Aho: Symphony 4 & Chinese Songs

Advantages: Choral Symphony
Disadvantages: Nothing

...On the first time, The Nineth Symphony of Beethoven is kwoning like "Choral Symphony" because in the foursth and the last movement it is singing by a Tenor, Baritone, Soprano and Messo Soprano Voices with a Choral Voices that they are singing in another way the "joy song". This symphony (the last one) of Beethoven was released the May 7th of 1821 when he was a deaf person, so he never could listen his composition years at 3 or 4 years after Beethoven died. So it was his last composition, been for me the best compousers. In the first movement of this Symphony "Allegro ma non troppo" begining with the introduction of wind instrument like oboe and the violas and violin continues the music and then continues with this music specially the wind instrument with a hard musical notes that it is characteristic of this 15 minutes music... Read review

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Advantages: Contrasting: dramatic and relaxing, darkness to light
Disadvantages: Frustrating if you live in a city

...Scene by the brook 3rd Movement: Allegro Merry gathering of country folk 4th Movement: Allegro Thunderstorm 5th Movement: Allegretto Shepherd's song: Happy and thankfulfeelings after the storm Beethoven himself called this the "Pastoral Symphony". The symphony was representitive of Beethoven's love of the country. He intended the music to evoke feelings rather than to imitate nature although there are some overt imitations contained within the piece. There are clear bird calls within the second movement and a dramatic thunder storm in the fourth. In his sixth symphony, Beethoven moves away from tradition adding an extra movemnet to the convential four movements of a symphony. The Conductor Herbert Von Karajan was born in Salzberg in 1908. He was the principal conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra from 1955 to his death in 1989... Read review

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Advantages: Great Album
Disadvantages: The Planet Meltdown Theme Has Been Done To Death

...I am not a huge Megedeth fan but when I heard the single Symphony Of Destruction on Top Of The Pops in 1992 I just had to buy the album. It is a theme album which talks about how we are destroying the planet. 1. Skin Of My Teeth (Great speed metal) 2. Symphony Of Destruction (One Of The Best Songs Ever, It has a great guitar riff in it, operatic in parts it is sort of a cross between Sabbath, Queen and Led Zepellin) 3. Architecture Of Agression (Speed metal song about war) 4. Foreclosure Of A Dream (A song of personal angst) 5. Sweating Bullets (More great speed metal) 6. This was my life. 7. Countdown To Extinction (Another great single release, this is a powerful dramatic song about how we’re destroying the planet) 8. High Speed Dirt 9. Psychotron (Great guitar playing and vocals) 10. Captive Honour (Interesting conceptual... Read review

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