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Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week (2017)

NOTE: This is a log of my favorite works for the given week. The rankings here will not necessarily parallel my overall rankings, as they are only what I favored for the given week. In other words, sometimes I will temporarily get more excited about a work, especially newer ones, than others that I might rate more highly on my overall lists -- hence it may rank #1 here but (much) lower on one of my overall lists. This log will feature any of the art I have assimilated (newly or revisited) within the week listed, whether it be Rock or Jazz albums, Classical works, Films or Visual Art. More often than not, I tend to focus on one or two of those art forms at once so it is very rare that all will be featured in the same week but it has happened on occasion. This log will also include all of my updated ratings for newly assimilated works as well as those I've recently re-rated that week.

Additionally, below my "Top 10+ of the Week", I am listing my "Top 50 Works of Art of the Year". This is simply a log of my favorite art over the course of this year only. This list becomes increasingly exclusive as the year goes on, making it very difficult to only include 50 and leave out so many incredible art works that I was amazed by in 2017. It will be continuously updated until its final version at the end of 2017.

Recommendations and suggestions welcome. For my criteria and recommendations page, go here: http://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/vi...hp?t=15503

Bold = Newly added
Bold + Italics = Was already listed for the week but recently changed positions

TOP 50 WORKS OF ART OF THE YEAR (2017)
1. Sistine Chapel (Ceiling & The Last Judgement) - Michelangelo Buonarroti (1512; 1541)
2. Symphony No. 9 in D Minor "Choral" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1824)
3. Rock Bottom - Robert Wyatt (1974)
4. Mass in B Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (1749)
5. Symphony No. 9 in D Major - Gustav Mahler (1909)
6. Symphony No. 9 in C Major "The Great" - Franz Schubert (1826)
7. String Quartet No. 15 in A Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1825)
8. Symphony No. 4 in E Minor - Johannes Brahms (1884)
9. Symphony No. 5 in C Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1808)
10. Glagolitic Mass - Leos Janacek (1926)
11. String Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1826)
12. Symphony No. 9 in E Minor "From the New World" - Antonin Dvorak (1893)
13. Violin Concerto in D Major - Johannes Brahms (1878)
14. Winterreise - Franz Schubert (1828)
15. Violin Concertos Nos. 1-4, "The Four Seasons" - Antonio Vivaldi (1723)
16. Trout Mask Replica - Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band (1969)
17. Peasants' War Panorama - Werner Tubke (1987) [aka, "Early Bourgeois Revolution in Germany"]
18. Requiem - Guisseppe Verdi (1874)
19. Tristan und Isolde - Richard Wagner (1859)
20. Symphony in D Minor - Cesar Franck (1888)
21. The Survivor’s Suite – Keith Jarrett (1976)
22. A Love Supreme - John Coltrane (1964)
23. Blonde On Blonde - Bob Dylan (1966)
24. Requiem - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1791)
25. Symphony No. 7 in A Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1812)
26. Symphony No. 2 in D Major - Johannes Brahms (1877)
27. Symphony No. 4 in F Minor - Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky (1878)
28. Symphony No. 1 in C Minor - Johannes Brahms (1876)
29. Symphonie Fantastique - Hector Berlioz (1830)
30. Symphony No. 41 in C Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1788)
31. Irrlicht - Klaus Schulze (1972)
32. Piano Sonata No. 32 in C Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1822)
33. String Quintet in C Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
34. The Black Saint & The Sinner Lady - Charles Mingus (1963)
35. Symphony No. 5 - Gustav Mahler (1902)
36. Twelve Concerti Grossi, Op. 6 - Arcangelo Corelli (1714)
37. Polish Requiem - Krzysztof Penderecki (1983-2005)
38. Symphony No. 10 in E Minor - Dmitri Shostakovich (circa 1951-1953)
39. Symphony No. 6 in A minor "Tragic" - Gustav Mahler (1904; 1906)
40. Extensions - McCoy Tyner (1970)
41. Let My Children Hear Music - Charles Mingus (1972)
42. Sahara – McCoy Tyner (1972)
43. Sonata in G minor for Piano and Cello, Op. 19 - Sergei Rachmaninoff (1901)
44. Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-flat Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
45. Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1820)
46. Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor "Appassionata" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1805)
47. Piano Sonata No. 20 in A Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
48. Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat Major "Hammerklavier" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1818)
49. Violin Concerto in D Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1806)
50. Requiem - Gyorgy Ligeti (1965)

PAST WINNERS: 1995 - 2016
(NOTE: My series of "Top 10 of the Week" lists only actually goes back to 2008. Prior to that are simply my noted favorite works of each given year without any attempt to keep further record)

2016: Sistine Chapel (Ceiling & The Last Judgement) - Michelangelo Buonarroti (1512; 1541)
2015: Astral Weeks - Van Morrison (1968)
2014: Sistine Chapel (Ceiling & The Last Judgement) - Michelangelo Buonarroti (1512; 1541)
2013: Requiem - Giuseppe Verdi (1874)
2012: Citizen Kane - Orson Welles (1941)
2011: Citizen Kane - Orson Welles (1941)
2010: Symphony No. 9 in D Major - Gustav Mahler (1910)
2009: Nostalghia - Andrei Tarkovsky (1983)
2008: The Black Saint & The Sinner Lady - Charles Mingus (1963)
2007: Trout Mask Replica - Captain Beefheart (1968)
2006: Rock Bottom - Robert Wyatt (1974)
2005: A Love Supreme - John Coltrane (1964)
2004: Kid A - Radiohead (2000)
2003: Yankee Hotel Foxtrot - Wilco (2002)
2002: In the Aeroplane Over the Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel (1998)
2001: Astral Weeks - Van Morrison (1968)
2000: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1824)
1999: Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor - J.S. Bach (1723)
1998: OK Computer - Radiohead (1997)
1997: The Bends - Radiohead (1995)
1996: 2001: A Space Odyssey - Stanley Kubrick (1968)
1995: Throwing Copper - Live (1995)

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 12-18-17 - 12-31-17
Sistine Chapel (Ceiling & The Last Judgement) - Michelangelo Buonarroti (1512; 1541)
Requiem Mass in D minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1791)
Cello Concerto "Azul" - Osvaldo Golijov (2009) ...See newly added "best recording" on the following list: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...hp?t=15098 ...This work is brand new to me ... and was revelatory and astonishing ... Maybe the greatest Cello Concerto of all time and under consideration (with works such as Bela Tarr's Werckmeister Harmonies and Joanna Newsom's Have One On Me) as possibly the greatest work of art (any medium) so far this century...
Piano Quintet in F minor - Johannes Brahms (1864)
Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major - Antonin Dvorak (1887)
Symphony No. 9 in D Minor "Choral" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1824)
The Doors - The Doors (1967)
String Quintet in C Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
Mass in B Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (1749)
Goldberg Variations - Johann Sebastian Bach (1741)
Double Concerto for Violin and Cello in A Minor - Johannes Brahms (1887)
Piano Quintet in A Major "Trout" - Franz Schubert (1819)
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor - Sergei Rachmaninoff (1901)
Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1821)
Symphony No. 1 in C Minor - Johannes Brahms (1876)
Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-flat Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (circa 1788-1791)
Piano Trio No. 7 in B-flat Major "Archduke" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1811)
Sonata in G minor for Piano and Cello, Op. 19 - Sergei Rachmaninoff (1901)
Symphony No. 8 in G major - Antonin Dvorak (1889)
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major "Emperor" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1811)
Cello Concerto No. 2 - Dmitri Shostakovich (1966)
Symphony No. 8 in B Minor "Unfinished" - Franz Schubert (1822)
String Quartet No. 12 in E flat major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1825)
Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-flat major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785)
Piano Quintet in G Minor - Dmitri Shostakovich (1940)
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1806)
Piano Trio in D major "Ghost" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1809)
Concerto for 2 Violins in D Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1718-1720)
Violin Concerto in E major - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1718)
Violin Concerto in A minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1717-1723)
Symphony No. 35 in D major "Haffner" - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1788)
Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785)
Symphony No. 40 in G minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1788)
Violin Concerto in D Major - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1878)
String Quartet No. 16 in F Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1826)
Symphony No. 36 in C major "Linzer" - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1783)
Symphony No. 6 in F Major "Pastoral" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1808)

FAMILIAR ROCK/JAZZ ALBUMS - RE-RATED:

NEWLY ASSIMILATED CLASSICAL WORKS - RATED:
Cello Concerto "Azul" - Osvaldo Golijov (2009) 8.4/10

FAMILIAR CLASSICAL WORKS - RE-RATED:
Piano Quintet in F minor - Johannes Brahms (1864) 8.5/10 to 8.6/10
Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major - Antonin Dvorak (1887) 8.3/10 to 8.5/10

NEWLY ASSIMILATED FILMS - RATED:
Star Wars: The Last Jedi - Rian Johnson (2017) 5.0/10

FAMILIAR FILMS - RE-RATED:

PIERO SCARUFFI - RECENT RATINGS - COMPARISON

FAMILIAR SONGS/TRACKS/MOVEMENTS - RE-RATED:

TOP 50 WORKS OF ART OF THE YEAR (2017)
Sistine Chapel (Ceiling & The Last Judgement) - Michelangelo Buonarroti (1512; 1541)
Symphony No. 9 in D Minor "Choral" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1824)
Rock Bottom - Robert Wyatt (1974)
Mass in B Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (1749)
Symphony No. 9 in D Major - Gustav Mahler (1909)
Symphony No. 9 in C Major "The Great" - Franz Schubert (1826)
String Quartet No. 15 in A Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1825)
Symphony No. 4 in E Minor - Johannes Brahms (1884)
Symphony No. 5 in C Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1808)
Glagolitic Mass - Leos Janacek (1926)
String Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1826)
Symphony No. 9 in E Minor "From the New World" - Antonin Dvorak (1893)
Violin Concerto in D Major - Johannes Brahms (1878)
Winterreise - Franz Schubert (1828)
Violin Concertos Nos. 1-4, "The Four Seasons" - Antonio Vivaldi (1723)
Trout Mask Replica - Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band (1969)
Peasants' War Panorama - Werner Tubke (1987) [aka, "Early Bourgeois Revolution in Germany"]
Requiem - Guisseppe Verdi (1874)
Tristan und Isolde - Richard Wagner (1859)
Symphony in D Minor - Cesar Franck (1888)
The Survivor’s Suite – Keith Jarrett (1976)
A Love Supreme - John Coltrane (1964)
Blonde On Blonde - Bob Dylan (1966)
Requiem - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1791)
Symphony No. 7 in A Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1812)
Symphony No. 2 in D Major - Johannes Brahms (1877)
Symphony No. 4 in F Minor - Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky (1878)
Symphony No. 1 in C Minor - Johannes Brahms (1876)
Symphonie Fantastique - Hector Berlioz (1830)
Symphony No. 41 in C Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1788)
Irrlicht - Klaus Schulze (1972)
Piano Sonata No. 32 in C Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1822)
String Quintet in C Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
The Black Saint & The Sinner Lady - Charles Mingus (1963)
Symphony No. 5 - Gustav Mahler (1902)
Twelve Concerti Grossi, Op. 6 - Arcangelo Corelli (1714)
Polish Requiem - Krzysztof Penderecki (1983-2005)
Symphony No. 10 in E Minor - Dmitri Shostakovich (circa 1951-1953)
Symphony No. 6 in A minor "Tragic" - Gustav Mahler (1904; 1906)
Extensions - McCoy Tyner (1970)
Let My Children Hear Music - Charles Mingus (1972)
Sahara – McCoy Tyner (1972)
Sonata in G minor for Piano and Cello, Op. 19 - Sergei Rachmaninoff (1901)
Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-flat Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1820)
Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor "Appassionata" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1805)
Piano Sonata No. 20 in A Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat Major "Hammerklavier" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1818)
Violin Concerto in D Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1806)
Requiem - Gyorgy Ligeti (1965)

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 12-11-17 - 12-17-17
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1875)
Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785)
Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-flat major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785)
Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-flat Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (circa 1788-1791)
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor - Sergei Rachmaninoff (1901)
Piano Concerto No. 24 in C Minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1786)
Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785)
Piano Concerto No. 25 in C major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1786) ...See revised "best recording" on the following list: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...hp?t=15098
Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1786)
Piano Concerto No. 19 in F major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1784)
Piano Concerto No. 17 in G Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1784)
Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat Major "Jeunehomme" - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1777)
Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor - Johannes Brahms (1858)
Violin Concerto in E Minor - Felix Mendelssohn (1844)
Violin Concerto in D Major - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1878)
Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1775)
Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1775)

NEWLY ASSIMILATED CLASSICAL WORKS - RATED:
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1875) 8.3/10 to 8.2/10
Violin Concerto in E Minor - Felix Mendelssohn (1844) 8.2/10 to 8.1/10
Violin Concerto in D Major - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1878) 8.2/10 to 8.1/10
Harpsichord Concerto No. 1 in D Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (1734) 8.1/10 to 8.0/10
Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor - Johannes Brahms (1858) 8.1/10 to 8.0/10

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 12-4-17 - 12-10-17
Sonata in G minor for Piano and Cello, Op. 19 - Sergei Rachmaninoff (1901) ...See newly added "best recording" here: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...120#458120
Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-flat Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (circa 1788-1791)
Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785)
Violin Sonata No. 2 in D Major, Op. 94a - Sergei Prokofiev (1942; re-arranged 1943) ...See newly added "best recording" here: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...hp?t=15098
Sonata for Violin and Piano in A Major - Cesar Franck (1886) ...See newly added "best recording" here: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...hp?t=15098
Sonata for Violin and Piano in G Major, Op. 134 - Dmitri Shostakovich (1968) ...See newly added "best recording" here: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...hp?t=15098
Piano Concerto No. 19 in F major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1784)
Piano Concerto No. 17 in G Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1784)
Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat Major "Jeunehomme" - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1777)
Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-flat major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785)
Have One On Me - Joanna Newsom (2010)
Symphony No. 35 in D major "Haffner" - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1788)
Symphony No. 1 in F minor - Dmitri Shostakovich (1925) ...See newly added "best recording" here: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...hp?t=15098
Symphony No. 36 in C major "Linzer" - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1783) ...See newly added "best recording" here: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...hp?t=15098
Cello Suite No. 6 in D major - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1717-1723) ...See newly added "best recording" here: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...hp?t=15098
Violin Sonata - Francis Poulenc (1943) ...See newly added "best recording" here: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...hp?t=15098
Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785)
Piano Concerto 24 in C Minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1786)
Piano Concerto in A Minor - Robert Schumann (1845)
Piano Concerto No. 15 in B-flat major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1784) ...See newly added "best recording" here: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...hp?t=15098
Piano Concerto No. 18 in B-flat major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1784)
Piano Concerto No. 25 in C major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1786)
Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1786)
Piano Concerto No. 26 in D major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1788) ...See newly added "best recording" here: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...hp?t=15098
Piano Trio in D major "Ghost" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1809)
Cello Suite No. 4 in D major - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1717-1723) (Not Rated Yet)
Cello Suite No. 3 in D major - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1717-1723) (Not Rated Yet)
Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1775)
Harpsichord Concerto No. 5 in F minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (1738)

NEWLY ASSIMILATED CLASSICAL WORKS - RATED:
Sonata in G minor for Piano and Cello, Op. 19 - Sergei Rachmaninoff (1901) 8.7/10
Violin Sonata No. 2 in D Major, Op. 94a - Sergei Prokofiev (1942; re-arranged 1943) 8.0/10
Sonata for Violin and Piano in A Major - Cesar Franck (1886) 8.0/10
Sonata for Violin and Piano in G Major, Op. 134 - Dmitri Shostakovich (1968) 8.0/10
Violin Sonata - Francis Poulenc (1943) 7.8/10

FAMILIAR CLASSICAL WORKS - RE-RATED:
Symphony No. 1 in F minor - Dmitri Shostakovich (1925) Not Rated to 8.0/10
Symphony No. 36 in C major "Linzer" - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1783) Not Rated to 8.0/10
Piano Concerto No. 25 in C major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1786) 8.0/10 to 7.9/10
Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-flat Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (circa 1788-1791) 8.0/10 to 7.9/10
Piano Concerto No. 26 in D major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1788) Not Rated to 7.8/10
Piano Concerto No. 15 in B-flat major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1784) Not Rated to 7.8/10
Piano Concerto No. 18 in B-flat major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1784) Not Rated to 7.8/10; 7.8/10 to 7.6/10
Harpsichord Concerto No. 5 in F minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (1738) Not Rated to 7.3/10

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 11-27-17 - 12-3-17
Symphony No. 6 in B Minor "Pathetique" - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1893)
Violin Concerto in E Minor - Felix Mendelssohn (1844) ...See revised "best recording" here: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...hp?t=15098
Violin Concerto in D major - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1878) ...See revised "best recording" here: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...hp?t=15098
Das Lied von der Erde - Gustav Mahler (1909)
Violin Concertos, Nos. 1-12, Op. 3 “L'Estro Armonico” - Antonio Vivaldi (1711)
Symphony No. 4 in E Minor - Johannes Brahms (1884)
Keyboard Partita No. 6 in E Minor, BWV 830 - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1725-1731) ...See newly added "best recording" here: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...hp?t=15098
Keyboard Partita No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 826 - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1725-1731) ...See newly added "best recording" here: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...hp?t=15098
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major - Johann Sebastian Bach (1718)
Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major - Johann Sebastian Bach (1721)
Cello Concerto in B minor - Antonin Dvorak (1895) ...See newly added "best recording" here: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...hp?t=15098
Also Sprach Zarathustra - Richard Strauss (1896) ...See newly added "best recording" here: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...hp?t=15098
Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (1720)
Violin Sonata No. 3 in C major - Johann Sebastian Bach (1720) ...See newly added "best recording" here: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...hp?t=15098
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor - Sergei Rachmaninoff (1901)
Keyboard Partita No. 3 in A Minor, BWV 827 - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1725-1731) ...See newly added "best recording" here: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...hp?t=15098
Keyboard Partita No. 4 in D Major, BWV 828 - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1725-1731) ...See newly added "best recording" here: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...hp?t=15098
Keyboard Partita No. 1 in B-flat Major, BWV 825 - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1725-1731) ...See newly added "best recording" here: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...hp?t=15098
Cello Suite No. 1 in G major - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1717-1723)

FAMILIAR CLASSICAL WORKS - RE-RATED:
Violin Concertos, Nos. 1-12, Op. 3 “L'Estro Armonico” - Antonio Vivaldi (1711) Not Rated to 8.5/10
Violin Sonata No. 3 in C major - Johann Sebastian Bach (1720) Not Rated to 7.9/10
Cello Concerto in B minor - Antonin Dvorak (1895) Not Rated to 7.9/10
Also Sprach Zarathustra - Richard Strauss (1896) Not Rated to 7.9/10
Keyboard Partita No. 6 in E Minor, BWV 830 - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1725-1731) Not Rated to 7.9/10
Keyboard Partita No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 826 - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1725-1731) Not Rated to 7.8/10
Keyboard Partita No. 3 in A Minor, BWV 827 - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1725-1731) Not Rated to 7.8/10
Keyboard Partita No. 4 in D Major, BWV 828 - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1725-1731) Not Rated to 7.8/10
Keyboard Partita No. 1 in B-flat Major, BWV 825 - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1725-1731) Not Rated to 7.8/10
Cello Suite No. 1 in G major - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1717-1723) Not Rated to 7.6/10

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 11-13-17 - 11-26-17
Twelve Concerti Grossi, Op. 6 - Arcangelo Corelli (1714) ...See newly added "best recording" here: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...hp?t=15098
Polish Requiem - Krzysztof Penderecki (1983-2005) ...See newly added "best recording" here: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...hp?t=15098
Das Lied von der Erde - Gustav Mahler (1909)
Piano Quintet in G Minor - Dmitri Shostakovich (1940) ...See revised "best recording" here: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...hp?t=15098
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major - Johannes Brahms (1881) ...See revised "best recording" here: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...hp?t=15098
Nail - Foetus (1985)
Concerto for Piano and String Orchestra - Alfred Schnittke (1979)
Symphony No. 1 "Titan" in D major - Gustav Mahler (1888) ...See newly added "best recording" here: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...120#458120
Goldberg Variations - Johann Sebastian Bach (1741)
Piano Sonata No. 3 in F Minor - Johannes Brahms (1853) ...See newly added "best recording" here: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...hp?t=15098
Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat Major "Hammerklavier" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1818)
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor - Sergei Rachmaninoff (1901)
Violin Concerto in D Major - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1878)
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1806) ...See revised "best recording" here: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...hp?t=15098
Quartet for the End of Time - Olivier Messiaen (1941)
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1875)
Violin Concerto in E Minor - Felix Mendelssohn (1844)
Double Concerto for Violin and Cello in A Minor - Johannes Brahms (1887) ...See newly added "best recording" here: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...120#458120
Fantasy in C Major, Op. 17 - Robert Schumann (1839) ...See newly added "best recording" here: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...120#458120
Violin Concerto in G Minor - Max Bruch (1866)
Fantasie in C Major "Wanderer Fantasy" - Franz Schubert (1822) ...See newly added "best recording" here: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...120#458120
Requiem - Gabriel Faure (1890)
Total Recall - Paul Verhoeven (1990)
Piano Sonata No. 3 in B Minor - Frederic Chopin (1844) ...See newly added "best recording" here: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...120#458120
Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor "Pathetique" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1798)
Harpsichord Concerto No. 1 in D Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (1734)
Pictures at an Exhibition - Modest Mussorgsky (1874) ...See newly added "best recording" here: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...hp?t=15098
Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1717-1723)
Violin Concerto in E major - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1718)
Violin Concerto in A minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1717-1723)
Vier Ernste Gesange, Op. 121 - Johannes Brahms (1896)
Symphony No. 4 in B flat major - Ludwig Van Beethoven (1806)
Fantasia in F Minor for Piano, Four Hands - Franz Schubert (1828)
Piano Sonata No. 9 in F Major "Black Mass" - Alexander Scriabin (1913)
Symphony No. 1 in C major - Ludwig Van Beethoven (1795-1801)

