Classical Music

[nik0tine]

A legend indeed! I trained for a couple of years with a Russian master who was actually friends with Shostakovitch in his heyday and so Russian composers have a permanent place in my heart. However, I am particularly obsessed with Scriabin! If this doesn't move you you clearly have no soul. As far as I am concerned, that cadence at 2:33 is the best in all of music. Also fun fact, said teacher was also good friends with this rather legendary pianist (bragbragbrag)

For those of you who are more interested in symphonic music, this certainly won't disappoint. If you like this, listen to the whole thing from start to finish! It tells the most vivid story!

I've never been very fond of British composers and I don't know most of Gustav Hosts' music. I did happen to listen to this for the first time today, though, and it was pretty awesome. Do you (or anyone for that matter) have any recommendations?

Also, fun fact I discovered years ago: The famous chorale from Holsts "Jupiter" sounds awesome in retrograde (played backwards). I used to listen to the chorale part over and over again in my car and you could hear the music played backwards, albeit very sped up, when you rewound it (do people still use the word 'rewind' these days?).