10 Favourite Opus 1s

[Brahmsian]

Not sure if this has been done before?  If not, have at 'er. 

[(poco) Sforzando]

Can I pass and list my 8 favorite opus 6s?

[Brahmsian]

Can I pass and list my 8 favorite opus 6s?

Be my guest! 

[Sergeant Rock]

Berg Piano Sonata
Beethoven Piano Trio C minor op.1/3
Brahms Piano Sonata C major
Dvorak String Quintet No. 1 A minor
Elgar The Wand of Youth
Korngold Piano Trio
Nielsen Little Suite
Schreker Symphony No. 1 A minor
Schumann Abegg Variations
Webern Passacaglia for Orchestra

[(poco) Sforzando]

My favorite opus 55 is Beethoven's Eroica. My favorite use of that name is as the middle name of Jack Nicholson's character in Five Easy Pieces.

[71 dB]

In alphabetical order:

Beethoven Piano Trios, Op. 1
Berg - Piano Sonata, Op. 1
Brahms - Piano Sonata No. 1, Op. 1
Corelli - Church Sonatas, Op. 1
Elgar - Romance Op. 1
Elgar - Wand of Youth No. 1 Op. 1a
Elgar - Wand of Youth No. 2 Op. 1b
Handel - Sonatas, Op. 1
Locatelli - Concerti Grossi, Op. 1
Nielsen - Little Suite in A Minor, Op. 1

This was fun! 

[Jo498]

Bach: 6 Partitas (Clavierübung I); this is technically his opus 1 because the first published work but these are of course mature works preceded by hundreds of others.

Beethoven: 3 Trios; reasonably early, although far from first works, Beethoven (at 24) obviously wanted to come out with something he could be proud of.

Mozart: 6 violin sonatas K 301-06 were published as his opus 1, the high Koechel number shows that he had composed quite a bit before that; he was 22.

Schubert: Erlkönig D 328 but Schubert was 18 so it rightfully counts as one of the first mature and great pieces.

Corelli: 12 Trio sonatas 1681; a landmark codifying the form for many decades to come with dozens of composers beginning their published works with a set of trio sonatas, such as

Albinoni: 12 trio sonatas 1694; I probably like these better than Corelli's; they are far denser and more polyphonic than the later charming oboe concerti Albinoni is more famous for.

But there were also good musicians northern Europe who followed their own phantastic style, such as
Buxtehude: 7 trio sonatas, ca. 1694 (so these were not early works either).

Webern: Passacaglia; I have not really come to terms with most of Webern's later music but this is still Brahmsian enough for me.

Brahms: Piano Sonata C major; I actually like this one quite a bit, despite the somewhat clumsy reference to LvB's op.106 at the beginning; especially the slow movement has a very nice romantic mood.

Berg: Piano sonata

[North Star]

Nobody likes Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto no. 1?

[Jo498]

I thought Rachmaninoff wrote only two concertos, for some infathomable reason numbered as 2 and 3

[Brian]

Schumann - Abegg Variations for solo piano
Tan Dun - Eight Memories in Watercolor for solo piano
Haydn - Six string quartets

[Karl Henning]

I thought Rachmaninoff wrote only two concertos, for some infathomable reason numbered as 2 and 3

Oh, I'm feelin' the love!

[Brahmsian]

Beethoven - Piano Trios 1-3
Brahms - Piano Sonata No. 1
Mahler - Piano Quartet
Penderecki - Violin Sonata No. 1
Prokofiev - Piano Sonata No. 1
Rimsky-Korsakov - Symphony No. 1
Schumann - ABEGG Variations
Stravinsky - Symphony in E flat
Taneyev - John of Damascus Cantata
Webern - Passacaglia

[Mandryka]

[James]

Berg Piano Sonata; Webern Passacaglia for Orchestra

Bach: 6 Partitas (Clavierübung I);

These are favorites .. dig these a lot. I'd add Stockhausen's opus 1, Kontra-Punkte to my list. That's a cool piece.

[The new erato]

I just heard Brahms' op 1 on the radio. Strong stuff.