FAMILIAR ROCK/JAZZ ALBUMS - RE-RATED:
Nail - Foetus (1985) 8.6/10 to 8.9/10

FAMILIAR CLASSICAL WORKS - RE-RATED:
Twelve Concerti Grossi, Op. 6 - Arcangelo Corelli (1714) Not Rated to 8.9/10
Polish Requiem - Krzysztof Penderecki (1983-2005) Not Rated to 8.9/10
String Quartet No. 14 in D minor "Death and the Maiden" - Franz Schubert (1824) 8.8/10 to 8.6/10
String Quartet No. 13 in B-flat Major (Original Composition with Grosse Fugue) - Ludwig van Beethoven (1825) 8.4/10 to 8.6/10
Quartet for the End of Time - Olivier Messiaen (1941) 8.8/10 to 8.6/10
Symphony No. 1 "Titan" in D major - Gustav Mahler (1888) Not Rated to 8.0/10
Double Concerto for Violin and Cello in A Minor - Johannes Brahms (1887) Not Rated to 8.0/10
Fantasy in C Major, Op. 17 - Robert Schumann (1839) Not Rated to 7.9/10
Piano Sonata No. 3 in F Minor - Johannes Brahms (1853) Not Rated to 7.8/10
Fantasie in C Major "Wanderer Fantasy" - Franz Schubert (1822) Not Rated to 7.8/10
Piano Sonata No. 3 in B Minor - Frederic Chopin (1844) Not Rated to 7.8/10
Vier Ernste Gesange, Op. 121 - Johannes Brahms (1896) Not Rated to 7.5/10
Symphony No. 4 in B flat major - Ludwig Van Beethoven (1806) Not Rated to 7.5/10
Piano Sonata No. 9 in F Major "Black Mass" - Alexander Scriabin (1913) Not Rated to 7.3/10
Symphony No. 1 in C major - Ludwig Van Beethoven (1795-1801) Not Rated to 7.3/10

NEWLY ASSIMILATED FILMS - RATED:
127 Hours - Danny Boyle (2010) 6.3/10

FAMILIAR FILMS - RE-RATED:
Total Recall - Paul Verhoeven (1990) Not Rated to 7.0/10

FAMILIAR SONGS/TRACKS/MOVEMENTS - RE-RATED:
Piano Sonata No. 9 in F Major "Black Mass" - Alexander Scriabin - Piano Sonata No. 9 in F Major "Black Mass" -
1st Movement [enitre work] (1913) Not Rated to 7.3/10

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 11-6-17 - 11-12-17
Violin Sonata No. 3 in D Minor - Johannes Brahms (1888)
Violin Sonata No. 9 in A Major "Kreutzer" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1803) ...See revised "best recording" here: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...hp?t=15098
Piano Sonata No. 20 in A Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
String Quintet in C Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
Fratres (for Violin and Piano) - Arvo Part (1977) ...See my brand new selection for "best recording" here: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...hp?t=15098
Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor "Appassionata" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1805)
Piano Quintet in G Minor - Dmitri Shostakovich (1940)
Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (1720)
Symphony No. 6 in B Minor "Pathetique" - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1893) ...See revised "best recording" here: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...hp?t=15098
Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Major - Johannes Brahms (1886)
Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1820)
String Quartet No. 13 in B-flat Major (Original Composition with Grosse Fugue) - Ludwig van Beethoven (1825)
Octet for Strings in E-flat Major - Felix Mendelssohn (1825)
Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor - Dmitri Shostakovich (1944)
The Piper at the Gates of Dawn - Pink Floyd (1967)
Violin Concerto No. 2 - Bela Bartok (1938) ...See revised "best recording" here: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...hp?t=15098
String Quartet No. 15 in G Major - Franz Schubert (1826) ...See revised "best recording" here: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...hp?t=15098
Symphony No. 8 in G major - Antonin Dvorak (1889) ...See my brand new selection for "best recording" here: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...hp?t=15098
Symphony No. 5 - Carl Neilsen (1922) ...See my brand new selection for "best recording" here: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...hp?t=15098
Violin Concerto No. 2 in C-sharp Minor - Dmitri Shostakovich (1967)
Piano Sonata No. 21 in C Major "Waldstein" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1804)
Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1821)
Symphony No. 3 in F Major - Johannes Brahms (1883)
Symphony No. 2 "The Age of Anxiety" - Leonard Bernstein (1949)
Symphony No. 40 in G minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1788)
Harpsichord Concerto No. 1 in D Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (1734)
Cello Symphony - Benjamin Britten (1963)
Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-flat Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1775)
Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat Major "Jeunehomme" - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1777)
Sinfonia da Requiem - Benjamin Britten (1940)
Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major - Franz Schubert (1816)
Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor "Pathetique" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1798)
Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp Minor "Quasi una fantasia" (aka, "Moonlight") - Ludwig van Beethoven (1801)
Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565 - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1704)
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major - Johann Sebastian Bach (1718)
Violin Concerto in D Major - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1878)
Rhapsody in Blue - George Gershwin (1924)

FAMILIAR CLASSICAL WORKS - RE-RATED:
Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Major - Johannes Brahms (1886) 7.9/10 to 8.1/10
Violin Sonata No. 3 in D Minor - Johannes Brahms (1888) 7.9/10 to 8.1/10
Violin Sonata No. 9 in A Major "Kreutzer" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1803) 7.9 to 8.1/10
String Quartet No. 15 in G Major - Franz Schubert (1826) 8.0 to 8.1/10
Symphony No. 8 in G major - Antonin Dvorak (1889) Not Rated to 8.0/10
Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565 - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1704) 8.0/10 to 7.9/10

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 10-30-17 - 11-5-17
Symphony No. 10 in E Minor - Dmitri Shostakovich (circa 1951-1953)
Symphony No. 5 in B-flat - Sergei Prokofiev (1944)
Symphony No. 6 in A minor "Tragic" - Gustav Mahler (1904; 1906)
Piano Sonata in B Minor - Franz Liszt (1853)
Piano Trio No. 7 in B-flat Major "Archduke" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1811)
Violin Concertos Nos. 1-4, "The Four Seasons" - Antonio Vivaldi (1723)
Symphony No. 5 - Gustav Mahler (1902)
Ein Deutsches Requiem - Johannes Brahms (1868)
Symphony No. 9 in E Minor "From the New World" - Antonin Dvorak (1893)
Piano Quintet in F minor - Johannes Brahms (1864)
Symphony No. 7 in D minor - Antonin Dvorak (1885)
Symphony No. 5 in E Minor - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1888)
Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major - Antonin Dvorak (1887)
Symphony No. 9 in D Major - Gustav Mahler (1910)
Violin Concerto in D Major - Johannes Brahms (1878)
In the Aeroplane Over the Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel (1998)
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major "Emperor" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1811)
Piano Concerto - Michael Nyman (1993)
Piano Sonata No. 32 in C Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1822)
Requiem Mass in D minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1791)
Symphony No. 3 in F Major - Johannes Brahms (1883)
Piano Quintet in G Minor - Dmitri Shostakovich (1940)
Symphony No. 4 in A major "Italian" - Felix Mendelssohn (1831)
Piano Quintet in A Major "Trout" - Franz Schubert (1819)
Symphony No. 7 in E minor "Song of the Night" - Gustav Mahler (1905)
Das Lied von der Erde - Gustav Mahler (1909)
Diabelli Variations - Ludwig van Beethoven (1823)
Symphony in D Minor - Cesar Franck (1888)
Violin Concerto in E Minor - Felix Mendelssohn (1844)
Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785)
Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1821)
Symphony No. 11 For Six Percussionists And Orchestra - Kalevi Aho (1998)
Violin Concerto in D Major - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1878)
Harpsichord Concerto No. 1 in D Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (1734)

FAMILIAR ROCK/JAZZ ALBUMS - RE-RATED:
In the Aeroplane Over the Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel (1998) 9.3/10 to 9.0/10

FAMILIAR CLASSICAL WORKS - RE-RATED:
Symphony No. 10 in E Minor - Dmitri Shostakovich (circa 1951-1953) 8.6/10 to 8.9/10
Symphony No. 5 in B-flat - Sergei Prokofiev (1944) 8.8/10 to 8.9/10
Piano Sonata No. 32 in C Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1822) 9.0/10 to 8.9/10
Symphony No. 1 - Alfred Schnittke (1974) 8.6/10 to 8.8/10
Symphony No. 8 in E flat major "Symphony Of A Thousand" - Gustav Mahler (1906) 8.4/10 to 8.8/10
Symphony No. 2 in C minor "Resurrection" - Gustav Mahler (1894) 8.4/10 to 8.8/10
Symphony No. 6 in A minor "Tragic" - Gustav Mahler (1904; 1906) 8.4/10 to 8.8/10
Symphony No. 7 in D minor - Antonin Dvorak (1885) 8.7/10 to 8.8/10
Piano Sonata in B Minor - Franz Liszt (1853) 8.4/10 to 8.6/10
Piano Trio No. 7 in B-flat Major "Archduke" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1811) 8.4/10 to 8.5/10
Piano Quintet in F minor - Johannes Brahms (1864) 8.3/10 to 8.5/10
Das Lied von der Erde - Gustav Mahler (1909) 8.2/10 to 8.0/10

FAMILIAR SONGS/TRACKS/MOVEMENTS - RE-RATED:
Piano Sonata in B Minor - Franz Liszt - Piano Sonata in B Minor - 1st Movement (or Movements 1-3 or 4; sometimes listed as 3 or 4 movements) [entire work] (1853) 8.4/10 to 8.6/10
Arietta: Adagio molto semplice e cantabile - Ludwig van Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 32 in C Minor - 2nd Movement (1822) 8.3/10 to 8.2/10
Allegro, ma non tanto - Antonin Dvorak - Piano Quintet No. 2 in A Major - 1st Movement (1887) Not Rated to 7.4/10
Oh Comely - Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea - Track #8 (1998) 7.8/10 to 7.4/10

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 10-23-17 - 10-29-17
Symphony No. 5 in C Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1808)
Symphonie Fantastique - Hector Berlioz (1830)
Symphony No. 7 in A Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1812)
Quartet for the End of Time - Olivier Messiaen (1941)
Symphony No. 8 in B Minor "Unfinished" - Franz Schubert (1822)
Symphony No. 3 in F Major - Johannes Brahms (1883)
Symphony No. 2 in D Major - Jean Sibelius (1902)
Symphony No. 8 - Alfred Schnittke (1994)
Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major "Eroica" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1804)
Symphony No. 4 in F Minor - Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky (1878)
Symphony No. 1 in C Minor - Johannes Brahms (1876)
Symphony No. 9 in E Minor "From the New World" - Antonin Dvorak (1893)
Trout Mask Replica - Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band (1969)
Twin Infinitives - Royal Trux (1990)
Symphony No. 4 - Charles Ives (1924)
Goldberg Variations - Johann Sebastian Bach (1741)
The Rite of Spring - Igor Stravinsky (1913)
Symphony No. 41 in C Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1788)
String Quartet No. 14 in D minor "Death and the Maiden" - Franz Schubert (1824)
Symphony No. 2 in D Major - Johannes Brahms (1877)
Symphony No. 40 in G minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1788)
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major "Emperor" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1811)
Piano Sonata No. 32 in C Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1822)
Violin Concerto in D Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1806)
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1875)
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor - Sergei Rachmaninoff (1901)
Violin Concerto in D Major - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1878)
Blade Runner 2049 - Denis Villeneuve (2017)
Piano Concerto in A Minor - Robert Schumann (1845)

FAMILIAR CLASSICAL WORKS - RE-RATED:
Symphony No. 8 - Alfred Schnittke (1994) 8.7/10 to 8.9/10
Symphony No. 6 in B Minor "Pathetique" - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1893) 8.8/10 to 8.9/10
Symphony No. 2 in D Major - Jean Sibelius (1902) 8.8/10 to 8.9/10
Symphony No. 7 in A Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1812) 8.6/10 to 8.9/10
Symphony No. 2 in D Major - Johannes Brahms (1877) 8.8/10 to 8.9/10
Symphony No. 4 in F Minor - Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky (1878) 8.8/10 to 8.9/10
Symphony No. 1 in C Minor - Johannes Brahms (1876) 8.8/10 to 8.9/10
String Quartet No. 14 in D minor "Death and the Maiden" - Franz Schubert (1824) 8.6/10 to 8.8/10
Quartet for the End of Time - Olivier Messiaen (1941) 8.3/10 to 8.8/10

NEWLY ASSIMILATED FILMS - RATED:
Blade Runner 2049 - Denis Villeneuve (2017) 6.9/10

PIERO SCARUFFI - RECENT RATINGS - COMPARISON
Mother! - Darren Aronofsky (2017) 7.1/10 / Piero Scaruffi: 6.8/10 (Unofficial rating until he underlines/reviews it)
Blade Runner 2049 - Denis Villeneuve (2017) 6.9/10 / Piero Scaruffi: 6.9/10 (Unofficial rating until he underlines/reviews it)

FAMILIAR SONGS/TRACKS/MOVEMENTS - RE-RATED:
Un poco sostenuto — Allegro - Johannes Brahms - Symphony No. 1 in C Minor - 1st Movement (1876) Not Rated to 7.8/10
Andante sostenuto - Moderato con anima (F Minor) - Moderato assai, quasi Andante (B Major - F Major) - Allegro vivo (F Minor) -Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 4 in F Minor - 1st Movement (1878) Not Rated to 7.8/10
Allegro con brio - Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 7 in A Major - 4th Movement (1812) 7.6/10 to 7.7/10
Marcia funebre: Adagio assai - Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major "Eroica" - 2nd Movement (1804) 7.9/10 to 7.6/10
Allegro non troppo - Johannes Brahms - Symphony No. 4 in E minor - 1st Movement (1885) 7.5/10 to 7.6/10
Allegro con brio - Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major "Eroica" - 1st Movement (1804) 7.3/10 to 7.5/10
Finale: Allegro con fuoco (F major) - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 4 in F Minor - 1st Movement (1878) Not Rated to 7.5/10
Andante con moto - Franz Schubert - String Quartet No. 14 in D minor "Death and the Maiden" - 2nd Movement (1824) 7.4/10 to 7.3/10

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 10-16-17 - 10-22-17
Symphony No. 9 in D Minor "Choral" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1824)
Symphony No. 9 in C Major "The Great" - Franz Schubert (1826)
Symphony No. 5 in C Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1808)
Symphony No. 4 in E Minor - Johannes Brahms (1884)
Blonde On Blonde - Bob Dylan (1966)
In the Aeroplane Over the Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel (1998)
Variations in Dream-time - Anthony Davis (1982)
Nail - Foetus (1985)
Symphony No. 41 in C Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1788)
Violin Concertos Nos. 1-4, "The Four Seasons" - Antonio Vivaldi (1723)
The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground (1967)
The Doors - The Doors (1967)
Good - Morphine (1992)
Glagolitic Mass - Leos Janacek (1926)
Astral Weeks - Van Morrison (1968)
Down Colorful Hill - Red House Painters (1992)
Symphony in D Minor - Cesar Franck (1888)
Symphony No. 8 in B Minor "Unfinished" - Franz Schubert (1822)
Slow, Deep & Hard - Type O Negative (1991)
Parable of Arable Land - Red Crayola (1967)
String Quartet No. 14 in D minor "Death and the Maiden" - Franz Schubert (1824)
Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-flat Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1820)
Piano Sonata No. 20 in A Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
Symphony No. 7 in A Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1812)
Violin Concerto in D Major - Johannes Brahms (1878)
Symphony No. 3 in F Major - Johannes Brahms (1883)
Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major "Eroica" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1804)
Symphony No. 4 in F Minor - Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky (1878)
Symphony No. 1 in C Minor - Johannes Brahms (1876)
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major "Emperor" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1811)
Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785)
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1875)
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor - Sergei Rachmaninoff (1901)
Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat Major "Hammerklavier" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1818)

FAMILIAR CLASSICAL WORKS - RE-RATED:
Symphony No. 9 in C Major "The Great" - Franz Schubert (1826) 9.5/10 to 9.6/10
Symphony No. 5 in C Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1808) 9.2/10 to 9.3/10
Symphony No. 4 in E Minor - Johannes Brahms (1884) 9.2/10 to 9.3/10
Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-flat Major - Franz Schubert (1828) 9.0/10 to 8.6/10
Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor "Appassionata" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1805) 8.8/10 to 8.6/10
Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1820) 8.8/10 to 8.6/10
Piano Sonata No. 20 in A Major - Franz Schubert (1828) 8.8/10 to 8.6/10
Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat Major "Hammerklavier" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1818) 8.8/10 to 8.6/10
Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785) 9.0/10 to 8.6/10

FAMILIAR ROCK/JAZZ ALBUMS - RE-RATED:
The Doors - The Doors (1967) 9.2/10 to 9.1/10
Parable of Arable Land - Red Crayola (1967) 9.2/10 to 9.1/10
Astral Weeks - Van Morrison (1968) 9.2/10 to 9.0/10
Variations in Dream-time - Anthony Davis (1982) 9.0/10 to 8.9/10

FAMILIAR SONGS/TRACKS/MOVEMENTS - RE-RATED:
Pursuance/Psalm - John Coltrane - A Love Supreme - Tracks #3 & 4 (1964) 8.8/10 to 8.7/10
The Creator Has A Master Plan - Pharoah Sanders - Karma - Track #1 (1969) 8.1/10 to 8.4/10
Miss Fortune - Faust - Faust - Track #3 (1971) 8.5/10 to 8.4/10
Arietta: Adagio molto semplice e cantabile - Ludwig van Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 32 in C Minor - 2nd Movement (1822) 8.4/10 to 8.3/10
Mode D: Trio and Group Dancers/Mode E: Single Solos and Group Dance/Mode F: Group and Solo Dance - Charles Mingus - The Black Saint & The Sinner Lady - Track #4 (1963) 8.6/10 to 8.3/10
Alifib/Alife - Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom - Tracks #4 & 5 (1974) 8.4/10 to 8.3/10
Gesangvoll, mit innigster Empfindung. Andante molto cantabile ed espressivo - Ludwig van Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major - 3rd Movement (1820) 8.0/10 to 8.1/10
Free Form Freak-Out #1/Hurricane Fighter Plane/Free Form Freak-Out #2/Transparent Radiation/Free Form Freak-Out #3/War Sucks/Free Form Freak-Out #4 - Red Crayola - Parable of Arable Land - Track #1 (or Tracks 1-7 depending on the issue) [Entire Side A] (1967) 8.3/10 to 8.1/10
Lento - Allegro ma non troppo - Cesar Franck - Symphony in D Minor - 1st Movement (1888) 8.2/10 to 8.1/10
Allegro moderato – Franz Schubert – Symphony No. 8 in B Minor "Unfinished" – 1st Movement (1822) 8.3/10 to 8.1/10; 8.1/10 to 8.2/10
Allegro maestoso - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major - 1st Movement (1785) Not Rated to 8.0/10
The Magic City - Sun Ra - The Magic City - Track #1 (1965) 7.6/10 to 8.0/10
Unit Structure/As of a Now/Section - Cecil Taylor - Unit Structures - Track #3 (1966) 8.1/10 to 8.0/10
Seeds, Visions & Counterpoint - Ivo Perelman - Seeds, Visions & Counterpoint - Track #2 (1996) 7.9/10 to 8.0/10
Variations in Dream-time - Anthony Davis - Variations in Dream-time - Track #2 (1982) Not Rated to 8.0/10
El Quinto Regimiento (The Fifth Regiment), Los Cuatro Generales (The Four Generals), Viva la Quince Brigada (Long Live the Fifteenth Brigade) - Charlie Haden - Liberation Music Orchestra - Track #2 (1969) 7.8/10 to 7.9/10
Allegro con brio - Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 5 in C minor - 1st Movement (1808) 7.6/10 to 7.7/10
Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands - Bob Dylan - Blonde On Blonde - Track #14 (1966) 7.7/10 to 7.6/10
Enemy of Light - Anthony Davis - Variations in Dream-time - Track #2 (1982) Not Rated to 7.6/10
Beginning - Keith Jarrett - The Survivor's Suite - Track #2 (1976) Not Rated to 7.5/10
Five Moods From an English Garden - Anthony Davis - Lady of the Mirrors - Track #3 (1980) 7.5/10 to 7.4/10
Under the Double Moon - Anthony Davis - Lady of the Mirrors - Track #4 (1980) 7.3/10 to 7.4/10
Frankie Teardrop - Suicide - Suicide - Track #6 (1977) 7.6/10 to 7.4/10
Improvisie - Paul Bley - Improvisie - Track #1 (1971) 7.3/10 to 7.4/10
Cantelina - Ivo Perelman - Seeds, Visions & Counterpoint - Track #3 (1996) 7.3/10 to 7.4/10
Molto moderato - Franz Schubert - Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-flat Major - 1st Movement (1828) 7.5/10 to 7.4/10
Andante con moto – Franz Schubert – Symphony No. 8 in B Minor "Unfinished" – 2nd Movement (1822)
Not Rated to 7.4/10
Andante sostenuto - Franz Schubert - Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-flat Major - 2nd Movement (1828) 7.6/10 to 7.3/10

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 10-9-17 - 10-15-17
Third - Soft Machine (1970)
The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground (1967)
The Doors - The Doors (1967)
Winterreise - Franz Schubert (1828)
Karma - Pharoah Sanders (1969)
Ecology of Souls - Kenneth Newby (1993)
Dream Theory in Malaya - Jon Hassell (1981)
Fare Forward Voyagers - John Fahey (1973)
Loveless - My Bloody Valentine (1991)
Liberation Music Orchestra - Charlie Haden (1969)
Intents and Purposes - Bill Dixon (1967)
Not Available - Residents (1974)
Desertshore - Nico (1970)
Faust - Faust (1971)
Geek the Girl - Lisa Germano (1994)
Y - The Pop Group (1979)
Piano Sonata No. 20 in A Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
Yerself Is Steam - Mercury Rev (1991)
Parable of Arable Land - Red Crayola (1967)
The Modern Dance - Pere Ubu (1978)
Lorca - Tim Buckley (1970)
Third Ear Band - Third Ear Band (1970)
Unit Structures - Cecil Taylor (1966)
Cosmic Tones For Mental Therapy - Sun Ra (1963)
Mother! - Darren Aronofsky (2017)
Neu! - Neu! (1972)
Suicide - Suicide (1977)

