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ain't it the truth

I had a double CD of Xenakis' chamber music for the longest time. I thought it was unapproachable. For some reason, about a year ago, I "got" it. Hafler Trio and Nurse with Wound lay very very far in my past, I remember the Elephant Table album and some mail orders I did from RRR Records...but I'm not so much into the noise as I was then.

For me, most of the discovery is in classical music and there are worlds to discover. I just got done with a week of repeatedly listening to Pollini playing Shumann's Fantasy in C and Lizst's Sonata. This is just very standard repertoire stuff, but I never spent time with either before. What a revelation this one CD has been. Fantastic.

And then I like to go way off the beaten track. Rubbra and Robert Simpson, one of my recent favorites, Saariaho, anything put out by the Arditti Quartet (and that leads into some unusual corners)...just got some Szymanowski and Scelsi...and there is no end to it. I'm thinking seriously of going for a complete set of Allan Pettersson's symphonies.

And although rock is not my primary listening anymore, I still hear plenty to like. Lately The Good The Bad and the Queen (I'm a sucker for that sort of Brit-pop) and the latest masterpiece from Nick Cave- Grinderman- and the new Bright Eyes is on my to get list...and every month Mojo magazine has a bunch I've never heard of...so I will never run out of music.


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  • ain't it the truth - tunenut 15:54:21 05/09/07 (1)
    • Noise - kerr 05:25:58 05/10/07 (0)

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