Mario Davidovsky's Synchronisms no. 5

I like that I'm finally getting to listen to something with a real melodic line again. This is kind of great for a lot of reasons. First, I absolutely love the transitions between booming bass and higher lines in the beginning. Second, the occasional switch back and forth between speakers is definitely an attention grabber. I also love how the song changes themes but they all seem to be coherent and there aren't huge gaps between them, meaning it moves enough not to hear me. They're real themes too. The first one, of course is that back and forth between the high and low, then there's the back and forth between the speakers, and then back to high and low, and then there's this urgent wee-ooh sound. After another low section comes the high fast section, and then a low fast section which ends it. The ending that kind of dies off like that makes me want to hear more. Why was that so much cooler than some of the other stuff, and why was it so short?

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