Choral music. I can’t get enough of it! Usually I can’t stand it. Its lame, boring and usually terribly done, but I finally heard a real group, and now I’m hooked. its what we as orchestral musicians are always striving to be.
1) Salvation is Created, by Tchesnokov
2) Leonardo, by Eric Whitacre
Okay, so thats two pieces, but their both amazing.
Strings usually bore me to tears by themselves (I’m a wind instrument freak) but listening to Adagio for strings by Samuel Barber is one of the most emotional experiences I’ve ever gone through. Listen to it. You wont be disappointed.
Finally, and to me one of the most important pieces of music of all time: Brahms’ Trio for horn, violin and piano. He wrote it when his mother died, and its one of the most powerful pieces of music you’ll ever hear. Find the recording of Lowell Greer playing the horn, and you’ll agree. Its amazing. You’ll never be the same.
