Simply your favourite 30 works

[Karl Henning]

My boss once gave me a document to review. It was about 30 pages. In the middle was the phrase "and several butcher's aprons". I was apparently the only one who noticed.

Good on ya for the Prokofiev Fleeting Visions!

[Karl Henning]

As I look at my May 2007 list . . .

I'll join in the fun.

There can be no question of completeness in such a small list, so the first 30 favorite works which came to mind:

1   Shostakovich, Fourth Symphony
2   Shostakovich, Tenth Symphony
3   Shostakovich, Fourteenth Symphony
4   Shostakovich, Four Pushkin Romances
5   Shostakovich, 24 Preludes & Fugues
6   Shostakovich, Seventh String Quartet
7   Shostakovich, Second Trio for Violin, Cello & Piano
8   Shostakovich, Sonata for Viola & Piano
9   Stravinsky, Le sacre du printemps
10   Stravinsky, Symphonies of wind instruments
11   Stravinsky, Concerto for two pianos
12   Stravinsky, Symphony of Psalms
13   Stravinsky, Orpheus
14   Stravinsky, Agon
15   Prokofiev, Second Symphony
16   Prokofiev, Le pas d'acier
17   Prokofiev, L'enfant prodigue
18   Prokofiev, Second Sonata for Violin and Piano
19   Prokofiev, Romeo & Juliet
20   Prokofiev, Seventh Piano Sonata
21   Bartók, Second Piano Concerto
22   Bartók, Concerto for Orchestra
23   Bartók, Third String Quartet
24   Bartók, Fourth String Quartet
25   Bartók, Fifth String Quartet
26   Bartók, Sixth String Quartet
27   Bartók, Music for Strings, Percussion & Celesta
28   Ravel, Sonata for Violin & Cello
29   Debussy, Sonata for Flute, Viola & Harp
30   Copland, Sextet

. . . I could not bring myself to displace any of them . . . .

[North Star]

You prefer Prokofiev Op. 94a over Op. 80?
Not a bad list at all, though.
You can always compile a one work per composer list, too..

[Karl Henning]

You're right!  I meant the f minor Sonata!

[Karl Henning]

(Told you we all make mistakes    )

[North Star]

You're right!  I meant the f minor Sonata!

(Told you we all make mistakes    )

And you've had almost seven years to notice it, too. 

I wonder what my list would look like today..

[DavidW]

I listened to the Prokofiev PS #6 on youtube recently with Richter.  Just amazing.  I need to listen to more solo piano Prokofiev, and you reminded me of that Karl.

[EigenUser]

My boss once gave me a document to review. It was about 30 pages. In the middle was the phrase "and several butcher's aprons". I was apparently the only one who noticed.

Reminds me of how I say that my favorite Cage work is 4'33'' 

(no offense to those who love John Cage!)

[North Star]

I listened to the Prokofiev PS #6 on youtube recently with Richter.  Just amazing.  I need to listen to more solo piano Prokofiev, and you reminded me of that Karl.

*cue for the Raekallio set*

[Ken B]

Reminds me of how I say that my favorite Cage work is 4'33'' 

(no offense to those who love John Cage!)

Would that ****** had written music as pleasing as 4'3"

[Brian]

Would that ****** had written music as pleasing as 4'3"

He did. Some of the solo piano pieces, like "In a Landscape", are really nice.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHyTXlejiEE

[Dancing Divertimentian]

*cue for the Raekallio set*

We should just make this a sticky...

[Karl Henning]

We should just make this a sticky...

+ 1

[Ken B]

Reminds me of how I say that my favorite Cage work is 4'33'' 

(no offense to those who love John Cage!)

Seriousl try the Berman prepared piano stuff on Naxos, probably some on Youtube. Strikes me as stuff you would find interesting.

[Karl Henning]

Seriousl try the Berman prepared piano stuff on Naxos, probably some on Youtube. Strikes me as stuff you would find interesting.

Brian's suggestion is also excellent:

He did. Some of the solo piano pieces, like "In a Landscape", are really nice.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHyTXlejiEE

[DavidW]

So I suppose I should order that Prokofiev set then...

[Brian]

So I suppose I should order that Prokofiev set then...

We might literally be the last two people on GMG who do not have it.

[North Star]

Seriousl try the Berman prepared piano stuff on Naxos, probably some on Youtube. Strikes me as stuff you would find interesting.

He did. Some of the solo piano pieces, like "In a Landscape", are really nice.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHyTXlejiEE

+1 to both.

So I suppose I should order that Prokofiev set then...

We might literally be the last two people on GMG who do not have it.

You two should definitely be among that small and sorry lot which I suspect is at least a bit more populous. (and György Sándor's recordings are good stuff too, and include some pieces Raekallio hasn't recorded)

[Madiel]

We might literally be the last two people on GMG who do not have it.

Nope. Not literally.

[Sergeant Rock]

We might literally be the last two people on GMG who do not have it.

I don't have it either, and I'm not likely to have it in future. Prok's Sonatas are among my least favorite piano works. I only truly love the D minor op.14.

Sarge