Howells:Hymnus Paradisi
Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem
Holst: The Cloud Messenger
Rachmaninov: The Bells
Durufle: Requiem
Hadley: The Trees so High.
Quote from: vandermolen on March 23, 2015, 02:47:24 PM
Durufle: Requiem
Easily my favorite of the 20th century, and for all others as well.
:)
Quote from: sanantonio on March 23, 2015, 02:51:43 PM
Easily my favorite of the 20th century, and for all others as well.
:)
+1 Certainly one of my favorite choral works as well. So moving. Any preferences in terms of arrangements? I prefer the arrangement for soloists, chorus, and small orchestra. Durufle himself said he preferred the version for full orchestra, but this is a little much for me as much of the intimacy and texture seems to be lost.
Vaughan Williams A Sea Symphony
Mahler Symphony No.8
Walton Balthazar's Feast
Ravel Pavane
Britten War Requiem
Elgar The Apostles
Predictable:
Ligeti Clocks and Clouds
Messiaen Trois Petites Liturgies
Feldman Rothko Chapel
Reich The Desert Music
Debussy Trois Nocturnes (1899 -- meh, close enough, call it roundoff error)
Ravel Daphnis et Chloe
Quote from: vandermolen on March 23, 2015, 02:47:24 PM
Durufle: Requiem
Quote from: sanantonio on March 23, 2015, 02:51:43 PM
Easily my favorite of the 20th century, and for all others as well.
Quote from: Mirror Image on March 23, 2015, 03:03:47 PM
+1 Certainly one of my favorite choral works as well. So moving.
A work I've never heard. Off to YouTube!
Sarge
1. Janacek - Glagolitic Mass (original version)
Poulenc - Gloria
Janacek - The 70,000
Lauridsen - O magnum mysterium
Durufle - Requiem
Mahler, arr. Gerard Pesson - Adagietto from Symphony No. 5
HON. MENTION: Lutoslawski - Twenty Polish Christmas Carols (arranged from original version for soprano and piano)
HON. MENTION: Ravel - Daphnis et Chloe (by favorite-ness would be near the top of my list, but the choir is not a centerpiece at all)
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on March 23, 2015, 03:06:58 PM
Walter Balthazar's Feast
...well, I
think the piece you're talking about is a great choice...
Quote from: Brian on March 23, 2015, 03:16:11 PM
...well, I think the piece you're talking about is a great choice...
;D :D ;D ...as I mentioned on another thread, I've consumed a ton of wine tonight. Thanks for pointing out the brain fart ;D
Sarge
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on March 23, 2015, 03:19:01 PM
;D :D ;D ...as I mentioned on another thread, I've consumed a ton of wine tonight. Thanks for pointing out the brain fart ;D
Sarge
And you're up late too! Glad the party is still on at Sarge's house. 8)
Quote from: Mirror Image on March 23, 2015, 03:03:47 PM
+1 Certainly one of my favorite choral works as well. So moving. Any preferences in terms of arrangements? I prefer the arrangement for soloists, chorus, and small orchestra. Durufle himself said he preferred the version for full orchestra, but this is a little much for me as much of the intimacy and texture seems to be lost.
I prefer the organ arrangement, but there are recordings of each that are among my favorites. I started a thread on the work and you can see some of my recommendations
HERE (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,21865.msg720431.html#msg720431).
Quote from: Brian on March 23, 2015, 03:27:19 PM
And you're up late too! Glad the party is still on at Sarge's house. 8)
Mrs. Rock is in bed but I'm still rockin' ...or rather, requiemin' 8)
Quote from: sanantonio on March 23, 2015, 03:35:12 PMI started a thread on the work and you can see some of my recommendations HERE (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,21865.msg720431.html#msg720431).
Did Plasson/Otter/Hampson make the cut? I'm digging the performance on YouTube but it's the only one I've heard.
Sarge
Many, there are many ...
