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10 works or composers you never want to hear again

I never thought I'd read anything worthwhile by Norman Lebrecht, and this isn't exactly by him, but a quote by him of pianist Katya Apekisheva's list of 10 works or composers she never wants to hear again that I find brilliant and right on point:

1. Vivaldi. Four seasons
2. Andrew Lloyd Webber musicals
3. ABBA
4. About 85% of music by Liszt
5. Berlioz
6. Ending of Tchaikovsky piano trio ( around 8 last pages)
7. Neapolitan song 'O Sole Mio'
8. Beethoven Fur Elise
9. Virtuoso violin music, such as Sarasate and Weniawsky
10. Brindisi from Traviata

The brilliant thing about this list is that she doesn't simply go for 10 works or composers she doesn't like, or make inane comments like "all Mozart" like other posters, but names 10 truly overplayed works and composers, or works that are just too over the top and hysterical or go on for too d@mn long.

My list:
1. Grieg, especially the piano concerto and Peer Gynt Suite no. 2
2. Verdi's March from Aida
3. Elgar's Pomp and Circumstance March no. 1
4. Pachelbel's Canon in D
5. Schubert's Unfinished Symphony
6. Bruckner, especially the Tedium
7. Tchaikovsky piano concerto no. 1
8. ABBA (sorry to copy Katya, but simply too true).
9. Gliere's Ilya Muromets
10. Rachmaninoff piano concerto no. 2



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Topic - 10 works or composers you never want to hear again - rbolaw 18:09:49 08/20/16 (20)

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