FAMILIAR CLASSICAL WORKS - RE-RATED:
Winterreise - Franz Schubert (1828) 9.1/10 to 9.0/10

FAMILIAR ROCK/JAZZ ALBUMS - RE-RATED:
Unit Structures - Cecil Taylor (1966) 9.2/10 to 9.1/10
Lorca - Tim Buckley (1970) 9.1/10 to 9.0/10
Irrlicht - Klaus Schulze (1972) 9.1/10 to 9.0/10
Desertshore - Nico (1970) 9.1/10 to 9.0/10
The Jazz Composer's Orchestra - Michael Mantler (1968) [aka, "The Jazz Composer’s Orchestra - The Jazz Composer's Orchestra"] 9.1/10 to 9.0/10
Y - The Pop Group (1979) 9.0/10 to 8.9/10
Third - Soft Machine (1970) 8.8/10 to 8.9/10
Suicide - Suicide (1977) 9.0/10 to 8.6/10
Karma - Pharoah Sanders (1969) 8.3/10 to 8.5/10
Liberation Music Orchestra - Charlie Haden (1969) 8.3/10 to 8.5/10
The Modern Dance - Pere Ubu (1978) 8.6/10 to 8.5/10
Not Available - Residents (1974) 8.3/10 to 8.4/10
Intents and Purposes - Bill Dixon (1967) 8.3/10 to 8.4/10

NEWLY ASSIMILATED FILMS - RATED:
Mother! - Darren Aronofsky (2017) 7.1/10

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 8-7-17 - 10-1-17
The Survivor’s Suite – Keith Jarrett (1976)
A Love Supreme - John Coltrane (1964)
Symphony No. 5 in E Minor - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1888)
The Magic City - Sun Ra (1965)
Out to Lunch - Eric Dolphy (1964)
Extensions - McCoy Tyner (1970)
Let My Children Hear Music - Charles Mingus (1972)
Sahara – McCoy Tyner (1972)
Vertigo - Alfred Hitchcock (1958) ...Now re-rated below (and on my "Greatest Films" list) ... Several more film upgrades to follow, though probably gradually, unless I find more time for them (in which case it will go faster)...
Brazil - Terry Gilliam (1985) [The Final Cut, 142 minutes] ...Now re-rated below (and on my "Greatest Films" list) ... Several more film upgrades to follow, though probably gradually, unless I find more time for them (in which case it will go faster)...
Blonde On Blonde - Bob Dylan (1966)
City of Glass - Stan Kenton (1953)
The Lady from Shanghai - Orson Welles (1948) ...Now re-rated below (and on my "Greatest Films" list) ... Several more film upgrades to follow, though probably gradually, unless I find more time for them (in which case it will go faster)...
A Genuine Tong Funeral - Carla Bley/Gary Burton (1967)
Mr. Arkadin - Orson Welles (1955) [Comprehensive Version, 105 minutes] ...Now re-rated below (and on my "Greatest Films" list) ... Several more film upgrades to follow, though probably gradually, unless I find more time for them (in which case it will go faster)...
Brilliant Corners - Thelonious Monk (1956)
Kind of Blue - Miles Davis (1959)
Touch of Evil - Orson Welles (1958) [Restored Welles' Cut, 108 minutes] ...Now re-rated below (and on my "Greatest Films" list) ... Several more film upgrades to follow, though probably gradually, unless I find more time for them (in which case it will go faster)...
Nashville - Robert Altman (1975) ...Now re-rated below (and on my "Greatest Films" list) ... Several more film upgrades to follow, though probably gradually, unless I find more time for them (in which case it will go faster)...
Bitches Brew - Miles Davis (1969)
Air Time - Air (1977)
We Insist! Freedom Now Suite - Max Roach (1960)
Tijuana Moods - Charles Mingus (1957)
Even the Sounds Shine - Myra Melford (1994)
Symphony No. 11 For Six Percussionists And Orchestra - Kalevi Aho (1998)
Improvisie - Paul Bley (1971)
Ptah, the El Daoud - Alice Coltrane (1970)
In the Aeroplane Over the Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel (1998)
Persona - Ingmar Bergman (1966) ...Now re-rated below (and on my "Greatest Films" list) ... Several more film upgrades to follow, though probably gradually, unless I find more time for them (in which case it will go faster)...
Symphony No. 9 in E Minor "From the New World" - Antonin Dvorak (1893)
Piano Quintet in G Minor - Dmitri Shostakovich (1940)
Piano Sonata No. 20 in A Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1820)
Prepare Thyself to Deal With a Miracle – Rahsaan Roland Kirk (1973)
Crystals - Sam Rivers (1974)
Legend of Ai Glatson - Leroy Jenkins (1978)
Approximately - Guillermo Gregorio (1996)
Epitaph - Charles Mingus (1962)
California - American Music Club (1988)
Easily Slip into Another World - Henry Threadgill (1987)
Presents Charles Mingus - Charles Mingus (1960)
Blues For the New Millenium - Marcus Roberts (1997)
Dual Unity - Paul Bley (1971)
Liberation Music Orchestra - Charlie Haden (1969)
What Ever Happened To Baby Jane? - Robert Aldrich (1962) ...Now re-rated below (and on my "Greatest Films" list) ... Several more film upgrades to follow, though probably gradually, unless I find more time for them (in which case it will go faster)...
Nostalghia - Andrei Tarkovsky (1983)
Astral Weeks - Van Morrison (1968)
Faust - Faust (1971)
Down Colorful Hill - Red House Painters (1992)
Amsterdam - The Lofty Pillars (2001)
Light as a Feather - Chick Corea (1972)
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1875)
Symphony No. 2 "The Age of Anxiety" - Leonard Bernstein (1949)
Conference of the Birds - Dave Holland (1972)
Piano Concerto - Michael Nyman (1993)
The Red Quartets - Jane Ira Bloom (1999)
After the Rain - Michael Jones (1988)
Remnants of a Deeper Purity - Black Tape for a Blue Girl (1996)
Karma - Pharoah Sanders (1969)
Tonight's the Night - Neil Young (1975)
The Shape of Jazz to Come - Ornette Coleman (1959)
Freedom Suite - Sonny Rollins (1958)
Dreamtime Return - Steve Roach (1988)
Spiderland - Slint (1991)
Saxophone Colossus - Sonny Rollins (1956)
Sound - Roscoe Mitchell (1966)
Mingus Ah Um - Charles Mingus (1959)
In A Silent Way - Miles Davis (1969)
North By Northwest - Alfred Hitchcock (1959)
Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables - Dead Kennedy's (1980)
Songs of Leonard Cohen - Leonard Cohen (1968)
Red House Painters (Rollercoaster) - Red House Painters (1993)
Spiritual Unity - Albert Ayler (1964)
Dimensions & Extensions - Sam Rivers (1967)
Rickie Lee Jones - Rickie Lee Jones (1979)
Transient Random-Noise Bursts with Announcements - Stereolab (1993)
Croce - Father Murphy (2015)
Spirit of Eden - Talk Talk (1988)
Laughing Stock - Talk Talk (1991)
Symphony No. 4 in F Minor - Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky (1878)
Symphony No. 4 in D minor - Robert Schumann (1841; 1851)
Concerto for 2 Violins in D Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1718-1720)
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor - Sergei Rachmaninoff (1901)
The Wild Bunch - Sam Peckinpah (1969) [Director's Cut, 145 minutes] ...Now re-rated below (and on my "Greatest Films" list) ... Several more film upgrades to follow, though probably gradually, unless I find more time for them (in which case it will go faster)...
Chinatown - Roman Polanski (1974) ...Now re-rated below (and on my "Greatest Films" list) ... Several more film upgrades to follow, though probably gradually, unless I find more time for them (in which case it will go faster)...
Dr. Strangelove - Stanley Kubrick (1964) ...Now re-rated below (and on my "Greatest Films" list) ... Several more film upgrades to follow, though probably gradually, unless I find more time for them (in which case it will go faster)...
Impressions - John Coltrane (1961)
Fuchsia Swing Song - Sam Rivers (1964)
You Are Free - Cat Power (2003)
Rear Window - Alfred Hitchcock (1954) ...Might get upgraded from 7.5 to somewhere between 7.6 and 7.9, but I'm undecided at this time
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot - Wilco (2002)
Birth of the Cool - Miles David's (1950)
Pavilion of Dreams - Harold Budd (1978)
Five Leaves Left - Nick Drake (1969)
Good - Morphine (1992)
Black Unity - Pharaoh Sanders (1971)
The Inner Mounting Flame - Mahavishnu Orchestra (1971)
Explorations - Bill Evans (1961)
Largo - Brad Mehidau (2002)
Pithecanthropus Erectus - Charles Mingus (1956)
Happy Sad - Tim Buckley (1968)
Safe as Milk - Captain Beefheart (1967)
The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses (1989)
Jazz in Silhouette - Sun Ra (1958)
The Bandwagon - Jason Moran (2003)
Violin Concerto in D Major - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1878)
Violin Concerto in E major - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1718)
Violin Concerto in A minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1717-1723)
Piano Concerto in A Minor - Robert Schumann (1845)
They Might Be Giants - They Might Be Giants (1986)
Desire - Bob Dylan (1975)
Blood on the Tracks - Bob Dylan (1975)
Forever Changes - Love (1967)
Lorca - Tim Buckley (1970)
Piano Concerto 24 in C Minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1786)
Conspirators of Pleasure - Jan Svankmajer (1996) ...Now re-rated below (and on my "Greatest Films" list) ... Several more film upgrades to follow, though probably gradually, unless I find more time for them (in which case it will go faster)...
The Band - The Band (1969)
Fontessa - Modern Jazz Quartet (1956)
Rain Dogs - Tom Waits (1985)
Removal of Secrecy - Rova Saxophone Quartet (1979)
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd (1975)
Fevers and Mirrors - Bright Eyes (1999)
Moondance - Van Morrison (1970)

FAMILIAR ROCK/JAZZ ALBUMS - RE-RATED:
The Survivor’s Suite – Keith Jarrett (1976) 8.6/10 to 8.9/10
Improvisie - Paul Bley (1971) 8.9/10 to 8.8/10; 8.8/10 to 8.9/10
Bitches Brew - Miles Davis (1969) 8.6/10 to 8.9/10
Ptah, the El Daoud - Alice Coltrane (1970) 8.5/10 to 8.8/10
Extensions - McCoy Tyner (1970) 8.5/10 to 8.8/10
Let My Children Hear Music - Charles Mingus (1972) 8.5/10 to 8.8/10
Sahara – McCoy Tyner (1972) 8.5/10 to 8.8/10
City of Glass - Stan Kenton (1953) 7.9/10 to 8.7/10
The Magic City - Sun Ra (1965) 8.4/10 to 8.6/10
Prepare Thyself to Deal With a Miracle – Rahsaan Roland Kirk (1973) 8.1/10 to 8.6/10
A Genuine Tong Funeral - Carla Bley/Gary Burton (1967) 8.3/10 to 8.6/10
Out to Lunch - Eric Dolphy (1964) 8.3/10 to 8.6/10
Legend of Ai Glatson - Leroy Jenkins (1978) 7.6/10 to 8.6/10
Epitaph - Charles Mingus (1962) 8.4/10 to 8.6/10
Spiritual Unity - Albert Ayler (1964) 8.6/10 to 8.5/10
Air Time - Air (1977) Not Rated to 8.5/10
Brilliant Corners - Thelonious Monk (1956) 7.8/10 to 8.4/10
Kind of Blue - Miles Davis (1959) 7.8/10 to 8.4/10
Approximately - Guillermo Gregorio (1996) Not Rated to 8.4/10
Tijuana Moods - Charles Mingus (1957) 7.8/10 to 8.3/10
Easily Slip into Another World - Henry Threadgill (1987) 7.6/10 to 8.2/10
Presents Charles Mingus - Charles Mingus (1960) 7.8/10 to 8.1/10
The Red Quartets - Jane Ira Bloom (1999) 7.6/10 to 8.1/10
Blues For the New Millenium - Marcus Roberts (1997) 7.9/10 to 8.1/10
California - American Music Club (1988) 8.0/10 to 8.1/10
Safe as Milk - Captain Beefheart (1967) 8.5/10 to 8.1/10
Dual Unity - Paul Bley (1971) Not Rated to 8.3/10; 8.3/10 to 8.1/10
The Shape of Jazz to Come - Ornette Coleman (1959) 7.6/10 to 8.0/10
Freedom Suite - Sonny Rollins (1958) 7.4/10 to 7.9/10
Saxophone Colossus - Sonny Rollins (1956) 7.4/10 to 7.9/10
Far Cry - Eric Dolphy (1960) 7.5/10 to 7.9/10
Air Raid - Air (1976) Not Rated to 7.9/10
Impressions - John Coltrane (1961) 7.8/10 to 7.9/10
Fuchsia Swing Song - Sam Rivers (1964) Not Rated to 7.9/10
Oh Yeah - Charles Mingus (1962) 7.7/10 to 7.8/10
The Inner Mounting Flame - Mahavishnu Orchestra (1971) Not Rated to 7.8/10
Light as a Feather - Chick Corea (1972) Not Rated to 7.8/10
Pithecanthropus Erectus - Charles Mingus (1956) 7.3/10 to 7.8/10
Black Unity - Pharaoh Sanders (1971) Not Rated to 7.8/10
Birth of the Cool - Miles David's (1950) 7.3/10 to 7.8/10
Explorations - Bill Evans (1961) Not Rated to 7.8/10
Mingus Ah Um - Charles Mingus (1959) 7.3/10 to 7.7/10
Removal of Secrecy - Rova Saxophone Quartet (1979) Not Rated to 7.5/10
Largo - Brad Mehidau (2002) Not Rated to 7.4/10
Western Suite - Jimmy Giuffre (1958) Not Rated to 7.3/10

FAMILIAR FILMS - RE-RATED:
Brazil - Terry Gilliam (1985) [The Final Cut, 142 minutes] 8.9/10 to 9.1/10
Touch of Evil - Orson Welles (1958) [Restored Welles' Cut, 108 minutes] 8.7/10 to 9.0/10
The Kingdom - Lars Von Trier (1995) 8.8/10 to 8.9/10
Underground - Emir Kusturica (1995) 8.8/10 to 8.9/10
Nashville - Robert Altman (1975) 8.4/10 to 8.9/10
Persona - Ingmar Bergman (1966) 8.6/10 to 8.8/10
Vertigo - Alfred Hitchcock (1958) 7.8/10 to 8.8/10
The Lady from Shanghai - Orson Welles (1948) 7.6/10 to 8.6/10
Mr. Arkadin - Orson Welles (1955) [Comprehensive Version, 105 minutes] 7.6/10 to 8.6/10
The Wild Bunch - Sam Peckinpah (1969) [Director's Cut, 145 minutes] 8.6/10 to 8.3/10
Chinatown - Roman Polanski (1974) 8.4/10 to 8.3/10
What Ever Happened To Baby Jane? - Robert Aldrich (1962) 7.8/10 to 8.0/10
Dr. Strangelove - Stanley Kubrick (1964) 7.6/10 to 7.8/10
Conspirators of Pleasure - Jan Svankmajer (1996) 8.4/10 to 7.6/10

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 7-31-17 - 8-6-17
Vertigo - Alfred Hitchcock (1958) (likely to receive a ratings upgrade, possibly back to 8.3+ or even 8.8+, like it was a few years ago. Still undecided though...)
The Lady from Shanghai - Orson Welles (1948) (likely to receive a ratings upgrade, possibly back to 8.3+ or even 8.8+, like it was a few years ago. Still undecided though...)
Mr. Arkadin - Orson Welles (1955) [Comprehensive Version, 105 minutes] (likely to receive a ratings upgrade, possibly back to 8.3+ or even 8.8+, like it was a few years ago. Still undecided though...)
The Magnificent Ambersons - Orson Welles (1942) (likely to receive a ratings upgrade, possibly back to 8.3+ or even 8.8+, like it was a few years ago. Still undecided though...)
Symphony No. 7 in D minor - Antonin Dvorak (1885)
Symphony No. 11 For Six Percussionists And Orchestra - Kalevi Aho (1998)
Symphony No. 5 in E Minor - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1888)[/b]
Symphony No. 5 - Carl Neilsen (1922)
Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major - Franz Schubert (1816)
Geek the Girl - Lisa Germano (1994)
Piano Quintet in F minor - Johannes Brahms (1864)
String Quartet No. 8 in C Minor - Dmitri Shostakovich (1960)
Quartet for the End of Time - Olivier Messiaen (1941)
Piano Trio No. 7 in B-flat Major "Archduke" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1811)
Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1820)
Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor "Appassionata" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1805)
The Rite of Spring - Igor Stravinsky (1913)
String Quartet No. 14 in D minor "Death and the Maiden" - Franz Schubert (1824)
Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major - Antonin Dvorak (1887)
Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor - Dmitri Shostakovich (1944)
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1875)
Piano Quintet in A Major "Trout" - Franz Schubert (1819)
String Quartet No. 11 in F minor - Dmitri Shostakovich (1866)
Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-flat Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor - Johannes Brahms (1858)
On the Way Down From Moon Palace - Lisa Germano (1991)
String Quintet in C Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-flat Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (circa 1788-1791)
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major "Emperor" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1811)
Piano Trio in D major "Ghost" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1809)
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major - Johannes Brahms (1881)
Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1786)
Piano Concerto No. 14 in E-flat major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1784)
Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor "Pathetique" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1798)
Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp Minor "Quasi una fantasia" (aka, "Moonlight") - Ludwig van Beethoven (1801)
Fratres (for Violin and Piano) - Arvo Part (1977)
Holding Hands With Jamie - Girl Band (2015)
Symphony No. 2 "Mysterious Mountain" - Alan Hovhaness (1955)

FAMILIAR ALBUMS/CLASSICAL WORKS - RE-RATED:
Symphony No. 7 in D minor - Antonin Dvorak (1885) 8.4/10 to 8.7/10
Symphony No. 11 For Six Percussionists And Orchestra - Kalevi Aho (1998) 8.4/10 to 8.6/10
Symphony No. 5 in E Minor - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1888) 8.4/10 to 8.6/10
Symphony No. 5 - Carl Neilsen (1922) 8.4/10 to 8.6/10
Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major - Franz Schubert (1816) 8.1/10 to 8.4/10
Symphony No. 4 in A major "Italian" - Felix Mendelssohn (1831) Not Rated to 8.3/10
Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor - Johannes Brahms (1858) 8.0/10 to 8.1/10
Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-flat Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (circa 1788-1791) 7.9/10 to 8.0/10
Piano Concerto No. 14 in E-flat major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1784) Not Rated to 7.8/10

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 7-24-17 - 7-30-17
Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1820)
Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-flat Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
Violin Concertos Nos. 1-4, Op. 8, "The Four Seasons" - Antonio Vivaldi (1723)
Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor "Appassionata" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1805)
Piano Sonata No. 20 in A Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat Major "Hammerklavier" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1818)
Violin Concerto in D Major - Johannes Brahms (1878)
Piano Concerto in G major - Maurice Ravel (1931)
Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1821)
Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785)
Piano Concerto No. 25 in C major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1786)
Piano Concerto 24 in C Minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1786)
Piano Concerto in D major for the Left Hand - Maurice Ravel (1930)
Violin Concertos Nos. 1-12, Op. 3, "L'Estro Armonico" - Antonio Vivaldi (1711)
Fontanelle - Babes In Toyland (1992)
Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major - Niccolo Paganini (1817-1818)
Violin Concerto in D minor - Jean Sibelius (1905) [Final, Revised Version]
Violin Concerto - Benjamin Britten (1939)
Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat Minor "The Funeral March" - Frederich Chopin (1839)
Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major "Alla Turca" - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (circa 1783)
Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1775)
Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor "Pathetique" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1798)
Piano Sonata No. 21 in C Major "Waldstein" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1804)
Violin Concerto in G Minor - Max Bruch (1866)
Violin Concerto - Samuel Barber (1939)
Violin Concerto in A minor - Antonin Dvorak (1879)
Violin Concerto - Esa-Pekka Salonen (2009)
Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp Minor "Quasi una fantasia" (aka, "Moonlight") - Ludwig van Beethoven (1801)
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major - Johann Sebastian Bach (1718)
Violin Concerto in E major - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1718)
Violin Concerto in E major "L'amoroso" - Antonio Vivaldi (circa 1728)
Concerto for Violin and American Gamelan - Bill Alves (2004)
La La Land - Damien Chazelle (2016)

FAMILIAR ALBUMS/CLASSICAL WORKS - RE-RATED:
Violin Concerto in D Major - Johannes Brahms (1878) 9.0/10 to 9.1/10
Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-flat Major - Franz Schubert (1828) 8.6/10 to 9.0/10
Violin Concertos Nos. 1-4, Op. 8, "The Four Seasons" - Antonio Vivaldi (1723) 8.8/10 to 9.0/10
Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor "Appassionata" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1805) 8.6/10 to 8.7/10; 8.7/10 to 8.8/10
Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1820) 8.4/10 to 8.8/10
Piano Sonata No. 20 in A Major - Franz Schubert (1828) 8.4/10 to 8.8/10
Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat Major "Hammerklavier" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1818) 8.4/10 to 8.8/10
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1806) 8.0/10 to 8.2/10
Piano Concerto in G major - Maurice Ravel (1931) 8.0/10 to 8.1/10
Piano Concerto 24 in C Minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1786) 7.9/10 to 8.0/10
Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1821) 7.8/10 to 8.0/10
Piano Concerto No. 25 in C major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1786) 7.9/10 to 8.0/10
Piano Concerto in D major for the Left Hand - Maurice Ravel (1930) Not Rated to 7.9/10

