Top 10 compositions that you like but no one else does

[TheGSMoeller]

Of course you know we agree a lot Sarge. You are always right, I am always right; do the math. 

Oh, now that sounds like a club I would easily fit into.

[springrite]

Oh, now that sounds like a club I would easily fit into.

Not exclusive enough to be a club.

More like a commune.

[Ken B]

Oh, now that sounds like a club I would easily fit into.

Well we agree a lot too Greg! (There is that Ives thing. Just as long as you and Sarge don't outvote me!)

[TheGSMoeller]

Well we agree a lot too Greg! (There is that Ives thing. Just as long as you and Sarge don't outvote me!)

We have plans to take you down the right path, towards musical bliss known as Ivesville.

[Ken B]

We have plans to take you down the right path, towards musical bliss known as Ivesville.

[Jaakko Keskinen]

1. Pretty much every chamber music work by Sibelius outside of Voces intimae.
2.Rachmaninov's "Rock". I'm a bit edgy whether it is neglected work or not but consensus seems to be that it is an uneven symphonic poem. I'll say poppycock 
3. Sibelius symphony no. 3, again maybe not neglected (except maybe in german-speaking countries)but people don't usually mention it when asked about their favorite sibelius symphonies (for the record, it's not my favorite either, but certainly not the "worst" one either.)
4. Sibelius: many tone poems of his (again, bit unsure about their neglect)
5. Puccini: Fanciulla del West
6. Rachmaninov: The miserly knight
7. R. Strauss: Die Liebe der Danae
8. Sibelius: The maiden in tower¨
9. Tchaikovsky: Vakula/Cherevichki
10.Weber: Euryanthe and Oberon
11. Much of John Williams's music
12. Dvorak symphonic poems
13. Beethoven's Wellington's Sieg (I haven't heard it for some time now, I may have changed my mind)
14. Liszt ce qu'on entend sur la montagne and Heroide funebre
15. Many Wagner's works outside his operas and Siegfried idyll. (Träume from wesendoncklieder for violin and orchestra is wonderful, symphony in C major, Albumblatt...

[Fagotterdämmerung]

  It is really hard not just populating this list with the names of neglected composers ( Georges Migot, where is your fanbase!? ) But given that isn't the question...

  1. Richard Strauss - Die ägyptische Helena.

  Or Daphne, or ... really, many of his late operas are full of gorgeous work, but live on the operatic periphery.

  2. Charles Griffes - anything, really, I guess his piano works collectively.

  Delightful impressionist works, I'm surprised he's not championed more.

  3. Florent Schmitt - Symphonie Concertante

  I'm much more fond of this than the either the Psaume XLVII or La Tragédie de Salomé, which get more recordings and performances.

  4. Gustav Holst - Savitri

  I guess pretty much any Holst work that doesn't contain Uranus can be considered less-than-loved, but his band works are always around. Savitri ... is another in the borderlands of opera. But, with chamber forces, and short length, it seems like something that would slot excellently into a chamber opera double bill.

  5.  Arrigo Boito - Nerone

  I'll be the first one to admit Mefistofele is the more rousing work, but Nerone is a great romp of an opera and well worth it.

  6. Giacomo Meyerbeer - Le Prophète

  Meyerbeer's on the lighter side as a composer, but I find him just as fun to listen to as Bellini and Donizetti - often more so. While Les Huguenots and to a lesser extent, Robert le diable have their share of performances, the equally charming Prophète and L'Africaine are yet other joys that live in the sidelines.

  7. Lubor Bárta - Viola Concerto

  Violists are always a bit short on good concertos, and this one is bouncy, catchy, and frames the soloist nicely. Neither him nor this work see more play.

  8. Felix Mendelssohn - Konzertstuck n.1 op.113

  If you're like me, the mere mention of basset horns brings you a euphoria that's hard to surpass, but this little exercise in dueling single reeds doesn't get as much love as it should.

  9. Arnold Schoenberg - Die glückliche Hand

  Staging issues aside, the music here is fascinating. Perhaps a few more concert performances could make this fixture the way Erwartung has become. 

  10. Louis Spohr - Quartets

  This one I'm not so sure about, really. Not the quality so much, as the fact that there seems to be a lot of genuine interest in his works these days.

[Mirror Image]

2. Charles Griffes - anything, really, I guess his piano works collectively.

I can't speak for anyone else of course, but I really enjoy Griffes' brand of Impressionism. If only he had lived another 20 years.

[Fagotterdämmerung]

I can't speak for anyone else of course, but I really enjoy Griffes' brand of Impressionism. If only he had lived another 20 years.

Indeed! Another one I always think of is Lili Boulanger - not enough extant works to be a big name, yet, what is hinted at is so strong!

[Christo]

Perusing the Dvorak thread this evening, I'm sad to report another work I love that, apparently, no one else does: Dvorak Symphony No.1 C minor op.3.

I disagree with both our esteemed members, and wonder if anyone else likes it. Sarge

I've been fond of 'The Bells of Zlonice' since I first heard it; its main theme and the 'obsessive' repeating of it always struck me as music with a passion; completely the oppositie of the charges of 'academism' that it often receives. Everyone should be completely won over by the very opening measures: sheer delight 

[chadfeldheimer]

York Höller - Schwarze Halbinseln
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Charles Ives - Quarter Tone Pieces
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Carl Orff - Oedipus Der Tyrann
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Eric Satie - Relache
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[Christo]

Dvořák - The Noon Witch, Op. 108  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w76qM4PxdLs
Sergei Rachmaninoff - Caprice Bohémien, Op. 12  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2mym0ATtCw
Camille Saint-Saëns - Morceau de Concert pour harpe et orchestre, Op. 154  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwGOFzi20Xw
Paul Hindemith - Fünf Stücke für Streichorchester  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEqh1Y7zIGY
Ottorino Respighi - Lauda per la Nativitá del Signore  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAAEpogdiEI
Gabriel Pierné - Divertissement sur un thème pastoral  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2vNMuBLEFA
Zoltán Kodály - Theatre Overture  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qm8a4hAGgrc
Arnold Cooke - Symphony No. 1
Lennox Berkeley - Concerto for two pianos and orchestra
Khatchatur Avetissian - Oratorio  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YA9FvG56kQ
Richard Einhorn - Voices of Light  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ax1OC5LDQt0&list=PLdblCHnVojjenP2fEZFZE2bCBsn-CtrXF

[North Star]

Dvořák - The Noon Witch, Op. 108  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w76qM4PxdLs

That's hardly a work no one else likes, Christo. Those late tone poems are certainly among my favourite Dvořák.

[Jo498]

+1 to late Dvorak tone poems. But they are generally quite underrated compared to the last three symphonies, especially the ubiquituous "New World".

[ibanezmonster]

Prokofiev: pick 10 obscure works that no one listens to, and there it is

[Christo]

That's hardly a work no one else likes, Christo. Those late tone poems are certainly among my favourite Dvořák.

Okay, agreed. They've become far more popular in recent years, IMO. Yet were hardly mentioned at all in the time I came to love them (the 1970s). ;-)

[Jaakko Keskinen]

Rienzi. There, I said it. I like what is widely considered to be one of the most boring operas ever, even on Wagner's standards. I listened to it one day and I liked it quite lot. As if that would be a surprise to anyone,