8 masterworks written during the 1980s

[James]

Ligeti, Études Bk. 1
Boulez, Répons
Stockhausen, Lucifer's Dance
Birtwistle, Secret Theatre
Donatoni, Tema
Harvey, Mortuos Plango, Vivos Voco
Gubaidulina, Offertorium
Viñao, Son Entero

Go ahead folks ..

[Karl Henning]

More navel-gazing "masterwork" obsession?

Schnittke, Symphony № 4
Schnittke, Concerto for Mixed Chorus
Wuorinen, Piano Concerto № 3
Wuorinen, Genesis
Louis Andriessen, De tijd
Carter, String Quartet № 4
Feldman, For Stefan Wolpe
Feldman, Crippled Symmetry

[Archaic Torso of Apollo]

Lutoslawski: Symphony #3
Adams: Harmonielehre
Simpson: Symphony #9
Ligeti: Piano Etudes (counting as one)
Schnittke: Peer Gynt
Gubaidulina: Offertorium
Carter: String Quartet #4
Messiaen: Eclairs sur l'Au-Dela

1 per composer. Note some overlap with the above.

[San Antone]

John Cage

Litany for the Whale, for two voices (July 1980)
Ryoanji (1983; parts added in 1983–85)
A Collection of Rocks, for choir and orchestra (October 1984)
Hymnkus, for voice and chamber ensemble (1986)
One, for piano (December 1987)
Five, for any five instruments or voices (January 1988)
Seven, for flute, clarinet, percussion, piano, violin, viola and cello (May 1988)
Four, for string quartet (1989)

[vandermolen]

John Kinsella: Symphony 3 'Joie de Vivre'
David Bedford: Symphony 1
George Lloyd: Symphony 11
Malcolm Arnold: Symphony 9
Stephen Albert: Symphony 1 'River Run'
Andrei Eshpai: Symphony 5
John Tavener: The Protecting Veil
Henryk Gorecki: 'Totus Tuus'

[Mirror Image]

Malcolm Arnold: Symphony 9

Yes!

[Moonfish]

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