Rachmaninov - All-Night Vigil
Poulenc - Figure humaine, Quatre motets pour un temps de pénitence
Schnittke - Choir Concerto, Psalms of Repentance, Faust Cantata
Stravinsky - Les Noces, Oedipus Rex, Persephone, Symphony of Psalms
Martin - Mass for Double Choir
Ligeti - Requiem
Martinu - The Epic of Gilgamesh
Prokofiev - Seven They Are Seven, Alexander Nevsky
Part - Passio
Shostakovich - The Execution of Stepan Razin
Milhaud - Les Choephores
Weill - Das Berliner Requiem
Krenek - Lamentationes, Kafka Motets
...
bolded ones make top six ... tonight
Durufle: Requiem, Op. 9 (already mentioned)
Durufle: Four Motets
Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms
Poulenc: Stabat Mater
Debussy: Le martyre de Saint Sébastien
Ligeti: Lux Aeterna
Rihm: Astralis
Quote from: Drasko on March 23, 2015, 03:53:10 PM
Many, there are many ...
Krenek - Lamentationes
I agree, there are many, but this Krenek work is very fine.
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on March 23, 2015, 03:43:30 PM
Mrs. Rock is in bed but I'm still rockin' ...or rather, requiemin' 8)
Did Plasson/Otter/Hampson make the cut? I'm digging the performance on YouTube but it's the only one I've heard.
Sarge
The thread is only one page long. But, I prefer non-operatic voices in general. The
Cecilia Bartoli recording is a rare example of one of this work that I can not enjoy.
Quote from: sanantonio on March 23, 2015, 04:01:12 PM
The thread is only one page long. But, I prefer non-operatic voices in general. The Cecilia Bartoli recording is a rare example of one of this work that I can not enjoy.
I'm not allergic to operatic voices and didn't have a problem with Otter (Bartoli, though, I would stay away from in this work).
This concerns me (ref the composer's own recording of the full orchestral version which you recommend):
"It is hard to argue for another full orchestra version since the only detraction of this one being the sub-par audio quality."
I think I'll grab the Plasson for now.
Sarge
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on March 23, 2015, 04:16:35 PM
I'm not allergic to operatic voices and didn't have a problem with Otter (Bartoli, though, I would stay away from in this work).
This concerns me (ref the composer's own recording of the full orchestral version which you recommend):
"It is hard to argue for another full orchestra version since the only detraction of this one being the sub-par audio quality."
I think I'll grab the Plasson for now.
Sarge
Re operatic voices: I meant in this work.
My unqualified recommendation is for the Philip Ledger with Janet Baker. Her singing
Pie Jesu is worth the price of admission alone.
Quote from: sanantonio on March 23, 2015, 04:20:22 PM
Re operatic voices: I meant in this work.
My unqualified recommendation is for the Philip Ledger with Janet Baker. Her singing Pie Jesu is worth the price of admission alone.
I love Baker but isn't hers for organ rather than orchestra? I'm not fond of organs (or boy choirs).
Sarge
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on March 23, 2015, 04:34:01 PM
I love Baker but isn't hers for organ rather than orchestra? I'm not fond of organs.
Sarge
Yes. The version for organ and chorus + soloist is my favorite because of the austerity and the chorus is more of the focus.
I am listening to the Plasson recording and it is very good, very beautiful playing by the orchestra. And Otter sings the
Pie Jesu wonderfully. But, the chorus seems too far back in the mix. And Durufle was against having a baritone soloist for the little he is given, preferring to have these parts taken by the male voices in the choir.
If the orchestral version is what you want, this one is probably one of the better recordings.
Quote from: sanantonio on March 23, 2015, 04:45:38 PM
If the orchestral version is what you want, this one is probably one of the better recordings.
Thank you. I just hit the buy button. Listenig to the Baker version now. I could get used to it ;)
Sarge
With orchestra etc.:
Holst: The Hymn of Jesus
Respighi: Lauda per la Nativitá del Signore
Stravinsky: Symphonie de psaumes
Howells: Hymnus Paradisi
Villa-Lobos: Choros No. 10
Pärt: Te Deum
Einhorn: Voices of Light
A cappella:
Tallis: Lamentations
Vaughan Williams: Mass
Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil
Howells: Requiem
Tormis: Unustatud rahvad (Forgotten Peoples)
Sisask: Gloria Patris
Pärt: Kanon Pokajanen
No Love for Flos Campi on GMG??
