Marc - thanks again...very fun night.

And for those unaware, Marc somehow managed to lift my copy of GBV's Earthquake Glue on Monday....wow, kind of eerie. How does he do it? And why doesn't he choose a band he actually likes?

Nice to see that y'all are interested in keeping that classical thing going. It could be a nice addition to the whole CD Club dynamic.

Stuart, my first thoughts for less jarring 20thC symphonies (mind you, it's 20th C which is jarring almost by definition) would include:

Sibelius' Fifth - clean, brooding, northern sounds
Shostakovich's Fifth - a little more jarring but amazing.
Janacek's Sinfonietta - beautiful, full of life
Prokofiev's Fifth - what is it with fifth symphonies?
Charles Ives - Three Places in New England (Orchestral Suite Number One)...weird and wonderful (but not too jarring).

I've ignored concertos, tone poems etc for now. Symphonies are actually pretty rare in the 20th century but these ones are all pretty great. Derek, anything to add?