The Symphonies of Winds is a great one to throw out there at people, too. It's easy to knee-jerk and close off to it with the slightly brash introduction, but if you sit and really listen to the entire thing the feeling is just amazing. I love Strav's approach to composing - he'd just play things at a piano over and over again, making changes until it felt right. Fuck the rules, fuck romantic melodies, fuck traditional harmony. He had a feeling he wanted to convey and could do it in an incredibly powerful way.
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