So … Amazon has their top 25 list for classical music. Here tis:
1) Osvaldo Golijov: Oceana
2) Bach: Goldberg Variations
3) Beethoven: Middle String Quartets
4) Baroque and me
5) Beethoven: String Quartets, Op.18, Nos. 1-6
6) Glass: Book of Longing
7) Songs by Mahler, Handel & Peter Lieberson
8) Chostakovitch: Quatuors à cordes Nos. 6, 8 & 11
9) Music for Compline
10) Shostakovich: String Quartets #3, 7 & 8 – St. Lawrence String Quartet
11) Brahms: Symphony 3
12) The Greater Good: Act II Scene 8: Good morning, madame (Boule, later Mme. Loiseau)
13) Hartke: The Greater Good
14) Bartók: String Quartets Nos 5 & 6
15) Ballad For Edvard Grieg
16) Dvorák: “American” Quartet, Op. 96: Mendelsohn: Quartet No. 2, Op. 13
17) Stockhausen: Stimmung [Hybrid SACD]
18) Rorem: Piano Concerto No. 2; Cello Concerto
19) Cello Concerto Op. 129-Serenade No. 1
20) Rameau: Keyboard Suites
21) Appassionato
22) Monteverdi – Combattimento / Ciofi, Villazón, Lehtipuu, Le Concert d’Astrée, Haïm (W/DVD)
23) 40 Voices [Hybrid SACD]
24) An Italian Soujourn
25) Valentin Silvestrov: Symphony No. 6
Okay … how many of these CDs do I have? How well do I do with Amazon’s choices of the top 25?
A whopping … drum roll … ONE.
If you know me, you should know which one it is, too.
