Your Top Five Op. 1 Works

[Jo498]

We had already a similar thread a year ago or so. It's fairly "easy" with baroque composers because there are plenty of pretty good (and not always very early) collections of trio sonatas or concerti.

So disregarding works on the list linked (or mentioned so far here)

Albinoni: Trio sonatas op.1 (2 violins, b.c.)
Buxtehude: Sonatas op.1 (violin, viola da gamba, b.c.)
Corelli: Sonatas (da chiesa) op.1

and two non-baroque
Haydn: String quartet divertimenti
Walter Rabl: quartet for clarinet, violin, cello, piano

[vandermolen]

How about something not from this list?

http://www.limelightmagazine.com.au/Article/302807,ten-opus-1s-of-the-great-composers.aspx

Glazunov String Quartet No.1 Op.1

http://www.editionsilvertrust.com/glazunov-str-qt-1.htm

[Mirror Image]

I can only think of two at the moment:

Britten: Sinfonietta --- one of most incredible first opuses I've heard
Nielsen: Little Suite for Strings --- a delightful work with some infectious melodies and rhythms

[vandermolen]

I can only think of two at the moment:

Britten: Sinfonietta --- one of most incredible first opuses I've heard
Nielsen: Little Suite for Strings --- a delightful work with some infectious melodies and rhythms

Nice choices John.

[Mirror Image]

Nice choices John.

[Mirror Image]

ELGAR The Wand of Youth

To get technical for a minute, yes, The Wand of Youth is could be viewed as Op. 1, but it's actually Op. 1a (the first suite) and the second suite is Op. 1b. Elgar's first opus is actually the Romance for violin and piano.

[Florestan]

Guys, don´t get overtechnical, please! I meant not the first composition ever wrote by X or Y, but their Op. 1 published as such. 

Of course Beethoven composed a lot more before his first piano trios (including some later piano sonatas if I´m not mistaken), nevertheless it´s precisely those that he deem´d suitable for making his entrance in the big business.

[PerfectWagnerite]

Feel at liberty.

Well I am not as knowledgeable as you guys but I heard Balakirev's Piano Concerto Op.1 on the radio yesterday and thought it was pretty good, especially for someone who wasn't educated the same way as most composers on this list.

[EigenUser]

I can only think of two at the moment:

Britten: Sinfonietta --- one of most incredible first opuses I've heard
Nielsen: Little Suite for Strings --- a delightful work with some infectious melodies and rhythms

Surprised that you didn't mention Berg's sonata since I know you love Berg.

[North Star]

Surprised that you didn't mention Berg's sonata since I know you love Berg.

John isn't much for solo piano music, though.

[EigenUser]

John isn't much for solo piano music, though.

Oh, right  . Then I will drop this here:

Full orchestra (arr. by Verbey): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whknueubbn4
String orchestra (arr. by van Klaveren): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMCCWmHrEfw
String sextet (arr. by Müller): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17uPhYnDG38
Guitar duet (arr. by Callison): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkJT6SKOCgk
Guitar solo (arr. by Dejour): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUo-Z_H9qPA
15-piece chamber ensemble (arr. by Sansó): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tggRYvx6SNg

[North Star]

Oh, right  . Then I will drop this here:

Full orchestra (arr. by Verbey): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whknueubbn4
String orchestra (arr. by van Klaveren): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMCCWmHrEfw
String sextet (arr. by Müller): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17uPhYnDG38
Guitar duet (arr. by Callison): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkJT6SKOCgk
Guitar solo (arr. by Dejour): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUo-Z_H9qPA
15-piece chamber ensemble (arr. by Sansó): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tggRYvx6SNg

Hah!

[EigenUser]

Hah!

I know that people here seem to not like orchestrations done by someone other than the composer, but I think they are all worth hearing. The string orchestra one is my favorite (aside from the original piano solo). I liked the guitar solo transcription a lot, but I didn't care much for the guitar duet.

[North Star]

I know that people here seem to not like orchestrations done by someone other than the composer, but I think they are all worth hearing. The string orchestra one is my favorite (aside from the original piano solo). I liked the guitar solo transcription a lot, but I didn't care much for the guitar duet.

Oh, I own the Chailly recording of the Verbey orchestration, and certainly agree it's worth hearing. I'll check out the string orchestra arrangement now.

E: Or would, if the video was available here. But I found another string orchestra arrangement, by Angelo Sturiale (1996): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xc7T0rPO6ro

[Jo498]

Guys, don´t get overtechnical, please! I meant not the first composition ever wrote by X or Y, but their Op. 1 published as such. 

Of course Beethoven composed a lot more before his first piano trios (including some later piano sonatas if I´m not mistaken), nevertheless it´s precisely those that he deem´d suitable for making his entrance in the big business.

Yes, the Beethoven op.1 is a "self-confident debut". And one can probably make a similar case for Erlkönig.
But the Bach partitas are so far from a debut that they are only technically an op.1 as they are actually the last of at least six sets of suites/sonatas (French, English, solo cello, solo violin, violin/harpsichord, partitas) Bach wrote...

[Florestan]

a "self-confident debut"

Exactly, that was my idea when starting the thread.

[vandermolen]

Richard Arnell's 'Classical Variations' Op.1 is supposed to be good but haven't heard it yet.