Vladimir Martynov: Piece 3: King Crimson’s Red

: “I still believe that in the late 1960s and early 1970s- and it’s 2011 now - academic music, including Shostakovich, Stockhausen, Boulez, did not produce anything as great. Of all the music that was composed at the time, “Red“ was probably the greatest.“ Vladimir Martynov, Moscow-based Russian composer, talks about three pieces of music that influenced him most. Piece 3: King Crimson’s album Red (1973)