NEWLY ASSIMILATED FILMS - RATED:
La La Land - Damien Chazelle (2016) 7/10

FAMILIAR SONGS/TRACKS/MOVEMENTS - RE-RATED:
Allegro assai - Ludwig van Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor "Appassionata" - 1st Movement (1806) 7.7/10 to 7.8/10
Andante sostenuto - Franz Schubert - Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-flat Major - 2nd Movement (1828) Not Rated to 7.6/10
Allegro ma non troppo - Presto - Ludwig van Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor "Appassionata" - 3rd Movement (1806) 7.5/10 to 7.6/10
Molto moderato - Franz Schubert - Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-flat Major - 1st Movement (1828) Not Rated to 7.5/10

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 7-17-17 - 7-23-17
Violin Concerto in D Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1806)
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor - Sergei Rachmaninoff (1901)
Piano Concerto - Michael Nyman (1993)
Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785)
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1875)
Violin Concerto in E Minor - Felix Mendelssohn (1844)
Violin Concerto in D Major - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1878)
Harpsichord Concerto No. 1 in D Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (1734)
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major "Emperor" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1811)
Violin Concerto in D Major - Johannes Brahms (1878)
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1806)
Piano Concerto 24 in C Minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1786)
Piano Concerto in A Minor - Robert Schumann (1845)
Concerto for 2 Violins in D Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1718-1720)
Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-flat Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (circa 1788-1791)
Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat Major "Jeunehomme" - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1777)
Violin Concerto in E major - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1718)
Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor "Appassionata" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1805)
Violin Concerto in A minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1717-1723)
Piano Concerto in F - George Gershwin (1925)
Harpsichord Concerto No. 5 in F minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1738)
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major - Johannes Brahms (1881)
Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Major - Dmitri Shostakovich (1957)

FAMILIAR ALBUMS/CLASSICAL WORKS - RE-RATED:
Violin Concerto in D Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1806) 8.4/10 to 8.8/10
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1875) 8.1/10 to 8.3/10
Piano Concerto - Michael Nyman (1993) 8.1/10 to 8.2/10
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor - Sergei Rachmaninoff (1901) 8.1/10 to 8.2/10
Violin Concerto in E Minor - Felix Mendelssohn (1844) 8.1/10 to 8.2/10
Violin Concerto in D Major - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1878) 8.0/10 to 8.2/10
Harpsichord Concerto No. 1 in D Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (1734) 8.0/10 to 8.1/10
Concerto in C minor for Piano, Trumpet, and String Orchestra - Dmitri Shostakovich (1933) Not Rated to 7.9/10
Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Major - Dmitri Shostakovich (1957) 8.1/10 to 7.8/10
Violin Concerto in E major - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1718) Not Rated to 7.8/10
Violin Concerto in A minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1717-1723) Not Rated to 7.8/10

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 7-3-17 - 7-16-17
Symphony No. 4 in F Minor - Pyotr Ilyitch Tchaikovsky (1878)
Symphony No. 2 in D Major - Johannes Brahms (1877)
Symphony No. 4 in A major "Italian" - Felix Mendelssohn (1831)
Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785)
Symphony No. 1 in C Minor - Johannes Brahms (1876)
Violin Concerto in D Major - Johannes Brahms (1878)
Symphony No. 40 in G minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1788)
Symphony No. 2 in D Major - Jean Sibelius (1902)
Symphony No. 38 in D major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1786)
Symphony No. 5 in E Minor - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1888)
Violin Concerto in E Minor - Felix Mendelssohn (1844)
Piano Concerto 24 in C Minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1786)
Symphony No. 3 in F Major - Johannes Brahms (1883)
Piano Quintet in G Minor - Dmitri Shostakovich (1940)
Symphony No. 8 - Alfred Schnittke (1994)
Sinfonia da Requiem - Benjamin Britten (1940)
Symphony No. 2 "The Age of Anxiety" - Leonard Bernstein (1949)
Violin Concertos Nos. 1-4, "The Four Seasons" - Antonio Vivaldi (1723)
Violin Concerto in D Major - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1878)
Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Major - Johannes Brahms (1886)
Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor - Max Bruch (1866)
Violin Sonata No. 3 in D Minor - Johannes Brahms (1888)
Symphony in D Minor - Cesar Franck (1888)
Symphony No. 6 in A minor "Tragic" - Gustav Mahler (1904; 1906)
Symphony No. 39 in E-flat Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1788)
Violin Concerto in D Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1806)
Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major "Eroica" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1804)
Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785)
Symphony No. 5 - Carl Neilsen (1922)
Symphony No. 7 in A Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1812)
Symphony No. 3 in C Minor "Organ" - Camille Saint-Saens (1886)
Symphony No. 6 in B Minor "Pathetique" - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1893)
Symphony No. 5 in B-flat - Sergei Prokofiev (1944)
Loveless - My Bloody Valentine (1991)
Concerto for 2 Violins in D Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1718-1720)
Piano Concerto No. 25 in C major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1786)
Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1775)
Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major "The Turkish" - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1775)
Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1775)
Violin Concerto in A minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1717-1723)
Violin Concerto in E major - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1718)
Octet for Strings in E-flat major - Felix Mendelssohn (1825)
Hex - Bark Psychosis (1994)
Violin Sonata No. 9 in A Major "Kreutzer" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1803)
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major "Emperor" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1811)
Symphony No. 8 in B Minor "Unfinished" - Franz Schubert (1822)
Symphony No. 7 in D minor - Antonin Dvorak (1885)
Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Major - Johannes Brahms (1879)
Symphony No. 3 - Witold Lutoslawski (1983)
Piano Concerto - Michael Nyman (1993)
Symphony No. 4 in D minor - Robert Schumann (1841; 1851)
Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor "Appassionata" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1805)

FAMILIAR ALBUMS/CLASSICAL WORKS - RE-RATED:
Symphony No. 6 in B Minor "Pathetique" - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1893) 8.7/10 to 8.8/10
Symphony No. 2 in D Major - Johannes Brahms (1877) 8.6/10 to 8.8/10
Symphony No. 4 in F Minor - Pyotr Ilyitch Tchaikovsky (1878) 8.1/10 to 8.8/10
Symphony No. 1 in C Minor - Johannes Brahms (1876) 8.6/10 to 8.8/10
Symphony No. 39 in E-flat Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1788) 8.4/10 to 8.6/10
Symphony No. 38 in D major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1786) 8.2/10 to 8.6/10
Symphony No. 5 in E Minor - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1888) 8.1/10 to 8.4/10
Violin Concerto in E Minor - Felix Mendelssohn (1844) 7.9/10 to 8.1/10
Violin Concerto in D Major - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1878) 7.8/10 to 8.0/10
Violin Sonata No. 3 in D Minor - Johannes Brahms (1888) 7.8/10 to 7.9/10
Piano Concerto No. 25 in C major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1786) Not Rated to 7.9/10
Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1775) Not Rated to 7.8/10
Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major "The Turkish" - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1775) Not Rated to 7.8/10
Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1775) Not Rated to 7.8/10
Violin Concerto in G Minor - Max Bruch (1866) Not Rated to 7.8/10

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 6-26-17 - 7-2-17
Symphony in D Minor - Cesar Franck (1888)
A Love Supreme - John Coltrane (1964)
Symphony No. 40 in G minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1788)
Symphony No. 4 "The Poem of Ecstasy" - Alexander Scriabin (1908)
Sinfonia da Requiem - Benjamin Britten (1940)
Glagolitic Mass - Leos Janacek (1926)
Symphonie Fantastique - Hector Berlioz (1830)
Symphony No. 5 - Carl Neilsen (1922)
Symphony No. 5 in C Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1808)
Symphony No. 4 in E Minor - Johannes Brahms (1884)
Symphony No. 8 in B Minor "Unfinished" - Franz Schubert (1822)
Symphony No. 3 in F Major - Johannes Brahms (1883)
Symphony No. 1 in C Minor - Johannes Brahms (1876)
Symphony No. 4 - Michael Tippett (1977)
Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major - Franz Schubert (1816)
Symphony No. 39 in E-flat Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1788)
Symphony No. 102 in B flat major - Franz Joseph Haydn (1794)
Symphony No. 35 in D major "Haffner" - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1788)
Symphony No. 9 in C Major "The Great" - Franz Schubert (1826)
The Rite of Spring - Igor Stravinsky (1913)
String Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1826)
Petrushka - Igor Stravinsky (1911)
Grande Messe des morts - Hector Berlioz (1837)
Zen Arcade - Husker Du (1984)
Symphony No. 6 in F Major "Pastoral" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1808)
Piano Trio in D major "Ghost" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1809)

NEWLY ASSIMILATED ALBUMS/CLASSICAL WORKS - RATED:
Symphony No. 4 - Michael Tippett (1977) 8.2/10

FAMILIAR ALBUMS/CLASSICAL WORKS - RE-RATED:
Symphony No. 40 in G minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1788) 8.3/10 to 8.7/10
Symphony No. 4 "The Poem of Ecstasy" - Alexander Scriabin (1908) Not Rated to 8.6/10
Sinfonia da Requiem - Benjamin Britten (1940) 8.4/10 to 8.6/10
Symphony No. 39 in E-flat Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1788) 8.2/10 to 8.4/10
Symphony No. 5 - Carl Neilsen (1922) Not Rated to 8.4/10
Symphony No. 35 in D major "Haffner" - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1788) 8.2/10 to 8.3/10
Symphony No. 7 in E minor "Song of the Night" - Gustav Mahler (1905) Not Rated to 8.2/10
Petrushka - Igor Stravinsky (1911) Not Rated to 8.1/10
Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major - Franz Schubert (1816) Not Rated to 8.1/10
Symphony in C - Igor Stravinsky (1940) Not Rated to 8.0/10

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 6-19-17 - 6-25-17
Glagolitic Mass - Leos Janacek (1926)
Symphony No. 9 in E Minor "From the New World" - Antonin Dvorak (1893)
The Rite of Spring - Igor Stravinsky (1913)
Symphony No. 8 - Alfred Schnittke (1994)
Symphony No. 9 in D Minor "Choral" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1824)
Symphony No. 5 in C Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1808)
Symphony No. 4 in E Minor - Johannes Brahms (1884)
Faust - Faust (1971)
Symphony No. 3 in F Major - Johannes Brahms (1883)
Symphony No. 4 - Charles Ives (1924)
Symphony in D Minor - Cesar Franck (1888)
Requiem - Gabriel Faure (1890)
Sinfonia da Requiem - Benjamin Britten (1940)
Cello Symphony - Benjamin Britten (1963)
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major "Emperor" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1811)
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1806)
Symphony No. 5 - Gustav Mahler (1902)
Symphony No. 2 in E minor – Sergei Rachmaninoff (1907)
Miss America - Mary Margaret O'Hara (1988)
Requiem Mass in D minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1791)
Symphony No. 3 "A Pastoral Symphony" - Ralph Vaughan Williams (1922)

NEWLY ASSIMILATED ALBUMS/CLASSICAL WORKS - RATED:
Cello Symphony - Benjamin Britten (1963) 8.1/10
Symphony No. 2 in E minor – Sergei Rachmaninoff (1907) 8.0/10
Symphony No. 3 "A Pastoral Symphony" - Ralph Vaughan Williams (1922) 7.8/10

FAMILIAR ALBUMS/CLASSICAL WORKS - RE-RATED:
The Rite of Spring - Igor Stravinsky (1913) 8.3/10 to 8.7/10
Requiem - Gabriel Faure (1890) Not Rated to 7.9/10

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 6-12-17 - 6-18-17
Symphony No. 4 in E Minor - Johannes Brahms (1884)
Glagolitic Mass - Leos Janacek (1926)[/b]
Symphony No. 9 in E Minor "From the New World" - Antonin Dvorak (1893)
Symphony No. 11 For Six Percussionists And Orchestra - Kalevi Aho (1998)
Symphony No. 3 "Symphonie Liturgique" - Arthur Honegger (1946)
Nostalghia - Andrei Tarkovsky (1983)
Sinfonia - Luciano Berio (1969)
Dolmen Music - Meredith Monk (1981)
Piano Trio No. 7 in B-flat Major "Archduke" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1811)
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major "Emperor" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1811)
Symphony No. 5 in C Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1808)
Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785)
Symphony No. 7 in D - Antonin Dvorak (1885)
Symphony 8 - Eduard Tubin (1966)
Symphony 7 - Roger Sessions (1967)
Symphony 3 "Collages" - Roberto Gerhard (1960)
Symphony 8 - Vagn Holmboe (1952)
Symphony No. 5 in E flat major - Jean Sibelius (1919)
I - Meshuggah (2004) [EP]
Symphony No. 7 in A Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1812)
Symphony in D Minor - Cesar Franck (1888)
Symphony 2 "Mysterious Mountain" - Alan Hovhaness (1955)
Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1820)
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1875)
Piano Concerto - Michael Nyman (1993)
Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785)
Symphony No. 4 in G major - Gustav Mahler (1900)
Symphony No. 101 in D major "The Clock" - Joseph Haydn (1793-1794) [No Rating Yet]
Symphonie Pour Un Homme Seul - Pierre Schaeffer (1950) [No Rating Yet]

NEWLY ASSIMILATED ALBUMS/CLASSICAL WORKS - RATED:
Symphony No. 11 For Six Percussionists And Orchestra - Kalevi Aho (1998) 8.4/10
Symphony No. 3 "Symphonie Liturgique" - Arthur Honegger (1946) 8.4/10
Sinfonia - Luciano Berio (1969) 8.4/10
Symphony 8 - Eduard Tubin (1966) 8.2/10
Symphony 7 - Roger Sessions (1967) 8.2/10
Symphony 3 "Collages" - Roberto Gerhard (1960) 8.2/10
Symphony 8 - Vagn Holmboe (1952) 8.2/10
Symphony 2 "Mysterious Mountain" - Alan Hovhaness (1955) 7.8/10

FAMILIAR ALBUMS/CLASSICAL WORKS - RE-RATED:
Glagolitic Mass - Leos Janacek (1926) 9.1/10 to 9.2/10
Symphony No. 9 in E Minor "From the New World" - Antonin Dvorak (1893) 9.1/10 to 9.2/10
Messiah - Georg Handel (1741) Not Rated to 9.1/10
St. Matthew Passion - Johann Sebastian Bach (1727) Not Rated to 9.1/10
Symphony No. 7 in D minor - Antonin Dvorak (1885) Not Rated to 8.4/10
Das Lied von der Erde - Gustav Mahler (1909) Not Rated to 8.2/10
Symphony No. 5 in E flat major - Jean Sibelius (1919) Not Rated to 8.2/10
Symphony No. 4 in G major - Gustav Mahler (1900) Not Rated to 7.8/10

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 5-21-17 - 6-11-17
Rock Bottom - Robert Wyatt (1974)
Geek the Girl - Lisa Germano (1994)
Glagolitic Mass - Leos Janacek (1926)
String Quintet in C Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
Winterreise - Franz Schubert (1828)
Symphony No. 8 - Alfred Schnittke (1994)
Symphony No. 5 in C Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1808)
Symphony No. 9 in D Minor "Choral" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1824)
The Black Saint & The Sinner Lady - Charles Mingus (1963)
String Quartet No. 15 in A Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1825)
Symphony No. 3 "The Camp Meeting" - Charles Ives (1910)
Symphony No. 4 - Charles Ives (1924)
Symphony No. 5 - Gustav Mahler (1902)
Das Lied von der Erde - Gustav Mahler (1909)
Symphony No. 2 in C minor "Resurrection" - Gustav Mahler (1894)
A Love Supreme - John Coltrane (1964)
Symphony No. 8 in B Minor "Unfinished" - Franz Schubert (1822)
Symphony No. 15 in A Major - Dmitri Shostakovich (1971)
Faust - Faust (1971)
The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground (1967)
The Downward Spiral - Nine Inch Nails (1994)
Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major "Eroica" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1804)
Symphony of Three Orchestras - Elliot Carter (1976)
Symphony No. 1 in C Minor - Johannes Brahms (1876)
The Doors - The Doors (1967)
Desertshore - Nico (1970)
Parable of Arable Land - Red Crayola (1967)
Concerto for Orchestra - Roberto Gerhard (1965)
Symphony No. 4 in A major "Italian" - Felix Mendelssohn (1833)
Symphony No. 39 in E-flat Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1788)
Symphony No. 38 in D major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1786)
Symphony No. 2 in D Major - Johannes Brahms (1877)
Piano Trio No. 7 in B-flat Major "Archduke" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1811)
Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta - Bela Bartok (1936)

FAMILIAR ALBUMS/CLASSICAL WORKS - RE-RATED:
Winterreise - Franz Schubert (1828) 8.4/10 to 9.1/10
Symphony No. 8 - Alfred Schnittke (1994) 8.4/10 to 8.7/10
Concerto for Orchestra - Roberto Gerhard (1965) 8.9/10 to 8.5/10
Symphony of Three Orchestras - Elliot Carter (1976) Not Rated to 8.5/10
Symphony No. 3 "The Camp Meeting" - Charles Ives (1910) Not Rated to 8.3/10
Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta - Bela Bartok (1936) 8.9/10 to 8.3/10

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 5-15-17 - 5-21-17
Symphony No. 9 in D Minor "Choral" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1824)
Symphony No. 5 - Gustav Mahler (1902)
Symphony No. 4 in D minor - Robert Schumann (1841; 1851)
Symphony No. 8 in E flat major "Symphony Of A Thousand" - Gustav Mahler (1906)
Symphony No. 2 in C minor "Resurrection" - Gustav Mahler (1894)
Symphony No. 6 in A minor "Tragic" - Gustav Mahler (1904; 1906)
Symphony No. 4 in F Minor - Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky (1878)
Symphony No. 5 in E Minor - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1888)

FAMILIAR ALBUMS/CLASSICAL WORKS - RE-RATED:
Symphony No. 4 in D minor - Robert Schumann (1841; 1851) Not Rated to 8.4/10
Symphony No. 8 in E flat major "Symphony Of A Thousand" - Gustav Mahler (1906) Not Rated to 8.4/10
Symphony No. 2 in C minor "Resurrection" - Gustav Mahler (1894) Not Rated to 8.4/10
Symphony No. 6 in A minor "Tragic" - Gustav Mahler (1904; 1906) Not Rated to 8.4/10
Symphony No. 4 in F Minor - Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky (1878) Not Rated to 8.1/10

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 5-8-17 - 5-14-17
Symphony No. 9 in D Minor "Choral" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1824)
Winterreise - Franz Schubert (1828)
Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-flat Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
Glagolitic Mass - Leos Janacek (1926)
Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785)
Piano Sonata No. 32 in C Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1822)
Symphony No. 9 in E Minor "From the New World" - Antonin Dvorak (1893)
Symphony No. 41 in C Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1788)
Violin Concerto in D Major - Johannes Brahms (1878)
Symphonie Fantastique - Hector Berlioz (1830)

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 5-1-17 - 5-7-17
Piano Trio No. 7 in B-flat Major "Archduke" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1811)
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major - Johannes Brahms (1881)
Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785)
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major "Emperor" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1811)
Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in A major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1789)
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major - Sergei Prokofiev (1921)
Piano Concerto in G major - Maurice Ravel (1931)
Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat major - Franz Liszt (1849)
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1806)
Piano Trio No. 3 in C minor - Johannes Brahms (1883)
Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor - Sergei Rachmaninov (1909)
Piano Concerto No. 3 in E major - Bela Bartok (1945)
Piano Concerto in A minor - Edvard Grieg (1868)
Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor - Frederic Chopin (1829)
Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major - Franz Liszt (1861)
Piano Trio No. 1 in B major - Johannes Brahms (1854)
Piano Concerto in F - George Gershwin (1925)
Byzantine Concerto - Ljubica Maric (1959)

NEWLY ASSIMILATED ALBUMS/CLASSICAL WORKS - RATED:
Byzantine Concerto - Ljubica Maric (1959) 7.8/10

FAMILIAR ALBUMS/CLASSICAL WORKS - RE-RATED:
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major - Johannes Brahms (1881) 8.1/10 to 8.4/10
Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785) 8.1/10 to 8.3/10
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major "Emperor" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1811) 8.1/10 to 8.3/10
Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in A major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1789) Not Rated to 8.1/10
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major - Sergei Prokofiev (1921) Not Rated to 8.0/10
Piano Concerto in G major - Maurice Ravel (1931) Not Rated to 8.0/10
Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat major - Franz Liszt (1849) Not Rated to 8.0/10
Piano Trio No. 3 in C minor - Johannes Brahms (1883) Not Rated to 8.0/10
Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor - Sergei Rachmaninov (1909)[/b] Not Rated to 7.9/10
Piano Concerto No. 3 in E major - Bela Bartok (1945) Not Rated to 7.9/10
Piano Concerto in A minor - Edvard Grieg (1868) Not Rated to 7.9/10
Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor - Frederic Chopin (1829) Not Rated to 7.9/10
Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major - Franz Liszt (1861) Not Rated to 7.9/10
Piano Trio No. 1 in B major - Johannes Brahms (1854) Not Rated to 7.9/10
Piano Concerto in F - George Gershwin (1925) Not Rated to 7.8/10

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 4-24-17 - 4-30-17
Trout Mask Replica - Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band (1969) ...I don't listen to it as much as I used to, but each time I do it reveals itself as inscrutable, astonishing and mind-boggling as ever... perhaps no work of art since Wagner's Tristan & Isolde more thoroughly erased/altered and replaced its dogmas as Trout Mask Replica did... It is the 20th century's version of Beethoven's Grosse Fugue/14th/15th String Quartets in that it will be reckoned with for a long time to come before it is rightly assimilated and valued by the majority...
Symphony No. 41 in C Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1788)
Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785)
In the Aeroplane Over the Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel (1998)
Symphony No. 40 in G minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1788)
Cello Concerto No. 2 - Dmitri Shostakovich (1966)
Symphony No. 39 in E-flat Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1788)
Symphony No. 38 in D major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1786)
Symphony No. 35 in D major "Haffner" - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1788)
Symphony No. 15 in A Major - Dmitri Shostakovich (1971)
Glagolitic Mass - Leos Janacek (1926)
String Quintet in C Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major "Emperor" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1811)
Variations in Dream-time - Anthony Davis (1982)
Requiem Mass in D minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1791)
Grande Messe des morts - Hector Berlioz (1837)
Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor - Frederic Chopin (1829)

