Top 10 Elliott Carter pieces!

[Thatfabulousalien]

Ok, this thread is created to give me more recommendations to what to listen to from his output but it is ultimately a top 10 list.

Currently, I really like:

Concerto For Orchestra
Piano Concerto
Sandpiper
The Double Concerto
Elegy (for string orchestra)
Sound-Fields

[Crudblud]

Persistent favourites include: A Symphony of Three Orchestras, String Quartet No. 2, Double Concerto, and Triple Duo.

[bhodges]

Variations for Orchestra
String Quartet No. 5
Night Fantasies
ASKO Concerto
String Quartet No. 1
A Mirror on Which to Dwell
Allegro scorrevole
In the Distances of Sleep
Symphonia: sum fluxae pretium spei
Dialogues

I almost listed all 5 string quartets, too! But oh well...

--Bruce

[(poco) Sforzando]

Oh, yum, I thread I really like. I'll start off the top with my absolute faves, even though I haven't reached 10 yet, and fill in later:

Concerto for Orchestra (not one of yours, Bruce?)
Quartets 1-2
Variations for Orchestra
Double Concerto
Cello Sonata
Eight Timpani Pieces
Purcell Fantasy

[Archaic Torso of Apollo]

We did the Top 5 Carter a while back. Reproducing my list from that one:

String Quartet #1
Piano Concerto (the big one)
Symphonia
Boston Concerto
Variations for Orchestra

and now adding 5 more:

String Quartet #3
String Quartet #4
Night Fantasies
Concerto for Orchestra
Symphony of Three Orchestras (just now getting to know this one, but I'm pretty sure it belongs)

As a bonus, I'd like to add one of those brief Ligeti-style late piano pieces, like Catenaires or 90+.

[bhodges]

Oh, yum, I thread I really like. I'll start off the top with my absolute faves, even though I haven't reached 10 yet, and fill in later:

Concerto for Orchestra (not one of yours, Bruce?)
Quartets 1-2
Variations for Orchestra
Double Concerto
Cello Sonata
Eight Timpani Pieces
Purcell Fantasy

Oh yes, could easily have included it, along with many others.

--Bruce

[ComposerOfAvantGarde]

Luimen
Shard
What Next?
Cello Concerto
A Mirror On Which To Dwell
String Quartet no. 2
Horn Concerto
Changes
A Symphony of Three Orchestras
Symphonia
Dialogues

[springrite]

Triple Duo
In Sleep, in Thunder
String Quartet #2
Night Fantasies
Esprit Rude/Esprit Doux
Oboe Concerto
Symphonia
Boston Concerto
Double Concerto
Cello Sonata

[Gaspard de la nuit]

String Quartet No. 1
Luimen
Symphonia: sum fluxae pretium spei
Duo for Violin & Piano
Variations for Orchestra
Trilogy for Oboe & Harp
Boston Concerto
Night Fantasies
Triple Duo
Eight Pieces for Four Timpani

[ritter]

These are my "top 5" from the previous poll:

- A Symphony of three orchestras
- Oboe concerto
- Violin concerto
- Syringa
- Cello sonata

To which I add:

- Esprit rude / esprit doux
- Piano sonata
- Penthode
- Enchanted preludes
- Double concerto

And that makes ten. 

[Archaic Torso of Apollo]

Oops  Sorry about that Archaic Torso of Apollo 

Not at all...10 turned out to be more fun than 5