[Borges]

Classial Ping

[Sirius Lee]

Human tastes can be awful in the short run (Cage, serialism), but in the long run the meritorious, that which is true and beautiful, finds its way back to the surface. The music of the elder Bach went through a period of similar disdain as that of Strauss. But Strauss is back baby!

His Alpine Symphony is one I listen to with headphones and no interruptions at least once a week. It's food for the soul, especially in these down times when it's too icy for rock climbing but too soon for ice.

[ek_hornbeck]

“Death and Transfiguration” has always been one of my favorites, along with the trio in the finale of “Der Rosenkavalier”. Otherwise I’m undecided on Strauss. My biggest problem with most of Strauss’ other works is that he often introduces themes from out of nowhere and doesn’t develop them in any way before jumping to the next unrelated theme (such as in “Also Sprach Zarathustra”, “Till Eulenspiegel”, etc).