Five "unsung" works everyone should hear

[kyjo]

Good that no more understood "unsung" as "non-vocal"...

If that were the meaning of "unsung" in this case, I couldn't possibly confine my list to just five pieces!

[Rinaldo]

1. Mystery of Time by Miloslav Kabeláč
2. Mystery of Time by Miloslav Kabeláč
3. Mystery of Time by Miloslav Kabeláč
4. Mystery of Time by Miloslav Kabeláč
5. Mystery of Time by Miloslav Kabeláč

Thanks, you've been a wonderful audience.

[Daverz]

Trying to go beyond the usual suspects:

Berwald: Symphonies (all of them are delightful)
Cowell: Concerto Grosso.  Sort of picking a Cowell work at random here.  It's light music that would work nicely between weightier pieces.
Ginastera: Violin Concerto; Piano Concerto 1.  Bravura works full of opportunities for soloistic display that I think would wow any audience.  I don't understand why more soloists don't pick these up.   
Ernesto Haelffter: Sinfonietta
Douglas Moore: Symphony No. 2.  The Allegretto is one of the most bootiful things ever written by anybody.

I'll have to do another list from N-Z.

[kyjo]

1. Mystery of Time by Miloslav Kabeláč
2. Mystery of Time by Miloslav Kabeláč
3. Mystery of Time by Miloslav Kabeláč
4. Mystery of Time by Miloslav Kabeláč
5. Mystery of Time by Miloslav Kabeláč

Thanks, you've been a wonderful audience.

Can't argue with that, Rinaldo! What a smokin' piece!

[springrite]

1. Mystery of Time by Miloslav Kabeláč
2. Mystery of Time by Miloslav Kabeláč
3. Mystery of Time by Miloslav Kabeláč
4. Mystery of Time by Miloslav Kabeláč
5. Mystery of Time by Miloslav Kabeláč

Thanks, you've been a wonderful audience.

Your list is a good way to say "Time is a continuum" !

[kyjo]

Trying to go beyond the usual suspects:

Berwald: Symphonies (all of them are delightful)
Cowell: Concerto Grosso.  Sort of picking a Cowell work at random here.  It's light music that would work nicely between weightier pieces.
Ginastera: Violin Concerto; Piano Concerto 1.  Bravura works full of opportunities for soloistic display that I think would wow any audience.  I don't understand why more soloists don't pick these up.   
Ernesto Haelffter: Sinfonietta
Douglas Moore: Symphony No. 2.  The Allegretto is one of the most bootiful things ever written by anybody.

I'll have to do another list from N-Z.

Nice variety there, Dave. I really enjoy the Halffter and Moore pieces. They are both tuneful, lyrical works in a neoclassical vein that are sure to put a smile on anyone's face!

[springrite]

I wonder who will lose patience and put up his second five.

My bet is on John.

I bet he already has his 5th 5 at the ready and is really itching...

[Mirror Image]

I wonder who will lose patience and put up his second five.

My bet is on John.

I bet he already has his 5th 5 at the ready and is really itching...

I've certainly been thinking about other lists, but we must abide by Sir Kyle's laws or get thrown in jail.

[kyjo]

I've certainly been thinking about other lists, but we must abide by Sir Kyle's laws or get thrown in jail.

Stop it, guys! OK, I concede. Wreak havoc with your lists!

[springrite]

I've certainly been thinking about other lists, but we must abide by Sir Kyle's laws or get thrown in jail.

If these rules were ever enforced, I can see you receiving consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole. 

[Mirror Image]

If these rules were ever enforced, I can see you receiving consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole. 

Yeah and then I could become the cellmate of someone by the name of 'Big Sal.' Apparently this guy doesn't take 'no' for an answer.

[Mirror Image]

Stop it, guys! OK, I concede. Wreak havoc with your lists!

Yay!!!!

[Mirror Image]

My second list would look something like this:

Guarnieri: Piano Concerto No. 2
Sculthorpe: Cello Dreaming
Schnittke: Peer Gynt
W. Schuman: Credendum
Koechlin: Vers la Voûte étoilée

[Mirror Image]

I could make these lists all day long. My third list would look like this:

Panufnik: Autumn Music
Tubin: Sinfonietta on Estonian Motifs
Chavez: Hija De Colquide
Linde: Violin Concerto
Szymanowski: Harnasie

[kyjo]

My second list would look something like this:

Guarnieri: Piano Concerto No. 2
Sculthorpe: Cello Dreaming
Schnittke: Peer Gynt
W. Schuman: Credendum
Koechlin: Vers la Voûte étoilée

Cool! Never knew you were a Guarnieri fan, John! My second list:

Kabelac: The Mystery of Time
Enescu: Symphony no. 3
Diamond: Symphony no. 2
Rubbra: Symphony no. 7
Miaskovsky: Symphony no. 27

[Brahmsian]

No particular order:

*Schumann's Violin Concerto in D minor
*Nielsen's solo piano works
*Prokofiev's string quartets
*Onslow chamber music
*Dvorak's Bagatelles, Op. 47 for 2 violins, cello & harmonium

[Mirror Image]

Cool! Never knew you were a Guarnieri fan, John! My second list:

Kabelac: The Mystery of Time
Enescu: Symphony no. 3
Diamond: Symphony no. 2
Rubbra: Symphony no. 7
Miaskovsky: Symphony no. 27

Absolutely. He seems to always be hiding in Villa-Lobos' shadow but I think quite highly of Guarnieri. His symphony cycle on BIS with Neschling and Sao Paulo SO has been a favorite of mine for many years. I also love his PCs on Naxos. One work I recall enjoying on a 'Latin American' orchestral compilation I own was called Encantamento. I wish this work would get performed more often. By the way, nice list.

[kyjo]

Absolutely. He seems to always be hiding in Villa-Lobos' shadow but I think quite highly of Guarnieri. His symphony cycle on BIS with Neschling and Sao Paulo SO has been a favorite of mine for many years. I also love his PCs on Naxos. One work I recall enjoying on a 'Latin American' orchestral compilation I own was called Encantamento. I wish this work would get performed more often. By the way, nice list.

I like Guarnieri's music a lot, too. His music has Bartokian rhythmic ferocity seasoned with the color and melodic nature of Brazilian folk music. BTW his VCs 1 and 2 and Choro for violin and orchestra, all great works which have not received commercial recordings, can be found in excellent performances and sound on YT:

VC 1:
I:  http://youtu.be/614MgBirq4w
II: http://youtu.be/dntDFB4K_WY
III: http://youtu.be/O_X3uYDLizo

VC 2:
I: http://youtu.be/N6skXd5ki5I
II: http://youtu.be/9VjiNHYf5WY
III: http://youtu.be/KvVCNYLTPTM

Choro:
I: http://youtu.be/qxphYEsfgXA
II: http://youtu.be/YTwAu2_YJ9s
III: http://youtu.be/PyvH0OX9mHs

[mc ukrneal]

Czerny: Symphony No. 6
Hummel: Piano Concerto No.2 in A minor, Op.85
Alnaes: Piano Concerto
Elgar: Music Makers
Burgmuller: Symphony No. 1
Richter (Franz): Grandes Symphonies
Tyberg: Symphony No. 3
Godowsky: Complete Studies on Chopin's Etudes

You must have meant 8, not 5.

[Daverz]

I like Guarnieri's music a lot, too.

I'm starting to think that MCG was a better composer than HVL.