A Game Of Your Own - Favorite 20 Works (Game Six - Mahlerian)

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Sammy

Mahlerian's game of 20 favorite works is upon us.  It should be an interesting contest as Maherlian offers us a wide range of time periods and styles.  When all the votes are in, I'll announce the top five works.

Voting Rules:

1.  You may vote once daily.

2.  When you vote, you will have 10 upward points to use as you please except that no work may receive more than 5 points. 

3.  Mahlerian's game ends with the first work to reach 100 points.

4.  The Half-Time Adjustment is in effect.  With the first work to garner 50 points, the 8 having the lowest scores will be eliminated from the game; the number could rise if there are ties toward the bottom of the board.

Let's Vote:

Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier - 5 (+5)
Berlioz: Les nuits d'été - 0
Boulez: Le marteau sans maitre - 0
Bruckner: Symphony No. 5 in B-flat - 1 (+1)
Carter: String Quartet No. 2 - 0

Chin: Xi - 0
Chopin: Scherzo No. 1 in B minor - 2 (+2)
Debussy: Preludes, Book II - 0
Hosokawa: Utsurohi - 0
Lassus: Psalmi Davidis poenitentiales - 0

Mahler: Symphony No. 6 in A minor - 2 (+2)
Messiaen: Oiseaux exotiques - 0
Monteverdi: Selva morale e spirituale - 0
Mozart: String Quintet No. 6 in E-flat - 0
Schoenberg: Violin Concerto, Op. 36 - 0

Schumann: Fantasie in C Op. 17 - 0
Sibelius: Symphony No. 4 in A minor, Op. 64 - 0
Stravinsky: Threni - 0
Takemitsu: Toward the Sea I - 0
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde - 0

GioCar

Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier - 7 (+2)
Berlioz: Les nuits d'été - 0
Boulez: Le marteau sans maitre - 2 (+2)
Bruckner: Symphony No. 5 in B-flat - 1
Carter: String Quartet No. 2 - 0

Chin: Xi - 0
Chopin: Scherzo No. 1 in B minor - 2
Debussy: Preludes, Book II - 0
Hosokawa: Utsurohi - 0
Lassus: Psalmi Davidis poenitentiales - 0

Mahler: Symphony No. 6 in A minor - 2
Messiaen: Oiseaux exotiques - 0
Monteverdi: Selva morale e spirituale - 2 (+2)
Mozart: String Quintet No. 6 in E-flat - 0
Schoenberg: Violin Concerto, Op. 36 - 0

Schumann: Fantasie in C Op. 17 - 2 (+2)
Sibelius: Symphony No. 4 in A minor, Op. 64 - 0
Stravinsky: Threni - 0
Takemitsu: Toward the Sea I - 0
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde - 2 (+2)

Christo

Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier - 7
Berlioz: Les nuits d'été - 0
Boulez: Le marteau sans maitre - 2
Bruckner: Symphony No. 5 in B-flat - 1
Carter: String Quartet No. 2 - 0

Chin: Xi - 0
Chopin: Scherzo No. 1 in B minor - 2
Debussy: Preludes, Book II - 0
Hosokawa: Utsurohi - 0
Lassus: Psalmi Davidis poenitentiales - 0

Mahler: Symphony No. 6 in A minor - 7  (+5)
Messiaen: Oiseaux exotiques - 0
Monteverdi: Selva morale e spirituale - 2
Mozart: String Quintet No. 6 in E-flat - 0
Schoenberg: Violin Concerto, Op. 36 - 0

Schumann: Fantasie in C Op. 17 - 2
Sibelius: Symphony No. 4 in A minor, Op. 64 - 5  (+5)
Stravinsky: Threni - 0
Takemitsu: Toward the Sea I - 0
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde - 2
... music is not only an 'entertainment', nor a mere luxury, but a necessity of the spiritual if not of the physical life, an opening of those magic casements through which we can catch a glimpse of that country where ultimate reality will be found.    RVW, 1948

Sergeant Rock


Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier - 7
Berlioz: Les nuits d'été - 0
Boulez: Le marteau sans maitre - 2
Bruckner: Symphony No. 5 in B-flat - 1
Carter: String Quartet No. 2 - 0

Chin: Xi - 0
Chopin: Scherzo No. 1 in B minor - 2
Debussy: Preludes, Book II - 0
Hosokawa: Utsurohi - 0
Lassus: Psalmi Davidis poenitentiales - 0

