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Originally Posted by Samuel De Mazarin
That's awesome! (everybody scream)... I also discovered Shosta through that CD! (Vengerov is, in my opinion, the most consummate violinist of the 20th century...)
Heh heh... I'll throw in some Rachmaninoff piano concerti, then... Mahler's good... let's not forget Beethoven...
I'll throw some curveballs... some might miss though... so I'm warnin' ya!
Brad Mehldau's Japan concert... his version of Paranoid Android is insane... George Michael's "Listen Without Prejudice"... most stuff by Schoenberg.... anything Ives... The Doors' "The End"... The Beatles' "Helter Skelter"... Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Free Bird"... last three are kind of obvious though...
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Beethoven symphonies are hot. The latter ones (prob. due to approaching deafness) have that neurotic repetition of a strong rhythmic motif ("strong beat" doesn't feel right with Beeth) that I love so much in the 20ce Russians. Ooooo, 7th symphony 2nd movt. is a good example. Not a big fan of Rachmaninoff... but Mahler? He makes me wet my pants. 2nd symphony started my obsession, but the finale of the 6th is so orgasmically orgasmic in its orgasmiticity, it's like... pornophony. I know none of the curve balls you listed (except Ives... he's aight). I have much to listen to from this thread
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Btw, Shostakovich is my all time favorite composer. I once had a dream that I was sewing clothes on his statue in front of thousands of worshipers. I love him so... Sweet Jesus,
I'm the biggest music dork in the history of stuff!