What are some of your all time favorite works?

[nakulanb]

My preference is Fournier on DGG Archive. Somewhat anachronistic by today's standards, but I've always thought he found his way into the heart of each suite.

I've heard Rostropovich and Ma as well, and both are admirable in this music.

Wow, I just started up the first piece on the CD.  This is much more detailed and emotive than Ma's version.  Thank you.

[LKB]

You're quite welcome. Always happy to point someone to one of the great recordings. 

As far as all-time favorites are concerned, l have amassed so many since 1967 that posting them all seems rather daunting. So instead, here are a few which have lately been playing over my synapses...

Schubert:

Der Hirt auf dem Felsen
Great C Major Symphony

Mahler:

Symphonies 1, 2, 3, 7 & 9

Bruckner:

Symphonies 4, 5, and 7 - 9

Beethoven:

Violin Concerto
String Quartet Opus 131

Verdi:

Otello

*edited for a spelling error*

[nakulanb]

A few favourites:
Moeran: Symphony
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No.6
Bax: Symphony No.3
Miaskovsky: Symphony No.6
Braga Santos: Symphony No.4
Tubin: Symphony No.2 'Legendary'
Bruckner: Symphony No.9
Sibelius: 'Tapiola'
Steinberg: Symphony No.4 'Turksib'
Bate Symphony No.3
Arnell: Symphony No.3
Howells: 'Hymnus Paradisi'
Shostakovich: Symphony No.4
Copland: Symphony No.3
Bloch: Sacred Service
Diamond: Symphony No.3
Lilburn: Symphony No.1
Hadley: 'The Trees So High'
Sainton: Nadir
Moroi: Symphony No.3
Kinsella: Symphony No.3 'Joie de Vivre'
Damase: 'Symphonie'
Norgard: 'Austera'

I'll have to dig into your list.  It has several composers I've never heard of.  Then again, I'm still very new in my exploration of this genre!

[Rinaldo]

Shooting from the hip:

RVW's Tallis Fantasia
Martinů's 4th
Busoni's Nocturne symphonique
Pärt's Fratres
Shaw's Partita for 8 voices
Purcell's Abdelazer
Monteverdi's L'Orfeo
Grisey's Partiels
Langgaard's Sfærernes musik
Schubert's Winterreise
Händel's Rinaldo (hence my username)
Glass' Akhnaten
Dvořák's almost anything

[nakulanb]

Shooting from the hip:

Dvořák's almost anything

Ha! 

[classicalgeek]

What are some of everyone's favorite cycles of Bach's Cello Suites?  Those are some of my favorites too.  I have only heard Yo Yo Ma.

I've always really liked Heinrich Schiff on EMI/Warner

Dvořák's almost anything

That's true for me too. I can't think of any of his works that I don't at least like... if not love!

A few favourites:
Moeran: Symphony
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No.6
Bax: Symphony No.3
Miaskovsky: Symphony No.6
Braga Santos: Symphony No.4
Tubin: Symphony No.2 'Legendary'
Bruckner: Symphony No.9
Sibelius: 'Tapiola'
Steinberg: Symphony No.4 'Turksib'
Bate Symphony No.3
Arnell: Symphony No.3
Howells: 'Hymnus Paradisi'
Shostakovich: Symphony No.4
Copland: Symphony No.3
Bloch: Sacred Service
Diamond: Symphony No.3
Lilburn: Symphony No.1
Hadley: 'The Trees So High'
Sainton: Nadir
Moroi: Symphony No.3
Kinsella: Symphony No.3 'Joie de Vivre'
Damase: 'Symphonie'
Norgard: 'Austera'

That's quite an impressive and interesting list, Jeffrey! And it shares one entry with my own list.

Here's mine... as of February 17, 2022. It changes frequently, but there are a core group of old favorites which of which I never tire! There are some new discoveries, and there are some works I've known for years that I only recently have come to appreciate. Like the Mendelssohn Octet, for example: I've always enjoyed it, but in the last couple of months, I've gained a new appreciation for it, and now I regard it as one of the great pieces of chamber music of the 19th century!

Alfven: Bergakungen
J.S. Bach: Mass in B minor
Bartok: The Miraculous Mandarin (preferably the complete ballet)
Beethoven: Symphony no. 7; Piano concerto no. 4
Berg: Wozzeck
Bernstein: Serenade after Plato's Symposium
Brahms: Symphony no. 2; Alto Rhapsody
Britten: War Requiem; Peter Grimes
Chopin: Ballades; Scherzi
Copland: Symphony no. 3
Dvorak: Symphonies nos. 5, 6, and 8; several of the Slavonic Dances (op. 46 no. 4 is *gorgeous*!)
Koechlin: Vers la voute etoilee
Mahler: Symphony no. 2
Mendelssohn: Octet
Nielsen: Symphony no. 4
Rachmaninov: Piano concerto no. 2
Saint-Saens: Piano concerto no. 5
Schubert: Piano sonata in G major, D 894; String quintet
Stravinsky: Le sacre du printemps; The Rake's Progress

[Symphonic Addict]

A few favourites:
Moeran: Symphony
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No.6
Bax: Symphony No.3
Miaskovsky: Symphony No.6
Braga Santos: Symphony No.4
Tubin: Symphony No.2 'Legendary'
Bruckner: Symphony No.9
Sibelius: 'Tapiola'
Steinberg: Symphony No.4 'Turksib'
Bate Symphony No.3
Arnell: Symphony No.3
Howells: 'Hymnus Paradisi'
Shostakovich: Symphony No.4
Copland: Symphony No.3
Bloch: Sacred Service
Diamond: Symphony No.3
Lilburn: Symphony No.1
Hadley: 'The Trees So High'
Sainton: Nadir
Moroi: Symphony No.3
Kinsella: Symphony No.3 'Joie de Vivre'
Damase: 'Symphonie'
Norgard: 'Austera'

I forgot mentioning Tapiola. Definitely in my list too.

