Your favourites from my favourite Orchestral Works from the 20th century onwards

Started by Uhor, January 12, 2022, 07:09:15 AM

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Pick your favourite works, as many as you like

Abrahamsen – Ten Pieces for Orchestra
3 (12%)
Ades – Tevot
2 (8%)
Ades – Polaris
2 (8%)
Bartok – Two Pictures
4 (16%)
Bartok – Four Pieces
3 (12%)
Bartok – Hungarian Pictures
4 (16%)
Bartok – Concerto for Orchestra
13 (52%)
Berg – Three Pieces for Orchestra
9 (36%)
Birtwistle – The Triumph of Time
2 (8%)
Birtwistle – The Shadow of Night
2 (8%)
Boulez - Rituel in memoriam Bruno Maderna
7 (28%)
Boulez - Notations for Orchestra
10 (40%)
Britten – Sinfonia da Requiem
7 (28%)
Britten - Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes
10 (40%)
Debussy - La Mer
13 (52%)
Debussy – Images pour Orchestre
12 (48%)
Debussy – Jeux
9 (36%)
Feldman - The Turfan Fragments
2 (8%)
Feldman – Coptic light
9 (36%)
Hindemith - Symphony: Mathis der Maler
12 (48%)
Janacek – Taras Bulba
8 (32%)
Janacek – Sinfonietta
21 (84%)
Ligeti – Atmospheres
10 (40%)
Ligeti – Lontano
7 (28%)
Ligeti – Melodien
5 (20%)
Lutoslawski – Concerto for Orchestra
8 (32%)
Mahler – Symphony No. 6
19 (76%)
Mahler – Symphony No. 9
21 (84%)
Messiaen - L'Ascension
5 (20%)
Messiaen - Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum
9 (36%)
Nono - Variazioni canoniche sulla serie dell'op. 41 di Arnold Schoenberg
4 (16%)
Prokofiev – Symphony No. 1
10 (40%)
Prokofiev – Symphony No. 5
11 (44%)
Prokofiev – Symphony No. 6
11 (44%)
Prokofiev – Symphony No. 7
10 (40%)
Ravel – Daphnis et Chloe
15 (60%)
Ravel/Kocsis – Le Tombeau de Couperin (complete for orchestra)
4 (16%)
Schoenberg - Five pieces for Orchestra
11 (44%)
Sibelius – Symphony No. 4
14 (56%)
Sibelius – Symphony No. 5
18 (72%)
Sibelius – Symphony No. 6
16 (64%)
Sibelius – Symphony No. 7
19 (76%)
Stockhausen – Tierkreis (for Orchestra)
2 (8%)
Stravinsky – Petrushka
13 (52%)
Stravinsky – The Rite of Spring
17 (68%)
Stravinsky – Song of the Nightingale
3 (12%)
Stravinsky – Agon
13 (52%)
Takemitsu - Twill by Twilight: In Memory of Morton Feldman
4 (16%)
Takemitsu – Visions
3 (12%)
Vaughan-Williams – Symphony No. 2
12 (48%)
Vaughan-Williams – Symphony No. 3
14 (56%)
Vaughan-Williams – Symphony No. 5
15 (60%)
Vaughan-Williams – Symphony No. 8
11 (44%)
Webern - Six pieces for Orchestra
9 (36%)
Webern - Five pieces for Orchestra
9 (36%)
Xenakis - Eridanos
3 (12%)

Total Members Voted: 25

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foxandpeng

#20
January 17, 2022, 06:46:03 AM
Quote from: Uhor on January 17, 2022, 05:55:47 AM
Adding Elena Firsova

Without wishing to derail the thread to female composers, I would very much recommend Elizabeth Maconchy (SQs), Karin Rehnqvist (On a Distant Shore, Solsangen, ), Elena Ruehr (SQs), Kaija Saariaho (just about everything), and if you can stretch to symphonies, Alla Pavlova.

I doubt any of these are new to you, but they have all become firm favourites of mine and are worth a mention as often as anyone will listen:)
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Uhor

#21
January 21, 2022, 02:15:35 PM
Quote from: foxandpeng on January 17, 2022, 06:46:03 AM
Without wishing to derail the thread to female composers, I would very much recommend Elizabeth Maconchy (SQs), Karin Rehnqvist (On a Distant Shore, Solsangen, ), Elena Ruehr (SQs), Kaija Saariaho (just about everything), and if you can stretch to symphonies, Alla Pavlova.

I doubt any of these are new to you, but they have all become firm favourites of mine and are worth a mention as often as anyone will listen:)

Thank you for the review, didn't know Rehnqvist or Ruehr or Pavlova (aside from the dessert). I may also add that I listen to Anna Thorvaldsdottir from time to time.

Uhor

#22
January 21, 2022, 02:26:28 PM
Quote from: Uhor on January 13, 2022, 07:41:16 AM
This is not a competition but so far the most liked works are:

15 votes: Mahler's 9th
14 votes: Janacek's Sinfonietta
13 votes: Sibelius' 7th
13 votes: Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring
12 votes: Sibelius' 6th
11 votes: Mahler's 6th
11 votes: Ravel's Daphnis et Chloe
11 votes: Stravinsky's Agon
10 votes: Debussy's La Mer
10 votes: Debussy's Images pour Orchestre
10 votes: Sibelius' 4th
10 votes: Sibelius' 5th
10 votes: Stravinsky's Petrushka

Current leads (+15 votes) are:

Janacek – Sinfonietta
Mahler – Symphony No. 9
Mahler – Symphony No. 6
Sibelius – Symphony No. 7
Sibelius – Symphony No. 5 and Stravinsky – The Rite of Spring
Ravel – Daphnis et Chloe and Sibelius – Symphony No. 6

André

#23
January 21, 2022, 04:12:02 PM
Quote from: foxandpeng on January 17, 2022, 06:46:03 AM
Without wishing to derail the thread to female composers, I would very much recommend Elizabeth Maconchy (SQs), Karin Rehnqvist (On a Distant Shore, Solsangen, ), Elena Ruehr (SQs), Kaija Saariaho (just about everything), and if you can stretch to symphonies, Alla Pavlova.

I doubt any of these are new to you, but they have all become firm favourites of mine and are worth a mention as often as anyone will listen:)

Arktis! Arktis! is my favourite work of Rehnqvist's. Solsangen is a different beast. Fortitude and a stiff drink are recommended  ;).
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