10 of the most beautiful great works out there

Started by Uhor, June 15, 2022, 06:15:57 AM

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Pick as many as you like

Mozart - Concerto for Flute and Harp
Debussy - Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
Mahler - Das Lied von der Erde
Ravel - Daphis et Chloé
Webern - Symphony
Dutilleux - Symphony No. 1
Takemitsu - The Dorian Horizon
Ligeti - Double Concerto for Flute and Oboe
Saariaho - L'amour de loin
Chin - Violin Concerto (No.1)
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Uhor

June 15, 2022, 06:15:57 AM
Here we go again.

LKB

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June 15, 2022, 06:28:38 AM
I went with the Debussy ( which may shock a few folks here  ;D), as the option possessed of the greatest proportional beauty ( imho ).  ;)
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Karl Henning

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June 15, 2022, 07:45:55 AM
Quote from: LKB on June 15, 2022, 06:28:38 AM
I went with the Debussy ( which may shock a few folks here  ;D), as the option possessed of the greatest proportional beauty ( imho ).  ;)

There is a case to be made.
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#3
June 15, 2022, 07:52:15 AM
My votes went to Debussy, Mahler and Ravel.

vandermolen

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June 15, 2022, 09:55:05 AM
Dutilleux gets my vote as you didn't include Klaus Egge's First Symphony as an option.  8)
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June 15, 2022, 10:05:30 AM
I'll vote for Mahler, Ravel, Debussy and Mozart.
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kyjo

#6
June 16, 2022, 08:07:47 PM
Of those works, definitely the Ravel and Dutilleux resonate with me the strongest. Two magisterial displays of French orchestral wizardry!
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#7
June 22, 2022, 08:05:36 PM
Dutilleux's Symphony No. 1, Webern Symphony and Chin's Violin Concerto No. 1 are not precisely works I could call "beautiful". The aesthetics of these works tells me other things.
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