Heres my list of 10 life-changing works of literature. Music literature, of course. Thanks, Jivin, for tagging me. Everyones list of pieces has different criteria for inclusion. For mine, I will list pieces that actually had a significant impact on my life, even if that means choosing not my top-10 pieces. Here goes, in alphabetical order: * Bach: The Musical Offering [I will never look at Bach the same way ever again] * Kapustin: Variations, op. 41 * Mahler: Symphony No. 2 Resurrection [My favorite is his 6th, but I heard this one first and it changed my life] * Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances * Ravel: Une barque sur locean (orchestral version) [Either this or Daphnis et Chloe Suite No. 2] * Respighi: Pines of Rome [I think, however, Roman Fests is the best of the three] * Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie [I damn near cried when I heard this] * Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring [this is the main catalyst for who I am today] * Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis * Walton: Symphony No. 1 -------------- Honorable mentions: Brahms: Symphony No. 3 [dat 3rd movement doe] Hisaishi: Much (but not all) of his Miyazaki compositions Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit Reich: Eight Lines [but my favorite Reich is Dance Patterns for sure] Scriabin: Poem of Ecstasy Shostakovich: Symphony No. 4 Sibelius: Symphony No. 5 Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending The Cinematic Orchestra: Time and Space; The Crimson Wing; Flite Miles Davis: On Green Dolphin Street Zhao Jiping: Qiaos Grand Courtyard --------------- TAG youre it, Ari Evan Wyndham Tsai Henry Myers Richard Mazuski Alexandria Hoffman Thomas Feng Robert Kahn Anthony DiMauro Kimberly Fang Edward Pimentel Alan Clark David Beytas Jeremy Odell Lindsey Frazier Tian Tian Carlo Diaz Erin Cameron Mark Tse Ty Turley-Trejo Jacob KallmanMichael Shayte
Posted on: Thu, 11 Sep 2014 22:02:01 +0000
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