bookman Loc: Southeast Michigan

For me as a teenager in the '60's music largely meant the Beatles, Stones, and the other icons of the day. I didn't have the least bit of interest in classical music until one rainy evening when I was home alone and started looking through my mother's LP collection. I was in some kind of mood and started going through a stack of classical records from some record club and it was...uh huh...okay...that one's all right...uh uh...you can have that one...maybe. Then I got to Rimsky-Korsakov's Russian Easter Festival Overture and it clicked. It was the first piece of classical music that I fell in love with and remains an icon of spring for me.

If you've never heard it, or even if you have, I recommend the version by the London Sympathy Orchestra led by Antal Dorati. A lot of other versions around, some really poor interpretations, but none that I have found that bring out the drama of the music like this one.

I have it on a playlist on my Amazon Prime account. If you don't have a Prime account or even if you do you can listen to it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbTLtNpTC5o

Sit back, put on the headphones, turn up the volume, and enjoy a turbulent journey from winter into spring.

cullumjt Loc: Central Florida

Listening to it now through my Apple TV... beautiful and dramatic. I love Rimsky-Korsakov. Thanks for sharing the link.

02Nomad Loc: Catonsville, MD

For me it was Pictures At An Exhibition by Emerson, Lake and Palmer. I loved the music! I was surprised to find an album with the same name by Mussorgsky, so I bought it.

jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

It’s a good piece, all right, but my tastes run more toward Hank, Lefty, George, and Willie.

TomC. Loc: Bel Air, MD

Did you mean to say "the London "Sympathy" Orchestra?" That was funny.

Jack B Loc: Mount Pleasant, SC

It has long been a favorite of mine as are many other classical masterpieces. Just listened on my computer speakers which are just OK. Will find my copy on LP and play on my Bose/Yamaha system later. Am sure my wife will be calling me from down stairs to cut the volume down. Some of Bach's organ music continues to raise goose bumps on me! Depending on the mood, my tastes range from classical to blue grass. Thank goodness, at 80 my hearing is still just OK.

bookman Loc: Southeast Michigan

Ha! I shouldn't do this in the middle of the night. Good catch.

ICN3S Loc: Cave Junction, OR

Thank you, that was beautiful!

bookman Loc: Southeast Michigan

You're welcome. After 50 (or so) years I still enjoy it.

shelty Loc: Medford, OR

It seems that you're in the 'heavy' stuff. Here's some of the 'lighter' stuff. Don't worry I listen to most of it depending on my mood. https://youtu.be/IsF53JpBMlk

Bob Smith Loc: Banjarmasin

Mozart piano concerto no 21 does it for me after a tough day at work I would put it on the car cassette player and all the stress would fly away

raymondh Loc: Walker, MI

Jack B Loc: Mount Pleasant, SC

Thanks! Played clarinet, alto clarinet, tenor sax, baritone sax and bassoon through elem school to high school. Baritone was my absolute favorite! If you have never listened to Gerry Mulligan on baritone try to find him. Absolutely beautiful.

Fotoserj Loc: St calixte Qc Ca

Same here, but for a long drive I choose some classic and sometimes gregorian music