FAMILIAR ALBUMS/CLASSICAL WORKS - RE-RATED:
Missa Solemnis – Ludwig van Beethoven (1823) Not Rated to 9.1/10
Variations in Dream-time - Anthony Davis (1982) 9.1/10 to 9.0/10
Grande Messe des morts - Hector Berlioz (1837) 9.2/10 to 9.0/10
Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785) 9.2/10 to 9.0/10
Cello Concerto No. 2 - Dmitri Shostakovich (1966) 7.9/10 to 8.3/10
Trio for Violin, Horn and Piano - Gyorgy Ligeti (1982) 8.4/10 to 8.3/10
Symphony No. 40 in G minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1788) Not Rated to 8.3/10 [Loose Rating]
Symphony No. 38 in D major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1786) Not Rated to 8.2/10 [Loose Rating]
Symphony No. 35 in D major "Haffner" - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1788) Not Rated to 8.2/10 [Loose Rating]
Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor - Frederic Chopin (1829) Not Rated to 7.9/10
Piano Concerto No. 19 in F major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1784) 7.9/10 to 7.8/10
Piano Concerto No. 17 in G Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1784) 7.9/10 to 7.8/10
Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat Major "Jeunehomme" - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1777) 7.9/10 to 7.8/10

FAMILIAR FILMS - RE-RATED:
Metropolis - Fritz Lang (1927) ["The Complete Metropolis", 147 minutes] 9.0/10 to 9.1/10

FAMILIAR PAINTINGS - RE-RATED:
The Garden of Earthly Delights - Hieronymus Bosch (circa 1500) 9.0/10 to 9.1/10

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 4-17-17 - 4-23-17
Mass in B Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (1749)
Symphony No. 5 in B-flat - Sergei Prokofiev (1944)
Symphony No. 2 in D Major - Jean Sibelius (1902)
Symphony No. 10 in E Minor - Dmitri Shostakovich (circa 1951-1953)
Trio for Violin, Horn and Piano - Gyorgy Ligeti (1982)
Fantasia in F Minor for Piano, Four Hands - Franz Schubert (1828)
Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1717-1723)
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (circa 1800-1804)
Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor (BWV 582) - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1706-1713)

FAMILIAR ALBUMS/CLASSICAL WORKS - RE-RATED:
Symphony No. 5 in B-flat - Sergei Prokofiev (1944) Not Rated to 8.8/10
Symphony No. 10 in E Minor - Dmitri Shostakovich (circa 1951-1953) Not Rated to 8.6/10
Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1717-1723) Not Rated to 7.8/10
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (circa 1800-1804) NOT RATED YET
Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor (BWV 582) - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1706-1713) Not Rated to 7.8/10

TOP 50 WORKS OF ART OF THE YEAR (2017)
Sistine Chapel (Ceiling & The Last Judgement) - Michelangelo Buonarroti (1512; 1541)
Symphony No. 9 in D Major - Gustav Mahler (1909)
String Quartet No. 15 in A Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1825)
Symphony No. 9 in D Minor "Choral" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1824)
Peasants' War Panorama - Werner Tubke (1987) [aka, "Early Bourgeois Revolution in Germany"]
Requiem - Guisseppe Verdi (1874)
Symphony No. 9 in C Major "The Great" - Franz Schubert (1826)
String Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1826)
Tristan und Isolde - Richard Wagner (1859)
Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785)
Rock Bottom - Robert Wyatt (1974)
Faust - Faust (1971)
Mass in B Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (1749)
Requiem - Gyorgy Ligeti (1965)
Symphony No. 41 in C Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1788)
Requiem - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1791)
Irrlicht - Klaus Schulze (1972)
Piano Sonata No. 32 in C Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1822)
Yerself is Steam - Mercury Rev (1991)
Symphony No. 4 in E Minor - Johannes Brahms (1884)
Violin Concertos Nos. 1-4, "The Four Seasons" - Antonio Vivaldi (1723)
Winterreise - Franz Schubert (1828)
We Insist! Freedom Now Suite - Max Roach (1960)
The Black Saint & The Sinner Lady - Charles Mingus (1963)
A Love Supreme - John Coltrane (1964)
Down Colorful Hill - Red House Painters (1992)
Ys - Joanna Newsom (2006)
Symphony No. 3 in C Minor "Organ" - Camille Saint-Saens (1886)
Piano Trio No. 7 in B-flat Major "Archduke" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1811)
Glagolitic Mass - Leos Janacek (1926)
The Koln Concert - Keith Jarrett (1975)
String Quintet in C Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
German Requiem - Johannes Brahms (1868)
Symphony No. 3 in F Major - Johannes Brahms (1884)
The Art of Fugue - Johann Sebastian Bach (1750)
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Books I & II - Johann Sebastian Bach (1722; 1742)
Afternoon of a Georgia Faun - Marion Brown (1970)
Improvisie - Paul Bley (1971)
Lorca - Tim Buckley (1970)
Piano Quintet in G Minor - Dmitri Shostakovich (1940)
Philosophy, Medicine & Jurisprudence - Gustav Klimt (1907) [University of Vienna Ceiling Paintings; Destroyed in 1945]
Symphony No. 4 - Charles Ives (1924)
The Beethoven Frieze - Gustav Klimt (1902)
Unit Structures - Cecil Taylor (1966)
In the Gardens of Pharoah - Popol Vuh (1972)
Third - Soft Machine (1970)
Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-flat Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
String Quartet No. 14 in D minor "Death and the Maiden" - Franz Schubert (1824)
Symphony No. 7 in A Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1812)
Piano Sonata No. 20 in A Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
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Piano Sonata in B Minor - Franz Liszt (1853)
Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major - Antonin Dvorak (1887)
Symphony No. 8 in B Minor "Unfinished" - Franz Schubert (1822)
St. Matthew's Passion - Johann Sebastian Bach (1727)
Piano Quintet in A Major "Trout" - Franz Schubert (1819)
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major - Johannes Brahms (1881)
Symphony No. 5 in C Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1808)
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor - Sergei Rachmaninoff (1901)
Seeds, Visions and Counterpoint - Ivo Perelman (1996)
Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major "Eroica" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1804)
Colors - Between the Buried and Me (2007)
I - Meshuggah [EP]
Desertshore - Nico (1970)
Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor "Appassionata" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1805)
Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat Major "Hammerklavier" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1818)
Symphony No. 6 in B Minor "Pathetique" - Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky (1893)
Violin Sonata No. 9 in A Major "Kreutzer" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1803)
Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat Minor "The Funeral March" - Frederich Chopin (1839)
Concerto for 2 Violins in D Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1718-1720)
Piano Quintet in F minor - Johannes Brahms (1864)
Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor - Dmitri Shostakovich (1944)
Not Available - Residents (1978)
Volunteers - Jefferson Airplane (1969)
Amsterdam - Lofty Pillars (2001)
Symphony No. 40 in G minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1788)
Inside Out - John Martyn (1973)
Spiderland - Slint (1991)
Piano Concerto No. 17 in G Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1784)
Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat Major "Jeunehomme" - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1777)
La Novia - Acid Mothers Temple (2000)
You are Free - Cat Power (2003)
Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Major - Johannes Brahms (1886)
Symphony No. 2 in D Major - Johannes Brahms (1877)
Symphony No. 1 in C Minor - Johannes Brahms (1876)
Astral Weeks - Van Morrison (1968)
The Survivor's Suite - Keith Jarrett (1976)
White Light/White Heat - The Velvet Underground (1967)
After the Rain - Michael Jones (1988)
Everybody Knows this is Nowhere - Neil Young (1969)
Pieta - Michelangelo Buonarroti (1499)
Diamanda Galas - Diamanda Galas (1984)
From Her to Eternity - Nick Cave (1984)
Crystals - Sam Rivers (1974)
Safe as Milk - Captain Beefheart (1967)
Half Machine Lip Moves - Chrome (1979)
Violin Concerto in D Major - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1878)
Zambodia - Motherhead Bug (1993)
Walk Among Us - Misfits (1982)
Return To Cookie Mountain - TV On The Radio (2006)
Geek the Girl - Lisa Germano (1994)
The Rite of Spring - Igor Stravinsky (1913)
Ptah, the El Daoud - Alice Coltrane (1970)
Evangelista - Carla Bozulich (2006)
Untitled - Tera Melos (2005)
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major "Emperor" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1811)
Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785)
Mona Lisa - Leonardo Da Vinci (1505)
Dreaming of Reptilian Glory - Chiho Aoshima
The Descent from the Cross - Rogier van der Weyden (1435)
Symphony No. 39 in E-flat Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1788)
Violin Concerto in D Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1806)
Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1786)
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor - Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1875)
OV - Orthrelm (2005)
Tonight's the Night - Neil Young (1975)
The Piper at the Gates of Dawn - Pink Floyd (1967)
Millions Now Living Will Never Die - Tortoise (1996)
Lisbon - Keith Fullerton Whitman (2006)
Guernica - Pablo Picasso (1937)
Les Demoiselles d'Avignon - Pablo Picasso (1907)
Dreaming of Reptilian Glory - Chiho Aoshima
Transfiguration - Raphael Sanzio (1519)
Prison - Tatiana Glebova (1927)
Las Meninas - Diego Velazquez (1656)
Psalm 69 - Ernst Fuchs (1960)[/b]
Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2 - Marcel Duchamp (1912)
Metropolis - George Grosz (1917)
Whatever You Love You Are - Dirty Three (2000)
The Lion and the Cobra - Sinead O'Connor (1987)
Trust - Low (2002)
Dies Irae - Dino Valls (2012)
The Slav Epic - Alphonse Mucha (1928) [Series of 20 Paintings]
The Picture of Dorian Gray - Ivan Albright (1944)
Blue - Joni Mitchell (1971)
Giles Corey - Giles Corey (2011)
The Visitor - Jim O'Rourke (2009)
I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight - Richard & Linda Thompson (1974)
Piano Sonata No. 21 in C Major "Waldstein" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1804)
Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables - Dead Kennedy's (1980)
Toccata and Fugue in D Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1704)
Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1820)
Quartet for the End of Time - Olivier Messiaen (1941)
Fire of Love - Gun Club (1981)
Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp Minor "Quasi una fantasia" (aka, "Moonlight") - Ludwig van Beethoven (1801)
Piano Concerto - Michael Nyman (1993)
Sinfonia da Requiem - Benjamin Britten (1940)
Rickie Lee Jones - Rickie Lee Jones (1979)
White Soul - Green (1989)
Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1821)
Five Leaves Left - Nick Drake (1969)
Illinois - Sufjan Stevens (2003)
The City Rises - Umberto Boccioni (1910)
What Would the Community Think? - Cat Power (1996)
Skylarking - XTC (1986)
Bellybutton - Jellyfish (1990)
Eine kleine Nachtmusik (Serenade No. 13 for strings in G major) - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1787)
The Complete Guide to Insufficiency - David Thomas Broughton (2005)
The Tain - Decemberists (2004)
Doolittle - Pixies (1989)
They Might Be Giants - They Might Be Giants (1985)
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd (1975)
Remain in Light - Talking Heads (1980)
Dummy - Portishead (1994)
Cumbia & Jazz Fusion - Charles Mingus (1978)

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 4-10-17 - 4-16-17
Mass in B Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (1749)
Symphony No. 9 in D Major - Gustav Mahler (1910)
Symphony No. 9 in D Minor "Choral" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1824)
Symphony No. 2 in D Major - Jean Sibelius (1902)
Symphony No. 8 in C Minor - Anton Bruckner (1892)
Violin Concerto No. 2 in C-sharp Minor - Dmitri Shostakovich (1967)
Symphony No. 2 "The Age of Anxiety" - Leonard Bernstein (1949)
Violin Concerto "To the Memory of an Angel" - Alban Berg (1935)
Symphony: Mathis der Maler - Paul Hindemith (1934)
Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major - Antonin Dvorak (1887)
Piano Quintet in F minor - Johannes Brahms (1864)
Symphony No. 5 in C Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1808)
Symphony No. 8 in B Minor "Unfinished" - Franz Schubert (1822)
Piano Concerto in A Minor - Robert Schumann (1845)
Violin Concerto No. 2 - Bela Bartok (1938)
Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major "Eroica" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1804)
Piano Sonata No. 20 in A Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
Oiseaux Exotiques - Olivier Messiaen (1956)
Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-flat Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
Quartet for the End of Time - Olivier Messiaen (1941)
Piano Trio No. 5 in D major "Ghost" (aka, "Piano Trio No. 1 in D Major" or "Piano Trio No. 4 in D Major") - Ludwig van Beethoven (1809)
Concerto for 2 Violins in D Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1718-1720)
Violin Concerto in D major - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1878)
Harpsichord Concerto No. 1 in D Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (1734)
Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major - Johann Sebastian Bach (1721)
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major - Johann Sebastian Bach (1718)
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major "Emperor" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1811)
Toccata and Fugue in D Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1704)
Symphony of Psalms - Igor Stravinsky (1930)
Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat Minor "The Funeral March" - Frederich Chopin (1839)

FAMILIAR ALBUMS/CLASSICAL WORKS - RE-RATED:
Violin Concerto No. 2 in C-sharp Minor - Dmitri Shostakovich (1967) 7.9/10 to 8.6/10
Violin Concerto "To the Memory of an Angel" - Alban Berg (1935) 7.9/10 to 8.3/10
Symphony No. 2 "The Age of Anxiety" - Leonard Bernstein (1949) 8.2/10 to 8.3/10
Violin Concerto No. 2 - Bela Bartok (1938) Not Rated to 8.3/10
Piano Concerto in A Minor - Robert Schumann (1845) Not Rated to 8.1/10
Oiseaux Exotiques - Olivier Messiaen (1956) Not Rated to 8.0/10
Violin Concerto in D major - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1878) Not Rated to 7.8/10

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 4-3-17 - 4-9-17
Symphony No. 9 in C Major "The Great" - Franz Schubert (1826)
Symphony No. 9 in D Minor "Choral" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1824)
Symphony No. 9 in D Major - Gustav Mahler (1910)
Symphony No. 102 in B flat major - Franz Joseph Haydn (1794)
Symphony No. 1 in C Minor - Johannes Brahms (1876)
Symphony No. 9 in E Minor "From the New World" - Antonin Dvorak (1893)
Symphony No. 5 - Gustav Mahler (1902)
Symphony No. 6 in B Minor "Pathetique" - Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky (1893)
Symphonie Fantastique - Hector Berlioz (1830)
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major - Johannes Brahms (1881)
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor - Sergei Rachmaninoff (1901)
Requiem Mass in D minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1791)
Symphony No. 7 in A Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1812)
Symphony No. 5 in C Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1808)
Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-flat Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
Symphony No. 2 in D Major - Johannes Brahms (1877)
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor - Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1875)
Violin Concertos Nos. 1-4, "The Four Seasons" - Antonio Vivaldi (1723)

FAMILIAR ALBUMS/CLASSICAL WORKS - RE-RATED:
Symphony No. 102 in B flat major - Franz Joseph Haydn (1794) Not Rated to 8.3/10

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 3-27-17 - 4-2-17
Ein Deutsches Requiem - Johannes Brahms (1868)
Symphonie Fantastique - Hector Berlioz (1830)
Symphony No. 6 in B Minor "Pathetique" - Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky (1893)
Piano Sonata in B Minor - Franz Liszt (1853)[/b]
Piano Sonata No. 32 in C Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1822)
Piano Quintet in A Major "Trout" - Franz Schubert (1819)
Octet for Strings in E-flat major - Felix Mendelssohn (1825)
Requiem Mass in D minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1791)
Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1821)
Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor - Johannes Brahms (1858)
Piano Sonata No. 21 in C Major "Waldstein" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1804)
Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor "Appassionata" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1805)
Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1786)
Piano Concerto in A Minor - Robert Schumann (1845)
Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp Minor "Quasi una fantasia" (aka, "Moonlight") - Ludwig van Beethoven (1801)
Symphony No. 6 in F Major "Pastoral" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1808)
Piano Concerto No. 19 in F major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1784)
Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-flat major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785)

FAMILIAR ALBUMS/CLASSICAL WORKS - RE-RATED:
Octet for Strings in E-flat Major - Felix Mendelssohn (1825) Not Rated to 8.1/10
Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-flat major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785) Not Rated to 7.9/10
Piano Concerto No. 19 in F major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1784) Not Rated to 7.9/10

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 3-20-17 - 3-26-17
Violin Concerto in D Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1806)
Piano Trio No. 7 in B-flat Major "Archduke" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1811)
Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785)
Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-flat Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
Piano Sonata No. 20 in A Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major - Johannes Brahms (1881)
Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785)
Piano Sonata in B Minor - Franz Liszt (1853)
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1806)
Harpsichord Concerto No. 1 in D Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (1734)
Sinfonia da Requiem - Benjamin Britten (1940)
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor - Sergei Rachmaninoff (1901)
Piano Sonata No. 32 in C Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1822)
Symphony No. 41 in C Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1788)
Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor "Appassionata" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1805)
Symphony No. 1 in C Minor - Johannes Brahms (1876)
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major "Emperor" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1811)
Piano Concerto 24 in C Minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1786)
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor - Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1875)
Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Major - Johannes Brahms (1886)
Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major - Johann Sebastian Bach (1721)
Concerto in C minor for Piano, Trumpet, and String Orchestra (Piano Concerto No. 1) - Dmitri Shostakovich (1933)
Piano Sonata No. 21 in C Major "Waldstein" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1804)
Symphony No. 2 in D Major - Johannes Brahms (1877)
Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor - Dmitri Shostakovich (1944)
Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor "Pathetique" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1798)
Piano Concerto in A Minor - Robert Schumann (1845)
Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp Minor "Quasi una fantasia" (aka, "Moonlight") - Ludwig van Beethoven (1801)
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major - Johann Sebastian Bach (1718)
Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Major - Dmitri Shostakovich (1957)
Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat Minor "The Funeral March" - Frederich Chopin (1839)

NEWLY ASSIMILATED ALBUMS/CLASSICAL WORKS - RATED:
Concerto in C minor for Piano, Trumpet, and String Orchestra (Piano Concerto No. 1) - Dmitri Shostakovich (1933) [NO RATING YET]

FAMILIAR ALBUMS/CLASSICAL WORKS - RE-RATED:
Violin Concerto in D Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1806) 8.1/10 to 8.4/10
Piano Trio No. 7 in B-flat Major "Archduke" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1811) 8.3/10 to 8.4/10
Piano Concerto 24 in C Minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1786) Not Rated to 7.9/10

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 3-13-17 - 3-19-17
Symphony No. 5 in C Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1808) ...Gardiner's stunning 2016 rendition (see my best recordings list) has to be heard to be believed. His 1992 rendition was already among the very best, but this one hits a high mark that is astonishing. For sheer intensity it has possibly been approached by the likes of Karajan's very best, or maybe Kleiber's famous recording and a few other candidates, but it also reaches a vivid orchestral color and instrumental designation, balance, sound dimension and nuance where Beethoven's entire composition blossoms to life more so than possibly any other recording -- the combination of which will be very hard to top... If someone (maybe Gardiner himself? -- PLEASE!!) matches the performance and overall execution but also records it in the highest quality SACD (or similar) format, then I could see another improvement, but if not, it's difficult to imagine at this point. Gardiner has mastered Historically Informed Performance the likes of which would've seemed impossible in the late 80's when the practice started to really come to the fore. I am really hoping he does a similar recording as this 5th for the 9th (not to mention the rest).
Symphony No. 3 in F Major - Johannes Brahms (1883)
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor - Sergei Rachmaninov (1901)
Symphony No. 6 in B Minor "Pathetique" - Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky (1893)
Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785)
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1806)
Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-flat Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
Piano Sonata No. 20 in A Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
Symphony No. 8 in B Minor "Unfinished" - Franz Schubert (1822)
Symphony No. 9 in D Minor "Choral" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1824)
Symphony No. 6 in F Major "Pastoral" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1808)
Symphony No. 7 in A Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1812)
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major "Emperor" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1811)
Symphony No. 9 in C Major "The Great" - Franz Schubert (1826)
Symphonie Fantastique - Hector Berlioz (1830)
Piano Sonata No. 32 in C Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1822)
Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major "Eroica" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1804)
Symphony No. 1 in C Minor - Johannes Brahms (1876)
Piano Sonata in B Minor - Franz Liszt (1853)
Symphony No. 8 in F Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1812)
Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Major - Dmitri Shostakovich (1957)
Symphony in D Minor - Cesar Franck (1888)
Piano Concerto No. 24 in C Minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1786)
Concerto for 2 Violins in D Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1718-1720)
Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785)
Piano Concerto No. 17 in G Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1784)
Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat Major "Jeunehomme" - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1777)
Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp Minor "Quasi una fantasia" (aka, "Moonlight") - Ludwig van Beethoven (1801)
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major - Johann Sebastian Bach (1718)
Amadeus - Milos Forman (1984) (6.9/10)

FAMILIAR ALBUMS/CLASSICAL WORKS - RE-RATED:
Symphony No. 6 in F Major "Pastoral" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1808) Not Rated to 8.7/10
Symphony No. 8 in F Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1812) Not Rated to 8.3/10

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 3-6-17 - 3-12-17
Sistine Chapel (Ceiling & The Last Judgement) - Michelangelo Buonarroti (1512; 1541)
Grande Messe des morts (Requiem) - Hector Berlioz (1837)
Requiem - Guisseppe Verdi (1874)
Mass in B Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (1749)
Goldberg Variations - Johann Sebastian Bach (1741)
Requiem Mass in D minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1791)
Symphony No. 9 in D Minor "Choral" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1824)
St. Matthew's Passion - Johann Sebastian Bach (1727)
The Art of Fugue - Johann Sebastian Bach (1750)
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Books I & II - Johann Sebastian Bach (1722; 1742)
After the Rain - Michael Jones (1988)
Pieta - Michelangelo Buonarroti (1499)
Guernica - Pablo Picasso (1937)
Les Demoiselles d'Avignon - Pablo Picasso (1907)
Dreaming of Reptilian Glory - Chiho Aoshima
Transfiguration - Raphael Sanzio (1519)
Prison - Tatiana Glebova (1927)
Las Meninas - Diego Velazquez (1656)
Psalm 69 - Ernst Fuchs (1960)
Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2 - Marcel Duchamp (1912)
Dies Irae - Dino Valls (2012)
The Slav Epic - Alphonse Mucha (1928) [Series of 20 Paintings]
The Picture of Dorian Gray - Ivan Albright (1944)

