it sound intentionally bad.
I ordered this score through Great Britain, Russia, and a bunch of other connections, and the day I received it (two days after my own birthday) I checked Google to see that he had passed away that day. (July 27th, 2016) What a strange morning that was, certainly gave me a different connection to the piece!
@bill Bloggs
Shut the fuck up, kid.
Dude, I hear you. Had a similar experience years ago with George Harrison
Well, that was careless of you.
this is the ultimate expression of dissonance as beauty.
Enrique Poveda There's a video by Rick Beato which is literally called "Dissonance=Emotion"
Rautavaara has more pieces like this, I like his style a lot!
Lol these people are fighting so hard in those comments. Some people find advanced harmonies beautiful and others are put off by it. People need to accept that others have different tastes and not gatekeep art music. I personally love this music.
I love both! Why not have Bach Chopin and Rautavaara! : )
@@pianogang2273 -- No....Impossible.....in Life one must Choose.
It's composers like Rautavaara that are driving compositional or "classical" music forward. His music is unique, original and fresh, yet familiar and understandable/tonal. Somehow composers like him found their own voices despite reaching the period of atonality. What I'm trying to say is... Just when you think there's nothing new under the sun - composers like him come along to prove there's still a lot more to discover!
budomarx I think you know his point
Yawn.
@@thepianocornertpc no u
@@thepianocornertpc no u
As a composer myself creating my own tonal voice is exactly what I'm trying to do. 😁
I wasn't a fan of the first piece in the beginning with the forceful fortissimo chords, but the arpeggiated runs are hauntingly beautiful.
Yeah, I didn’t either. But they make you feel a certain type of an emptiness.. almost to inspire you to fill that void.
@d c I agreeingly agree.
@d c Eh, you're not wrong.
@d c Hmm, on a second thought, I'm not sure if you are 100% right. After doing some research, it seems that fortissimo exclusively refers to volume, whereas "forceful" is more of a characteristic. So I basically said "forceful, loud chords". Now, is it true that something that is loud is also forceful and vice versa self-evidently? I don't know. I'd say it's a near-redundancy, but not quite because the "forceful" emphasizes the assertive quality of the chords, as in the sharp attack and in-your-face character, in addition to them being just loud.
I think the main question is, does the inclusion of "forceful" communicate anything in this sentence? I'd argue yes; it's a nuance.
@@Elintasokas Are you arguing a joke? Man, I have asperger, but you're at another level.
I feel chaotic, sad, and trapped listening to this.
It wasn't meant for cats.
Chaotic, sad, and trapped in good ways, though.
@@thomasthompson6378 oh indeed
thanks bee pot
bee pot I feel chaotic , sad and trapped .
I love this comment section, such interesting discourse. Thanks guys.
Minecraft is a remarkable anime
Actually civilised discussion in a TH-cam comments section?! What sorcery is this?!
@@K.D.Meyers right, I can't wait for someone to ruin it eventually. I literally saw two people arguing...but with mature thoughts. No cussing, name calling, just civilization. Unfortunately the recommendations are only going to draw a bunch of people to ruin this lovely asylum from petty and unnecessary TH-cam comments
@@thatsEforEveryone And the one guy who went on a tirade was promptly dog-piled upon
Those first couple of measures really live up to the name of this channel
There's lots of negative comments on this piece!?!? I love it! I think it's brilliant! I want to learn it.
I just played the first one on a concert, great experience. It’s a fun-to-play piece that makes you feel powerful while performing it. I would also recommend you “Kvartit”.
The channel name is fitting for the opening runs. So beautiful!
I want to hear it played with the score upside down, just to be sure.
Rest in peace Rautavaara
This song: *exists*
Lo-fi Producers: *Its Free Real Estate*
Which songs sample this?
yooo show us
*generic boom bap loop* "yo this is so lit, this guy's a LEGEND"
i would actually like to know which song samples this piece and which part of it
what's the song?
00:03 Etude I - Thirds
03:21 Etude II - Sevenths
04:26 Etude III - Tritones
06:18 Etude IV - Fourths
08:10 Etude V - Seconds
12:06 Etude VI - Fifths
thank's ;)
And people say dissonant music is boring and horrible...These etudes are absolutely breathtaking!
He mixes dissonance and consonance, it's not completely atonal, which I think can be quite crap
@@azuralmusic Both tonal and atonal music can be crap or masterful or anything in between.
I can safely say that Laura Mikkola is insane. Playing ALL of these etudes.
Jannis Opel listen to her play Rautavaara Piano Sonata no. 2
playing pretty much all of Rautavaara's piano pieces*
I'm very grateful for showing the score while it's playing, thanks, great job!
I've never heard of this composer until now, I am grateful. Such a unique and brilliant sound.
Those arpeggio chords sound amazing. Very brilliant work, mysterious, and yet hauntingly beautiful!
Those time signature changes look fun.
68-58-38-58-34-58-44...... it changes every goddamn measure
This is such a beautiful set. So many unique and luscious chords that all serve to make each etude either a jam-packed rush or a deeply contemplative meditation. There’s no one like Rautavaara, it seems.
