Mercia Music Top Ten
Tony Baines, Secretary of Stoke-on-Trent RMC
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Work
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| 1. J.S.Bach - Suites for Unaccompanied Cello | like a friend talking to you - a Desert Island must |
| 2. Brahms - Violin Concerto | The first movement is one of my most intense and absorbing musical experiences |
| 3. Berlioz - Requiem (esp. Tuba Mirum) | brings dignity and drama to the last judgement - unlike the terror of Verdi! |
| 4. Vaughan-Williams - Tallis Fantasia | For me, nothing better describes the mystery of the Almighty than this |
| 5. Beethoven - Emperor Concerto | the triumphant self confidence of one who possibly suspected that he was the greatest composer ever |
| 6. Elgar - Introduction and Allegro for Strings | Joyful, breezy - a relaxed, mature Elgar |
| 7. Schubert - Die Schöne Müllerin | my starting point in serious listening 60 years ago - Schubert's songs - one of the bright strands in Western civilisation |
| 8. Stravinsky - Petrushka | bright, vibrant, exciting - 50 years ago my first venture into 'something different' - still a favourite |
| 9. Berlioz - Romeo and Juliet | They said he couldn't write melodies - they obviously never listened to this |
| 10. Schubert - Symphony No. 9 | the epic first movement has something in common with the first of Beethoven's 5th, though less sinister |