NEWLY ASSIMILATED ALBUMS/CLASSICAL WORKS - RATED:
Grande Messe des morts (Requiem) - Hector Berlioz (1837) 9.2/10

FAMILIAR ALBUMS/CLASSICAL WORKS - RE-RATED:
Requiem Mass in D minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1791) Not Rated to 9.0/10
The Art of Fugue - Johann Sebastian Bach (1750) Not Rated to 8.5/10
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Books I & II - Johann Sebastian Bach (1722; 1742) Not Rated to 8.5/10

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 2-27-17 - 3-5-17
Sistine Chapel (Ceiling & The Last Judgement) - Michelangelo Buonarroti (1512; 1541) ...Unspeakably, unbelievably incredible. Seems to me to be the absolute summit of all artistic accomplishment. See new rating below...
Tristan und Isolde - Richard Wagner (1859) ...Much of my music listening time over the last 4-5 days has been consumed revisiting this towering masterpiece of art, going through various versions, trying to determine the best one. At 4 hours long, this will be quite useful to come to a conclusion on! I hope to finally have a rating and ranking for Tristan and Isolde by the end of the week, including which performance to add to my "Best Recorded Performances" list...
Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785)
Violin Concerto in D Major - Johannes Brahms (1878)
Piano Trio No. 7 in B-flat Major "Archduke" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1811)

FAMILIAR ALBUMS/CLASSICAL WORKS - RE-RATED:
Symphony No. 9 in D Minor "Choral" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1824) 9.6/10 to 9.7/10
Symphony No. 9 in D Major - Gustav Mahler (1909) 9.6/10 to 9.7/10
Tristan und Isolde - Richard Wagner (1859) Not Rated to 9.5/10

FAMILIAR PAINTINGS - RE-RATED:
Sistine Chapel (Ceiling & The Last Judgement) - Michelangelo Buonarroti (1512; 1541) 9.6/10 to 9.9/10
Peasants' War Panorama - Werner Tubke (1987) [aka, "Early Bourgeois Revolution in Germany"] 9.5/10 to 9.6/10

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 2-20-17 - 2-26-17
Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785)
Peasants' War Panorama - Werner Tubke (1987) [aka, "Early Bourgeois Revolution in Germany"]
Sistine Chapel (Ceiling & The Last Judgement) - Michelangelo Buonarroti (1512; 1541)
Requiem - Gyorgy Ligeti (1965)
Winterreise - Franz Schubert (1828)
Philosophy, Medicine & Jurisprudence - Gustav Klimt (1907) [University of Vienna Ceiling Paintings; Destroyed in 1945]
Symphony No. 4 - Charles Ives (1924)
The Beethoven Frieze - Gustav Klimt (1902)
Requiem - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1791)
Symphony No. 8 in B Minor "Unfinished" - Franz Schubert (1822)
Sarajevo - Omar El Nagdi (1992)
Mona Lisa - Leonardo Da Vinci (1505)
Dreaming of Reptilian Glory - Chiho Aoshima
The Descent from the Cross - Rogier van der Weyden (1435)
Symphony No. 39 in E-flat Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1788)
Violin Concerto in D Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1806)
Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785)
Metropolis - George Grosz (1917)
Goldberg Variations - Johann Sebastian Bach (1741)
Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat Major "Jeunehomme" - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1777)
Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1786)
The City Rises - Umberto Boccioni (1910)
Cumbia & Jazz Fusion - Charles Mingus (1978)

NEWLY ASSIMILATED ALBUMS/CLASSICAL WORKS - RATED:
Requiem - Gyorgy Ligeti (1965) 8.8/10
Cumbia & Jazz Fusion - Charles Mingus (1978) Probably 7/10

NEWLY ASSIMILATED PAINTINGS - RATED:
Sarajevo - Omar El Nagdi (1992) [NO RATING YET]

FAMILIAR ALBUMS/CLASSICAL WORKS - RE-RATED:
Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785) Not Rated to 9.2/10
Winterreise - Franz Schubert (1828) 8.1/10 to 8.4/10
Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor "Pathetique" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1798) 8.0/10 to 7.8/10

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 2-13-17 - 2-19-17
Symphony No. 9 in D Major - Gustav Mahler (1909) ...Greatest work of art in the history of mankind???
Symphony No. 9 in D Minor "Choral" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1824) ...Greatest work of art in the history of mankind??? ...Most of the time, it's these two (Mahler's and Beethoven's 9th) and Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel (Ceiling and Last Judgement) that I go back and forth on. Bach's Mass in B Minor, Verdi's Requiem and Wagner's Tristan and Isolde (unrated, unranked on my list for now, but almost certainly 9.3+) also deserve strong consideration or at least a very honorable mention.
Symphony No. 9 in C Major "The Great" - Franz Schubert (1826) ...entrapped in a haunting dream of endless melodic, harmonic and rhythmic repetition and variation, of vibrant but perplexing sonority and labyrinthine texture, of searing darkness and monumental distress, of rising beauty and collapsing death, of awaking suddenly and dying slowly, of nostalgic entrance and farewell exits. As if Schubert is walking into the same predicament over and over again, each time with a gradient, new perspective and feeling. Each time this seems as real as the vivid repetition of its dream, but in its newfound present recognition only amounts to a curse, and the tragic inescapable reality of now, which is becoming a treadmill of winding and fading memories, and will soon become death...
Requiem - Gyorgy Ligeti (1965)
Symphony No. 41 in C Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1788)
Requiem - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1791)
Winterreise - Franz Schubert (1828)
German Requiem - Johannes Brahms (1868)
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major - Johannes Brahms (1881)
Symphony No. 5 in C Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1808)
Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785)
Violin Sonata No. 9 in A Major "Kreutzer" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1803)
Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat Minor "The Funeral March" - Frederich Chopin (1839)
Concerto for 2 Violins in D Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1718-1720)
Symphony No. 40 in G minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1788)
Piano Trio No. 7 in B-flat Major "Archduke" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1811)
Piano Concerto No. 17 in G Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1784)
Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat Major "Jeunehomme" - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1777)
Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Major - Johannes Brahms (1886)
Symphony No. 2 in D Major - Johannes Brahms (1877)
Symphony No. 1 in C Minor - Johannes Brahms (1876)
Violin Concerto in D Major - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1878)
Harpsichord Concerto No. 1 in D Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (1734)
Toccata and Fugue in D Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1704)
Symphony No. 7 in A Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1812)
Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-flat Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (circa 1788-1791)
Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major "Alla Turca" - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (circa 1783)
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major - Johann Sebastian Bach (1718)
Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1821)
Violin Sonata No. 3 in D Minor - Johannes Brahms (1888)
Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Major - Johannes Brahms (1879)
Eine kleine Nachtmusik (Serenade No. 13 for strings in G major) - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1787)

NEWLY ASSIMILATED ALBUMS/CLASSICAL WORKS - RATED:
Requiem - Gyorgy Ligeti (1965) [NO RATING YET]

FAMILIAR ALBUMS/CLASSICAL WORKS - RE-RATED:
Symphony No. 9 in C Major "The Great" - Franz Schubert (1826) Not Rated to 9.5/10
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major - Johannes Brahms (1881) 8.4/10 to 8.1/10
Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Major - Johannes Brahms (1886) 8.1/10 to 7.9/10
Violin Sonata No. 3 in D Minor - Johannes Brahms (1888) 7.9/10 to 7.8/10
Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Major - Johannes Brahms (1879) 7.9/10 to 7.8/10

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 2-6-17 - 2-12-17
Violin Concertos Nos. 1-4, "The Four Seasons" - Antonio Vivaldi (1723)
Symphony No. 9 in D Minor "Choral" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1824)
String Quintet in C Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
Symphony No. 3 in C Minor "Organ" - Camille Saint-Saens (1886)
Piano Trio No. 7 in B-flat Major "Archduke" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1811)
Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major - Antonin Dvorak (1887)
Glagolitic Mass - Leos Janacek (1926)
Piano Quintet in A Major "Trout" - Franz Schubert (1819)
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major - Johannes Brahms (1881)
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor - Sergei Rachmaninoff (1901)
Piano Trio No. 1 in D major "Ghost" (aka, "Piano Trio No. 4 in D Major" or "Piano Trio No. 5 in D Major") - Ludwig van Beethoven (1809)
Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor - Dmitri Shostakovich (1944)
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major "Emperor" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1811)
Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785)
Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Major - Dmitri Shostakovich (1957)
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor - Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1875)
Sinfonia da Requiem - Benjamin Britten (1940)

FAMILIAR ALBUMS/CLASSICAL WORKS - RE-RATED:
Violin Concertos Nos. 1-4, "The Four Seasons" - Antonio Vivaldi (1723) 8.4/10 to 8.8/10
Symphony No. 3 in C Minor "Organ" - Camille Saint-Saens (1886) 8.5/10 to 8.6/10
Piano Trio No. 7 in B-flat Major "Archduke" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1811) 8.4/10 to 8.3/10
Piano Quintet in A Major "Trout" - Franz Schubert (1819) 8.4/10 to 8.3/10
Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major - Antonin Dvorak (1887) 8.6/10 to 8.3/10
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major "Emperor" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1811) 8.4/10 to 8.1/10
Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785) 8.4/10 to 8.1/10
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor - Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1875) 8.4/10 to 8.1/10
Piano Concerto - Michael Nyman (1993) 8.3/10 to 8.1/10
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor - Sergei Rachmaninoff (1901) 8.3/10 to 8.1/10
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1806) 8.2/10 to 8.0/10

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 1-23-17 - 1-29-17
String Quartet No. 15 in A Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1825)
String Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1826) ...How? How is this possible? How can one artist express so much, and regardless of the content, to be addressed with such emotional conviction and conceptual weight? To exhibit such profound depths of insight and compassion into the human condition? The further and further I go with Beethoven, the more I understand him, the more unfathomable his achievements become, as well as the incredible fact that they all came from a single person...
Symphony No. 4 in E Minor - Johannes Brahms (1884)
Symphony No. 3 in F Major - Johannes Brahms (1884)
String Quintet in C Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
Piano Quintet in G Minor - Dmitri Shostakovich (1940)
Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-flat Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
String Quartet No. 14 in D minor "Death and the Maiden" - Franz Schubert (1824)
Symphony No. 7 in A Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1812)
Piano Sonata No. 20 in A Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
Piano Sonata in B Minor - Franz Liszt (1853)
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor - Sergei Rachmaninoff (1901)
Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major "Eroica" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1804)
Symphony No. 8 in B Minor "Unfinished" - Franz Schubert (1822)
Piano Sonata No. 32 in C Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1822)
Symphony No. 5 in C Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1808)
Symphony No. 6 in B Minor "Pathetique" - Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky (1893)
Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat Major "Hammerklavier" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1818)
Piano Quintet in F minor - Johannes Brahms (1864)
Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor - Dmitri Shostakovich (1944)
Geek the Girl - Lisa Germano (1994)
The Rite of Spring - Igor Stravinsky (1913)
Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables - Dead Kennedy's (1980)
Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1820)
Quartet for the End of Time - Olivier Messiaen (1941)
Fire of Love - Gun Club (1981)
Piano Concerto - Michael Nyman (1993)
The Complete Guide to Insufficiency - David Thomas Broughton (2005)

FAMILIAR ALBUMS/CLASSICAL WORKS - RE-RATED:
String Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1826) 8.7/10 to 9.2/10
Piano Quintet in G Minor - Dmitri Shostakovich (1940) 9.0/10 to 8.7/10
Symphony No. 6 in B Minor "Pathetique" - Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky (1893) 8.8/10 to 8.7/10
Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-flat Major - Franz Schubert (1828) 9.0/10 to 8.6/10
String Quartet No. 14 in D minor "Death and the Maiden" - Franz Schubert (1824) 8.9/10 to 8.5/10
Piano Sonata No. 20 in A Major - Franz Schubert (1828) 8.9/10 to 8.4/10
Piano Sonata in B Minor - Franz Liszt (1853) 8.9/10 to 8.4/10
Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat Major "Hammerklavier" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1818) 8.3/10 to 8.4/10
Piano Trio No.2 in E minor - Dmitri Shostakovich (1944) 8.9/10 to 8.3/10
Piano Quintet in F minor - Johannes Brahms (1864) 8.8/10 to 8.3/10
Quartet for the End of Time - Olivier Messiaen (1941) 8.8/10 to 8.3/10
The Rite of Spring - Igor Stravinsky (1913) 9.0/10 to 8.3/10

Top 10+ Songs/Tracks/Movements of the Week: 1-23-17 - 1-29-17
String Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven - String Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp Minor - Movements 1-7 (1826)
Molto Adagio – Andante – Heiliger Dankgesang eines Genesenen an die Gottheit, in der lydischen Tonart. Molto adagio – Neue Kraft fühlend. Andante – Molto adagio – Andante–Molto adagio. Mit innigster Empfindung in F Lydian - Ludwig van Beethoven - String Quartet No. 15 in A Minor - 3rd Movement (1825)
Piano Sonata in B Minor - Franz Liszt - Piano Sonata in B Minor - 1st Movement (or Movements 1-3; sometimes listed as 3 movements, though continuously played) [entire work] (1853)
Marcia funebre: Adagio assai - Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major "Eroica" - 2nd Movement (1804)
Adagio–Allegro non troppo - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 6 in B minor - 1st Movement (1893)
Allegro energico e passionato - Johannes Brahms - Symphony No. 4 in E minor - 4th Movement (1885)
Allegro con brio - Johannes Brahms - Symphony No. 3 in F Major - 1st Movement (1884)
Allegro – Un poco sostenuto - Johannes Brahms - Symphony No. 3 in F Major - 4th Movement (1884)
Allegro con brio - Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 7 in A Major - 4th Movement (1812)
Andante moderato - Johannes Brahms - Symphony No. 4 in E minor - 2nd Movement (1885)
Assai sostenuto – Allegro in A minor - Ludwig van Beethoven - String Quartet No. 15 in A Minor - 1st Movement (1825)
Allegro - Franz Schubert - String Quartet No. 14 in D minor "Death and the Maiden" - 1st Movement (1824) Andante con moto - Franz Schubert - String Quartet No. 14 in D minor "Death and the Maiden" - 2nd Movement (1824)
Allegro non troppo - Johannes Brahms - Symphony No. 4 in E minor - 1st Movement (1885)
Allegro con brio - Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major "Eroica" - 1st Movement (1804)
Introduzione: Largo...Prestissimo-Fuga: Allegro risoluto - Ludwig Van Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat major "Hammerklavier" - 4th Movement (1818)
Allegro - Franz Schubert - Piano Sonata No. 20 in A Major - 1st Movement (1828)
Andantino - Franz Schubert - Piano Sonata No. 20 in A Major - 1st Movement (1828)
Finale: Allegro molto - Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major "Eroica" - 4th Movement (1804)
Allegro - Ludwig Van Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat major "Hammerklavier" - 1st Movement (1818)
Adagio sostenuto - Ludwig Van Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat major "Hammerklavier" - 3rd Movement (1818)
Finale: Adagio lamentoso – Andante - Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 6 in B minor - 4th Movement (1893)
Presto - Franz Schubert - String Quartet No. 14 in D minor "Death and the Maiden" - 4th Movement (1824)
Rondo: Allegretto – Presto - Franz Schubert - Piano Sonata No. 20 in A Major - 4th Movement (1828)
Poco sostenuto – Vivace - Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 7 in A Major - 1st Movement (1812)
Allegretto - Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 7 in A Major - 2nd Movement (1812)
Andante - Johannes Brahms - Symphony No. 3 in F Major - 2nd Movement (1884)

FAMILIAR SONGS/TRACKS/MOVEMENTS - RE-RATED:
String Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven - String Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp Minor - Movements 1-7 (1826)[/b] 8.7/10 to 9.2/10
Molto Adagio – Andante – Heiliger Dankgesang eines Genesenen an die Gottheit, in der lydischen Tonart. Molto adagio – Neue Kraft fühlend. Andante – Molto adagio – Andante–Molto adagio. Mit innigster Empfindung in F Lydian - Ludwig van Beethoven - String Quartet No. 15 in A Minor - 3rd Movement (1825)[/b] Not Rated to 8.4/10
Piano Sonata in B Minor - Franz Liszt - Piano Sonata in B Minor - 1st Movement (or Movements 1-3; sometimes listed as 3 movements, though continuously played) [entire work] (1853) 8.9/10 to 8.4/10
Marcia funebre: Adagio assai - Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major "Eroica" - 2nd Movement (1804) 7.8/10 to 7.9/10
Adagio–Allegro non troppo - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 6 in B minor - 1st Movement (1893) 8.0/10 to 7.9/10
Allegro energico e passionato - Johannes Brahms - Symphony No. 4 in E minor - 4th Movement (1885) 8.3/10 to 7.8/10
Allegro – Un poco sostenuto - Johannes Brahms - Symphony No. 3 in F Major - 4th Movement (1884) 7.9/10 to 7.6/10
Allegro con brio - Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 7 in A Major - 4th Movement (1812) Not Rated to 7.6/10
Assai sostenuto – Allegro in A minor - Ludwig van Beethoven - String Quartet No. 15 in A Minor - 1st Movement (1825) Not Rated to 7.5/10
Andante moderato - Johannes Brahms - Symphony No. 4 in E minor - 2nd Movement (1885) Not Rated to 7.4/10
Allegro - Franz Schubert - String Quartet No. 14 in D minor "Death and the Maiden" - 1st Movement (1824) Not Rated to 7.4/10
Andante con moto - Franz Schubert - String Quartet No. 14 in D minor "Death and the Maiden" - 2nd Movement (1824) Not Rated to 7.4/10
Allegro non troppo - Johannes Brahms - Symphony No. 4 in E minor - 1st Movement (1885) 7.7/10 to 7.4/10
Allegro con brio - Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major "Eroica" - 1st Movement (1804) 7.8/10 to 7.3/10
Introduzione: Largo...Prestissimo-Fuga: Allegro risoluto - Ludwig Van Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat major "Hammerklavier" - 4th Movement (1818) 8.2/10 to 7.3/10
Allegro - Franz Schubert - Piano Sonata No. 20 in A Major - 1st Movement (1828) Not Rated to 7.3/10
Andantino - Franz Schubert - Piano Sonata No. 20 in A Major - 1st Movement (1828) Not Rated to 7.3/10
Finale: Allegro molto - Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major "Eroica" - 4th Movement (1804) 7.6/10 to 7.3/10
Allegro - Ludwig Van Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat major "Hammerklavier" - 1st Movement (1818) 7.5/10 to 7.3/10
Adagio sostenuto - Ludwig Van Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat major "Hammerklavier" - 3rd Movement (1818) 7.6/10 to 7.3/10
Presto - Franz Schubert - String Quartet No. 14 in D minor "Death and the Maiden" - 4th Movement (1824) Not Rated to 7.3/10
Rondo: Allegretto – Presto - Franz Schubert - Piano Sonata No. 20 in A Major - 4th Movement (1828) Not Rated to 7.3/10
Poco sostenuto – Vivace - Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 7 in A Major - 1st Movement (1812)
Not Rated to 7.3/10
Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV - Track #4 (1971) Not Rated to 6.8-7.2/10
Dazed and Confused - Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin - Track #4 (1969) Not Rated to 6.8-7.2/10
Allegretto - Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 7 in A Major - 2nd Movement (1812) Not Rated to 6.8-7.2/10
Andante - Johannes Brahms - Symphony No. 3 in F Major - 2nd Movement (1884) Not Rated to 6.8-7.2/10
Allegro giocoso - Johannes Brahms - Symphony No. 4 in E minor - 3rd Movement (1885) Not Rated to 6.8-7.2/10
Babe I'm Gonna Leave You - Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin - Track #2 (1969) Not Rated to 6.8-7.2/10

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 1-23-17 - 1-29-17
Piano Sonata No. 32 in C Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1822)
Ys - Joanna Newsom (2006)
The Koln Concert - Keith Jarrett (1975)
Lorca - Tim Buckley (1970)
Unit Structures - Cecil Taylor (1966)
Third - Soft Machine (1970)
Down Colorful Hill - Red House Painters (1992)
Seeds, Visions and Counterpoint - Ivo Perelman (1996)
Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor "Appassionata" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1805)
Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1820)
La Novia - Acid Mothers Temple (2000)
Improvisie - Paul Bley (1971)
Afternoon of a Georgia Faun - Marion Brown (1970)
Crystals - Sam Rivers (1974)
Safe as Milk - Captain Beefheart (1967)
Zambodia - Motherhead Bug (1993)
Amsterdam - The Lofty Pillars (2001)
Walk Among Us - Misfits (1982)
The Visitor - Jim O'Rourke (2009)
Piano Sonata No. 21 in C Major "Waldstein" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1804)
I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight - Richard & Linda Thompson (1974)
Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat Major "Hammerklavier" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1818)
Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp Minor "Quasi una fantasia" (aka, "Moonlight") - Ludwig van Beethoven (1801)
White Soul - Green (1989)
Return To Cookie Mountain - TV On The Radio (2006)
Skylarking - XTC (1986)
Bellybutton - Jellyfish (1990)
The Tain - Decemberists (2004)
Dummy - Portishead (1994)

NEWLY ASSIMILATED ALBUMS/CLASSICAL WORKS - RATED:
Zambodia - Motherhead Bug (1993) (NO RATING YET)
Walk Among Us - Misfits (1982) (NO RATING YET)

FAMILIAR ALBUMS/CLASSICAL WORKS - RE-RATED:
Piano Sonata No. 32 in C Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1822) 9.1/10 to 9.0/10
Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor "Appassionata" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1805) 8.9/10 to 8.6/10
Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1820) 8.9/10 to 8.4/10
Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat Major "Hammerklavier" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1818) 8.9/10 to 8.3/10

