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

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I've forgotten about this thread:

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 11 "The Year 1905"
Prokofiev: Sinfonia Concertante
Bartok: The Miraculous Mandarin
Ravel: Piano Concerto for the left-hand
Debussy: Sonata for Flute, Viola, and Harp
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 5
Villa-Lobos: Choros No. 6
Janacek: Glagolitic Mass
Ginastera: Estancia
Lyadov: Village Scene by the Inn

[Christo]

Okay, at random: 

Bach, Matthäus Passion
Beethoven, Eroica
Pierné, Divertissements sur un thème pastoral
Stravinsky, Le Sacre du Printemps
Vaughan Williams, Symphony No. 6
Respighi,    Lauda per la Nativitá del Signore
Holmboe, Symphony No. 8
Ginastera, Variaciones concertantes
Braga Santos, Symphony No. 3
Tormis, Unustatud rahvad

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Also at random 


Rimsky Korsakov: Scheherazade
Braga Santos: Symphony 4
Rachmaninov: The Bells
Walton: Symphony 1
Bruckner: Symphony 5
Respighi: Church Windows
Bloch: String Quartet No. 1
Sibelius: Tapiola
Hamilton Harty: Piano Concerto
Patrick Hadley: 'The Trees so High'

[Xenophanes]

So many excellent suggestions. These are mostly pieces I liked when much younger--and still do, of course, though not always to the same extent.

Deems Taylor, Through the Looking Glass

Mussorgsky-Ravel, Pictures at an Exhibition

Rachmaninoff, Piano Concerto, No. 3

Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 5

Rossini, Overtures (the most popular ones)

Brahms, Clarinet Quintet

Mozart, Requiem

Dvorak, Symphony No. 9

Debussy, La mer

Ippolitov-Ivanov, Caucasian Sketches, Suite No. 1, Op. 10

[mszczuj]

For beginner? It means for somebody who was listening to jazz, rock or world music so far. For somebody who collected Coltrane, Davis, Steely Dan, Captain Beefheart, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan or even Kazakh singers of epic poetry recorded in 1950-es. This beginner is somebody who needs really intense music to be interested, isn't he?

So intensity is the key:

Handel - Messiah (Hogwood)
Bach - Goldberg Variations (Hantai 1st recording)
Mozart - Piano Concerto No. 27 (Immerseel)
Haydn - Symphony No. 103 (don't know, some HIP for sure, but have no possibility to study so far)
Beethoven - Symphony No. 9 (Goodman or Kletzki)
Schubert - String Quintet (don't know probably Festetics or L'Archibudelli)
Chopin - 24 Preludes Op.28 (it is one work!) - (Probably there is no fine recording, because in The Real Chopin series they are played on Erard which I find almost as useless as castrating them on Steinway. But I have heard Piet van Kuijken playing a half of them on perfectly sounding Pleyel - what a magic experience!)
Brahms - Violin Concerto (Heifetz, Reiner)
Bruckner - Symphony No. 7 (Jochum Staatskapelle Dresden)
Richard Strauss - Im Abendroth (or 4 last songs if allowed) - Jessye Norman, Masur

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Nice to see Ippolitov-Ivanov making an appearance. A thumbs up from me too for the Caucasian Sketches (1 and 2).

[mszczuj]

Handel - Messiah
Bach - Goldberg Variations
Mozart - Piano Concerto No. 27
Haydn - Symphony No. 103
Beethoven - Symphony No. 9
Schubert - String Quintet
Chopin - 24 Preludes Op.28 (it is one work!)
Brahms - Violin Concerto
Bruckner - Symphony No. 7
Richard Strauss - Im Abendroth

But there must be the second set at once then because there is no posibility to omit Mahler and Prokofiev at their best,

Perotinus - Viderunt omnes
Ockeghem - Missa Prolationum
Liszt - Piano Sonata
Wagner - Tristan und Isolde
Tchaikovsky - Piano Trio (Naxos)
Dvorak - Cello Concerto
Mahler - Symphony No.9
Stravinsky - The Rite of the Spring
Bartok - String Quartet No.5
Prokofiev - Violin Sonata No.1 (Oistrakh, Richter)

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Set No 2!

Vaughan Willliams: Symphony No 6
Moeran: Symphony
Shostakovich: Symphony 10
Nielsen: Symphony 5
Sibelius: Symphony 2
Copland: Symphony 3
Popov: Symphony 1
Rosenberg: Symphony 3
Lilburn: Symphony 1
Mahler: Symphony 6

[Lisztianwagner]

Wagner The Ride of the Valkyries
Beethoven Symphony No.9
Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No.2
Mahler Symphony No.6
Tchaikovsky Symphony No.4
Mozart Symphony No.40
Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet
Haydn "Farewell" Symphony
Brahms Symphony No.1
Bach Well-Tempered Clavier

[mszczuj]

Top10:

Handel - Messiah
Bach - Goldberg Variations
Mozart - Piano Concerto No. 27
Haydn - Symphony No. 103
Beethoven - Symphony No. 9
Schubert - String Quintet
Chopin - 24 Preludes Op.28 (it is one work!)
Brahms - Violin Concerto
Bruckner - Symphony No. 7
Richard Strauss - Im Abendroth

Top20 but not Top10:

Perotinus - Viderunt omnes
Ockeghem - Missa Prolationum
Liszt - Piano Sonata
Wagner - Tristan und Isolde
Tchaikovsky - Piano Trio (Naxos)
Dvorak - Cello Concerto
Mahler - Symphony No.9
Stravinsky - The Rite of the Spring
Bartok - String Quartet No.5
Prokofiev - Violin Sonata No.1 (Oistrakh, Richter)

But it is impossible to make such list without my favorite baroque piece, most ecstatic work ever, one of Psalm of Davids of Schütz, so I must propose next set.