The first Etude has so much elements from his first Piano Concerto.
Wonderful.
Un grand compositeur pas assez connu ! Merci à Cmaj7 pour la mise en ligne.
I think this composer deserves more popularity ! Thanks to Cmaj7 for uploading.
Thanks so much for the upload...I've been a drummer most of my life and took a couple lessons in piano 35 years ago...But I was terrible at sight reading...This piece really helped me to "see" it...It would take me forever to translate it to piano but; I know where middle C is between the treble and bass clef...:)...Thanks again...
Some very interesting pieces! The last etude has some obvious nods to the final movement of his piano concerto, at 12:22 especially.
It seems like he was writing them in tandem. The similarities of Fourths with the 2nd mvt, Thirds with the 1st mvt, and as you said with the 3rd mvt.
This études are really majestic. One of his, in personal aspect, best pieces that he did. With Canctus Articus, his Piano sonatas, concertos, and the Garden. A trutly excellent composer.
I played this on a concert, very fun to play
7:12 wow... that was unexpected...
Calm down, it's Rautavaara
I actually said out loud "Stop! What are you doing??"
That's literally random atonal playing. It's imposible to enjoy that. Sounds like a cat stepping on the keys. I know the intention is to wake up reactions from you, but you described it perfectly. That's unexpected, and quite honestly, unwanted.
Esteban Aguayo "random". Had a good laugh on that one.
@@soullessSiIence I liked it in the same way I like violin screeches in horror movies. It's more percussion than actual melody.
I have such a fascination with Rautavaara at the moment, masterful composer. Wonderful stuff, these Etudes are addicting by the way!!
+John Appleseed Same here, found him from out of nowhere, and now, I come back everyday to watch this video. I showed this to my teacher who is a Chopin fan and plays piano for the last 56 years, she was just in shock didn't tell me even a single word then after.
Irphan Uddin his uses of tonality and dissonance is very tasty, can't get enough of it. His Symphonies are also very impressive too! Glad to see others loving his work, one of many truly underrated (Or unknown?) composers! (I know it gets thrown around a lot but it's true)
Yep. Addictive. I keep coming back. I'd like to get the sheets for this. I'm playing some of it with this on pause.
Rautavaara has his peculiar harmonical language uncomparable with another composers. It is very clear audible. Example: A-Dur+c-moll at the same time as a chord, it is so wonderful color. He uses his own way of polytonality. Slightly impressionistic are his rhythmic structures, but the harmonies are so peculiar
Bonny Levine A major and C minor for all non-germans here
Asriel Meemurr whoops, my mistake... edited it
Lucas Silvano Uh, no. A, C, C#, Eb, E, G =/= Amaj7
Oh :(
nah, there are many other composers who use such chords, e. g. Witold Lutosławski.
Sensational.....BRAVA, Maestra Mikkola.....from Acapulco!
This is very Interesting and original! I aspire to write this well...
First time listening - I like the way the notes looked on the thumbnail
litledevel15
Same but doesn’t sound as nice as it looks imo
@@Aeimos It sounds nice to me. To each his/her own.
@@PentameronSV Aeimos said it doesn’t sound AS nice. Still sounds nice.
It feels wrong but at the same time oh so right.
Thank you algorithms that brought me here, fantastic
Hi C M7 thanks for sharing the very great music and various composers which I never know. Respect to your chanel
My favorites were the last two. Never heard of this composer before! Cool find! Thanks for sharing.
The last one has parts that sound almost identical to the 3rd movement of his first Piano Concerto (also written in '69). Starting from about 12:21.
Me watching the thumbnail: Uh... this doesn't look well
2nds have always been my favourite interval, along with major 9ths. The 2nds movement is simply amazing!
First time I listen to Rautavaara. I like it. Interesting contemporary classical music.
Wikipedia states that "Rautavaara suffered an aortic dissection in January 2004. He had to spend almost half a year in intensive care" Not surprised, judging by the complexity of his music......
Found this, and i cant stop listening to it. Absolutely beautiful! Thank you Laura!
The fifths etude reminds me of the first piano concerto’s final movement
yeahh
YES! I was searching for this comment 😅
so hauntingly beautiful. interesting how the 2nds etude is kind of like a 7ths etude at times.
Zach Onett 7ths are just inverted 2nds after all
Is my opnion ,but I think this remenber rachmninoff if he composed more contemporany , it would be something like this. Im not in contemporany music but this is awesome.
It breaks my heart that the etude titled "Fifths" isn't the 5th etude in the work.
Any more than that "Thirds" isn't the 3rd etude?
DSCHMinecraft I thinks that is because the titles are about what the studies's difficulties. I mean, "thirds" is about the intervals between notes.
Sorry for my awful english.
p.s. love your channel's name
+Jean Valjean I'm pretty sure most of us knows that
at least fourths is the fourth
At least etude called"Seconds" is the second one from the end!😁
for the non musicians out here, etudes are first and foremost meant to improve ur technique! any melodic coherence is awesome, but a lot of times it takes a backseat to technique improvement. so if this sounds repetitive or scale-heavy or disjointed... thats bc its an etude lol. its so interesting though! which is nice bc most etudes dont bother to sound musically interesting lol
Madigan Blake etude can also denote that the work is a compositional 'workout' for the composer, or that it is meant to demonstrate a compositional style or technique.
