Google's homeage to Stravinsky

Have you checked out the Google homepage? One of my coworkers discovered the homage to Stravinsky (it's his birthday today)! Which pieces are represented?

In case it goes away or Google changes it before you can get there, here's what it looks like:


Pretty cool, huh? I'll give you a hint. The part on the left can be found in Fantasia 2000 and the part on the right started a major uproar when it was first performed. The crowd actually rioted!! Who says classical music is boring and for stuffy old people?

Top 10 "Must Own" Classical Pieces

I can never seem to remember which pieces have appeared in commercials and movies, but thankfully one of my colleagues came up with a list that should help! All of the titles listed below can be found in any number of moving pictures and many are typically use as gag music. You know, where some Looney Tunes character drops an anvil on another Looney Tunes character? I know there's more out there than just these top 10, so add more when you hear em! (Would be cool to list where you heard it too...)

1. Adagio for Strings, Op. 11 by Samuel Barber (8.559088)
2. Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30, TrV 176 by Richard Strauss (8.550182)
3. The Nutcracker by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (8.550324-25)
4. Carmen by Georges Bizet (8.660005-07)
5. The Four Seasons by Antonio Vivaldi (8.550056)
   
6. Der Ring by Richard Wagner (8.550211)
7. Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (8.557893)
8. Fanfare for the Common Man by Aaron Copland (8.550282)
9. Gayane by Aram Il'yick Khachaturian (8.550085)
10. Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi (8.660013-14)