Josquin - Missa Pangue lingua
Monteverdi - Gira il nemico insidioso
Schütz - Danket dem Herrn SV 45 (Regensburger Domspatzen)
Mendelssohn - Midsummer Night's Dream overture
Schumann - Kreisleriana
Rachmaninov -  Piano Concerto No. 2
Debussy - Sonata for flute, viola and harp
Ravel - Le tombeau de Couperin for orchestra
Faure - String Quartet
Sibelius - Tapiola

[UB]

Bach - English Suites - How can anyone not like these wonderful pieces.

Mozart - Piano Concerto #25 - Not sure anyone wrote a better piano concerto for most of the 19th century.

Beethoven - The late Piano Sonatas - When I want a break from my living composer listening I often go back to these.

Mendelssohn - Symphony #4 - The Italian Symphony - Just a lot of fun

Nielsen - Clarinet Concerto - An amazing and beautiful work - way ahead of it's time.

Tchaikovsky - Symphony #2 original version - Too bad he decided to change the original  so it was more acceptable and never went back to where he was going with the original version.

Stravinsky - Rite of Spring - Probably the most important piece of music of the 20th century.

Webern - Op 5. Five Movements for string quartet - I feel that this might be the best 10 minutes of music ever written. I have been listening to it for years and still find new things to admire.

Simpson - Symphony #6 - I really prefer #9 but #6 is probably a better piece for some one just starting to explore classical music

Glass - Desert Music - The first hearing of this piece changed my listening selections for ever. It sounds dated to me now but

Bonus: Van Cliburn's recording of Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto #3. The recording that got me interested in Classical Music some 55 years ago.

[nico1616]

Great topic!

My 10 to start with:

Beethoven: violin concerto
Grieg: piano concerto
Tchaikovsky: symphony #4
Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro
Janacek: Sinfonietta
Handel: Water music
Schubert: Moments Musicaux
Sibelius: symphony #2
Brahms: clarinet quintet
Verdi: Rigoletto

[TheGSMoeller]

Dowland: Lachrimae
Tallis: Spem in alium
Rameau: Les Cyclops
Biber: The Rosary Sonatas
Haydn: Symphony #80
Berlioz: Requiem
Strauss: duett Concertino for clarinet & bassoon
Prokofiev: Symphony #7
Glass: Koyaanisqatsi
Lang: The Little Match Girl Passion



In chronological order,

Had to make an adjustment on my list, being a fan of all eras I really wanted to represent them all, but my appreciation for the music of Heinrich Ignaz Biber continues to grow and have come to acknowledge his important contribution to the Baroque era and music in general...long story short, he replaced Vivaldi 

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Janacek: Sinfonietta

Great choice! One of my favorites. Have you heard Taras Bulba?

[nico1616]

Great choice! One of my favorites. Have you heard Taras Bulba?

Yes I have, but never live. Both are coupled on my Mackerras recording.

I will always remember how Gardiner's Sinfonietta (with some British youth orchestra) filled the concert hall.
And how the violins and brass made such a perfect blend, the typical 'Janacek sound'!

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Yes I have, but never live. Both are coupled on my Mackerras recording.

I will always remember how Gardiner's Sinfonietta (with some British youth orchestra) filled the concert hall.
And how the violins and brass made such a perfect blend, the typical 'Janacek sound'!

Gardiner? Janacek? Sounds interesting. One of absolute favorite Janacek works is Glagolitic Mass, but I have only found one performance which really resonated with of this work and it's with MTT/LSO.

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In an effort to create a better starter list for beginners, come up with a list of ten composers and ONE selection for each composer that would be a great introduction for a beginner.

This would be my suggestion for a beginner:

Bach - Goldberg variations
Haydn - Trumpet Concerto
Mozart - Piano Concerto No.21
Beethoven - Symphony No.5 (or the Violin concerto)
Brahms - Academic Festival Overture
Tchaikovsky - Romeo & Juliet
Mussorgsky - Pictures at an exhibition (orch Ravel)
Dvorak - Symphony No.9
Debussy - Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
Sibelius - Finlandia

[nico1616]

Gardiner? Janacek? Sounds interesting. One of absolute favorite Janacek works is Glagolitic Mass, but I have only found one performance which really resonated with of this work and it's with MTT/LSO.

As for the Glagolitic Mass, it is on my shelf (Kubelik on DG), but remains unlistened to until this day. With the exception of Handel oratorios (which are mostly very operatic), I am not really into choral works, but I should give that work a new try. After all, it is Janacek, creator of Jenufa, Kat'a Kabanova and Sinfonietta, three absolute wonders 

Nico

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As for the Glagolitic Mass, it is on my shelf (Kubelik on DG), but remains unlistened to until this day. With the exception of Handel oratorios (which are mostly very operatic), I am not really into choral works, but I should give that work a new try. After all, it is Janacek, creator of Jenufa, Kat'a Kabanova and Sinfonietta, three absolute wonders 

Nico

You should definitely give it a try. I think you'll be impressed with it. The orchestral accompiment plays a big role in this work too.

[Christo]

After all, this type of thread is just a nerds' substitute for gaming.