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    Posted: May 02 2015 at 02:45
Originally posted by Flight123 Flight123 wrote:

ELP performed it at High Voltage, 2010!
 
I was there as wellLOL
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Originally posted by Moogtron III Moogtron III wrote:

YYZ is quite good but this has to be "The Barbarian". Brilliant piece of music!
BTW check out the original too: Bela Bartok's piano piece "Allegro Barbaro".
 
Thanks Moogtron for your suggestion, I didn't know the name of this GREAT Bartók's piano piece. Listened on YouTube to some superb recordings, including one that seems to have been performed by Béla Bartók himself, at least so it seems by the liner notes, stunning performance (https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=KWadpIl3O3U)
 
And I'm loving even more the fantastic ELP's piece!, even realizing now that it is indeed entirely based on Bartok's composition, the first third of it wow! is just bombastic. And in the second third it's amazing how Emerson on a short piano midsection manages to include some other personal "subito fortissimo" variations giving an extra edge of wild force! (incl. those in tempo too.)
 
But, about the classical piano performances of Béla Bartók's "Allegro Barbaro", my favourite was easily the hungarian Zoltán Kocsis's, a contemporary classical pianist very talented and famous, he has recorded the complete solo and with orchestra piano work of Béla Bartók. The pretty faster sounding tempo of this preformance gives even more dynamics to the melody, and the piano pedals make a decisive difference to my ears too - loved those enhanced strenght of the lower notes throughout the piece. In fact it felt way more impressive to me, just awesome indeed:
 
 


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ELP performed it at High Voltage, 2010!
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I thought YYZ would run away with this ( and I voted for it!)
 
The live version of The Barbarian from the Lyceum show is quite nice for those that are interested. ELP pretty much dropped it from their live repertoire after about 1971. I don't think it ever returned..
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YYZ!!!!!
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Yep, YYZ
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Originally posted by Roj Roj wrote:

Originally posted by Mormegil Mormegil wrote:

YYZ. Especially the version from Exit Stage Left.


These are all good instrumentals, but the version you suggest is my favourite.
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Can't vote against "The Barbarian", not even for "Generale".
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PFM, but the other two are great.
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YYZ is quite good but this has to be "The Barbarian". Brilliant piece of music!
BTW check out the original too: Bela Bartok's piano piece "Allegro Barbaro".
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Originally posted by ExittheLemming ExittheLemming wrote:

Interestingly, both The Barbarian and YYZ  feature the tritone interval quite prominently (augmented fourth for the academics in our midst) Is this maybe why the poll maker associated them together (albeit subliminally?)
Adore all three tracks hugely but voted for The Barbarian as it's probably the pivotal reason I started listening to Prog in the first place. (and Bartok is slumming it even in this esteemed company)
Just subliminally, I'm no musician) Still, thank you for your feedback.


Edited by windycrawford - April 30 2015 at 08:16
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Originally posted by ExittheLemming ExittheLemming wrote:

Interestingly, both The Barbarian and YYZ  feature the tritone interval quite prominently (augmented fourth for the academics in our midst) Is this maybe why the poll maker associated them together (albeit subliminally?)
Adore all three tracks hugely but voted for The Barbarian as it's probably the pivotal reason I started listening to Prog in the first place. (and Bartok is slumming it even in this esteemed company)
Tritones RULE !! Sabbath mastered that, and Fripp, and Ange, and any other thoughtful composers that wanted to add a bit of dodgey flavoured 'kick' to their music. I wonder what would happen at Sunday mass if the organist cranked out some tritones ??
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Interestingly, both The Barbarian and YYZ  feature the tritone interval quite prominently (augmented fourth for the academics in our midst) Is this maybe why the poll maker associated them together (albeit subliminally?)
Adore all three tracks hugely but voted for The Barbarian as it's probably the pivotal reason I started listening to Prog in the first place. (and Bartok is slumming it even in this esteemed company)
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Originally posted by Mormegil Mormegil wrote:

YYZ. Especially the version from Exit Stage Left.


These are all good instrumentals, but the version you suggest is my favourite.
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Points: 15926 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 30 2015 at 07:56
Originally posted by windycrawford windycrawford wrote:

Originally posted by Tom Ozric Tom Ozric wrote:

Originally posted by windycrawford windycrawford wrote:

Originally posted by Tom Ozric Tom Ozric wrote:

^ No-one said it's inferior, just most of us 'prefer' the other 2 tracks.

Hope, this applies to everyone voting here.
My friend, I'm sure that would be the case. One of my personal faves is Per Un Amico. I listen to them more than Rush.
I first discovered ELP before I knew PFM. I listen to ELP more than Rush. I probably spend more ear time with PFM than Rush. But that first track off the first album, that I first heard back in 1987 - a little time before Rush and PFM entered my ears, it's hard not to vote for them. Nothing wrong with Generale ! though. And the Per Un Amico version is superior to the Photos Of Ghosts version.

Thank you for your detailed explanation. I like Per Un Amico version better, as well.

Actually, reading back at my post, it sounds a bit 'run-around' .......but hopefully you got what I meant......
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all 3 are amazing songs

Barbarian takes it for me
Prog On!
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Sorry, but I think I'm gonna have to go with YYZ
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Originally posted by Tom Ozric Tom Ozric wrote:

Originally posted by windycrawford windycrawford wrote:

Originally posted by Tom Ozric Tom Ozric wrote:

^ No-one said it's inferior, just most of us 'prefer' the other 2 tracks.

Hope, this applies to everyone voting here.
My friend, I'm sure that would be the case. One of my personal faves is Per Un Amico. I listen to them more than Rush.
I first discovered ELP before I knew PFM. I listen to ELP more than Rush. I probably spend more ear time with PFM than Rush. But that first track off the first album, that I first heard back in 1987 - a little time before Rush and PFM entered my ears, it's hard not to vote for them. Nothing wrong with Generale ! though. And the Per Un Amico version is superior to the Photos Of Ghosts version.
Thank you for your detailed explanation. I like Per Un Amico version better, as well.
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YYZ. Especially the version from Exit Stage Left.
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