Seuzz, your presentation of favorite music causes me to bow low in honor of your great understanding of the themes, the content and the purpose of great music. In some ways I feel as though you have created a great cathedral, rendering whatever I might attempt to present as being rather meager. However, I shall not bow-out. I am well aware that our approaches to music are so different as to make both perspectives highly valued in their own right.

The bottom line for me is that your understanding and choices of music are exquisite. Bach, Mozart and Debussy are great in themselves without me ever having to say as much. The performers you have chosen to represent the great composers are great in themselves as well. André Previn and Glenn Gould are masters of their skills!

It is my great privilege to express my thoughts, regarding your choices of favorite music. I trust something I say will both encourage you, personally, and as a writer. Ultimately, I must thank you for an hour of one of the most pleasurable reviews that I have created, yet, since I have been listening to the links you have provided as I have been writing the words I am now sharing with you.

"Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun" by Claude Debussy along with André Previn and the London Symphony Orchestra are all excellent choices. The combination is phenomenal. André Previn is one of the greats! The London Symphony Orchestra is one of my favorites. "Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun" is, indeed, a most ethereal tone poem. I would expect this to be in the play-list at my favorite coffee shop. Nicely chosen! :)

"Peter Gunn" as performed by Henry Mancini is definitely a fun piece. I see the lead trumpeter cutting loose into the stratosphere, then finally when he returns back to the platform, it's like he looks around as if to ask, "What? You are watching me? I totally forgot you were here!"

The Swingle Singers performing Bach's Partita #2! What a fascinating rendering in scat no less! I have the sense that Johann Sebastian Bach, the consummate musician, would most definitely approve. The instrumentation of the voice clearly presents a fresh new look at the stunning composition of the most excellent Mr. Bach. The voices create a glorious homage to the original composition in a way that is both beautiful and rare.

“The Marriage of Figaro” with its many twists and turns is as you have described it, dialogue-optional. Mozart was brilliant in this way. His ability to create understanding through movement and tonality is beyond compare. In my mind there is a comparison with Sir Kenneth Branagh, who has the amazing ability to make Shakespeare accessible to the average viewer through strong acting, replete with great facial expressions. One has to know but a few of the main words in order to understand the plot of the play. “Much Ado About Nothing” is a prime example of comprehension beyond words like the performance of “The Marriage of Figaro.”

Thank you, Seuzz, for the pedagogical descriptive of the "Goldberg Variations." That fits well my understanding of Mr. Bach. As to the 32 notes Bach used in creating the "Goldberg Variations," it seems to my mind that he was demonstrating his skill in writing pieces for the center of the piano. The two octaves below Middle-C would be 16 notes and the two octaves above Middle-C would be the other 16 notes. This means Bach was writing music for the student pianist as you have indicated with the word, “pedagogy.” It is much easier for the beginning piano player to read music written for the two clefs, bass & treble, with no more than two ledger lines above and two ledger lines below the five lines and four spaces of each staff.

You have taught me many things about the "Goldberg Variations" with which I was not previously aware. Your wealth of knowledge about the back-story of musical compositions is staggering. Nicely done! :D

Should I mention anything about the grammar and spelling of your piece? Possibly, but I really see nothing that comes to mind.

If my presentation in this musical challenge is half as good as yours is, then it will be truly amazing! Excellent presentation! Five Stars! Should be more! :D