Edgard Varèse – Amériques
One of my favorite modernist pieces. I like to think of it as Stravinsky’s « Rite of Spring » on crack (see if you can find all the references!) There are also references to other early century music such as Schoenberg and (I think) Mahler. The last 5 minutes or so is one of the most intense endings I know of.
Riccardo Chailly conducts the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.
THE BEST CLASSICAL MUSIC 