Mahler: Symphony No. 6 in A minor - 12  (+5)
Messiaen: Oiseaux exotiques - 0
Monteverdi: Selva morale e spirituale - 2
Mozart: String Quintet No. 6 in E-flat - 0
Schoenberg: Violin Concerto, Op. 36 - 0

Schumann: Fantasie in C Op. 17 - 2
Sibelius: Symphony No. 4 in A minor, Op. 64 - 10  (+5)
Stravinsky: Threni - 0
Takemitsu: Toward the Sea I - 0
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde - 2
the phone rings and somebody says,
"hey, they made a movie about
Mahler, you ought to go see it.
he was as f*cked-up as you are."
                               --Charles Bukowski, "Mahler"

San Antone

Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier - 12 (+5)
Berlioz: Les nuits d'été - 0
Boulez: Le marteau sans maitre - 2
Bruckner: Symphony No. 5 in B-flat - 1
Carter: String Quartet No. 2 - 0

Chin: Xi - 0
Chopin: Scherzo No. 1 in B minor - 2
Debussy: Preludes, Book II - 0
Hosokawa: Utsurohi - 0
Lassus: Psalmi Davidis poenitentiales - 0

Mahler: Symphony No. 6 in A minor - 12 
Messiaen: Oiseaux exotiques - 0
Monteverdi: Selva morale e spirituale - 2
Mozart: String Quintet No. 6 in E-flat - 0
Schoenberg: Violin Concerto, Op. 36 - 0

Schumann: Fantasie in C Op. 17 - 2
Sibelius: Symphony No. 4 in A minor, Op. 64 - 10 
Stravinsky: Threni - 0
Takemitsu: Toward the Sea I - 0
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde - 7 (+5)

Mahlerian

Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier - 12
Berlioz: Les nuits d'été - 0
Boulez: Le marteau sans maitre - 2
Bruckner: Symphony No. 5 in B-flat - 1
Carter: String Quartet No. 2 - 1 (+1)

Chin: Xi - 1 (+1)
Chopin: Scherzo No. 1 in B minor - 2
Debussy: Preludes, Book II - 1 (+1)
Hosokawa: Utsurohi - 1 (+1)
Lassus: Psalmi Davidis poenitentiales - 1 (+1)

Mahler: Symphony No. 6 in A minor - 12
Messiaen: Oiseaux exotiques - 1 (+1)
Monteverdi: Selva morale e spirituale - 2
Mozart: String Quintet No. 6 in E-flat - 1 (+1)
Schoenberg: Violin Concerto, Op. 36 - 1 (+1)

Schumann: Fantasie in C Op. 17 - 2
Sibelius: Symphony No. 4 in A minor, Op. 64 - 10 
Stravinsky: Threni - 1 (+1)
Takemitsu: Toward the Sea I - 1 (+1)
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde - 7
"l do not consider my music as atonal, but rather as non-tonal. I feel the unity of all keys. Atonal music by modern composers admits of no key at all, no feeling of any definite center." - Arnold Schoenberg

ritter


Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier - 12
Berlioz: Les nuits d'été - 1 (+1)
Boulez: Le marteau sans maitre - 4 (+2)
Bruckner: Symphony No. 5 in B-flat - 1
Carter: String Quartet No. 2 - 2 (+1)

Chin: Xi - 1
Chopin: Scherzo No. 1 in B minor - 2
Debussy: Preludes, Book II - 2 (+1)
Hosokawa: Utsurohi - 1
Lassus: Psalmi Davidis poenitentiales - 1

Mahler: Symphony No. 6 in A minor - 12
Messiaen: Oiseaux exotiques - 1
Monteverdi: Selva morale e spirituale - 2
Mozart: String Quintet No. 6 in E-flat - 1
Schoenberg: Violin Concerto, Op. 36 - 2 (+1)

Schumann: Fantasie in C Op. 17 - 2
Sibelius: Symphony No. 4 in A minor, Op. 64 - 10 
Stravinsky: Threni - 4 (+3)
Takemitsu: Toward the Sea I - 1
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde - 8 (+1)

Trout

Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier - 12
Berlioz: Les nuits d'été - 3 (+2)
Boulez: Le marteau sans maitre - 6 (+2)
Bruckner: Symphony No. 5 in B-flat - 1
Carter: String Quartet No. 2 - 4 (+2)

Chin: Xi - 1
Chopin: Scherzo No. 1 in B minor - 2
Debussy: Preludes, Book II - 4 (+2)
Hosokawa: Utsurohi - 1
Lassus: Psalmi Davidis poenitentiales - 1

