9 masterful works written during the 1990s

[James]

Off the top ..

Ligeti, Violin Concerto
Boulez, ...explosante-fixe..., Sur Incises
Stockhausen, Oktophonie, Welt-parlament, Lichter-Wasser
Donatoni, Françoise Variations
Kurtág, Stele
Dutilleux, The Shadows ot Time

Others ..? Go ahead folks.

[EigenUser]

You're safe, James. Feldman died in 1987.

I see your Ligeti Violin Concerto and I raise you a Ligeti Horn Concerto (1999). Doesn't astonish me as much as the VC (certainly not as much as the earlier PC), but still a great piece.

Ades' Asyla is brilliant
Takemitsu Spirit Garden
Ohana Cello Concerto

I still need to hear Boulez's Sur Incises. I don't recall having heard it before...

[Mirror Image]

Zzzzz...wake me when it's over....zzzz....

[San Antone]

Sciarrino : Frammento e Adagio (1992)

https://www.youtube.com/v/QJh909TnCK8

Sciarrino : Cantare con silenzio (1999)

https://www.youtube.com/v/s4A915uavDA&list=PLUSRfoOcUe4YvtNjKB4bCPE0EaUuZUM9J

Ferneyhough : Incipits for solo viola, obbligato percussion and six instruments (1996)

https://www.youtube.com/v/i5bGJGOGPxk

Ferneyhough : Fourth String Quartet (1989-1990)

https://www.youtube.com/v/cQu7NDwlX0c

Kurtág : Hommage à R. Sch. for clarinet (and bass drum), viola and piano (1990)

https://www.youtube.com/v/ZyXj7l99WHA

Kurtág : ΣΤΗΛΗ (Stele) (1994)

https://www.youtube.com/v/GXDyfW-l0Go

Rihm : Gejagte Form (version 1995/1996)

https://www.youtube.com/v/fCh_JIGMQac

Rihm : String Quartet No. 10

https://www.youtube.com/v/PpthB-U71Eo

Lachenmann : Das Mädchen mit den Schwefelhölzern (1988–96)

https://www.youtube.com/v/Ma-ROiDJN5M

Lachenmann : NUN

https://www.youtube.com/v/KlO_n8NTQoQ&list=PL8EC991F3CB461080

Murail : L'Esprit des dunes, for ensemble (1994)

https://www.youtube.com/v/ZFncet5VHRs

[San Antone]

oops, that's 11.

[vandermolen]

Can't manage nine:

Vasks: Symphony 2  this is my favourite but the others are works which I like.
Daniel Asia: Symphony 3
Part: Berliner Messe
George Lloyd: Symphonic Mass
Preisner: Requiem for my Friend - an excellent work.
Added Glass: 'Heroes Symphony' after MN Dave's post below.

[Jubal Slate]

GLASS
Symphony No. 1 Low (1992, first performed and recorded in 1993)
Symphony No. 2 (1994)
Symphony No. 3 for 19 string players (1995)
Symphony No. 4 Heroes (1996)
Symphony No. 5 Choral for soloists, chorus and orchestra (1999)
Passages for chamber ensemble (1990, from a collaboration with Ravi Shankar)
Love Divided By for flute and piano (1992)
In the Summer House for violin and cello (1993, music for the play by Jane Bowles)
Saxophone Quartet (1995; also orchestral version, see Works for solo instruments and orchestra)

[vandermolen]

GLASS
Symphony No. 1 Low (1992, first performed and recorded in 1993)
Symphony No. 2 (1994)
Symphony No. 3 for 19 string players (1995)
Symphony No. 4 Heroes (1996)
Symphony No. 5 Choral for soloists, chorus and orchestra (1999)
Passages for chamber ensemble (1990, from a collaboration with Ravi Shankar)
The Orchard (from The Screens) for cello and piano (plus optional percussion) (1990)
Love Divided By for flute and piano (1992)
In the Summer House for violin and cello (1993, music for the play by Jane Bowles)
Saxophone Quartet (1995; also orchestral version, see Works for solo instruments and orchestra)

I forgot Glass  . Thanks for reminding me as I enjoy much of his music.

[TheGSMoeller]

Preisner: Requiem for my Friend - an excellent work.

+1 Million

[Ken B]

+1 Million

999,991 over quota.

[vandermolen]

999,991 over quota.

[TheGSMoeller]

999,991 over quota.

I was hoping to start a new trend.

[Karl Henning]

I had forgotten about Daniel Asia until I visited this thread 

[vandermolen]

I had forgotten about Daniel Asia until I visited this thread 

Yes, I like his Third Symphony but not so keen on the others I have heard. What is this with American composers and their third symphonies? Hopefully yours will appear in due course. 

[Karl Henning]

Yes, I like his Third Symphony but not so keen on the others I have heard. What is this with American composers and their third symphonies? Hopefully yours will appear in due course. 

Thanks!  I've not despaired yet 

[San Antone]

I recommend listening to Incises for solo piano first, then Sur Incises .. listen to what he does with the material. Wow.
Boulez was pretty much able to create at least one masterwork per decade. But then again, most of the really high-level composers did that.

A bit more accurately, Boulez was pretty much able to create one work per decade, and you consider them all masterpieces.  But then again, you have a limited idea of who is a really high-level composer.  Not that I buy into the idea of putting composers into levels.

[Karl Henning]

A bit more accurately, Boulez was pretty much able to create one work per decade, and you consider them all masterpieces.  But then again, you have a limited idea of who is a really high-level composer.

Both points, expert analysis.