1950 to 2000

[James]

What are your favourite compositions from this particular period?

[ggluek]

Tippett's Piano Concerto, and the opera "The Midsummer Marriage."

[Gurn Blanston]

Ernest Bloch -
   Suite Hébraïque, for viola (or violin) and orchestra (1951 (the year I was born!))
   String Quartet No. 5 (1956)

Shostakovich -
   Op. 129: Violin Concerto No. 2 in C-sharp minor (1967)
   Op. 112: Symphony No. 12 in D minor The Year 1917 (1961)
   Op. 142: String Quartet No. 14 in F-sharp major (1972–1973)

I like those quite a lot. Of course, they are not representative of the era, but I don't suppose I am either.   

[TheGSMoeller]

Britten: Lachrymae, Death in Venice, Cello Symphony, Cello Suites...truly anything from Britten will do.

[Cato]

Karl Amadeus Hartmann: Symphonies V-VIII

Paul Hindemith: Symphonie: Die Harmonie der Welt, Orgelkonzert

Elliott Carter: Symphonia Sum Fluxae Pretium Spei

Pierre Boulez: Dérive  I and II, Répons

[snyprrr]

Ernest Bloch -
   Suite Hébraïque, for viola (or violin) and orchestra (1951 (the year I was born!))
   String Quartet No. 5 (1956)

Shostakovich -
   Op. 129: Violin Concerto No. 2 in C-sharp minor (1967)
   Op. 112: Symphony No. 12 in D minor The Year 1917 (1961)
   Op. 142: String Quartet No. 14 in F-sharp major (1972–1973)

I like those quite a lot. Of course, they are not representative of the era, but I don't suppose I am either.   

You're onto Bloch's 5th? Which recording?,... frankly, they're probably both so so,... I'm waiting on Naxos to come save the day. I had the Arabesque, very dry and not such a great performance. I am drawn to Bloch's last works though.

Pierre Boulez: Dérive  I and II, Répons

Derive?? Really?? It's that special?

[The new erato]

I cannot take the time to check on exact dates for various compositions, but

Shostakovich (viola sonata, late quartets, Symphony 14/15, vn concerto 2)
Britten
Frank Martin
Hindemith
some Arvo Part

would definitely be there, but I can think of more (Rochberg, Englund,  Ligeti etc)

But favorite questions are always difficult (can one have 100 favorites; where to draw the line between favorite and "liking very much?).

[eyeresist]

Some recent faves, in alpha order:

Amirov: Gulistan bayaty shiraz (symphonic mugam)
Godar: Concerto grosso
Penderecki: Symphony 1
Schnittke: Symphony 3
Terterian: Symphonies 3 & 4
Vaughan Williams: Symphonies 7-9 

[TheGSMoeller]

Some recent faves, in alpha order:

Schnittke: Symphony 3

Good one, I would have to throw in some Schnittke myself, preferably  Symphony No. 2 and the Choir Concerto.

[Cato]

Derive?? Really?? It's that special?

Well, I thought it was a striking piece!   0:)

[mc ukrneal]

Britten: Turn of the Screw, 1954
Husa: Music for Prague 1968

[mahler10th]

Rautavaara

Angels and Visitations.  (1978)
Symphony 5. (1986)
Isle of Bliss. (1995)

Lutoslawski

Symphony 3  (1982-ish)

[Gurn Blanston]

You're onto Bloch's 5th? Which recording?,... frankly, they're probably both so so,... I'm waiting on Naxos to come save the day. I had the Arabesque, very dry and not such a great performance. I am drawn to Bloch's last works though.


Derive?? Really?? It's that special?

Pro Arte; the recording sucks, but at least I have the music to listen to. I have the Grillers for 1-4, happy with that.

[snyprrr]

Pro Arte; the recording sucks, but at least I have the music to listen to. I have the Grillers for 1-4, happy with that.

I could NOT handle the recorded sound hitting my ears with that Decca recording. Great performance.

Yea, Naxos MUST commission the SQs.

