What are some of your all time favorite works?

[nakulanb]

Rite of Spring.
Firebird Suite.
Clair De Lune.
Satie's Gymnopedie/Gnossiennes
Chopin Nocturnes.


That's what comes to mind right away.  What about you?

[Karl Henning]

Also Le sacre
Stravinsky Concerto for two pianos
Hindemith Op. 50 Konzertmusik for strings & brass
Bartók Sonata for two pianos & percussion
Ravel Rapsodie espagnole
Shostakovich Pt & Fugues, Op. 87
Chopn Mazurkas, and Préludes, Op. 28
Brahms clarinet sonatas
Monteverdi 1610 Vespers

[ritter]

Let's see, off the top of my head:

Monteverdi: L'Orfeo
Mozart: Don Giovanni
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
Wagner: Die Meistersinger, Parsifal
Debussy: Images (for piano), Jeux
Albéniz: Iberia
Stravinsky: Les Noces, Agon
Enesco: Chamber Symphony, op. 33
Boulez: Pli selon pli

[nakulanb]

Nice lists so far!  I must add Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony 6.

[Mirror Image]

A few favorites:

Debussy: Images, Books I & II
Ravel: Miroirs
Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde
Strauss: Vier letzte Lieder
Bartók: Bluebeard's Castle
Stravinsky: Orpheus
Schoenberg: Fünf Orchesterstücke (Five Pieces for Orchestra), Op. 16
Berg: Violin Concerto, "To the memory of an angel"
Berlioz: Les nuits d'été, Op. 7
Szymanowski: Litany to the Virgin Mary, Op. 59

[Symphonic Addict]

Interesting topic. Some of mine:

Alwyn: Lyra Angelica
Beethoven: Missa Solemnis
Brahms: String Quintet No. 2 and Piano Concerto No. 2
Dvorak: Symphony No. 8 and Cello Concerto
Janacek: String Quartet No. 2 and Sinfonietta
Langgaard: Symphonies 4 and 6
Mahler: Symphony No. 6
Nielsen: Symphony No. 5
Puccini: Turandot
Ravel: Piano Concerto for the left hand
Respighi: Vetrate di Chiesa
Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1
Sibelius: Symphony No. 7
Strauss: Alpine Symphony, Also sprach Zarathustra
Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio
Vaughan Williams: Tallis Fantasia

[nakulanb]

Interesting topic. Some of mine:

Alwyn: Lyra Angelica
Beethoven: Missa Solemnis
Brahms: String Quintet No. 2 and Piano Concerto No. 2
Dvorak: Symphony No. 8 and Cello Concerto
Janacek: String Quartet No. 2 and Sinfonietta
Langgaard: Symphonies 4 and 6
Mahler: Symphony No. 6
Nielsen: Symphony No. 5
Puccini: Turandot
Ravel: Piano Concerto for the left hand
Respighi: Vetrate di Chiesa
Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1
Sibelius: Symphony No. 7
Strauss: Alpine Symphony, Also sprach Zarathustra
Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio
Vaughan Williams: Tallis Fantasia

Great call with Beethoven's Missa Solemnis!   

[nakulanb]

I'll add Mozart's Great C Minor Mass, Symphony 41 and Requiem Mass.

[San Antone]

Duruflé Requiem
Debussy String Quartet
Ravel Piano Trio
Bach Goldberg Variations
Bernstein Mass
Schoeck Notturno
Schoeck Elegie
Machaut Messe des Nostre Dame

[Mirror Image]

Duruflé Requiem
Debussy String Quartet
Ravel Piano Trio
Bach Goldberg Variations
Bernstein Mass
Schoeck Notturno
Schoeck Elegie
Machaut Messe des Nostre Dame

Nice list, San Antone. The Duruflé Requiem is a work that I've known and loved for many years. If you could only have one recording of it, what would it be? I think I recall you preferring the version for soloists, chorus and organ?

[San Antone]

Nice list, San Antone. The Duruflé Requiem is a work that I've known and loved for many years. If you could only have one recording of it, what would it be? I think I recall you preferring the version for soloists, chorus and organ?

I have two preferred recordings, and yes I like the one for organ (obligato cello), soloists, and choir:

John Butt (organ), Sir Phillip Ledger, Choir of Kings College, Cambridge, soloist Janet Baker 
Richard Marlowe, Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge, Mark Williams (organ) featured soloist Clare Wilkinson

[Mirror Image]

I have two preferred recordings, and yes I like the one for organ (obligato cello), soloists, and choir:

John Butt (organ), Sir Phillip Ledger, Choir of Kings College, Cambridge, soloist Janet Baker 
Richard Marlowe, Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge, Mark Williams (organ) featured soloist Clare Wilkinson

Very nice. I have always preferred the Best recording on Hyperion. I like the arrangement for soloists, chorus, organ and small orchestra more than the other two versions but Duruflé's own performance on Erato of the full orchestra version is one that is quite special to me.

[San Antone]

Very nice. I have always preferred the Best recording on Hyperion. I like the arrangement for soloists, chorus, organ and small orchestra more than the other two versions but Duruflé's own performance on Erato of the full orchestra version is one that is quite special to me.

I agree with you on those two recordings, both of them are on my short list. 

I will take this opportunity to add a few favorite works that I didn't think of when I posted previously:

Weill: Die sieben Todsünden
Boulez: Sur incises
Golijov: Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind

[nakulanb]

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.

[nakulanb]

Nice list, San Antone. The Duruflé Requiem is a work that I've known and loved for many years. If you could only have one recording of it, what would it be? I think I recall you preferring the version for soloists, chorus and organ?

I really like the Debussy quote in your signature.

[Mirror Image]

I really like the Debussy quote in your signature.

Well, thank you! I take it you're a fan of the composer?

[nakulanb]

Well, thank you! I take it you're a fan of the composer?

That I am.  I've listened to the Zoltan Koscis complete piano pieces on shuffle many times.

[LKB]

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.

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.

[nakulanb]

Thanks!  I'll take a listen.

[vandermolen]

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'