Quote from: Ken B on March 24, 2015, 05:49:36 AMNo Love for Flos Campi on GMG??
Love and admire it, had once to write an essay on it and it's a piece that keeps intriguing me.
But we wouldn't call it
choral, would we? The choir acts like an instrument here, just like in Daphnis et Chloe or similar compositions, e.g. much of RVW's own
Oxford Elegy - the only other piece in his oeuvre that shows some similarities.
Love the work ...
QuoteTallis: Lamentations
... but is there a 20th c. composer also named
Tallis?
Quote from: sanantonio on March 24, 2015, 06:42:53 AM
Love the work ...
... but is there a 20th c. composer also named Tallis?
There is. He was only 'discovered' in the last Century, by RVW and his circles.
Szymanowski – Stabat Mater
Janacek – Glagolitic Mass
Martinu – The Epic of Gilgamesh
Schoenberg – Die Jakobsleiter
Schoenberg – Gurrelieder
Tippet – A Child of Our Time
Quote from: Christo on March 24, 2015, 07:05:24 AM
There is. He was only 'discovered' in the last Century, by RVW and his circles.
I am confused. Do you mean works like RVW
Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis? Who specifically is the 20th c. Tallis?
Quote from: sanantonio on March 24, 2015, 07:27:28 AM
I am confused. Do you mean works like RVW Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis? Who specifically is the 20th c. Tallis?
There isn't a 20th Century composer with the name Tallis, so I'm confused as well.
Time to add my list....(in no particular order):
Delius: Songs of Sunset
Durufle: Requiem
Bartok: Cantata Profana
Tippett: A Child of Our Time
Poulenc: Gloria
Stravinsky: Mass
Quote from: Mirror Image on March 24, 2015, 07:29:13 AMThere isn't a 20th Century composer with the name Tallis, so I'm confused as well.
Very sorry for the confusion, assumed that everybody would now Tallis to be an English Renaissance composer and that I was joking.
The point is that like Bach, indeed much more so, Tallis was only "rediscovered" in the early 20th century. By the likes of Vaughan Williams, as mentioned. Many 'old' composers are in that sense very "20th Century". Bach's impact on 20th Century music looms so large, that he may be considered "composer of the Century" in many respects.
Under the new "Tallis" rules I now need to consider Richafort's Requiem, Josquin's Nymphes des Bois, ....
Thanks for all the replies - very interesting. As for the Durufle, which I'm pleased to see is a hit with some of you, I like the version with the smaller orchestra, a kind of middle way between the organ only version and the version for full orchestra. Villa Lobos's 'Chorus No. 10' is great fun and I could easily included Janacek's Glagolitic Mass which is a wonderful work as is Shostakovich's 'The Execution of Stenka Razin'.
Here are six of mine:
Wuorinen, Mass for the Restoration of St Luke's
Rautavaara, Vigilia
Stravinsky, Canticum sacrum
Nielsen, Søvnen
Rakhmaninov, All-Night Vigil
Schoenberg, Gurrelieder
Quote from: Mirror Image on March 24, 2015, 07:36:17 AM
Time to add my list....(in no particular order):
Delius: Songs of Sunset
Durufle: Requiem
Bartok: Cantata Profana
Tippett: A Child of Our Time
Poulenc: Gloria
Stravinsky: Mass
The end of 'A Child of Our Time' is one of the most moving moments I know in music.
Quote from: vandermolen on March 24, 2015, 02:36:41 PM
Thanks for all the replies - very interesting. As for the Durufle, which I'm pleased to see is a hit with some of you, I like the version with the smaller orchestra, a kind of middle way between the organ only version and the version for full orchestra. Villa Lobos's 'Chorus No. 10' is great fun and I could easily included Janacek's Glagolitic Mass which is a wonderful work as is Shostakovich's 'The Execution of Stenka Razin'.
This, too, is my favorite arrangement of the Durufle
Requiem.
Quote from: vandermolen on March 24, 2015, 02:58:07 PM
The end of 'A Child of Our Time' is one of the most moving moments I know in music.