Mahler: Symphony No. 6 in A minor - 12
Messiaen: Oiseaux exotiques - 1
Monteverdi: Selva morale e spirituale - 2
Mozart: String Quintet No. 6 in E-flat - 1
Schoenberg: Violin Concerto, Op. 36 - 4 (+2)

Schumann: Fantasie in C Op. 17 - 2
Sibelius: Symphony No. 4 in A minor, Op. 64 - 10 
Stravinsky: Threni - 4
Takemitsu: Toward the Sea I - 1
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde - 8

André


Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier - 12
Berlioz: Les nuits d'été - 5 (+2)
Boulez: Le marteau sans maitre - 6
Bruckner: Symphony No. 5 in B-flat - 6 (+5)
Carter: String Quartet No. 2 - 4

Chin: Xi - 1
Chopin: Scherzo No. 1 in B minor - 3 (+1)
Debussy: Preludes, Book II - 4
Hosokawa: Utsurohi - 1
Lassus: Psalmi Davidis poenitentiales - 1

Mahler: Symphony No. 6 in A minor - 12
Messiaen: Oiseaux exotiques - 1
Monteverdi: Selva morale e spirituale - 2
Mozart: String Quintet No. 6 in E-flat K 614 - 1
Schoenberg: Violin Concerto, Op. 36 - 4

Schumann: Fantasie in C Op. 17 - 2
Sibelius: Symphony No. 4 in A minor, Op. 64 - 12 (+2)
Stravinsky: Threni - 4
Takemitsu: Toward the Sea I - 1
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde - 8

Uhor

Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier - 12
Berlioz: Les nuits d'été - 5
Boulez: Le marteau sans maitre - 11 (+5)
Bruckner: Symphony No. 5 in B-flat - 6
Carter: String Quartet No. 2 - 4

Chin: Xi - 1
Chopin: Scherzo No. 1 in B minor - 3
Debussy: Preludes, Book II - 4
Hosokawa: Utsurohi - 1
Lassus: Psalmi Davidis poenitentiales - 1

Mahler: Symphony No. 6 in A minor - 12
Messiaen: Oiseaux exotiques - 1
Monteverdi: Selva morale e spirituale - 2
Mozart: String Quintet No. 6 in E-flat K 614 - 1
Schoenberg: Violin Concerto, Op. 36 - 4

Schumann: Fantasie in C Op. 17 - 2
Sibelius: Symphony No. 4 in A minor, Op. 64 - 12
Stravinsky: Threni - 4
Takemitsu: Toward the Sea I - 1
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde - 13 (+5)

kyjo

Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier - 12
Berlioz: Les nuits d'été - 5
Boulez: Le marteau sans maitre - 11
Bruckner: Symphony No. 5 in B-flat - 8 (+2)
Carter: String Quartet No. 2 - 4

Chin: Xi - 1
Chopin: Scherzo No. 1 in B minor - 3
Debussy: Preludes, Book II - 4
Hosokawa: Utsurohi - 1
Lassus: Psalmi Davidis poenitentiales - 1

Mahler: Symphony No. 6 in A minor - 17 (+5)
Messiaen: Oiseaux exotiques - 1
Monteverdi: Selva morale e spirituale - 2
Mozart: String Quintet No. 6 in E-flat K 614 - 1
Schoenberg: Violin Concerto, Op. 36 - 4

Schumann: Fantasie in C Op. 17 - 2
Sibelius: Symphony No. 4 in A minor, Op. 64 - 15 (+3)
Stravinsky: Threni - 4
Takemitsu: Toward the Sea I - 1
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde - 13
"Music is enough for a lifetime, but a lifetime is not enough for music" - Sergei Rachmaninoff

GioCar

Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier - 14 (+2)
Berlioz: Les nuits d'été - 5
Boulez: Le marteau sans maitre - 13 (+2)
Bruckner: Symphony No. 5 in B-flat - 8
Carter: String Quartet No. 2 - 4

Chin: Xi - 1
Chopin: Scherzo No. 1 in B minor - 3
Debussy: Preludes, Book II - 4
Hosokawa: Utsurohi - 1
Lassus: Psalmi Davidis poenitentiales - 1

Mahler: Symphony No. 6 in A minor - 17
Messiaen: Oiseaux exotiques - 1
Monteverdi: Selva morale e spirituale - 6 (+4)
Mozart: String Quintet No. 6 in E-flat K 614 - 1
Schoenberg: Violin Concerto, Op. 36 - 4