Top 10+ Songs/Tracks/Movements of the Week: 1-23-17 - 1-29-17
Ciaccona - J.S. Bach - Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor - 5th Movement (1720)
Arietta: Adagio molto semplice e cantabile - Ludwig van Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 32 in C Minor - 2nd Movement (1822)
La Novia - Acid Mothers Temple - La Novia - Track #1 (2000) [entire album]
Alifib/Alife - Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom - Tracks #4 & 5 (1974)
Gesangvoll, mit innigster Empfindung. Andante molto cantabile ed espressivo - Ludwig van Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major - 3rd Movement (1820)
Only Skin - Joanna Newsom - Ys - Track #4 (2006)
Emily - Joanna Newsom - Ys - Track #1 (2006)
Allegro assai - Ludwig van Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor "Appassionata" - 1st Movement (1806)
Allegro ma non troppo - Presto - Ludwig van Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor "Appassionata" - 3rd Movement (1806)
Sawdust and Diamonds - Joanna Newsom - Ys - Track #3 (2006)
Cantelina - Ivo Perelman - Seeds, Visions & Counterpoint - Track #3 (1996)
The Visitor - Jim O'Rourke - The Visitor - Track #1 (2009) [entire album]
Maestoso - Allegro con brio ed appassionato - Ludwig van Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 32 in C Minor - 1st Movement (1822)
The Tain - Decemberists - The Tain - Track #1 (2005) [entire EP]
Facelift - Soft Machine - Third - Track #1 (1970)
Anonymous Proposition - Tim Buckley - Lorca - Track #2 (1970)
Driftin' - Tim Buckley - Lorca - Track #4 (1970)
Nobody Walkin' - Tim Buckley - Lorca - Track #5 (1970)
Slightly All the Time - Soft Machine - Third - Track #2 (1970)
Out-Bloody-Rageous - Soft Machine - Third - Track #4 (1970)
Like a Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited - Track #1 (1965)

FAMILIAR SONGS/TRACKS/MOVEMENTS - RE-RATED:
Ciaccona - J.S. Bach - Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor - 5th Movement (1720) 8.5/10 to 8.4/10
Arietta: Adagio molto semplice e cantabile - Ludwig van Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 32 in C Minor - 2nd Movement (1822) Not Rated to 8.4/10
Alifib/Alife - Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom - Tracks #4 & 5 (1974) 8.4/10 to 8.3/10
Conclusion - Keith Jarrett - The Survivor's Suite - Track #2 (1976) 8.3/10 to 8.1/10
Gesangvoll, mit innigster Empfindung. Andante molto cantabile ed espressivo - Ludwig van Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major - 3rd Movement (1820) Not Rated to 8.0/10
La Novia - Acid Mothers Temple - La Novia - Track #1 (2000) [entire album] 7.6/10 to 7.8/10
Allegro assai - Ludwig van Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor "Appassionata" - 1st Movement (1806) 8.3/10 to 7.8/10
Allegro ma non troppo - Presto - Ludwig van Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor "Appassionata" - 3rd Movement (1806) Not Rated to 7.5/10
Only Skin - Joanna Newsom - Ys - Track #4 (2006) 7.3/10 to 7.4/10
Cantelina - Ivo Perelman - Seeds, Visions & Counterpoint - Track #3 (1996) 7.4/10 to 7.3/10
Maestoso - Allegro con brio ed appassionato - Ludwig van Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 32 in C Minor - 1st Movement (1822) Not Rated to 7.3/10
Facelift - Soft Machine - Third - Track #1 (1970) 7.4/10 to 6.8-7.2/10
Sawdust and Diamonds - Joanna Newsom - Ys - Track #3 (2006) Not Rated to 6.8-7.2/10
Anonymous Proposition - Tim Buckley - Lorca - Track #2 (1970) 7.3/10 to 6.8-7.2/10
Driftin' - Tim Buckley - Lorca - Track #4 (1970) Not Rated to 6.8-7.2/10
Nobody Walkin' - Tim Buckley - Lorca - Track #5 (1970) Not Rated to 6.8-7.2/10
Slightly All the Time - Soft Machine - Third - Track #2 (1970) Not Rated to 6.8-7.2/10
Out-Bloody-Rageous - Soft Machine - Third - Track #4 (1970) Not Rated to 6.8-7.2/10
Like a Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited - Track #1 (1965) Not Rated to 6.8-7.2/10

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 1-16-2017 - 1-22-2017
Sistine Chapel (Ceiling & The Last Judgement) - Michelangelo Buonarroti (1512; 1541)
Yerself is Steam - Mercury Rev (1991)
We Insist! Freedom Now Suite - Max Roach (1960)
Down Colorful Hill - Red House Painters (1992)
The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady - Charles Mingus (1963)
A Love Supreme - John Coltrane (1964)
Afternoon of a Georgia Faun - Marion Brown (1970)
Improvisie - Paul Bley (1971)
Astral Weeks - Van Morrison (1968)
The Survivor's Suite - Keith Jarrett (1976)
White Light/White Heat - The Velvet Underground (1967)
Millions Now Living Will Never Die - Tortoise (1996)
Giles Corey - Giles Corey (2011)
Piano Sonata No. 21 in C Major "Waldstein" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1804)
Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp Minor "Quasi una fantasia" (aka, "Moonlight") - Ludwig van Beethoven (1801)
Trust - Low (2002)
Five Leaves Left - Nick Drake (1969)
Illinois - Sufjan Stevens (2003)
Doolittle - Pixies (1989)
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd (1975) (7.2/10)
Remain in Light - Talking Heads (1980) (7.2/10)

NEWLY ASSIMILATED ALBUMS/CLASSICAL WORKS - RATED:
Giles Corey - Giles Corey (2011) 7.3/10

PIERO SCARUFFI - RECENT RATINGS - COMPARISON
Giles Corey - Giles Corey (2011) MY RATING: 7.5/10 / SCARUFFI'S RATING: 7.5/10

Top 10+ Songs/Tracks/Movements of the Week: 1-9-2017 - 1-15-2017
Sister Ray - The Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat - Track #6 (1967)
Atlantis - Sun Ra - Atlantis - Track #5 (1967)
Pursuance/Psalm - John Coltrane - A Love Supreme - Tracks #3 & 4 (1964)
Mode D: Trio and Group Dancers/Mode E: Single Solos and Group Dance/Mode F: Group and Solo Dance - Charles Mingus - The Black Saint & The Sinner Lady - Track #4 (1963)
Djinji's Corner - Marion Brown - Afternoon of a Georgia Faun - Track #2 (1970)
Touching - Paul Bley - Improvisie - Track #2 (1971)*
The Vile Stuff - Richard Dawson - Nothing Important - Track #3 (2014)
Alifib/Alife - Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom - Tracks #4 & 5 (1974)
Afternoon of a Georgia Faun - Marion Brown - Afternoon of a Georgia Faun - Track #1 (1970)
Steps - Cecil Taylor - Unit Structures - Track #1 (1966)
Seeds, Visions & Counterpoint - Ivo Perelman - Seeds, Visions & Counterpoint - Track #2 (1996)
Chasing a Bee - Mercury Rev - Yerself is Steam - Track #1 (1991)*
I Offered it Up to the Stars in the Night Sky - Dirty Three - Whatever You Love You Are - Track #3 (2000)
Little Red Robin Hood Hit the Road - Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom - Track #6 (1974)
Improvisie - Paul Bley - Improvisie - Track #1 (1971)*
Djed - Tortoise - Millions Now Living Will Never Die - Track #1 (1996)*
Very Sleepy Rivers - Mercury Rev - Yerself Is Steam - Track #8 (1991)*
Frittering - Mercury Rev - Yerself Is Steam - Track #6 (1991)*
Welcome to the Machine - Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here - Track #2 (1975)
Soap Shop Rock - Amon Duul II - Yeti - Track #1 (1970)
Hobo Ho - Charles Mingus - Let My Children Hear Music - Track #4 (1971)
Astral Weeks - Van Morrison - Astral Weeks - Track #1 (1968)
Track B: Duet Solo Dancers - Charles Mingus - The Black Saint & The Sinner Lady - Track #2 (1963)
Track C: Group Dancers - Charles Mingus - The Black Saint & The Sinner Lady - Track #3 (1963)
Track A: Solo Dancer - Charles Mingus - The Black Saint & The Sinner Lady - Track #1 (1963)
Madame George - Van Morrison - Astral Weeks - Track #6 (1968)
Ballerina - Van Morrison - Astral Weeks - Track #7 (1968)
Beyond Reason - Anthony Davis - Lady of the Mirrors - Track #1 (1980)

FAMILIAR SONGS/TRACKS/MOVEMENTS - RE-RATED:
Mode D: Trio and Group Dancers/Mode E: Single Solos and Group Dance/Mode F: Group and Solo Dance - Charles Mingus - The Black Saint & The Sinner Lady - Track #4 (1963) 8.7/10 to 8.6/10
Seeds, Visions & Counterpoint - Ivo Perelman - Seeds, Visions & Counterpoint - Track #2 (1996) 8.3/10 to 7.9/10
Steps - Cecil Taylor - Unit Structures - Track #1 (1966) 7.8/10 to 7.6/10
White Flag - Pyrrhon - Mother of Virtues - Track #2 (2014) 7.3/10 to 7.4/10
The Vile Stuff - Richard Dawson - Nothing Important - Track #3 (2014) Not Rated to 7.3/10; 7.3/10 to 7.4/10
Soap Shop Rock - Amon Duul II - Yeti - Track #1 (1970) 7.4/10 to 6.8-7.2/10
Hobo Ho - Charles Mingus - Let My Children Hear Music - Track #4 (1971) 7.3/10 to 6.8-7.2/10
Astral Weeks - Van Morrison - Astral Weeks - Track #1 (1968) 7.4/10 to 6.8-7.2/10
Track B: Duet Solo Dancers - Charles Mingus - The Black Saint & The Sinner Lady - Track #2 (1963) 7.3/10 to 6.8-7.2/10
Track C: Group Dancers - Charles Mingus - The Black Saint & The Sinner Lady - Track #3 (1963) 7.3/10 to 6.8-7.2/10
Track A: Solo Dancer - Charles Mingus - The Black Saint & The Sinner Lady - Track #1 (1963) 7.3/10 to 6.8-7.2/10
Welcome to the Machine - Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here - Track #2 (1975) Not Rated to 6.8-7.2/10
Beyond Reason - Anthony Davis - Lady of the Mirrors - Track #1 (1980) 7.3/10 to 6.8-7.2/10

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 1-9-2017 - 1-15-2017
Sistine Chapel (Ceiling & The Last Judgement) - Michelangelo Buonarroti (1512; 1541) (9.6+/10)
Rock Bottom - Robert Wyatt (1974)
Faust - Faust (1971)
Irrlicht - Klaus Schulze (1972)
The Black Saint & The Sinner Lady - Charles Mingus (1963)
A Love Supreme - John Coltrane (1964)
Yerself is Steam - Mercury Rev (1991)
In the Gardens of Pharoah - Popol Vuh (1972)
I - Meshuggah (2004) [EP]
Improvisie - Paul Bley (1971)
Desertshore - Nico (1970)
Not Available - Residents (1978)
Volunteers - Jefferson Airplane (1969)
You are Free - Cat Power (2003)
Diamanda Galas - Diamanda Galas (1984)
From Her to Eternity - Nick Cave (1984)
Half Machine Lip Moves - Chrome (1979)
Lisbon - Keith Fullerton Whitman (2006)
Return To Cookie Mountain - TV On The Radio (2006)
Ptah, the El Daoud - Alice Coltrane (1970)
Tonight's the Night - Neil Young (1975)
The Piper at the Gates of Dawn - Pink Floyd (1967)
Amsterdam - The Lofty Pillars (2000)
Everybody Knows This is Nowhere - Neil Young (1969)
Millions Now Living Will Never Die - Tortoise (1996)[/b]
Whatever You Love You Are - Dirty Three (2000)
The Lion and the Cobra - Sinead O'Connor (1987)
Trust - Low (2002)
Blue - Joni Mitchell (1971)
Rickie Lee Jones - Rickie Lee Jones (1979)
What Would the Community Think? - Cat Power (1996)
They Might Be Giants - They Might Be Giants (1985)

FAMILIAR ALBUMS/CLASSICAL WORKS - RE-RATED:
Rock Bottom - Robert Wyatt (1974) 9.3/10 to 9.4/10
Faust - Faust (1971) 9.1/10 to 9.3/10 ...Not a surprise that it's back to the rating it held for years...
I - Meshuggah (2004) [EP] Not Rated to 7.8/10
Lisbon - Keith Fullerton Whitman (2006) 7.3/10 to 7.4/10

Top 10+ Songs/Tracks/Movements of the Week: 1-9-2017 - 1-15-2017
Satz: Ebene - Klaus Schulze - Irrlicht - Track #1 (1972)
Pursuance/Psalm - John Coltrane - A Love Supreme - Tracks #3 & 4 (1964)[/b]*
Miss Fortune - Faust - Faust - Track #3 (1971)
Mode D: Trio and Group Dancers/Mode E: Single Solos and Group Dance/Mode F: Group and Solo Dance - Charles Mingus - The Black Saint & The Sinner Lady - Track #4 (1963)*
Alifib/Alife - Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom - Tracks #4 & 5 (1974)
The Mother of Virtues - Pyrrhon - The Mother of Virtues - Track #9 (2014)
Conclusion - Keith Jarrett - The Survivor's Suite - Track #2 (1976)
Touching - Paul Bley - Improvisie - Track #2 (1971)*
Moon in June - Soft Machine - Third - Track #3 (1970)
I - Meshuggah - Meshuggah - Track #1 (2004) [entire EP]
Bros - Panda Bear - Person Pitch - Track #3 (2007)
Lisbon - Keith Fullerton Whitman - Lisbon - Track #1 (2006) [entire album]
Hotel Overture - Carla Bley - Escalator Over The Hill - Track #1 (1971)
Evangelista I - Carla Bozulich - Evangelista - Track #1 (2006)
Tragouthia Apo to Aima Exoun Fonos - Diamanda Galas - Diamanda Galas - Track #2 (1984)*
Vuh - Popol Vuh - In Den Ghaerten Pharoahs - Track #2 (1972)*
Melody 8 - Tera Melos - Untitled - Track #8 (2005)
White Flag - Pyrrhon - Mother of Virtues - Track #2 (2014)
Little Red Robin Hood Hit the Road - Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom - Track #6 (1974)
Why Don't You Eat Carrots? - Faust - Faust - Track #1 (1971)
Panoptikon - Diamanda Galas - Diamanda Galas - Track #1 (1984)*
Chasing a Bee - Mercury Rev - Yerself is Steam - Track #1 (1991)*
Interstellar Overdrive - Pink Floyd - The Piper at the Gates of Dawn - Track #7 (1967)
Obscured - Spring Heel Jack - Amassed - Track #8 (2002)
Improvisie - Paul Bley - Improvisie - Track #1 (1971)[*
Djed - Tortoise - Millions Now Living Will Never Die - Track #1 (1996)*
Thief of Fire - Pop Group - Y - Track #1 (1979)*
We Are Time - Pop Group - Y - Track #4 (1979)*
Hey Fredrick - Jefferson Airplane - Volunteers - Track #4 (1969)*
Wooden Ships - Jefferson Airplane - Volunteers - Track #6 (1969)*
Eskimo Blue Day - Jefferson Airplane - Volunteers - Track #7 (1969)*
From Her To Eternity - Nick Cave - From Her To Eternity - Track #4 (1984)*
I Offered it Up to the Stars in the Night Sky - Dirty Three - Whatever You Love You Are - Track #3 (2000)*
Cabin Fever - Nick Cave - From Her To Eternity - Track #2 (1984)*
Very Sleepy Rivers - Mercury Rev - Yerself Is Steam - Track #8 (1991)*
Sea Song - Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom - Track #1 (1974)
Lieber Honig - Neu! - Neu! - Track #6 (1972)
A Box For Black Paul - Nick Cave - From Her To Eternity - Track #7 (1984)*
Saint Huck - Nick Cave - From Her To Eternity - Track #5 (1984)*
Janitor of Lunacy - Nico - Desertshore - Track #1 (1970)
The Falconer - Nico - Desertshore - Track #2 (1970)
Track B: Duet Solo Dancers - Charles Mingus - The Black Saint & The Sinner Lady - Track #2 (1963)*
Track C: Group Dancers - Charles Mingus - The Black Saint & The Sinner Lady - Track #3 (1963)*
Track A: Solo Dancer - Charles Mingus - The Black Saint & The Sinner Lady - Track #1 (1963)*
In den Gärten Pharaos - Popol Vuh - In den Gärten Pharaos - Track #1 (1972)*
Sweet Oddysee of a Cancer Cell t' th' Center of Yer Heart - Mercury Rev - Yerself Is Steam - Track #5 (1991)*
Frittering - Mercury Rev - Yerself Is Steam - Track #6 (1991)*
Meadow Meal - Faust - Faust - Track #2 (1971)
Flamenco Sketches - Miles Davis - Kind of Blue - Track #5 (1959)
Satz: Exil Sils Maria - Klaus Schulze - Irrlicht - Track #3 (1972)
Mütterlein - Nico - Desertshore - Track #7 (1970)
My Only Child - Nico - Desertshore - Track #7 (1970)
Little Red Riding Hood Hit the Road - Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom - Track #3 (1974)
Hallogallo - Neu! - Neu! - Track #1 (1972)
Afraid - Nico - Desertshore - Track #6 (1970)
Abschied - Nico - Desertshore - Track #5 (1970)

FAMILIAR SONGS/TRACKS/MOVEMENTS - RE-RATED:
Alifib/Alife - Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom - Tracks #4 & 5 (1974) 8.5/10 to 8.4/10
Conclusion - Keith Jarrett - The Survivor's Suite - Track #2 (1976) 8.4/10 to 8.3/10
Moon in June - Soft Machine - Third - Track #3 (1970) 7.9/10 to 8.0/10
I - Meshuggah - Meshuggah - Track #1 (2004) [entire EP] Not Rated to 7.8/10
The Mother of Virtues - Pyrrhon - The Mother of Virtues - Track #9 (2014) 7.5/10 to 7.6/10
Melody 8 - Tera Melos - Untitled - Track #8 (2005) Not Rated to 7.6/10
Bros - Panda Bear - Person Pitch - Track #3 (2007) 7.4/10 to 7.5/10
Interstellar Overdrive - Pink Floyd - The Piper at the Gates of Dawn - Track #7 (1967) 7.9/10 to 7.5/10
Obscured - Spring Heel Jack - Amassed - Track #8 (2002) 7.5/10 to 7.4/10
Lisbon - Keith Fullerton Whitman - Lisbon - Track #1 (2006) [entire album] 7.3/10 to 7.4/10
Little Red Robin Hood Hit the Road - Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom - Track #6 (1974) 7.4 to 7.3/10
Why Don't You Eat Carrots? - Faust - Faust - Track #1 (1971) Not Rated to 7.3/10
Sea Song - Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom - Track #1 (1974) 7.3 to 6.8-7.2/10
Janitor of Lunacy - Nico - Desertshore - Track #1 (1970) 7.4 to 6.8-7.2/10
The Falconer - Nico - Desertshore - Track #2 (1970) 7.4 to 6.8-7.2/10
Lieber Honig - Neu! - Neu! - Track #6 (1972) 7.3/10 to 6.8-7.2/10
Mütterlein - Nico - Desertshore - Track #7 (1970) 7.3 to 6.8-7.2/10
Meadow Meal - Faust - Faust - Track #2 (1971) Not Rated to 6.8-7.2/10
Flamenco Sketches - Miles Davis - Kind of Blue - Track #5 (1959) Not Rated to 6.8/10 - 7.2/10
My Only Child - Nico - Desertshore - Track #7 (1970) Not Rated to 6.8-7.2/10
Hallogallo - Neu! - Neu! - Track #1 (1972) 7.3/10 to "6.8-7.2/10"
Satz: Exil Sils Maria - Klaus Schulze - Irrlicht - Track #3 (1972) Not Rated to 6.8-7.2/10
Afraid - Nico - Desertshore - Track #6 (1970) Not Rated to 6.8-7.2/10
Abschied - Nico - Desertshore - Track #5 (1970) Not Rated to 6.8-7.2/10

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 1-1-2017 - 1-8-2017
Sistine Chapel (Ceiling & The Last Judgement) - Michelangelo Buonarroti (1512; 1541) (9.6+/10)
Colors - Between the Buried and Me (2007)[/b] [...Stunningly vibrant, genre-jumping prog-metal ... A bit like combining Master of Puppets-era Metallica (though upping the ante on ferocity) and Dark Side of the Moon-era Pink Floyd, with the mercurial tactics of The Vampire Rodents...]
Inside Out - John Martyn (1973)
Amsterdam - Lofty Pillars (2000)
Spiderland - Slint (1991)
Down Colorful Hill - Red House Painters (1992)
Everybody Knows this is Nowhere - Neil Young (1969)
Evangelista - Carla Bozulich (2006)
Untitled - Tera Melos (2005)
OV - Orthrelm (2005)
Lisbon - Keith Fullerton Whitman (2006)
The Tain - Decemberists [EP] (2005)
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd (1975)[/b] (7.2/10)

NEWLY ASSIMILATED ALBUMS/CLASSICAL WORKS - RATED:
Colors - Between the Buried and Me (2007) 7.9/10

PIERO SCARUFFI - RECENT RATINGS - COMPARISON
Colors - Between the Buried and Me (2007) My Rating: 8/10 / Scaruffi's Rating: 8/10

