The most intense ending in a piece of music

[Opus106]

Shostakovich: Symphony no. 11 "Year 1905"

That makes 5.

[mszczuj]

Ending? intense?

Last of "Four Last Songs" - Richard Strauss: "Im Abendrot"

[Brian]

Ending? intense?

Last of "Four Last Songs" - Richard Strauss: "Im Abendrot"

Ohhhhhh what a great, great choice. Any composer would be proud for those to be the final sounds of his/her career.

I was just thinking of a work whose ending is almost exactly the opposite in effect: the Lutoslawski Concerto for Orchestra...

[mszczuj]

Gioacchino Rossini - L'Italiana in Algeri, Akt 1, last part of Finale. At least in Gabriele Ferro's mind-blowing HIP recording. (SONY S2K 39 048, CD1, Track 25)

I suppose this could be intense ending which is the exactly opposite in effect to that of Strauss.

[Lisztianwagner]

Rather hard to choose, there are so many beautiful endings.....

Beethoven Symphony No.9
Mahler Symphony No.6/No.9
Wagner Götterdämmerung/Tristan und Isolde/Siegfried
Ravel Daphnis et Chloe
Tchaikovsky 1812 Ouverture
Respighi Pines of Rome
Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet

[TheGSMoeller]

http://www.youtube.com/v/EMJBsoniimE


Look no further...

[Lisztianwagner]

Rather hard to choose, there are so many beautiful endings.....

Beethoven Symphony No.9
Mahler Symphony No.6/No.9
Wagner Götterdämmerung/Tristan und Isolde/Siegfried
Ravel Daphnis et Chloe
Tchaikovsky 1812 Ouverture
Respighi Pines of Rome
Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet

I have to include Liszt's Les Preludes and Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No.3/Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini as well

[Opus106]

http://www.youtube.com/v/EMJBsoniimE


Look no further...

Oh, yeah! (Not that performance perhaps... the soldiers are too overpowering and are in a hurry; and by the end, it seems as if they have control. I prefer a more ambiguous ending, in which both the tocsin and the army are equally prominent.)


P.S.: I keep forgetting to add that cor anglais solo to the 'Favourite Melodies' thread.

[madaboutmahler]

Rather hard to choose, there are so many beautiful endings.....

Beethoven Symphony No.9
Mahler Symphony No.6/No.9
Wagner Götterdämmerung/Tristan und Isolde/Siegfried
Ravel Daphnis et Chloe
Tchaikovsky 1812 Ouverture
Respighi Pines of Rome
Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet

Great choices Ilaria! You have already included most of the ones I was going to mention!

I'll just add:
Brahms Symphony no.4
Strauss Eine Alpensinfonie
Dvorak The Noon Witch
Tchaikovsky Francesca da Rimini
might think of some more for later as well...

[TheGSMoeller]

Oh, yeah! (Not that performance perhaps... the soldiers are too overpowering and are in a hurry; and by the end, it seems as if they have control. I prefer a more ambiguous ending, in which both the tocsin and the army are equally prominent.)

True about the performance, was the best video I could find to post though, what's your 11th of choice?

[Lisztianwagner]

Great choices Ilaria! You have already included most of the ones I was going to mention!

I'll just add:
Brahms Symphony no.4
Strauss Eine Alpensinfonie
Dvorak The Noon Witch
Tchaikovsky Francesca da Rimini
might think of some more for later as well...

I forgot to mention Holst's The Planets before....

Your choices are excellent too

[Opus106]

True about the performance, was the best video I could find to post though, what's your 11th of choice?

I don't have one, at least not the kind you're looking for. By which I mean that my introduction to this work was through a live concert recording, which is what I usually listen to when I'm in the mood. Of recordings proper, I have heard Haitink's (Decca) but only once.

[TheGSMoeller]

I don't have one, at least not the kind you're looking for. By which I mean that my introduction to this work was through a live concert recording, which is what I usually listen to when I'm in the mood. Of recordings proper, I have heard Haitink's (Decca) but only once.

I have only heard two different recordings myself, both were from Rostropovich, and I really enjoy them. The 11th's ending is such an energetic rush, first time I heard I think i fell off my chair. 

[Opus106]

I have only heard two different recordings myself, both were from Rostropovich, and I really enjoy them. The 11th's ending is such an energetic rush, first time I heard I think i fell off my chair. 

It was pretty much my gateway into Shosta's oeuvre. I once was listening to the work on my iPod but slept midway through the work; it was the ending the woke me up again with a jolt. I'm told Rostrpovich's LSO recording slowly prepares the listener for an intense ending; I should make it a point to listen to it one of these days.

[Mirror Image]

It was pretty much my gateway into Shosta's oeuvre. I once was listening to the work on my iPod but slept midway through the work; it was the ending the woke me up again with a jolt. I'm told Rostrpovich's LSO recording slowly prepares the listener for an intense ending; I should make it a point to listen to it one of these days.

Rostropovich's LSO recording of the 11th is excellent. I've made it a point to revisit it several times. I've always loved Shosty's 11th anyway. Very unusual symphony, but it has some absolutely furious sections that make the hairs on my neck stand up.

[snyprrr]

Then there are the Composers who mostly end quietly.

[Tapio Dmitriyevich]

True about the performance, was the best video I could find to post though, what's your 11th of choice?

We have an 11th thread... Yes, way too fast, the Tocsin. My favourite will always be Haitink/Concertgebouw. Perfect in terms of performance and audio quality.
On Youtube, this one is very good: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYSNJr4-1kk - Tocsin still too fast, but a very adorable cor anglais solo. I can play it on the clarinet, yeah

[pjme]

For a change  - in "molto grandioso" endings : Walter Braunfels Te Deum

You can see and hear the whole work, performed in Amsterdam/Concertgebouw. ( + mahler)

http://www.youtube.com/v/Mpn52A3rk4Q



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[pjme]

Here is Tournemire (PIerre Bartholomée/Liège PhO perf.)  The last 2-3 minutes are quite stunning...

http://www.youtube.com/v/Qq0WO0yCEpo

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[pjme]

A personal favorite : Willem Pijper's second symphony ( with mandolins, 3 piano's, organ etc).

http://www.youtube.com/v/7WS16PEN8Jg