Schumann: Fantasie in C Op. 17 - 2
Sibelius: Symphony No. 4 in A minor, Op. 64 - 15
Stravinsky: Threni - 4
Takemitsu: Toward the Sea I - 1
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde - 15 (+2)

Christo

Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier - 14
Berlioz: Les nuits d'été - 5
Boulez: Le marteau sans maitre - 13
Bruckner: Symphony No. 5 in B-flat - 8
Carter: String Quartet No. 2 - 4

Chin: Xi - 1
Chopin: Scherzo No. 1 in B minor - 3
Debussy: Preludes, Book II - 4
Hosokawa: Utsurohi - 1
Lassus: Psalmi Davidis poenitentiales - 1

Mahler: Symphony No. 6 in A minor - 22 (+5)
Messiaen: Oiseaux exotiques - 1
Monteverdi: Selva morale e spirituale - 6
Mozart: String Quintet No. 6 in E-flat K 614 - 1
Schoenberg: Violin Concerto, Op. 36 - 4

Schumann: Fantasie in C Op. 17 - 2
Sibelius: Symphony No. 4 in A minor, Op. 64 - 20  (+5)
Stravinsky: Threni - 4
Takemitsu: Toward the Sea I - 1
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde - 15
... music is not only an 'entertainment', nor a mere luxury, but a necessity of the spiritual if not of the physical life, an opening of those magic casements through which we can catch a glimpse of that country where ultimate reality will be found.    RVW, 1948

Sammy

Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier - 19 (+5)
Berlioz: Les nuits d'été - 5
Boulez: Le marteau sans maitre - 13
Bruckner: Symphony No. 5 in B-flat - 13 (+5)
Carter: String Quartet No. 2 - 4

Chin: Xi - 1
Chopin: Scherzo No. 1 in B minor - 3
Debussy: Preludes, Book II - 4
Hosokawa: Utsurohi - 1
Lassus: Psalmi Davidis poenitentiales - 1

Mahler: Symphony No. 6 in A minor - 22
Messiaen: Oiseaux exotiques - 1
Monteverdi: Selva morale e spirituale - 6
Mozart: String Quintet No. 6 in E-flat K 614 - 1
Schoenberg: Violin Concerto, Op. 36 - 4

Schumann: Fantasie in C Op. 17 - 2
Sibelius: Symphony No. 4 in A minor, Op. 64 - 20 
Stravinsky: Threni - 4
Takemitsu: Toward the Sea I - 1
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde - 15

San Antone

Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier - 24 (+5)
Berlioz: Les nuits d'été - 5
Boulez: Le marteau sans maitre - 13
Bruckner: Symphony No. 5 in B-flat - 13
Carter: String Quartet No. 2 - 4

Chin: Xi - 1
Chopin: Scherzo No. 1 in B minor - 3
Debussy: Preludes, Book II - 4
Hosokawa: Utsurohi - 1
Lassus: Psalmi Davidis poenitentiales - 1

Mahler: Symphony No. 6 in A minor - 22
Messiaen: Oiseaux exotiques - 1
Monteverdi: Selva morale e spirituale - 6
Mozart: String Quintet No. 6 in E-flat K 614 - 1
Schoenberg: Violin Concerto, Op. 36 - 4

Schumann: Fantasie in C Op. 17 - 2
Sibelius: Symphony No. 4 in A minor, Op. 64 - 20 
Stravinsky: Threni - 4
Takemitsu: Toward the Sea I - 1
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde - 20 (+5)

Sergeant Rock

Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier - 24
Berlioz: Les nuits d'été - 5
Boulez: Le marteau sans maitre - 13
Bruckner: Symphony No. 5 in B-flat - 13
Carter: String Quartet No. 2 - 4

Chin: Xi - 1
Chopin: Scherzo No. 1 in B minor - 3
Debussy: Preludes, Book II - 4
Hosokawa: Utsurohi - 1
Lassus: Psalmi Davidis poenitentiales - 1

Mahler: Symphony No. 6 in A minor - 27 (+5)
Messiaen: Oiseaux exotiques - 1
Monteverdi: Selva morale e spirituale - 6
Mozart: String Quintet No. 6 in E-flat K 614 - 1
Schoenberg: Violin Concerto, Op. 36 - 4

Schumann: Fantasie in C Op. 17 - 2
Sibelius: Symphony No. 4 in A minor, Op. 64 - 25 (+5)
Stravinsky: Threni - 4
Takemitsu: Toward the Sea I - 1
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde - 20
the phone rings and somebody says,
"hey, they made a movie about
Mahler, you ought to go see it.
he was as f*cked-up as you are."
                               --Charles Bukowski, "Mahler"