[Symphonic Addict]

Here's mine... as of February 17, 2022. It changes frequently, but there are a core group of old favorites which of which I never tire! There are some new discoveries, and there are some works I've known for years that I only recently have come to appreciate. Like the Mendelssohn Octet, for example: I've always enjoyed it, but in the last couple of months, I've gained a new appreciation for it, and now I regard it as one of the great pieces of chamber music of the 19th century!

Alfven: Bergakungen
J.S. Bach: Mass in B minor
Bartok: The Miraculous Mandarin (preferably the complete ballet)
Beethoven: Symphony no. 7; Piano concerto no. 4
Berg: Wozzeck
Bernstein: Serenade after Plato's Symposium
Brahms: Symphony no. 2; Alto Rhapsody
Britten: War Requiem; Peter Grimes
Chopin: Ballades; Scherzi
Copland: Symphony no. 3
Dvorak: Symphonies nos. 5, 6, and 8; several of the Slavonic Dances (op. 46 no. 4 is *gorgeous*!)
Koechlin: Vers la voute etoilee
Mahler: Symphony no. 2
Mendelssohn: Octet
Nielsen: Symphony no. 4
Rachmaninov: Piano concerto no. 2
Saint-Saens: Piano concerto no. 5
Schubert: Piano sonata in G major, D 894; String quintet
Stravinsky: Le sacre du printemps; The Rake's Progress

Thumbs up for the Alfvén, Bartók, Beethoven, Dvorak, Koechlin, Mendelssohn, Nielsen, Rachmaninov and Schubert's Quintet.

[Karl Henning]

Shooting from the hip:

RVW's Tallis Fantasia
Martinů's 4th
Busoni's Nocturne symphonique
Pärt's Fratres
Shaw's Partita for 8 voices
Purcell's Abdelazer
Monteverdi's L'Orfeo
Grisey's Partiels
Langgaard's Sfærernes musik
Schubert's Winterreise
Händel's Rinaldo (hence my username)
Glass' Akhnaten
Dvořák's almost anything

It seems that Boston's Cantata Singers recently programmed a piece of Shaw's. Of course, the Partita is apparently her "breakthrough." Always nice to see a living composer make good.

[Rinaldo]

It seems that Boston's Cantata Singers recently programmed a piece of Shaw's. Of course, the Partita is apparently her "breakthrough." Always nice to see a living composer make good.

Nice! Shaw performed some of her newer works in Prague last October, with the Attacca Quartet. Wonderful evening.

[bhodges]

Like the Mendelssohn Octet, for example: I've always enjoyed it, but in the last couple of months, I've gained a new appreciation for it, and now I regard it as one of the great pieces of chamber music of the 19th century!

Though it's not on my list (at this time), I'll go even further and say it's one of the great pieces of chamber music ever.

Now listening to one of my all-time faves: Martinů's Double Concerto for two String Orchestras, Piano and Timpani (1938). Other works:

Bruckner: Symphony No. 8
Mahler: Symphony No. 2
Hindemith: Five Pieces for Strings
Ravel: Rapsodie Espagnole
R. Strauss: Four Last Songs

But as they say, I gotta million of 'em.

--Bruce

[amw]

featured soloist Clare Wilkinson

Hmm.

I don't know anything about Duruflé but the words "featured soloist Clare Wilkinson" make for a compelling recommendation.

[amw]

I don't think I could name more than five pieces without getting overly bogged down in details.

Mozart String Quintet in C major, KV515
Beethoven Piano Sonata in C minor, Op. 111
Schubert Piano Trio in E-flat, D929
Schumann Davidsbündlertänze, op. 6
Brahms String Sextet in G major, op. 36

[Symphonic Addict]

Always as sober and spare as ever!

[vandermolen]

Hmm.

I don't know anything about Duruflé but the words "featured soloist Clare Wilkinson" make for a compelling recommendation.

The Requiem, in its various different arrangements, is a beautiful work as is the Mess Cum Jubilo.

[ritter]

The Requiem, in its various different arrangements, is a beautiful work as is the Mess Cum Jubilo.

Count me in for any cum jubilo mess! 

[Karl Henning]

(* chortle *)

[San Antone]

Hmm.

I don't know anything about Duruflé but the words "featured soloist Clare Wilkinson" make for a compelling recommendation.

Her singing in the "Pie Jesu" movement is especially fine, IMO - slight vibrato, not operatic at all, her training in Early music enhances her performance with a quality which I think suits the music very nicely.  Unfortunately, the baritone is not as good as Ms Wilkinson - but his solos are short and do not mar an otherwise very good recording.

And the set with all of the organ and choral music is a good collection overall.

[ArmanoMusic]

Current fav: Bach Goldberg Variations

[Florestan]

Mozart's Complete Works
Schubert's Complete Works
Chopin's Complete Works