It certainly is a very special work for me, Jeffrey. What is your preferred performance? I like Hickox's on Chandos.
Quote from: James on March 24, 2015, 03:29:18 PM
20th century is just too easy at this point .. and everything usually is weighted toward the 1st half of the century give or take a year. I don't think membership here has assimilated the masters of the 2nd half much.
Who cares! These aren't supposed to be lists comprised of what James wants or would like to see. These lists were created with the idea of 'favorite' in mind. Everyone has their own favorites.
Quote from: James on March 24, 2015, 03:29:18 PM
20th century is just too easy at this point .. and everything usually is weighted toward the 1st half of the century give or take a year. I don't think membership here has assimilated the masters of the 2nd half much.
I think when choosing favorites, these naturally are those which people have lived with for a while. It makes sense for these works to have been written earlier than later in the century. While there are newer works that I like, by Pascal Dusapin, Wolfgang Rihm, and others, the works I chose were ones that I have loved for much longer than any work that was written more recently.
Quote from: sanantonio on March 24, 2015, 03:49:23 PM
I think when choosing favorites, these naturally are those which people have lived with for a while. It makes sense for these works to have been written earlier than later in the century. While there are newer works that I like, by Pascal Dusapin, Wolfgang Rihm, and others, the works I chose were ones that I have loved for much longer than any work that was written more recently.
Sure, we all have our favorites and I'm not ashamed in the slightest bit that I know less from the second half of the 20th Century than the first half. I like what I like and that's all there is to it. I really can't stand someone to tell me what I should be listening to and what I should be prioritizing.
Well, my point was that it would not matter how many works written more recently I had heard and even liked, I chose my favorites based on those works which I have loved for a longer period of time and continue to have significance for me. I would guess most people did the same.
James comment was just another in a series of put-downs towards the members of this forum by someone who has some kind of psychological need to think himself superior.
Quote from: sanantonio on March 24, 2015, 04:10:34 PM
Well, my point was that it would not matter how many works written more recently I had heard and even liked, I chose my favorites based on those works which I have loved for a longer period of time and continue to have significance for me. I would guess most people did the same.
James comment was just another in a series of put-downs towards the members of this forum by someone who has some kind of psychological need to think himself superior.
Yes and I absolutely agree with your point. James, on the other hand, I never agree with. :D
Quote from: Mirror Image on March 24, 2015, 04:13:56 PM
Yes and I absolutely agree with your point. James, on the other hand, I never agree with. :D
I wish I could make that boast! :laugh:
Quote from: Mirror Image on March 24, 2015, 03:03:01 PM
It certainly is a very special work for me, Jeffrey. What is your preferred performance? I like Hickox's on Chandos.
John, I especially like the old John Pritchard version but I only have that version and one on Naxos.
Quote from: James on March 24, 2015, 03:29:18 PM20th century is just too easy at this point .. and everything usually is weighted toward the 1st half of the century give or take a year. I don't think membership here has assimilated the masters of the 2nd half much.
With "masters of the second half" (haha) you usually refer to a bunch of strict Modernists or avantgardists, and that's your good right - I admire your well-informed contributions in the field. But the historical truth is that the large majority of composers - the same applies to every other art - have chosen to work along other lines, more in touch with tradition at large, the very thing 'strict Modernism' tried to break away from for a while. The experiment failed: the rediscovery of
Early Music played a vital role in this "second half" and continues to do so. And tonality (of all kinds) is as back and leading as ever.
Actually many 'second half' composers were mentioned here before. I saw the names of Duruflé, Tippett, Britten, Rautavaara, Schnittke, Milhaud, Poulenc, Penderecki, Martin, Martinů, Wuorinen, Pärt, Sisask, Tormis, Ligeti, to name a few.