André


Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier - 24
Berlioz: Les nuits d'été - 5
Boulez: Le marteau sans maitre - 13
Bruckner: Symphony No. 5 in B-flat - 16 (+3)
Carter: String Quartet No. 2 - 4

Chin: Xi - 1
Chopin: Scherzo No. 1 in B minor - 5 (+2)
Debussy: Preludes, Book II - 4
Hosokawa: Utsurohi - 1
Lassus: Psalmi Davidis poenitentiales - 1

Mahler: Symphony No. 6 in A minor - 29 (+2)
Messiaen: Oiseaux exotiques - 1
Monteverdi: Selva morale e spirituale - 6
Mozart: String Quintet No. 6 in E-flat K 614 - 1
Schoenberg: Violin Concerto, Op. 36 - 4

Schumann: Fantasie in C Op. 17 - 2
Sibelius: Symphony No. 4 in A minor, Op. 64 - 28 (+3)
Stravinsky: Threni - 4
Takemitsu: Toward the Sea I - 1
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde - 20

Mahlerian

Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier - 24
Berlioz: Les nuits d'été - 5
Boulez: Le marteau sans maitre - 13
Bruckner: Symphony No. 5 in B-flat - 16
Carter: String Quartet No. 2 - 4

Chin: Xi - 1
Chopin: Scherzo No. 1 in B minor - 5
Debussy: Preludes, Book II - 4
Hosokawa: Utsurohi - 6 (+5)
Lassus: Psalmi Davidis poenitentiales - 1

Mahler: Symphony No. 6 in A minor - 29
Messiaen: Oiseaux exotiques - 1
Monteverdi: Selva morale e spirituale - 6
Mozart: String Quintet No. 6 in E-flat K 614 - 1
Schoenberg: Violin Concerto, Op. 36 - 9 (+5)

Schumann: Fantasie in C Op. 17 - 2
Sibelius: Symphony No. 4 in A minor, Op. 64 - 28
Stravinsky: Threni - 4
Takemitsu: Toward the Sea I - 1
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde - 20
"l do not consider my music as atonal, but rather as non-tonal. I feel the unity of all keys. Atonal music by modern composers admits of no key at all, no feeling of any definite center." - Arnold Schoenberg

kyjo

Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier - 24
Berlioz: Les nuits d'été - 5
Boulez: Le marteau sans maitre - 13
Bruckner: Symphony No. 5 in B-flat - 16
Carter: String Quartet No. 2 - 4

Chin: Xi - 1
Chopin: Scherzo No. 1 in B minor - 5
Debussy: Preludes, Book II - 4
Hosokawa: Utsurohi - 6
Lassus: Psalmi Davidis poenitentiales - 1

Mahler: Symphony No. 6 in A minor - 34 (+5)
Messiaen: Oiseaux exotiques - 1
Monteverdi: Selva morale e spirituale - 6
Mozart: String Quintet No. 6 in E-flat K 614 - 1
Schoenberg: Violin Concerto, Op. 36 - 9

Schumann: Fantasie in C Op. 17 - 5 (+3)
Sibelius: Symphony No. 4 in A minor, Op. 64 - 30 (+2)
Stravinsky: Threni - 4
Takemitsu: Toward the Sea I - 1
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde - 20
"Music is enough for a lifetime, but a lifetime is not enough for music" - Sergei Rachmaninoff

Trout

Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier - 24
Berlioz: Les nuits d'été - 7 (+2)
Boulez: Le marteau sans maitre - 16 (+3)
Bruckner: Symphony No. 5 in B-flat - 16
Carter: String Quartet No. 2 - 4

Chin: Xi - 1
Chopin: Scherzo No. 1 in B minor - 5
Debussy: Preludes, Book II - 4
Hosokawa: Utsurohi - 6
Lassus: Psalmi Davidis poenitentiales - 1

Mahler: Symphony No. 6 in A minor - 34
Messiaen: Oiseaux exotiques - 1
Monteverdi: Selva morale e spirituale - 6
Mozart: String Quintet No. 6 in E-flat K 614 - 1
Schoenberg: Violin Concerto, Op. 36 - 11 (+2)

Schumann: Fantasie in C Op. 17 - 5
Sibelius: Symphony No. 4 in A minor, Op. 64 - 30
Stravinsky: Threni - 4
Takemitsu: Toward the Sea I - 1
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde - 23 (+3)