A to Z recommendations.

cornbb · 09-11-2007 01:57PM

Charles Ives - 3 Places in New England.

Doshea3 · 11-11-2007 01:58PM

Karl Jenkins—Armed Man Mass

The Mad Hatter · 12-11-2007 01:56PM

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 · 12-11-2007 10:17PM

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 · 13-11-2007 12:18AM

Messiaen, Olivier - Turangalîla-Symphonie

Sandwich · 13-11-2007 09:16PM

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 · 16-11-2007 04:34PM

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

Anyone got anything better? Or a 'P'?

Doshea3 · 16-11-2007 08:24PM

That's the best one I'd say.

Purcell—Dido and Aeneas

Pianist2891 · 17-11-2007 09:42PM

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 · 17-11-2007 09:48PM

Rachmaninov - Vocalise

Sandwich · 18-11-2007 01:24AM

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 · 18-11-2007 09:49PM

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 · 19-11-2007 10:22PM

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 · 20-11-2007 08:16PM

Just a curio but a nice one.

Uccellini : Aria quinta "Sopra la Bergmasca".

Anyone familiar with much of his music ?

The Mad Hatter · 05-12-2007 11:10AM

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 · 05-12-2007 09:18PM

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 · 06-12-2007 02:47PM

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 · 21-11-2008 03:24PM

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

Sinfonia · 22-11-2008 06:06PM

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 · 22-11-2008 06:36PM

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 · 22-11-2008 07:57PM

Dammit! Got there before me.....

The opportunity was ripe for the picking!

The Mad Hatter · 24-11-2008 02:35PM

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 · 26-11-2008 08:47PM

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 · 27-11-2008 12:19AM

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 · 27-11-2008 12:29AM

Ibeniz-Asturias

JS Bach-Bouree on guitar.

Both are some of the few things I can play!

Edit: I cheated. Sorry!

tSubh Dearg · 27-11-2008 12:47AM

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

The Mad Hatter · 21-12-2008 12:36PM

Kurtág - Játékok

kawaii · 21-12-2008 01:30PM

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

Civilian_Target · 05-01-2009 01:12AM

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

Sinfonia · 05-01-2009 08:40PM

Arvo Pärt - Fratres

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

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