/lit/ - Literature

>>7259900
I was introduce to some amazing sculptures in my mythology class, they almost all leave me in awe. The amount of talent involved in realistically rendering texture, musculature and complex objects in stone is mindblowing.

>>7259908
Midori is far from one of my favorite violinists and many child prodigies lack artistic expression in their playing, but if i remember correctly she played through the Paganini caprices at like the age of 13 or 14. That's FUCKING insane.

Also she has a fantastic recording of Sarasate's Zapateado.

>>7259925
Forgot about Verdi. He's also fucking amazing. I posted Shosti just because i had a picture handy, although he's also one of my favorites.

Shosti doesn't have the same level of philosophy or emotion behind it as someone like Mahler, nor the complexity of a lot of other composers. He didn't really innovate anything, but he made A LOT of REALLY good music none the less.

His quartets are among the best ever made imo, his piano concerto, violin concerto, and 5th/9th/10th/7th symphonies are some of my favorites.