A Quick Music Post

I am still swamped, not only by the BIG project, but several smaller projects with lightning fast turnarounds that were dropped in my lap on Monday and Yesterday. They are good projects, but they are time drainers. Boom. There goes an hour. Boom. There goes another hour. Boom. Client is on the phone with a list of last minute changes. Boom. Here comes the rush fee! Boom! There goes another hour.

I have the right espresso-to-blood ratio in my veins, and Amalia is busy "cleaning" her room. Harharhar. Let's see....boom! There goes another hour, lost in the vortex of cleaning the cleaning. But I can't discourage this endevour. It is a step in the right direction, and she sings when she gets distracted from the task, and I can listen to three and a half year olds singing all day long.

Anyway, what I am going to give you today is a fantastic resource. I will post specific parts from it later, with my own two cents, but if you want to start building a classical music library, this is a good place to start. I have not read all of it, but from what I have read it seems pretty good.

So, here is The Classical Music Basic Repertoire List. Poke through it, and if you have any questions on anything or want recommendations between this or that, holler.

Right off the top, I do have one quibble: they could have done much better with Lou Harrison. First, he passed away at least two years ago, so they need to update that. Second, while La Koro Sutro and the Varied Trio and one of the percussion suites are outstanding, I would have added Complete Harpsichord Works, Music for Tack Piano and Pianoforte performed by Linda Burman-Hall (disclosure: Linda was my harpsichord teacher) on New Albion Records, as well as Solstice/Canticle #3, conducted by Dennis Russell Davies on the Musicmasters label.

I also consider Hymnen a far more important work of Stockhausen than Mantra.

Anyway, they are really strong on baroque, even listing the outstanding Jose Antonio Carlos de Seixas, who is about as neglected as Padre Antonio Soler.

So, have fun, listen to good music, etc. etc. etc.

Boom! Another hour gone!