Frank Zappa's Classical Selection

Zappa's strong curiosity about modern classical music started while he read a LOOK journal article about the Sam Goody record shop chain that lauded its capability to sell an LP as obscure as The Complete Works of Edgard Varèse.... [Link removed - login to see]

A man of hugely eclectic tastes, Frank Zappa was a lover of everything from Doo-Wop to Heavy Metal and from Jazz-Funk to New Wave. Indeed a radio show he produced for the BBC in 1980 found him playing records by Edgar Varese and Igor Stravinsky, represent