A to Z recommendations.

cornbb

Charles Ives - 3 Places in New England.

Doshea3

Karl Jenkins—Armed Man Mass

The Mad Hatter

Doshea3 wrote: »

Bren—Never heard of Yamada, actually.

Yeah, I picked up a Naxos CD during my 'I like everything Japanese' phase.

He's a little academic, models his styles very closely on other composers. His early stuff sounds like Mozart, and his later like Skryabin, but I do like his symphonic poems.

Damnit, I want 'w'. (In sort of a Webern mood...aw, hell, Variations for piano, and that one's free.)

Er...Dmitri Kabalevsky, violin concerto.

Doshea3

Excellent! SKRYJABINE! Nothing like a bit of himself. Recently been reobsessed with his first symphony. Must check out this Yamada chap.

Love Webern's Variations too.

Recommendations...O, Franz Liszt, Sonata in B minor. What else!?

EDIT: Liszt again. Really, nothing works.

Sinfonia

Messiaen, Olivier - Turangalîla-Symphonie

Sandwich

Dont know much about him but have long enjoyed

Johann Baptist Neruda's
Trumpet Concerto in E flat.

Mid 18th cent Haydnesque style.

The Mad Hatter

Er...I think the best to offer is Orff's Carmina Burana. Oh well.

Anyone got anything better? Or a 'P'?

Doshea3

That's the best one I'd say.

Purcell—Dido and Aeneas

Pianist2891

His songs - Now sleeps the crimson petal! op3

Too bad he studied with percy "cakewalk basher" grainger.

Like Haydn, I think Quilter would have possibly been a lovely person - gentle, kind and quite witty!

Calina

Rachmaninov - Vocalise

Sandwich

A really good one here, and not just keeping the list going:

Antonio Soler:
Sonata No 91 in C maj

or many many other fine sonatas with an astonishing verve and inventiveness (from a priest living in the austere El Escorial !). Scarlatti style in many ways but more enjoyable IMHO. Naxos is working on a complete set of the works (maybe completed by now).

Try him if you havent before.

Doshea3

Karishmeh—It's rare you can say that about a composer! I'd certainly like to have met Haydn. And Satie too, of course.

Also, I'll definitely check out Soler. Come across him once or twice, must give him a closer look.

I think a new thread is in order. *goes to make it*

Pianist2891

Yes, Haydn - one of these days I'm going to do nothing but play Haydn for a whole month. I am probably the only person who doesn't care much for Soler - I still prefer Domenico's keyboard sonatas but agree that anyone who is looking at Scarlatti, should look or at least read through some Soler anyway!

Moving on so T - Toru Takemitsu (his predictably famous Rain Tree Sketches for Piano) or Thomas Tallis - try his motets, lamentations, gorgeous stuff!

Sandwich

Just a curio but a nice one.

Uccellini : Aria quinta "Sopra la Bergmasca".

Anyone familiar with much of his music ?

The Mad Hatter

Not a favourite of mine, but I accept that it's had a major effect on both classical and popular music in the twentieth century (for better or worse):

Edgard Varèse: Ionisation

Sandwich

Maybe cheating a little bit ;

Jan Vaclav Worzischeck (more commonly spelt Vorisek + with various accents)

Symphony.

Not heard it in a long time but found it quite good and quite Beethovenian in style.

Aglomerado

Zelenka, super Czech composer of the Baroque era. He wrote a lot of music for the Mass, etc. Heard some of his work played on Lyric a few years ago but have had trouble finding a recording!

Also Zipoli (Elevazione), Baroque again, very serene and uplifting!

Aard

Adams: Harmonielehre
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUiv0jJl9zU

Sinfonia

Brahms 3

Incredible piece of work, and well up in my top 10 symphonies, probably top 5

The 3rd Movt seems to get most of the attention (as it is gorgeous!),
but the opening movement blows me away!

Indispensable

The Mad Hatter

Sandwich wrote: »

Maybe cheating a little bit ;

Jan Vaclav Worzischeck (more commonly spelt Vorisek + with various accents)

Symphony.

Not heard it in a long time but found it quite good and quite Beethovenian in style.

German spellings are welcome here! (Shostakowitsch and Skrjabin fan...)

Cage: 4'33"!

funky penguin

Dammit! Got there before me.....

The opportunity was ripe for the picking!

The Mad Hatter

funky penguin wrote: »

Dammit! Got there before me.....

The opportunity was ripe for the picking!

Ha-HA!

As no-one seems to be following...

Dutilleux: Symphony No. 2

JohnGalt

Elgar- Three Bavarian Dances

Faure- Fantasie

Grieg- In the Hall of the Mountain King

(Sorry for posting three, but had to get to Grieg, my favorite)

tSubh Dearg

For the time of year that's in it, I'm going to go with

Handel - Messiah or
Haydn - The Creation (which I will be singing in the NCH on Friday)

Red Hand

Ibeniz-Asturias

JS Bach-Bouree on guitar.

Both are some of the few things I can play!



Edit: I cheated. Sorry!

tSubh Dearg

Are you using the J for your entry? A little cheaty but we don't mind

The Mad Hatter

Kurtág - Játékok

kawaii

Ligeti - Continuum
Messiaen - Etudes de rythme 2 - Mode de valeurs et d'intensites

Civilian_Target

Neilsen, Carl - Symphony No. 4 - The Inextinguishable
Orff, Carl - Carmina Burana

Sinfonia

Arvo Pärt - Fratres

I dunno how to spell how I feel about this piece, but it goes something like this: ahahwhhahwhahgahgahaaammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!