Second thoughts. Six other favourites I'm reminded of thanks to you:
Quote from: vandermolen on March 23, 2015, 02:47:24 PMDurufle: Requiem
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on March 23, 2015, 03:06:58 PMBritten War Requiem
Quote from: EigenUser on March 23, 2015, 03:14:13 PMRavel Daphnis et Chloe
Quote from: Draško on March 23, 2015, 03:53:10 PMMartinu - The Epic of Gilgamesh
Quote from: Todd on March 24, 2015, 07:21:20 AMSzymanowski – Stabat Mater
Janacek – Glagolitic Mass
I actually have some mixed feelings about the
Mša glagolskaja; heard it live, last autumn, for the first time, and was more than ever aware of its impulsiveness. But the Szymanowski
Stabat Mater is an all-time favourite - how could I have missed it!
Janáček: Otče náš
Martinu: The Epic of Gilgamesh
Rakhmaninov: All-night Vigil
Schnittke: Choir Concerto
Shostakovich: Symphony no. 13
Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms
James is just here to help you tossers assimilate the really good music, which he knows best about. You should be grateful 8)
Quote from: North Star on March 25, 2015, 01:08:16 AM
Janáček: Otče náš
Martinu: The Epic of Gilgamesh
Rakhmaninov: All-night Vigil
Schnittke: Choir Concerto
Shostakovich: Symphony no. 13
Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms
Ach, you're right,
Karlo: I had neglected
Schnittke!
QuoteRavel Daphnis et Chloe
I had wanted to include this work in my list but felt that the choral parts were not the main focus of the work. A very good work with vocal chorus and I'm glad it was listed. Hat tip to
EigenUser.
:)
Quote from: karlhenning on March 25, 2015, 01:52:18 AM
Ach, you're right, Karlo: I had neglected Schnittke!
I forgot about it myself at first, too. :-X
My list (today) would look like this:
- Luigi Dallapiccola: Canti di prigionia
- Manuel de Falla / Ernesto Halffter: Atlántida
- Luigi Nono: Il Canto sospeso
- Franz Schmidt: Das Buch mit sieben Siegeln
- Arnold Schoenberg: Gurrelieder
- Igor Stravinsky: Canticum Sacrum
(alphabetically by composer)
A recording (2000) that has captured my imagination is of several choral works by Pascal Dusapin
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None made my list; but could in a month or so after I've lived with the recording a bit longer.
Quote from: North Star on March 25, 2015, 02:05:46 AM
I forgot about it myself at first, too. :-X
So, how to adjust, how to adjust . . . .
Quote from: karlhenning on March 24, 2015, 02:46:12 PM
Here are six of mine:
Wuorinen, Mass for the Restoration of St Luke's
Rautavaara, Vigilia
Stravinsky, Canticum sacrum
Nielsen, Søvnen
Rakhmaninov, All-Night Vigil
Schoenberg, Gurrelieder
The
Nielsen is a comparatively minor work, but I do not wish to cut it loose.
The
Rautavaara is arguably a quirky work, but I feel it deserves its place.
Since the strengths of the
Gurrelieder rest in a number of elements other than the chorus . . .
Wuorinen, Mass for the Restoration of St Luke's
Rautavaara, Vigilia
Stravinsky, Canticum sacrum
Nielsen, Søvnen
Rakhmaninov, All-Night Vigil
Schnittke, Fourth Symphony
Quote from: James on March 25, 2015, 03:01:11 AM
It's just an observation I'm stating out, it isn't a superiority complex .. and it happens almost every time, half of the century is largely missing.
Someone has to say it, and of course if you do .. youre the "bad guy".
Not really. ::)
I may have missed it, but I didn't see your list. What are the choral works written after 1950 that you think are as good as the ones that were listed that were written before 1950?
And anyway, he's not the "bad guy," he's the class clown. We all benefit from the chuckle.
