since we've been STRAUSS'd recently - here's a nice one - Burlesque in d

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4q_zSvns0QY

Argerich & Abbado & the BPO - Burleske for Piano and Orchestra in D-, TrV145

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When, a few months before his death, Rachmaninov lamented that he no longer had the "strength and fire" to compose, friends reminded him of the Symphonic Dances, so charged with fire and strength. "Yes," he admitted. "I don't know how that happened. That was probably my last flicker."