23. Cavatina â by Stanley Myers, as performed by John Williams
I still have to stop everything and just listen when this song is playing.
24. Nanci â Adrian Legg
Adrian Legg wrote this for Nanci Griffith while they were touring together. This is one of those "gut" songs; I can't explain why the music does what it does to me, but the melody is a mental intoxicant.
Can't find a version to embed, but you can download the MP3 here:
Adrian Legg - Guitar for Mortals
25. Cuban Connections â Outback
You go here to listen to the song; I canât find a version to embed.
26. Tamacunâ Rodrigo y Gabriela
27. Claire de Lune â Debussy
I fear that a quick review of classical music that makes my list will reveal very plebian tastes. Exhibit 1:
28. Shannon Girl â from John Tartagliaâs LP âGood Morning Sunshineâ
This MUST be the instrumental version. I heard it with words, decades after first hearing the instrumental, and was appalled. I found one sung version I could have embedded, but if I did so youâd have thought Iâd lost my mind.
29. Romance- from âThe Gadfly Suiteâ , by Dmitri Shostakovich
Plebian taste in classical music, exhibit 2:
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Your classical music tastes are no more plebian than mine, I'm afraid. I like Debussy and will probably include one of his pieces in my list. The Shostakovich reminds me of another piece I plan to include which is strange because the composer was Italian and probably from a hundred years before ol' Dmitri. It's the soaring strings, I think. One interesting thing about the recording you attached, or maybe it's Shostakovich's skill with instrumentation, but I can actually hear the second flutes. I don't think I've ever heard the second flutes in any recording of any orchestral or band piece before, LOL. It's like they're usually just there for show.