Here's a start
Wolfgang Rihm: Deus Passion
(http://image.allmusic.com/00/acg/cov200/cl700/l738/l73896y3dlv.jpg)
Maria Guinand, cond. - Golijov: Pasión según San Marcos
(http://image.allmusic.com/00/acg/cov200/cm800/m869/m86906u33un.jpg)
Tan Dun, cond. - Tan Dun: Water Passion after Saint Matthew
(http://image.allmusic.com/00/acg/cov200/cl800/l874/l87468q6h2e.jpg)
Stephen Layton, cond. - Lukaszewski: Via Crucis
(http://image.allmusic.com/00/acg/cov200/cm600/m677/m67762g76br.jpg)
Latvian Radio Choir - Vasks: Missa
(http://image.allmusic.com/00/acg/cov200/cm400/m406/m40679loou8.jpg)
Tonu Kaljuste, cond. - Pärt: In Principio
(http://image.allmusic.com/00/acg/cov200/cm600/m672/m67263ais2h.jpg)
Juha Kotilainen, cond. - Linjama: Vesper
(http://image.allmusic.com/00/acg/cov200/cm200/m239/m23955uppoo.jpg)
Tenebrae; Nigel Short, cond. - Talbot: Path of Miracles
(http://image.allmusic.com/00/acg/cov200/cm200/m212/m21249xjsj1.jpg)
Ed Spanjaard, cond. - Tsoupaki: St. Luke's Passion
(http://image.allmusic.com/00/acg/cov200/cm800/m861/m86166ewjjf.jpg)
Quote from: karlhenning on March 25, 2015, 04:23:27 AMAnd anyway, he's not the "bad guy," he's the class clown. We all benefit from the chuckle.
:D
Quote from: sanantonio on March 25, 2015, 04:53:18 AM
Here's a start
Wolfgang Rihm: Deus Passion
Golijov: Pasión según San Marcos
Tan Dun: Water Passion after Saint Matthew
Lukaszewski: Via Crucis
Vasks: Missa
Pärt: In Principio
Linjama: Vesper
Talbot: Path of Miracles
Tsoupaki: St. Luke's Passion
Great series! I too love (and have) them all, even met Lukaszewski in Amsterdam, three years ago.
Except for the last three, that are literally unknown to me, Thanks for the tip, will look for them!
Hugo Distler : chose suicide rather than serve Hitler (https://musicakaleidoscope.wordpress.com/2015/11/01/hugo-distler-chose-suicide-rather-than-serve-hitler/)
(https://musicakaleidoscope.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/distler1.jpg?w=333&h=192)
Because so much emphasis is currently placed upon the fate of Jewish composers under the Nazis, it is easy to forget that there were some German musicians who also suffered as a result of the repressive policies of the regime. Among those that can be singled out in this respect is Hugo Distler, a highly talented church organist and choral conductor who committed suicide at the age of 34 in 1942, on learning that he had been called up for military service. The two large-scale works presented here offer typical examples of the so-called Orgelbewegung style drawing their inspiration from Bach in the trenchant use of chorale and Schutz in the density of polyphonic argument. It's a tribute to Distler's mastery and the outstanding singing of the Netherlands Chamber Choir that despite this obvious musical provenance, both works strike an individual voice and sustain one's interest without the textural variety of an instrumental accompaniment.
Songlist: Totentanz, Spruchmotetten zum Totensonntag, Choral-Passion, Op. 7, Erster Teil: Der Einzug, Zweiter Teil: Judas und der Pharisaer Rat, Dritter Teil: Das Abendmahl, Vierter Teil: Gethsemane, Funfter Teil: Kaiphas, Sechster Teil: Pilatus, Letzter Teil: Golgotha
(https://musicakaleidoscope.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/distler2.jpg?w=764)
Britten - War Requiem
David Hykes - On Hearing Solar Winds
Janáček - Glagolitic Mass
Ligeti - Requiem
Rakhmaninov - All Night Vigil (Vespers)
Shostakovich - The Execution of Stepan Razin
Veljo Tormis - Raua needmine (Curse Upon Iron)
Quote from: Delicious Manager on November 02, 2015, 03:56:38 AM
Veljo Tormis - Raua needmine (Curse Upon Iron)
Hmm, I am curious.
Quote from: karlhenning on November 02, 2015, 04:03:58 AM
Hmm, I am curious.
As am I.
https://www.youtube.com/v/huQ_OcKwGwA
Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony (1910)
Brian: Symphony No. 1 ("The Gothic") (1927)
Walton: Belshazzar's Feast (1931)
Penderecki: St. Luke Passion (1966)
Bernstein: Mass (1971)
Lloyd: A Symphonic Mass (1993)
Feldman, Rothko Chapel
Stravinsky, Symphony of Psalms; Threni
Prokofiev, Alexander Nevsky
Janacek, Glagolithic Mass
Martin: Mass for Double Chorus
Tough to narrow it down to just 6...
