Most awesomest choral work ever - poll

Started by eyeresist, February 05, 2012, 05:26:43 PM

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Which choral work is the most awesome?

Mozart's Requiem
23 (31.1%)
Bruckner's Te Deum
11 (14.9%)
Mahler's Symphony No. 8
11 (14.9%)
Prokofiev Alexander Nevsky
11 (14.9%)
Prokofiev Cantata for the 20th Anniversary of the October Revolution
4 (5.4%)
Verdi's Requiem
21 (28.4%)
Berlioz Grande Messe des Morts
14 (18.9%)
Brahms' Deutsche Requiem
18 (24.3%)
Vaughan Williams' Sea Symphony
4 (5.4%)
Ligeti's Requiem
10 (13.5%)
Eric Bana's Banana
2 (2.7%)
Faure's Requiem
7 (9.5%)

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mahler10th

#60
February 27, 2012, 12:56:57 AM
Quote from: Tsaraslondon on February 27, 2012, 12:16:01 AM
Well limping along, maybe. It's hardly worth reading
:o
Glad to see Prokofievs Nevsky in the fray.  I love it.

Geo Dude

#61
March 05, 2012, 09:49:29 AM
My pick for #1 is Brahms' German Requiem.

Karl Henning

#62
March 05, 2012, 09:55:41 AM
There's certainly a strong case for that 'un.
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

zamyrabyrd

#63
March 08, 2012, 09:37:49 AM
Quote from: Geo Dude on March 05, 2012, 09:49:29 AM
My pick for #1 is Brahms' German Requiem.

If you want a picture of it, look to the left. I'm a tiny spot in the second row from the top slightly to the right in the center. One thing I can say about being inside a performance of such a work, it's quite a leap from listening to CD's or even attending a live concert. This was one of life's peak experiences for me. I just wish I could do it again someday.

ZB
"Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, one by one."

― Charles MacKay, Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds

Bulldog

#64
March 08, 2012, 06:36:24 PM
I went with Mozart's Requiem although I would have preferred his Mass in C minor.

Best of all are Bach's SMP and Mass in B minor.

Bogey

#65
March 09, 2012, 02:56:40 AM
Quote from: Gurnatron5500 on February 06, 2012, 05:29:05 AM
The finale of Beethoven's 9th Symphony. It is sui generis.  :)

8)

....and his Op. 80. :)
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Scion7

#66
March 09, 2012, 06:08:09 PM
You should change the "ever" to "in this list" - because there are some massive works not even part of the poll - like Bach, for one thing.
Saint-Saëns, who predicted to Charles Lecocq in 1901: 'That fellow Ravel seems to me to be destined for a serious future.'

eyeresist

#67
March 11, 2012, 04:42:39 PM
^ I've already addressed this.

Scion7

#68
March 12, 2012, 12:56:59 AM
Quote from: eyeresist on February 05, 2012, 06:23:40 PM
I excluded Bach because I think he lacks sufficient awesomeness.

um, WHAT?!?!?  Release the kraken!   >:(
Saint-Saëns, who predicted to Charles Lecocq in 1901: 'That fellow Ravel seems to me to be destined for a serious future.'

Scion7

#69
March 12, 2012, 12:59:26 AM
Out of this rather narrow list, I picked the Mozart and the Brahms.
Saint-Saëns, who predicted to Charles Lecocq in 1901: 'That fellow Ravel seems to me to be destined for a serious future.'

Philoctetes

#70
March 12, 2012, 02:53:53 PM
It's not listed. Sinopoli conducts Dvorak's Stabat Mater.

eyeresist

#71
March 12, 2012, 06:16:05 PM
Quote from: Philoctetes on March 12, 2012, 02:53:53 PMIt's not listed. Sinopoli conducts Dvorak's Stabat Mater.

I'll have to look out for that one, thanks.

Que

#72
March 12, 2012, 10:54:17 PM
No Bach's St. Matthew Passion? (Ask any musicologist, and I think that would be the most likely answer).

Or perhaps Bach's Mass in B Minor?

No Machaut's Messe de Notre Dame?

Or what about Thomas Tallis' Spem in Alium?

Handel's Messiah?

Monteverdi's Vespro della Beata Vergine?

Dufay's Missa se la face ay pale?

De Victoria's Requiem?


My answer to this poll is: BANANA!!  >:D

Q

Scion7

#73
March 13, 2012, 01:41:22 AM
And we won't even mention Beethoven's Missa solemnis  .........
Saint-Saëns, who predicted to Charles Lecocq in 1901: 'That fellow Ravel seems to me to be destined for a serious future.'

eyeresist

#74
March 13, 2012, 02:00:36 AM
Quote from: Que on March 12, 2012, 10:54:17 PMNo Bach's St. Matthew Passion? (Ask any musicologist, and I think that would be the most likely answer).

Not exactly a convincing argument.

Tapio Dmitriyevich

#75
March 13, 2012, 04:54:10 AM Last Edit: March 13, 2012, 04:58:32 AM by Tapio Dmitriyevich Shostakovich
Choir? Libera Me in Fauré's Requiem. It's a magic moment when the full choir clocks in after the solo singing the refrain.

Karl Henning

#76
March 13, 2012, 05:03:20 AM
Quote from: eyeresist on March 13, 2012, 02:00:36 AM
Not exactly a convincing argument.

I think our ~ Que ~ may be exaggerating the consensus, but not greatly. But the BWV244 is certainly very highly regarded by practically any musicologist.
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

Que

#77
March 13, 2012, 12:52:23 PM Last Edit: March 13, 2012, 01:17:16 PM by Que
Quote from: eyeresist on March 13, 2012, 02:00:36 AM
Not exactly a convincing argument.

To include it at least in the available options to choose from, it definitely is.

Q

Lilas Pastia

#78
June 27, 2012, 05:50:34 PM
No Messiah  ??? No Dream of Gerontius  ??? No Belshazzar's Feast ???

Lordy, lordy. In any case, I went for Brahms, VW and Mozart. The Sea Symphony must have the most
arresting opening of them all.

BTW, as someone mentioned, the opening chorus of the St John Passion is probably Bach's most sublime choral utterance.

This poll should allow 7 choices among 25 works. That's the same ratio as 3/10, but at least we can indulge. I feel cheap for leaving out so many personal favourites  ;D

Mountain Goat

#79
July 02, 2012, 09:35:06 AM
Tough choice - in the end I went for the Mozart, Berlioz and Brahms requiems. But it pains me to have had to leave out VW Sea Symphony and Mahler 8  :(
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