Top 10 Favorite VCs

[kyjo]

Esa-Pekka Salonen - Again, after one hearing, this will surely be one of the first great VC's of the 21st century.

Completely agree. Salonen is easily one of the most talented contemporary composers and the VC is the best we've heard from him yet. He has a bright future indeed and I eagerly await more works from his pen (or should I say computer ).

[North Star]

Uh-oh, I see that my badinage has unwittingly snared Karlo . . . .

It was tough to leave it out, Karl. I like it very much indeed, but 10 is such a small number. Tough choices have to be made.

And now I noticed that I have forgotten Bartók's 2nd - and that most certainly won't do!

Let's make this a bit more reasonable: one per composer
Actually I might prefer the Tchaikovsky to the Martinu.

Prokofiev 2nd
Shosty 1st
Schumann
Janacek
Sibelius
Brahms
Bartók
Elgar
Berg
Tchaikovsky  0:)

Completely agree. Salonen is easily one of the most talented contemporary composers and the VC is the best we've heard from him yet. He has a bright future indeed and I eagerly await more works from his pen (or should I say computer ).

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Nice choices, Bruce!

[springrite]

Completely agree. Salonen is easily one of the most talented contemporary composers and the VC is the best we've heard from him yet. He has a bright future indeed and I eagerly await more works from his pen (or should I say computer ).

I see that Salonen's concert at LA Phil is back on, and the VC is on the schedule. I just may try to get a ticket. With Salonen, KINGS hockey, UCLA football and possibly Dodgers World Series to choose from and I can probably only have time to pick one or two, it's difficult!

[Karl Henning]

It was tough to leave it out, Karl. I like it very much indeed, but 10 is such a small number. Tough choices have to be made.

And now I noticed that I have forgotten Bartók's 2nd - and that most certainly won't do!

Only the banana can save us now!

[North Star]

Only the banana can save us now!

Nice moves!

[Karl Henning]

We all have something to learn from that fruit.

[mc ukrneal]

We all have something to learn from that fruit.

Yes - once you peel away the layers, you are one slip from destiny.

[Karl Henning]

If you had to fall . . . .

[DaveF]

Two to add that haven't so far been mentioned, one that I might have expected and one I probably wouldn't (but which was love at first hearing for me):

• Haydn in C major
  
• Valen
  

The rest of the list goes Berg, Sibelius, Britten etc.

DF

[vandermolen]

Pettersson No 2
Malcolm Williamson
Shostakovich No 1
Bo Linde
Peterson-Berger
Bliss
Moeran
Shostakovich No 2
Respighi Concerto Gregoriano
William Schuman

[Sergeant Rock]

• Haydn in C major
  
• Valen
  

Excellent! Both were on my short list.

Sarge

[Christo]

Barber
Respighi, Concerto Gregoriano
Janacek
Brian
Moeran
Tubin No. 2
Khatchaturian
Shostakovich No 1
Taktahishvili No. 2
Rodrigo, Concierto de Estio

[kyjo]

Pettersson No 2
Malcolm Williamson
Shostakovich No 1
Bo Linde
Peterson-Berger
Bliss
Moeran
Shostakovich No 2
Respighi Concerto Gregoriano
William Schuman

Interesting choices, Jeffrey, especially the Williamson. I have it in my collection somewhere......

[vandermolen]

 

Interesting choices, Jeffrey, especially the Williamson. I have it in my collection somewhere......

The last movement is wonderful Kyle - very moving. In memory of Edith Sitwell I think.

[AdamFromWashington]

Some favorites in no particular order.

Shostakovich 1
Nielsen
Berg
Stravinsky
Sibelius
Bartók 2
Ligeti
Hindemith
Dutilleux
And Tveitt's Hardanger Fiddle Concertos (close enough, right?)

[kyjo]

Some favorites in no particular order.

Shostakovich 1
Nielsen
Berg
Stravinsky
Sibelius
Bartók 2
Ligeti
Hindemith
Dutilleux
And Tveitt's Hardanger Fiddle Concertos (close enough, right?)

Nice list! Great to see you're a Tveitt fan! The Hardanger Fiddle concertos are really cool works. So earthy yet colorful.

P.S. Pretty much everyone who has contributed to this thread (except Sarge ) has listed Shosty 1, and for good reason. What a truly incredible work! And isn't that Passacaglia something else!

[Sergeant Rock]

P.S. Pretty much everyone who has contributed to this thread (except Sarge ) has listed Shosty 1

Only one damn individual in this entire forum  You people need to think outside the zone 

Sarge

[TheGSMoeller]

Only one damn individual in this entire forum  You people need to think outside the zone 

Sarge

Make that two. I could probably list ten more before I add Shosty.

Edit: Just to clarify, that wasn't meant to discredit DSCH, his cello and piano ct. rank higher for me.

[kyjo]

The last movement is wonderful Kyle - very moving. In memory of Edith Sitwell I think.

Thanks, Jeffrey. I must dig that CD out......

[North Star]

Prokofiev 2nd
Tchaikovsky
Shosty 1st
Schumann
Janacek
Sibelius
Brahms
Bartók
Britten
Elgar
Berg

And only now I realized that I didn't have the Britten here... Tough to choose which to take off...