L. Boulanger: Psalm 130 Du fond de l'abîme
Howells: Hymnus Paradisi
Lloyd: A Symphonic Mass
Poulenc: Stabat Mater
Rachmaninoff: The Bells
Walton: Belshazzar's Feast
With sincerest apologies to RVW, Finzi, Holst, Janacek, Martinu, Tippett, Stravinsky, F. Martin, Stenhammar, Schmitt, Schmidt, Zemlinsky, Petrassi etc. etc. ;)
I'll accept the freedom of it simply being "six favorites."
Stravinsky, Cantata
Shostakovich, Symphony № 13, « Babi Yar »
Wuorinen, Mass for the Restoration of St Luke's
Schnittke Symphony № 4
Schoenberg, Die glückliche Hand
Hindemith, Das Unaufhörliche
Stravinsky - Symphony of Psalms
Duruflé - Requiem
Poulenc - Stabat Mater
Krenek - Lamentatio Jeremiae Prophetae
Stravinsky - Requiem Canticles
Messiaen - La Transfiguration de Notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ
Penderecki Utrenja
Ligeti Requiem
Mahler Symphony #8
Janacek Glagolithic Mass
Shostakovich Symphony #13
Part Miserere
Honorable Mentions:
Stravinsky Symphony of Psalms
Szymanowski Stabat Mater
Fun, another "favourites" list. Without much rumination, as always not in order of preference and definitely more than six:
Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony
Schmidt: Das Buch mit sieben Siegeln
Walton: Belshazzar's Feast
Vaughan Williams: The Pilgrim's Progress
Schoenberg: Gurre-Lieder
Stravinsky: Les Noces
Orff: Trionfi (Carmina Burana, Catulli Carmina, Trionfo di Afrodite)
Britten: Festival Te Deum
Mahler: Symphony No. 8
Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius
Debussy: Le Martyre de saint Sébastien
Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé
Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky
Quote from: Wanderer on January 29, 2024, 09:32:28 AMVaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony
Schoenberg: Gurre-Lieder
Oh how did I forget these? I would also add Britten's War Requiem.
Quote from: Karl Henning on January 29, 2024, 07:05:56 AMStravinsky, Cantata
Ah, definitely - probably my favourite Stravinsky, too. But I'm going to try to name pieces that haven't yet been included, so:
Howells - Gloucester Service
Tippett - The Vision of St Augustine
Rosenberg - Symphony no.4
Delius - A Mass of Life
Hindemith - Mass
Nielsen - 3 Motets
Quote from: DavidW on January 29, 2024, 09:46:29 AMOh how did I forget these?
I always do this, so I felt happy just to cite the first six to cross my mind....
Psaume XLVII, by Florent Schmitt (1906)
The Bells, by Sergei Rachmaninov (1913)
Stabat Mater, by Karol Szymanowski (1925-26)
Glagolitic Mass, by Leoš Janáček (1926)
Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher, by Arthur Honegger (1938)
Utrenja, by Krzysztof Penderecki (1970)
Bonus piece (a work I revisited recently):
Te Deum, by Walter Braunfels (1920-21)
Interesting that only one work written post-1950 comes up in this list.
Once again, somehow I missed this topic!
I agree with things like
Utrenja by
Penderecki,
The Bells by
Rachmaninov, and
Gurrelieder by
Schoenberg.
Some works not yet mentioned:
One of the greatest 7 minutes in choral music:
Prokofiev:
Seven, They Are SevenAnd...
S. Taneyev:
At the Reading of a PsalmSzymanowski:
Symphony #3Scriabin/Nemtin:
UniverseKarl Henning:
Nuhro and a work I mentioned a few weeks ago...
One possible list...
Janacek - Glagolitic
Stravinsky - Symphony of Psalms
Tippett - Child of Our Time
Britten - War Requiem
Poulenc - Litanies a la vierge noire
Adams - Harmonium
Another one...
