Ten Composers.......one piece each.

[abidoful]

J.S. Bach- St Matthew passion
W.A. Mozart- Don Giovanni
Ludvig van Beethoven- Symphony 9
Franz Schubert- String quintet
F. Mendelssohn- Italian Symphony
F. Chopin- Concerto op.11
F. Liszt- the Faust symphony
R. Wagner- Tristan und Isolde
C. Debussy- Pelleas et Melisande
A.Berg- Wozzeck
This was tough! As can be seen, i started chronologically from baroque to early 20th century and apart from the Schubert Quintet there's only big operatic/oratorio and symphonic works on my list.

[WI Dan]

Bach ................ The Goldberg Variations
Mozart ............. Clarinet Quintet
Beethoven ....... Symphony No. 5
Chopin ............. Nocturnes
Smetana .......... Má Vlast
Dvořák ............. String Quintet, op. 77
Grieg ................ Peer Gynt
Fauré ............... Pelléas et Mélisande
Sibelius ............ Lemminkäinen's Return
Rachmaninoff ... Symphonic Dances

[k-k-k-kenny]

To demonstrate that any instrument beyond piano is strictly unnecessary, though I'll toss in a bit of colour and movement from inferior instruments to show how broadminded I am:

Rachmaninoff: Prelude in G minor Op. 23 No. 5 (hard to choose just one of these, but here is the entirety of Russian history compressed into about 4 minutes ...)
Debussy: Preludes Livre 1 No, 10 - La Cathédrale Engoulitie (o course if I'd chosen Rachmaninoff Op. 3 No. 2 I'd hae gone with something other than this)
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 15 (or No. 2 if you've not heard it before)
Schubert/Liszt (is this cheating?): Vier Geistliche Lieder S 562 - Litanei "Auf Das Fest Aller, Seelen"
Chopin: Polonaise No. 6 Op. 53
Kabeláč: Prelude Op. 30 No. 1, no, wait, No. 5, because I couldn't squeeze in any Chopin nocturnes
Beethoven: hmmmm, better think a bit more about this
Franck: Prelude, Choral et Fugue
Grieg: Piano Concerto Op. 16 (of course later on we shall scoff at anything so common as an uncommon gift for melody. This could as easily have been Tchaikovsky)
... which brings us back to the Beethoven problem.  It seems to be out of sonatas Nos. 8, 14, 21 and 23. I'll go for No. 14. Because everyone has heard the first movement somewhere along the line. And whilst the new listener is lying back feeling that they've got a hold of this classical thing at its close, the short second movement perhaps passing unnoticed, there is, as we know, that moment of "But wait! There's more ..."
And we'll finish with
Bach: Prelude & Fugue in B flat minor BWV 867

[karlhenning]

To demonstrate that any instrument beyond piano is strictly unnecessary . . .

Interesting!

From the Respectful Opposition:

Stravinsky, Three Pieces for clarinet solo
Bartók, Sonata for unaccompanied violin
Ravel, Sonata for violin & cello
Prokofiev, Quintet for oboe, clarinet, violin, viola & double bass, Opus 39
Debussy, Sonata for flute, viola & harp
Webern, Six Songs for voice, clarinet, bass clarinet, violin & cello, Opus 14
Schoenberg, Verklärte Nacht for string sextet, Opus 4
Elliott Carter, Sonata for flute, oboe, cello & harpsichord
Wuorinen, Viola Variations (unaccompanied)
Henning, The Mousetrap for clarinet & viola

[abidoful]

Henning, The Mousetrap for clarinet & viola

Your own piece? I love that attitude!!!

[karlhenning]

Hey, it's a good piece!

[abidoful]

I don't doubt that, mr 
they are kind like ones children, aren't they!

[karlhenning]

Well, but I believe that apart from the proprietary fondness one expects, it's a fine piece.

Have a listen and judge for yourself.

[k-k-k-kenny]

I cannae find yer mousetrap, Karl (I dare say I'll have to maintain my mindless prejudice against tooting in all its forms), but I did like the excerpt of yer Passion of St John on utube. Very much.

