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People I admire

They are people with a twist, a particular peculiarity of their own, that makes them stand apart in the crowd of genius. May be not at the lead, may be not on the top, but somewhere here on the side, where they seem to look at the rest of them.

My favourites pieces of classical music

This is a list of my favourite songs. They are not really supposed to be listened together. Also, without any discussion as for the choice, they might appear an odd selection, although most are—of course—widely recognized as among the finest masterpieces ever conceived by man. I kept as a rule never to repeat the author, a rule that I broke with Bach, very thinly on account that his authorship of the first piece is disputed.

1. Toccata E Fuga, Bach

2. Première gymnopédie, Satie

3. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Theme, Brion

4. Duo des fleurs, (from Lakmé), Delibes

5. Les oiseaux dans la charmille, (from Les contes d’Hoffmann) Offenbach

   (no excerpt yet but see here)

6. Kommt, ihr Töchter, helft mir klagen, (from Matthäuspassion), Bach

7. Cha cha, (from West Side Story), Bernstein

8. La danse macabre, Saint Saens

   (no excerpt yet but see here)

9. Totus Floreo, (from Carmina Burana), Orff

10. Mad Rush, Philip Glass (read more)

My favourites pieces of popular music

Here I again I make a point not to repeat the author. The list is incomplete and not converged.

1. Il neige sur Liège, Brel

   (no excerpt yet but see here)

2. Room for the Life, Kate Bush

   (no excerpt yet but see here)

3. Chan Chan, Buena Vista Social Club

4. I Go to Sleep, The Pretenders

   (no excerpt yet but see here)

5. Garota de Ipanema, Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes

   (no excerpt yet but see here)

6. Les Ailes d'un Ange, Robert Charlebois

   (no excerpt yet but see here)

7. Les Neiges du Kilimanjaro, Pascal Danel

   (no excerpt yet but see here)

8. Initiales BB, Serge Gainsbourg

   (no excerpt yet and none that I could find online)

9. Jusqu'à Demain Peut-Être, Michel Fugain

   (no excerpt yet but see here)

10. Ma Vie, Alain Barrière

    (no excerpt yet but see here)