Adding onto the Stravinsky recommendation, find yourself a good performance of The Rite of Spring. The entirety of it may very well change your life if you hear it through the right medium. Generally, all of the ones I've heard where it's conducted by Boulez or Bernstein seem to be great, particularly Bernstein's 2004 rendition with the London Symphony Orchestra & New York Philharmonic. Said version also comes with The Firebird, so that's a plus.
edit: Or perhaps just him conducting himself.
Last edited by clutnuckle; 01-29-2011 at 09:08 PM.
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