Top 10 Favorite Tone Poems

[kyjo]

There will soon be a 'Top 10 kyjo Top 10s' thread... 

[vandermolen]

The Sainton/Hadley double is extremely cheap on presto now, so I ordered it. And the Chisholm is a very fine work; I have the Dutton.

That Sainton/Hadley disc is one of my all time favourites. The combination of Hadley's 'The Trees so High' and Sainton's 'Nadir' is irresistible.

[mszczuj]

Any and all tone poems by GMG's favorite, Richard Strauss 

I would say that of all who participaties in this thread you are probably the only one who has got equipment suitable for the listening to the music.

[mszczuj]

Yeah, like most Strauss, it's superficial junk.

May be Strauss is superficial - but with the exception of Ockeghem, Bach, Haydn, Beethoven, Chopin, Bartok, Vermeulen and Prokofiev (but Prokofiev only in his best works) - all other composers are at least several times more superficial.

[madaboutmahler]

One per composer again!

R.Strauss Also Sprach Zarathustra
Ravel La Valse (if we're counting it)
Elgar In The South
Karlowicz Episodes at a Masquerade
Dvorak The Noon Witch
Novak Toman and the Wood Nymph
Respighi Roman Trilogy (don't make me pick! :p )
Debussy La Mer
Gershwin An American in Paris
Rimsky Korsakov Scheherezade

[TheGSMoeller]

One per composer again!

Respighi Roman Trilogy (don't make me pick! :p )

I'll pick for you...Festivals! 

[madaboutmahler]

I'll pick for you...Festivals! 

Yeah, good choice, Greg! If I had to pick one, it would probably be the Festivals too!

[TheGSMoeller]

Yeah, good choice, Greg! If I had to pick one, it would probably be the Festivals too!

Good one, Daniel! Any piece that incorporates a trombone glissando is worthy of any list. 

[madaboutmahler]

Good one, Daniel! Any piece that incorporates a trombone glissando is worthy of any list. 

Haha, absolutely! Same with the incorporation of such a magnificent percussion section!! Makes the last movement so thrilling!

[not edward]

One per composer again!

R.Strauss Also Sprach Zarathustra
Elgar In The South

That's two Richard Strauss tone poems.


My own not really frivolous list:

1. Sibelius Tapiola
2. Ravel La valse
3. After those two, who cares?

[Wanderer]

Table-pounding list! All works which I adore except for the Strauss.

Give it some time and you'll get there. 

[North Star]

My own not really frivolous list:

1. Sibelius Tapiola
2. Ravel La valse
3. After those two, who cares?

Very nice! 

[Karl Henning]

Edward wins!

[North Star]

Edward wins!

Yes, the only one who seemed to realize the topic uses binary system. 

[Karl Henning]

Hah!

[kyjo]

That's two Richard Strauss tone poems.

I realize you were joking, Edward, but Elgar's passionate, inspiring symphonic poem couldn't be more different than Strauss' bloated, boring-as-hell works in the genre.

[Karl Henning]

Would you like another spade as you keep digging that hole? 

[kyjo]

Would you like another spade as you keep digging that hole? 

Yes, please!

[TheGSMoeller]

I realize you were joking, Edward, but Elgar's passionate, inspiring symphonic poem couldn't be more different than Strauss' bloated, boring-as-hell works in the genre.

Well, I for one am very glad that Strauss' bloated, boring-as-hell works continue to find their way into concert halls all over the world. 

[Karl Henning]

Well, I for one am very glad that Strauss' bloated, boring-as-hell works continue to find their way into concert halls all over the world. 

Aye, that Rudolf Kempe set is straining at the leash in my Wish List . . . .