On a desert island, what music would you least miss?
mainHere’s a little list of the ones I could live most happily without:
1 Mahler’s 8th symphony
The one he never bothered to revise
2 Boulez
I’ve tried, believe me.
3 Für Elise
Or any other five easy pieces
4 Lulu
There, I’ve said it. Berg’s bit of serial porn turns me off.
5 Four of the Tchaikovsky symphonies
You decide which. I don’t really mind.
6 Elgar
Apart from the 2 concertos and that devastating late violin sonata
7 Minimalism
Including all those composers who claim they’re not really minimalists
8 Serialism
Sorry, Arnie.
9 Debussy
Oui, c’est vrai.
10 Bruckner
Go on then, your list?
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