Very nice!! The first one sounds quite "Ravel" to me.
+Stefaan Himpe For me it sounds a little like Valse sentimental (Not anymore)
***** yeah true
then you must have not heard ondine ;)
yep totally agree
Esp that 2nd etude. reminds of the scarbo
"seconds" is probably my most fav piece here... the part that begins at 10:25 is just soo heavy
Reminds me of Part II of the Rite of Spring. The "Ritual Action of the Ancestors."
10:48 what do these sharps mean that are in between the staffs on that Page? (line 2 measure 2, line 3 measure 4 (above top staff))
They're mistakes from when I edited the score. I never noticed those until now.
Cmaj 7 ah ok. In the score of Bartok's "Out doors" which i have at home, i noticed similar "mistakes", but in the actual printed score...
I can smell some of Stravinsky's Firebird in the Sekunnit Etude
Inspiring, terrifying, humbling.
There is a sense of Lubomyr Melnyk's "continuous music" in the embellished arpeggios. Very enjoyable.
i guess i found a new favorite. thanks for uploading.
9:32 someone has been watching too much Twilight Zone me thinks
Interestingly written in 1969 when this kind of music wasn't 'fashionable' anymore, but then came the piano etudes of Ligeti (who stated once that it was important to reintroduce a 'retro' element in contemporary music) with similar harmonies in the 1980's. Intriguing.Anyway, it also shows the originality of Scandinavian music in general.
This legend wrote 'tritones'
1:44 - 2:10 my favorite part
A surprisingly abrubt ending for the final etude. Thanks for posting this music, with which I was not familiar.
The fourth is my favorite one. Thanks for loading that music together with scores
Wonderful performances of these etudes. Many thanks.
You know you've matured when you click on a random contemporary music video and you actually enjoy it.
1969 is hardly contemporary
Esteban Aguayo Listen to Lullaby by Panufnik : )
vcr Well, it is. Impressionism is up to 1940’s I believe. After that, everything is contemporaneous and actual
Despair This was my first contemporaneous composer, in which one I internalized myself into contemporaneous music. I’m 15, so my ear is not that mature for now, I don’t believe this pieces are hard to listen. His harmonies are wonderful
Kind of sounds like Hotline Bling
would be cool to hear this retuned to just intonation, based on the nearest prime intervals. 7ths could be 7:4 and tritones could be 11:8
That's "EY-no-you-han-ee RA-oo-tah-va-ra".
Rautavaara and Messiaen are two composers that show the beauty in dissonance.
Also rzewski!
Yes, I was reminded of Messiaen at times as well, especially the gong-like sonorities.
Incredible - excellent combination of dissonance and consonants
Wow the colors of the harmony in the 1st etude
first etude very reminiscent of Debussy's Nuages in the planing sections. dreamy!
Really interesting! Who said there was nothing more to say with tonal music? Fabulously performed!
It's the right mix of intentional chaos and harmony, although it lends a lot more to chaos on a few parts
Great dramatic performance!
I think I've found my new alarm clock sound xD
Yowwww, you'll be awake for sure!
nice and crunchy :D
ottimo compositore
Look at those crosses indicating quintuple duration at 6:30 ish. neato
0:38 Is it just me, or does anyone else hear horns playing sustained notes throughout the first etude?
kinda, more tuba?
The movement of the tritone is the logic of harmony. Through Bach, Schubert, Wagner to Scriabin and Rautavaara,
I've been learning these etudes and in the final fifths etude I've been labouring over the 3+2+3, listening here it sounds like Mikkola is glossing the 3+2+3 into basically a 3/4 1+1+1. Is this common for this piece at that tempo?
so good ...
The moment from 1:47 - 2:11 is gorgeous.
7:29 whats those symbols on left hand long notes (the "x")
Here it's multiplying the note value by 5/2 so that it's 5 quarter notes long; there's an annotation at the bottom of 7:15.
In other works (by Rautavaara and some others), it normally multiplies note value by 5/4.
Such a somber and haunting piece... I love it
The (wonderful) voiced notes beginning at 0:38 on an E all have a double-dot to their right - does anyone experienced know what these indicate? Thanks! :)
It means 7(4+2+1).
Rautavaara best contemporary composer change my mind
OMG what a Genius!!!!!!!fantastic
I love Rautavaara ! Thank you for posting these, most I've never heard. I am more familiar with his orchestral works. :-) Do you have any scores of Arvo Part?
To my ears "Fourths" has a serious Keith Emerson vibe.
2:11
It's like Messiaen meets Scriabin.
A true revelation! Thank you!
I love the second one uwuwuwuwu
First one best 😡
all of these are really good
I love the AM + Cm chords around 1:48
良く考えられているなぁ、感心するよ...
This gives me the heeby jeebies
Oh wow. This is magical.
how can you play faster than my ear is able to listen? I can´t hear every note.. incredible...