Not sure what the best way to describe tonal complexity. I meant in the way that a modern composer will create whole new sounds using a wider variety of instruments in different ways. I wasn't referring to tones as in the choice of notes.
Unfortunately I can't really easily listen to the clips you've posted because I work in an open plan office with people walking behind me all the time.
And to be fair I did say:
"I find stuff beforehand is either too simplistic, or created by rich people who don't particularly have much to say musically"
Sorry but yes I do personally find most of Mozart's and Bach's output to be too simplistic for my taste. This doesn't mean to say that they didn't have much to say musically. But I am also saying that as an avid listener of modern classical music rather than someone contemporaneous of those two composers. I've been spoiled by far more interesting music. Not that I always listened to complex music. I used to be an avid fan of Shostakovitch and Romantic era symphonies but I eventually grew bored of them.
But hey, at least I don't listen to Jazz.
Unfortunately I can't really easily listen to the clips you've posted because I work in an open plan office with people walking behind me all the time.
And to be fair I did say:
"I find stuff beforehand is either too simplistic, or created by rich people who don't particularly have much to say musically"
Sorry but yes I do personally find most of Mozart's and Bach's output to be too simplistic for my taste. This doesn't mean to say that they didn't have much to say musically. But I am also saying that as an avid listener of modern classical music rather than someone contemporaneous of those two composers. I've been spoiled by far more interesting music. Not that I always listened to complex music. I used to be an avid fan of Shostakovitch and Romantic era symphonies but I eventually grew bored of them.
But hey, at least I don't listen to Jazz.