Top 10+ Songs/Tracks/Movements of the Week: 1-1-2017 - 1-8-2017
Biography - Meredith Monk - Dolmen Music - Track #4 (1981)
Part I - Keith Jarrett - The Koln Concert - Track #1 (1975)
Foam Born (A) The Backtrack/(B) The Decade of Statues/Informal Gluttony/Sun of Nothing/Ants of the Sky/Prequel to the Sequel/Viridian/White Walls - Between the Buried and Me - Colors - Tracks 1-8 [entire album] (2007)
For You Will Burn Your Wings Upon the Sun - Black Tape For a Blue Girl - Remnants of a Deeper Purity - Track #4 (1996)
Moon in June - Soft Machine - Third - Track #3 (1970)*
Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands - Bob Dylan - Blonde On Blonde - Track #14 (1966)
A Saucerful of Secrets - Pink Floyd - A Saucerful of Secrets - Track #5 (1968)
Flying Teapot - Gong - Flying Teapot - Track #2 (1973)
Lorca - Tim Buckley - Lorca - Track #1 (1970)
Melody 8 - Tera Melos - Untitled - Track #8 (2005)*
Krautrock - Faust - Faust IV - Track #1 (1973)
Vuh - Popol Vuh - In Den Ghaerten Pharoahs - Track #2 (1972)*
Apotheosis - Peter Michael Hamel - Transition - Track #5
Outside In - John Martyn - Inside Out - Track #4 (1973)*
OV - Orthrelm - OV - Track #1 [entire album] (2005)*
Valentyne Suite - Colosseum - Valentyne Suite - Track 5-7 (1969)
The End - The Doors - The Doors - Track #11 (1967)
Marquee Moon - Television - Marquee Moon - Track #4 (1977)
Radio Ethiopia/Abyssinia - Patti Smith - Radio Ethiopia - Tracks 7 & 8 (1976)
Only Skin - Joanna Newsom - Ys - Track #4 (2006)*
Evangelista I - Carla Bozulich - Evangelista - Track #1 (2006)*
Here, Not Here - Charlambides - Joy Shapes - Track #1 (2004)
Good Morning, Captain - Slint - Spiderland - Track #6 (1991)*
Light My Fire - The Doors - The Doors - Track #7 (1967)*
Emily - Joanna Newsom - Ys - Track #1 (2006)
Sven-g-englar - Sigur Ros - Agaetis Byrjun - Track #2 (1999)
Lisbon - Keith Fullerton Whitman - Lisbon - Track #1 (2006) [entire album]*
Fare Forward Voyagers - John Fahey - Fare Forward Voyagers - Track #3 (1973)*
Medicine Bottle - Red House Painters - Down Colorful Hill - Track #2 (1992)
The Tain - Decemberists - The Tain - Track #1 (2005) [entire EP]*
Cowgirl in the Sand - Neil Young - Everybody Knows this is Nowhere - Track #7 (1969)
Venus in Furs - The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico - Track #4 (1967)
Heroin - The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico - Track #7 (1967)
Cygnus... Vismund Cygnus - The Mars Volta - Frances The Mute - Track #1 (2005)
Down Colorful Hill - Red House Painters - Down Colorful Hill - Track #3 (1992)
24 - Red House Painters - Down Colorful Hill - Track #1 (1992)
Washer - Slint - Spiderland - Track #4 (1991)
Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin - IV - Track #4 (1971)

NEWLY ASSIMILATED SONGS/TRACKS/MOVEMENTS - RATED:
Foam Born (A) The Backtrack/(B) The Decade of Statues/Informal Gluttony/Sun of Nothing/Ants of the Sky/Prequel to the Sequel/Viridian/White Walls - Between the Buried and Me - Colors - Tracks 1-8 [entire album] (2007) 7.9/10

FAMILIAR SONGS/TRACKS/MOVEMENTS - RE-RATED:
Biography - Meredith Monk - Dolmen Music - Track #4 (1981) 8.3/10 to 7.9/10
Part I - Keith Jarrett - The Koln Concert - Track #1 (1975) 7.5/10 to 7.9/10
For You Will Burn Your Wings Upon the Sun - Black Tape For a Blue Girl - Remnants of a Deeper Purity - Track #4 (1996) 7.5/10 to 7.7/10
Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands - Bob Dylan - Blonde On Blonde - Track #14 (1966) 8.3/10 to 7.8/10
A Saucerful of Secrets - Pink Floyd - A Saucerful of Secrets - Track #5 (1968) 7.8/10 to 7.7/10
Lorca - Tim Buckley - Lorca - Track #1 (1970) 8.3/10 to 7.7/10
Valentyne Suite - Colosseum - Valentyne Suite - Tracks 5-7 (1969) 7.6/10 to 7.5/10
The End - The Doors - The Doors - Track #11 (1967) 7.6/10 to 7.5/10
Bel Air - Can - Future Days - Track #4 (1973) 7.6/10 to 7.5/10
Halleluwah - Can - Tago Mago - Track #4 (1972) 7.5/10 to 7.4/10
Radio Ethiopia/Abyssinia - Patti Smith - Radio Ethiopia - Tracks 7 & 8 (1976) 7.6/10 to 7.4/10
Marquee Moon - Television - Marquee Moon - Track #4 (1977) 7.4/10 to 7.3/10
Medicine Bottle - Red House Painters - Down Colorful Hill - Track #2 (1992) 7.5/10 to 7.3/10
Venus in Furs - The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico - Track #4 (1967) 7.4/10 to "6.8-7.2/10" <--MAYBE STILL 7.3/10
Heroin - The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico - Track #7 (1967) 7.4/10 to "6.8-7.2/10" <--MAYBE STILL 7.3/10
Cygnus... Vismund Cygnus - The Mars Volta - Frances The Mute - Track #1 (2005) 7.3/10 to "6.8-7.2/10"
Down Colorful Hill - Red House Painters - Down Colorful Hill - Track #3 (1992) 7.3/10 to "6.8-7.2/10"
24 - Red House Painters - Down Colorful Hill - Track #1 (1992) 7.3/10 to "6.8-7.2/10"
Washer - Slint - Spiderland - Track #4 (1991) 7.3/10 to "6.8-7.2/10"
Desolation Row - Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited - Track #9 (1965) 7.3/10 to "6.8-7.2/10"
European Son - The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico - Track #11 (1967) 7.3/10 to "6.8-7.2/10"

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week (2016 - December only)

NOTE: This is a log of my favorite works for the given week. The rankings here will not necessarily parallel my overall rankings, as they are only what I favored for the given week. In other words, sometimes I will temporarily get more excited about a work, especially newer ones, than others that I might rate more highly on my overall lists -- hence it may rank #1 here but (much) lower on one of my overall lists. This log will feature any of the art I have assimilated (newly or revisited) within the week listed, whether it be Rock or Jazz albums, Classical works, Films or Visual Art. More often than not, I tend to focus on one or two of those art forms at once so it is very rare that all will be featured in the same week but it has happened on occasion. This log will also include all of my updated ratings for newly assimilated works as well as those I've recently re-rated that week.

Additionally, below my "Top 10+ of the Week", I am listing my "Top 50 Works of Art of the Year". This is simply a log of my favorite art over the course of this year only. This list becomes increasingly exclusive as the year goes on, making it very difficult to only include 50 and leave out so many incredible art works that I was amazed by in 2016. It will be continuously updated until its final version at the end of 2016.

Bold = Newly added to the list today
Bold + Italics = Was already listed for the week but changed positions today

TOP 50 WORKS OF ART OF THE YEAR (2016)
1. String Quartet No. 15 in A Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1825)
2. String Quintet in C Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
3. Variations in Dream-time - Anthony Davis (1982)
4. Piano Quintet in G Minor - Dmitri Shostakovich (1940)
5. Symphony No. 41 in C Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1788)
6. Piano Sonata No. 32 in C Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1822)
7. Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-flat Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
8. Symphony in D Minor - Cesar Franck (1888)
9. Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor - Dmitri Shostakovich (1944)
10. Violin Concerto in D Major - Johannes Brahms (1878)
11. Afternoon of a Georgia Faun - Marion Brown (1970)
12. Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor "Appassionata" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1805)
13. Concerto for Orchestra - Roberto Gerhard (1965)
14. Symphony No. 8 in B Minor "Unfinished" - Franz Schubert (1822)
15. Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1820)
16. Piano Sonata No. 20 in A Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
17. Piano Sonata in B Minor - Franz Liszt (1853)
18. Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat Major "Hammerklavier" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1818)
19. String Quartet No. 14 in D minor "Death and the Maiden" - Franz Schubert (1824)
20. Symphony No. 4 - Charles Ives (1924)
21. Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta - Bela Bartok (1936)
22. Turangalila Symphony - Olivier Messiaen (1948)
23. Piano Quintet in F minor - Johannes Brahms (1864)
24. Symphony No. 1 - Alfred Schnittke (1974)
25. Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major - Antonin Dvorak (1887)
26. Ptah, the El Daoud - Alice Coltrane (1970)
27. Extensions - McCoy Tyner (1970)
28. Conference of the Birds - Dave Holland (1973)
29. Let My Children Hear Music - Charles Mingus (1972)
30. Sahara - McCoy Tyner (1972)
31. The Koln Concert - Keith Jarrett (1975)
32. Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor - Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1875)
33. Symphony No. 6 in B Minor "Pathetique" - Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky (1893)
34. Symphony No. 2 in D Major - Jean Sibelius (1902)
35. Symphony No. 8 in C Minor - Anton Bruckner (1892)
36. Goldberg Variations - Johann Sebastian Bach (1741)
37. Piano Quintet in A Major "Trout" - Franz Schubert (1819)
38. Liberation Music Orchestra - Charlie Haden (1969)
39. Piano Concerto - Michael Nyman (1993)
40. We Insist! Freedom Now Suite - Max Roach (1960)
41. Symphony For Improvisers - Don Cherry (1966)
42. People in Sorrow - Art Ensemble of Chicago (1969)
43. Intents and Purposes - Bill Dixon (1967)
44. Ecology of Souls - Kenneth Newby (1993)
45. The Long View - Marty Ehrlich (2002)
46. 666 - Aphrodite's Child (1972)
47. Transient Random-Noise Bursts with Announcements - Stereolab (1993)
48. Croce - Father Murphy (2015)
49. Fluxations - Denman Maroney (2001)
50. Episteme - Anthony Davis (1981)

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 12-26-2016 - 12-31-2016
Croce - Father Murphy (2015)
Apocalypse, girl - Jenny Hval (2015)
Tera Melos (aka, " Untitled") - Tera Melos (2005)
Laughing Stock - Talk Talk (1991)
Viscera - Jenny Hval (2011)
Long Time Underground - Tom Carter (2015)
Melancholia - Lars Von Trier (2011) (Current rating: 7.4/10)
Amores Perros - Alejandro González Iñárritu (2000) (Current rating: 7.5/10)
Holding Hands With Jamie - Girl Band (2015)
Stateless - Dirty Beaches (2014)
Dumb Flesh - Blanck Mass (2015)
Blossom Bells - Erland Dahlen (2015)
Hold - James Welburn (2015)
Frozen Altars - Moonrises (2015)
No Now - Clarence Clarity (2015) (Current rating: 7.1/10)
The Original Faces - Helen (2015)
For A Reason - Lifetones (2016)

NEWLY ASSIMILATED WORKS - RATED:
Tera Melos (aka, "Untitled") - Tera Melos (2005) 7.7/10
Long Time Underground - Tom Carter (2015) Undecided, first impression is 7.5/10
Dumb Flesh - Blanck Mass (2015) Undecided, first impression is 7/10 or 7.5/10
Blossom Bells - Erland Dahlen (2015) Undecided, first impression is 7/10 or 7.5/10
Hold - James Welburn (2015) Undecided, first impression is 7/10 or 7.5/10
Frozen Altars - Moonrises (2015) Undecided, first impression is 7/10
The Original Faces - Helen (2015) Undecided, first impression is 7/10
For A Reason - Lifetones (2016) Undecided, first impression is 6.5/10 or 7/10

PIERO SCARUFFI - RECENT RATINGS - COMPARISON
The Most Lamentable Tragedy - Titus Andronicus (2015) My Rating: 7/10 / Scaruffi's Rating: 7/10
To Pimp a Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar (2015) My Rating: 7/10 / Scaruffi's Rating: 6/10
Divers - Joanna Newsom (2015) My Rating: 7/10 / Scaruffi's Rating: 6.5/10
Carrie & Lowell - Sufjan Stevens (2015) My Rating: "Below-7/10" (Note: I don't generally try and judge my exact ratings below 7/10 unless I have good reason to) / Scaruffi's Rating: 6/10
Dude Incredible - Shellac (2015) My Rating: "Below-7/10" (Note: I don't generally try and judge my exact ratings below 7/10 unless I have good reason to) / Scaruffi's Rating: 4/10
Blackstar - David Bowie (2015) My Rating: "Below-7/10" (Note: I don't generally try and judgey exact ratings below 7/10 unless I have good reason to) / Scaruffi's Rating: 4/10

FAMILIAR SONGS/TRACKS/MOVEMENTS - RE-RATED:
Valentyne Suite - Colosseum - Valentyne Suite - Tracks 5-7 (1969) 7.8/10 to 7.6/10
The End - The Doors - The Doors - Track #11 (1967) 7.8 to 7.6/10
Bel Air - Can - Future Days - Track #4 (1973) 7.8 to 7.6/10

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 12-19-2016 - 12-25-2016
Mass in B Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (1749)
Piano Sonata No. 32 in C Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1822)
Piano Sonata in B Minor - Franz Liszt (1853)
Croce - Father Murphy (2015) ...very possibly the best album of 2015 (Rock, Jazz or Classical)
Peppermint Candy - Chang-dong Lee (1999)
The Well-Tempered Clavier - Johann Sebastian Bach (1722)
Fantasy in C Major - Robert Schumann (1836)
Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor "Appassionata" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1805)
Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat Major "Hammerklavier" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1818)
Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1820)
Piano Sonata No. 3 in F Minor - Johannes Brahms (1853)
Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-flat Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp Minor "Quasi una fantasia" (aka, "Moonlight") - Ludwig van Beethoven (1801)
The Big Lebowski - Joel & Ethan Coen (1998)
Barton Fink - Joel & Ethan Coen (1991)
Piano Sonata No. 20 in A Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
Symphony No. 6 in F Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1808)
Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (1720)
Piano Sonata No. 21 in C Major "Waldstein" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1804)
Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1821)
Fargo - Joel & Ethan Coen (1996)

NEWLY ASSIMILATED WORKS - RATED:
Peppermint Candy - Chang-dong Lee (1999) 7.8/10
Barton Fink - Joel & Ethan Coen (1991) 7.3/10

FAMILIAR WORKS - RE-RATED:
The Big Lebowski - Joel & Ethan Coen (1998) 7.3/10 to 7.4/10
Fargo - Joel & Ethan Coen (1996) 7.5/10 to 7.4/10

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 12-12-2016 - 12-18-2016
Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785)
Piano Sonata No. 32 in C Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1822)
Symphony No. 15 in A Major - Dmitri Shostakovich (1971)
Symphony No. 8 in B Minor "Unfinished" - Franz Schubert (1822)
Symphony No. 2 "The Age of Anxiety" - Leonard Bernstein (1949)
Octet in E-flat Major - Felix Mendohlssen (1825)
Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat Major "Hammerklavier" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1818)
Piano Sonata in B Minor - Franz Liszt (1853)
The Art of Fugue - Johann Sebastian Bach (1750)
Piano Concerto - Michael Nyman (1993)
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor - Sergei Rachmaninoff (1901)
Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major "Eroica" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1804)
String Quartet No. 14 in D minor "Death and the Maiden" - Franz Schubert (1824)
Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-flat Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
La Transfiguration de Notre Seigneur Jesus Christ - Olivier Messiaen (1969)
Piano Sonata No. 3 in F Minor - Johannes Brahms (1853)
Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1820)
Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor "Pathetique" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1798)
Via Crucis - Franz Liszt (1879)
Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1821)
Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp Minor "Quasi una fantasia" (aka, "Moonlight") - Ludwig van Beethoven (1801)
Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor "Appassionata" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1805)
String Quartet No. 15 in A Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1825)
Fantasy in C Major - Robert Schumann (1836)
Nocturnes (Nos 1-21) - Frederic Chopin (1827 - 1846)
Piano Sonata No. 20 in A Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat Minor "The Funeral March" - Frederich Chopin (1839)
Piano Sonata No. 21 in C Major "Waldstein" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1804)
Piano Trio No. 7 in B-flat Major "Archduke" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1811)
Diabelli Variations - Ludwig van Beethoven (1823)
Harpsichord Concerto No. 1 in D Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (1734)
Piano Sonata No. 15 in D major "Pastoral" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1801)
Piano Sonata No. 17 in D Minor "The Tempest" - Ludwig van Beethoven (circa 1801-1802)
Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major "Alla Turca" - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (circa 1783)
Piano Sonata No. 9 "Black Mass" - Alexander Scriabin (circa 1912-1913)
Piano Concerto in A Minor - Robert Schumann (1845)
Prelude in A Minor (aka, "Fantasy" in A Minor, BWV 922) - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1710-1714)
Piano Sonata No. 27 in E Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1814)
Piano Sonata No. 3 in C Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1796)
Spotlight - Tom McCarthy (2015)
Concerto for 2 Violins in D Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1718-1720)
Piano Sonata No. 26 in E-flat Major "Les Adieux" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1810)

NEWLY ASSIMILATED WORKS - RATED:
Symphony No. 2 "The Age of Anxiety" - Leonard Bernstein (1949) 8.2/10
Via Crucis - Franz Liszt (1879) 7.9/10
Spotlight - Tom McCarthy (2015) 6.8/10

FAMILIAR WORKS - RE-RATED:
Nocturnes (Nos 1-21) - Frederic Chopin (1827 - 1846) Not Rated to 7.8/10 [NOTE: Probably not to be considered a "single" work, so I've removed it from my "Greatest of All Time" list]
Piano Sonata No. 15 in D major "Pastoral" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1801) Not Rated to 7.3/10
Piano Sonata No. 17 in D Minor "The Tempest" - Ludwig van Beethoven (circa 1801-1802) Not Rated to 7.3/10
Piano Sonata No. 26 in E-flat Major "Les Adieux" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1810) 7.8/10 to 7.3/10
Piano Sonata No. 27 in E Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1814) Not Rated to 7.3/10
Piano Sonata No. 3 in C Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1796) Not Rated to 7.3/10

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 12-5-2016 - 12-11-2016
Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor - Dmitri Shostakovich (1944)
Symphony No. 8 in B Minor "Unfinished" - Franz Schubert (1822)
Symphony No. 3 in F Major - Johannes Brahms (1883)
Symphony No. 6 in B Minor "Pathetique" - Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky (1893)
Piano Quintet in F minor - Johannes Brahms (1864)
Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785)
Turangalila Symphony - Olivier Messiaen (1948)
Symphony No. 1 - Alfred Schnittke (1974)
Piano Quintet in A Major "Trout" - Franz Schubert (1819)
Quartet for the End of Time - Olivier Messiaen (1941)
Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat Major "Hammerklavier" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1818)
Requiem - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1791)
Symphony No. 5 - Gustav Mahler (1902)
Piano Concerto - Michael Nyman (1993)
Sinfonia da Requiem - Benjamin Britten (1940)
String Quartet No. 8 in C Minor - Dmitri Shostakovich (1960)
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor - Sergei Rachmaninoff (1901)
Symphony: Mathis der Maler - Paul Hindemith (1934)
Symphony No. 3 "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs" - Henryk Gorecki (1976)
Symphony No. 5 in E Minor - Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky (1888)
Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major - Antonin Dvorak (1887)
Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1820)
Symphony No. 4 in F minor - Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky (1878)
String Quartet No. 11 in F minor - Dmitri Shostakovich (1866)
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor - Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1875)
Symphony No. 7 in A Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1812)
Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1786)
Piano Trio No. 1 in D major "Ghost" (aka, "Piano Trio No. 4 in D Major" or "Piano Trio No. 5 in D Major") - Ludwig van Beethoven (1809)
Eine kleine Nachtmusik (Serenade No. 13 for strings in G major) - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1787)

NEWLY ASSIMILATED WORKS - RATED:
Symphony No. 1 - Alfred Schnittke (1974) 8.6/10

FAMILIAR WORKS - RE-RATED:
Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor - Dmitri Shostakovich (1944) 8.4/10 to 8.9/10
Piano Quintet in F minor - Johannes Brahms (1864) 8.7/10 to 8.8/10
Piano Quintet in A Major "Trout" - Franz Schubert (1819) 7.9/10 to 8.4/10
Symphony No. 3 "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs" - Henryk Gorecki (1976) Not Rated to 8.3/10
String Quartet No. 11 in F minor - Dmitri Shostakovich (1866) Not Rated to 8.1/10
Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1786) Not Rated to 7.9/10[/b][/b]
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Any opinions on the best recordings of Schnittke's 1st Symphony? So far I've gone with Rozhdestvensky's

Brahms Piano Quintet? So far, Pollini's

Shostakovich's Piano Trio #2? So far, Ashkenazy's

Trout Quintet? So far, Brendel's Phillips recording
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Rozhdestvensky's is my favorite, but Segerstam's with the Royal Stockholm PO is sublime, as well.
"Trout" appears on a collection of the Alban Berg Quartett playing several other Schubert pieces with Elisabeth Leonskaja on piano, and that's my favorite recording. It was put out by EMI Classics.

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Re: Trout ... Thanks, I dig the Alban Berg too but I haven't listened to it in a bit. So far I would say I slightly prefer Brendel's, but maybe that's recency bias. I'll make sure to return to the Alban Berg and see what I think.

Re: Schnittke's 1st Symphony ... Rozhdestvensky's seems awfully difficult to beat and he is such an amazing interpreter of Schnittke's 8th too. I'll check out Segerstam's.
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AfterHours wrote:

Re: Schnittke's 1st Symphony ... Rozhdestvensky's seems awfully difficult to beat and he is such an amazing interpreter of Schnittke's 8th too. I'll check out Segerstam's.

Yeah, I'd say the Rozhdestvensky interpretation edges out Segerstam's, but the latter is very popular, as well, and both interpretations go in slightly different directions, so it's worth hearing each.

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Nice! Thank you Smile

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Now including a list of my "Top 50 Works of Art of the Year" ^^^
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