Berio's Sinfonia is certainly his most famous orchestral work. It is a quintessential example of a type of musical collage (in the best sense), the direct quotes and sly references to a slew of other works, musical and otherwise, forcing the listener to re-evaluate their meaning as they interact with the original material. (Is it any wonder an Ives fan like myself digs this work?)

In this movement, perhaps the best-known from the work, the Scherzo from Mahler's 2nd Symphony serves as a skeleton upon which the rest of the piece rests. It weaves its way back and forth from the foreground to the background as references from everything from Beethoven to Berlioz to Boulez fly by. Marry this with wild recitation of Joyce, Beckett, solfege, and others, and your seatbelt best be fastened and your tray in the full upright and locked position!