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In Reply to: RE: Obscure? Well maybe posted by Feanor on May 21, 2007 at 11:29:12

Perhaps the below are all worthwhile, but at this point, my suggestion to a newbie would be to first investigate all of the Beethoven String Quartets, particularly the late quartets, also his late Piano Sonatas. Also, suggesting some more of the Mozart Piano Concertos and some of his string quartets ( the last four, at least) all of which are MIA, some of the Bach Cantatas (at least bwv 140) and more Bach Keyboard music, at least the six keyboard partitas , more of the Haydn Piano Trios as well as string quartets and symphonies. Elliot Carter music you suggest over Mozart’s Cosi opera? I don’t understand why Brahms’ 2nd symphony was not included. And hey, where is Pachelbel’s Canon?


BARBER, Samuel 20th Century Chamber Piano Sonata Op. 26
BARBER, Samuel 20th Century Concerto Violin Concerto, Op. 14
Bartók, Béla 20th Century Chamber Sonata for violin solo Sz. 117, BB 124
Berg, Alban 20th Century Opera Wozzeck
BOULEZ, Pierre Contemporary Choral Pli selon pli, for soprano & orchestra
BRAHMS, Johannes Romantic Chamber Cello Sonata Op.38
BRAHMS, Johannes Romantic Chamber Cello Sonata Op.99
BRAHMS, Johannes Romantic Chamber Clarinet Sonata Op.120
BRAHMS, Johannes Romantic Chamber Piano Quintet in F minor, Op.34a
BRITTEN, Benjamin 20th Century Choral War Requiem Op.66
BRITTEN, Benjamin 20th Century Opera Peter Grimes
BRITTEN, Benjamin 20th Century Vocal Serenade for Tenor, Horn & Strings Op.31
CARTER, Elliot Contemporary Contemporary String Quartets
CARTER, Elliot Contemporary Contemporary Symphonia: sum fluxae pretium spei
ELGAR, Edward Romantic Symphony Symphony No.2
Messiaen, Olivier 20th Century Concerto Turangalîla-symphonie, for piano, ondes martenot, & orchestra, I/29
Meyerbeer Romantic Opera Les Huguenots
PACHELBEL, Johann Baroque Keyboard Organ Music (Choral Preludes, Fantasias, etc.)
TCHAIKOVSKY, Pyotr Il'yich Romantic Chamber Piano Trio (%22In Memory of a Great Artist%22) A min Op. 50
Walton, William 20th Century Concerto Cello Concerto
Walton, William 20th Century Symphony Symphony No.1
XENAKIS, Iannis Contemporary Orchestral Metastatis

• Good suggestions, of course - Feanor 18:39:46 05/21/07 (0)
  In Reply to: RE: Priorities? posted by edta on May 21, 2007 at 17:58:32

  And I'm certainly willing to reconsider my choices. As I implied earlier, the selection is based on a consensus of lists from a variety of places, not just my personal choices, in fact the later contributed minimally to the final result.
  
  However, Beethoven string quartets is a interesting case in point: my consensus method turned up NO LvB quartets but I forced one middle and one late quartet because they're great as I agree . On the other hand, to say that a newbie ought to investigate all Beethoven's quartets is definitely overkill. The same goes for his piano sonatas from which I selected, IMO, a sufficient representive sample.
  
  I just might act on your suggestions for a Bach contata or two, and Haydn's piano trio which are great.
  
  To say I suggest Elliot Carter's music "over" Mozart's Così fan tutte isn't the way I look at it. That is, I'm not necessarily saying Carter's Symphonia: sum fluxae pretium spei is "better" than Cosi, only that given the other Mozart operas on the list, the topic is covered and we ought move on to something else.
  

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