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celticgeek:
Ummm, well, I wouldn't be worried, I had no idea what post it was.

However, let me put a little bitty hex on you:   29A16.  How's that?

thedevilissix:
Shosta-fookin-kovich, baby!    8-)  Symphony No. 10 particularly.  I'm also sorry I came late to the Britten party - the man's breadth and depth of ideas and how well they're timed are still incredible.  From the concert I went to yesterday, go for "Les Illuminations" for soprano voice & orchestra

Also:
- Messiaen, e.g. "Vingt Regards de l'Enfant Jesus" (solo piano),  "Illuminations of the Beyond" (orchestra), "Les Couleurs de la Cité Celeste"
- Colin Matthews "Fuga"  (the pace is so frenetic that it actually sounds like it's freewheeling into every new section.  He also orchestrated Debussy's Preludes for piano beautifully (many of which are stunning and incredibly varied anyway), kinda with a bell-like clarity to it.
- Oliver Knussen (he blends the dissonant and the tonal stuff extremely well, often with a bit of humour attached)
- Arvo Part, e.g. "Fratres"(there are several different versions that exploit different lineups - Stars of the Lid played one a few months back and another was featured a few times in There Will Be Blood), "Tabula Rasa"
- Boulez - "Le Marteau Sans Maitre"  (post-tonal, highly organised craziness for alto singer and tuned percussion, viola, flute, guitar)
- Takemitsu, e.g. "November Steps" (heavily informed by Japanese folk structures and to some degree, jazz)
Also Beethoven, Chopin, Debussy, Stravinsky.....pretty much anything they've done.


--- Quote from: Uber Ritter ---Speaking of using Wagner as a soundtrack to debauchery.  I know that it's technically about such things, but Tristan is one of the last things I'd ever want to listen to while having sex.  Perhaps it is the lack of slap bass or, your know, chordal resolution--some of us don't like 4 hours of foreplay.  At least most of the time.
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:lol: Indeed.

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--- Quote from: celticgeek on 10 Mar 2008, 21:38 ---Cincinnati type, eh?  I used to listen to WGUC all the time, except for Sunday morning, when I listened to "Fine Arts Music" on WEBN.

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WEBN played classical? ...Really? Man. I kind of wish they would go back to that, but it'd interfere with 92.5's Breakfast with the Beatles.

If you're in the mood to conquer something, Wagner's Ride of the Valkyries is probably the best song for it.

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