A to Z recommendations.

The Mad Hatter · 05-01-2009 09:31PM

Civilian_Target wrote: »

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

Phew, someone finally tackled 'N'.

Annnd we're at 'Q'...(and I wanted 'P', too...)

Er...I've got nothing...:(

05-01-2009 10:10PM

Abdelazar - Purcell

Civilian_Target · 07-01-2009 09:37PM

Nonsense, Q isn't a letter, here's another P

Parry, Hubert - Lady Radnor's Suite
Rossini, Gioacchino - Il Barbiere di Sivilgia

DenMan · 07-01-2009 09:46PM

Paganini, Niccolo - Caprice No. 24 in A minor

The Mad Hatter · 08-01-2009 12:20AM

What's with all the damn 'P's?!

Reich: Piano Phase

Doshea3 · 08-01-2009 10:59PM

Scriabin (whose birthday it was this week)—Symphony No. 1 (particularly the sixth movement, Epilogue).

The Mad Hatter · 09-01-2009 10:46AM

Doshea3 wrote: »

Scriabin (whose birthday it was this week)—Symphony No. 1 (particularly the sixth movement, Epilogue).

I've never listened to Skryabin's symphonies, but I really must give them a go. He's probably my favourite piano sonata composer since Beethoven (it's a toss-up between him and Prokofiev), so I'd say I'd like the other work he's done, too.

Anyway, (hope I haven't used this one already)

Takemitsu - A Flock Descends Into the Pentagonal Garden

Doshea3 · 09-01-2009 12:28PM

The first two symphonies are very, very underrated. Critics often dismiss them as being amateurish in comparison to the later orchestral works, such as the Poem of Ecstasy and Prometheus (which are obviously entirely different works). But I love symphonies 1 and 2. Never got into no. 3, the so-called "Divine Poem", which is very long (though in fairness the first two average just under an hour).

Though I recommended the last movement, I think it's difficult to fully appreciate either symphony without listening to them start to finish, moreso than usual. I recommend the excellent recordings with Ashkenazy conducting—Symphony No. 1 is actually on Youtube as I've just discovered. There's also a brilliant recording of No. 2 by Svetlanov and the USSR SO.

Civilian_Target · 28-01-2009 09:17PM

Ullman - Piano Sonata No. 7

The Mad Hatter · 29-01-2009 01:14AM

Doshea3 wrote: »

The first two symphonies are very, very underrated. Critics often dismiss them as being amateurish in comparison to the later orchestral works, such as the Poem of Ecstasy and Prometheus (which are obviously entirely different works). But I love symphonies 1 and 2. Never got into no. 3, the so-called "Divine Poem", which is very long (though in fairness the first two average just under an hour).

Yeah, I think a lot of early critics had issues with Skryabin - Aaron Copland said that he made one of the greatest mistakes a modern composer could, by using exact repeats in his recapitulations rather than modified ones.

I won't go on record here regarding what I think of Copland's music compared to Skryabin's...

Sinfonia · 29-01-2009 06:19PM

Ralph Vaughan Williams - Symphony No. 5

The Mad Hatter · 29-01-2009 08:48PM

Webern - Five Pieces for Orchestra

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