The 5th just has that something. I'd rather listen to it than to DSCH. I find them very similar (of course). Ah, Bloch's Late Works...

[Cato]

Not just because James started the topic...

Karlheinz Stockhausen: Gruppen and well...how about Freude, the Veni Creator Spiritus from Klang?  0:)

The Mass for Pope John XXIII - a quarter-tone      a capella          work  -
by Julian Carrillo.  (From 1963 I believe.)

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

[Concord]

 Wolpe: Quartet for Trumpet, Tenor Saxophone, Percussion, and Piano
Varese: Poeme Electronique
Crumb: Music for a Summer Evening (Makrokosmos III)
Carter: Concerto for Orchestra

[val]

Dutilleux, String Quartet

Boulez, Pli selon Pli

Nono, "Il Canto Sospeso"

Shostakovitch:  Symphony n. 14

Britten, "The Turn of the Screw"

B.A. Zimmermann:  Die Soldaten

Frank Martin:  Cello Concerto

Enescu:  Chamber Symphony

[Mirror Image]

Quite a time span, but let's see a few favorites from this period:

Dutilleux: Symphony No. 2 (1959), Metaboles (1964), The Shadows of Time (1997)
Ligeti: Atmospheres (1961), Lontano (1967), Melodien (1971), Requiem (1965), Violin Concerto (1993)
Part: Cantus In Memoriam Benjamin Britten (1977), Tabula Rasa (1977), Symphony No. 3 (1971), Te Deum (1985), Miserere (1989)
Adams: Harmonielehre (1985), Naive and Sentimental Music (1998)
Reich: Music for 18 Musicians (1976)
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10 (1953), Symphony No. 11 "The Year 1905" (1957), Symphony No. 15 (1971), Piano Concerto No. 2 (1957)
Vaughan Williams: Sinfonia Antartica (1952), Symphony No. 8 (1955), Symphony No. 9 (1957)
Britten: War Requiem (1961)
Tippett: Symphony No. 2 (1957), Symphony No. 3 (1972), Symphony No. 4 (1977), Fantasia Concertante on a Theme by Corelli (1953), The Rose Lake (1993), Praeludium (1962), The Midsummer Marriage (1952), Piano Concerto (1955), Triple Concerto (1979)
Finzi: Cello Concerto (1955)
Milhaud: Symphony No. 6 (1955)
Villa-Lobos: Genesis (1954), Floresta do Amazonas (1959)

[Lisztianwagner]

Shostakovich: Symphony No.10, Symphony No.11, Symphony No.13, Symphony No.14, Piano Concerto No.2, Cello Concerto No.1.
Britten: War Requiem
Rautavaara: Symphony No.7, Piano Concerto No.3, Cantus Arcticus
Ligeti: Atmospheres
Adams: Harmonielehre
Stockhausen: Klavierstücke X, Zyklus
Vaughan Williams: Sinfonia Antartica
Bernstein: Symphonic Suite from 'On the Waterfront', Symphonic Dances from 'West Side Story', Candide Overture
Tippett: Triple Concerto, Piano Concerto, Symphony No.2, Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli
Messiaen: Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum

[Lisztianwagner]

Shostakovich: Symphony No.10, Symphony No.11, Symphony No.13, Symphony No.14, Piano Concerto No.2, Cello Concerto No.1.
Britten: War Requiem
Rautavaara: Symphony No.7, Piano Concerto No.3, Cantus Arcticus
Ligeti: Atmospheres
Adams: Harmonielehre
Stockhausen: Klavierstücke X, Zyklus
Vaughan Williams: Sinfonia Antartica
Bernstein: Symphonic Suite from 'On the Waterfront', Symphonic Dances from 'West Side Story', Candide Overture
Tippett: Triple Concerto, Piano Concerto, Symphony No.2, Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli
Messiaen: Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum

Schnittke: Symphonies 1, 3, 4 and 8, Violin Concerto No.4, Viola Concerto, Concerto for piano and strings.