Rachmaninov - Vespers
Part - Miserere
Schnittke - Choir Concerto or Psalms of Repentance
Silvestrov - Testament
Tormis - a number of things....
Szymanowski - Stabat Mater or Symphony no 3
...writing this has got me listening to Tormis this evening. He's the most amazing choral writer...
Quote from: Luke on April 11, 2024, 05:00:48 PM...writing this has got me listening to Tormis this evening. He's the most amazing choral writer...
All right, along with
Walter Braunfels, it looks like I will be visiting
Veljo Tormis tomorrow morning! 8)
Quote from: Symphonic Addict on April 11, 2024, 02:38:29 PMPsaume XLVII, by Florent Schmitt (1906)
The Bells, by Sergei Rachmaninov (1913)
Stabat Mater, by Karol Szymanowski (1925-26)
Glagolitic Mass, by Leoš Janáček (1926)
Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher, by Arthur Honegger (1938)
Utrenja, by Krzysztof Penderecki (1970)
Bonus piece (a work I revisited recently):
Te Deum, by Walter Braunfels (1920-21)
Interesting that only one work written post-1950 comes up in this list.
Great selection Cesar - I was fortunate enough to hear 'The Bells' live in London last night.
Mine could be:
Schönberg - Gurrelieder
Mahler - Symphony No. 8
Rachmaninov - The Bells
Honegger - Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher
Holst - The Golden Goose
Dallapiccola - Canti di Prigionia
Bonus work:
Vaughan Williams - Dona Nobis Pacem
Quote from: Cato on April 11, 2024, 05:11:51 PMAll right, along with Walter Braunfels, it looks like I will be visiting Veljo Tormis tomorrow morning! 8)
Right now a work from 1927:
Concerto for Organ, Boys' Choir,
and Orchestra by
Walter BraunfelsEarlier,
The Curse On Iron by
Veljo TormisExcellent discoveries!
Quote from: vandermolen on April 12, 2024, 12:10:27 AMGreat selection Cesar - I was fortunate enough to hear 'The Bells' live in London last night.
Excellent!
Quote from: Cato on April 12, 2024, 04:57:46 AMEarlier, The Curse On Iron by Veljo Tormis
That's a wild piece! Elemental shamanic incantation! But he's fantastic, too, in his more pastoral, folk-infused mode
Quote from: vandermolen on April 12, 2024, 12:10:27 AMGreat selection Cesar - I was fortunate enough to hear 'The Bells' live in London last night.
Lucky you, Jeffrey! I have yet to hear it live in concert.
An alternative list (I couldn't help myself):
The Storm, by Vítezslav Novák (1908-10)
Gurrelieder, by Arnold Schönberg (1910)
Sacred Service, by Ernest Bloch (1933)
Hymnus Paradisi, by Herbert Howells (1936-38)
Requiem, by Maurice Duruflé (1947)
The Epic of Gilgamesh, by Bohuslav Martinů (1955)
Quote from: Symphonic Addict on April 12, 2024, 04:03:15 PMAn alternative list (I couldn't help myself):
The Storm, by Vítezslav Novák (1908-10)
Gurrelieder, by Arnold Schönberg (1910)
Sacred Service, by Ernest Bloch (1933)
Hymnus Paradisi, by Herbert Howells (1936-38)
Requiem, by Maurice Duruflé (1947)
The Epic of Gilgamesh, by Bohuslav Martinů (1955)
Fabulous list Cesar! I don't know the Gurrelieder well but the other are, without exception, very special to me.
Quote from: Luke on April 11, 2024, 03:23:16 PMOne possible list...
Janacek - Glagolitic
Stravinsky - Symphony of Psalms
Tippett - Child of Our Time
Britten - War Requiem
Poulenc - Litanies a la vierge noire
Adams - Harmonium
Another one...
Rachmaninov - Vespers
Part - Miserere
Schnittke - Choir Concerto or Psalms of Repentance
Silvestrov - Testament
Tormis - a number of things....
Szymanowski - Stabat Mater or Symphony no 3
A good list of works I need to revisit.