[Octo_Russ]

Holst - The Planets
Beethoven - Symphony 5
Schubert - Impromptus
Chopin - Etudes
Brahms - Piano Concerto 2
Tchaikovsky - Nutcracker Suite
Mahler - Symphony 4
Dvorak - Symphony 9
Vivaldi - Four Seasons
Rachmaninov - Piano Concerto 2

[Mirror Image]

Okay, 10 composers, 10 works (in no particular order):

1. Mahler: Symphony No. 5
2. Bruckner: Symphony No. 9
3. Bartok: The Wooden Prince
4. Villa-Lobos: Choros No. 11
5. Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe
6. Barber: Violin Concerto
7. Delius: In A Summer Garden
8. Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 5
9. Alwyn: Lyra Angelica
10. Respighi: Church Windows

This is an old list I've used many times. It's always subject to change.

[jhar26]

Vivaldi...The Four Seasons
Handel...Water Music
Rodrigo...Concerto de Aranjuez
Rimsky-Korsakov...Scheherazade
Beethoven...Waldstein Sonata
Saint-Saens...Symphony No.3
Dvorak...Symphony No.9
Haydn...The Creation
Mozart...Die Zauberflote
Bizet...Carmen

[Mirror Image]

Rodrigo...Concerto de Aranjuez

While this is a great piece and his most popular, if I were to suggest a Rodrigo work for a classical newbie to listen to it would be his "Piano Concerto." This work's slow movement alone would definitely make the listener sit up and take notice.

[jhar26]

While this is a great piece and his most popular, if I were to suggest a Rodrigo work for a classical newbie to listen to it would be his "Piano Concerto." This work's slow movement alone would definitely make the listener sit up and take notice.

I've never heard his piano concerto. BTW - nice to communicate with you again. It's been awhile. 

[Mirror Image]

I've never heard his piano concerto. BTW - nice to communicate with you again. It's been awhile. 

It's a beautiful work that I think you would enjoy immensely, but the concerto's slow movement makes the whole work worthwhile.

It is great to communicate with you again too. It has been awhile. About how long has it been? A year or so?

[jhar26]

It's a beautiful work that I think you would enjoy immensely, but the concerto's slow movement makes the whole work worthwhile.

It is great to communicate with you again too. It has been awhile. About how long has it been? A year or so?

Yes, about a year I think. What recording of the Rodrigo piano concerto do you recommend?

[Mirror Image]

Yes, about a year I think. What recording of the Rodrigo piano concerto do you recommend?

This one:



I actually recommend the entire Rodrigo orchestral series on Naxos. There are ten volumes in all. They are all excellent.

[Saul]

Mendelssohn - Midsummer's Overture

Bach - Toccada & Fugue in D minor

Vivaldi - 4 Seasons

Beethoven - 5th

Mozart - 40th

Handel - Water Music

Chopin - Nocture In E flat major

Brahms - Symphony No.3

Bizet - Carmen

Ravel - Bolero

[mamascarlatti]

Monteverdi – L'Incoronazione di Poppea
Handel – Giulio Cesare in Egitto
Mozart – Le Nozze di Figaro
Beethoven - Fidelio
Donizetti – L'Elisir D'Amore
Verdi – La Traviata
Bizet - Carmen
Wagner – Der Fliegende Hollander
Puccini – Tosca
Glass - Akhnaten

[canninator]

To demonstrate that any instrument beyond piano is strictly unnecessary.....

Ditto for plucked strings

Modern Guitar
Agustin Barrios-La Catedral
Benjamin Britten-Nocturnal after John Dowland
Anotonio Ruiz-Pipo-Cancion y danza no.1
Carlo Domeniconi-Suite for Guitar

Vihuela
Alonso Mudarra-Fantasía Que Contrahaze La Harpa En La Manera De Ludovico
Luys de Narvaez-Siete Diferencias sobre Guardame las vacas

Lute
The French Baroque School
John Dowland-Fantasia DP72

Baroque guitar
Robert de Visee-Suite No.11 in B minor

Classical Period Guitar
Fernando Sor, Study in B minor Op35No22