We're splitting the 42th tier of the Talk Classical community's favorite and most highly recommended works.
This tier currently has 105 works; based on the results of our voting, we'll move up about half of them to the 41st tier, and a few of the works that get the most votes up to join the works we've just left behind on the 40th tier (where they will have a chance to continue climbing next time we do that tier).
So on this thread each participant gets up to 20 +1 votes and up to 5 +2 votes. You don't have to use all of them, and you don't have to put all your votes in a single post, but please put them in groups of 5 so I can confirm that I'm not skipping any of your votes!
Voting on this thread will be open 72 hours.
I will tally the votes on this Google sheet; please note the tabs on the bottom left for "Part 1" and "Part 2."
Have fun! Also, please be considerate! Someone, hopefully, will be influenced by our selections!
Here are the eligible works for this thread:
Abel: 27 Pieces for Bass Viol (The Drexel Manuscript)
Abrahamsen: Schnee
Adams, J.L.: Become Ocean
Albeniz: Asturias (Leyenda)
Alfonso X: Cantiga de Santa Maria 100 "Santa Maria, strela do dia"
Bach, C.P.E.: Cello Concerto #2 in B-flat, Wq. 171
Bach, C.P.E.: Cello Concerto #3 in A, Wq. 172
Bach: Cantata #56 "Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen"
Bach: Cantata #211 "Schweigt stille, plaudert nicht" (Coffee Cantata)
Bach: Concerto for 2 Harpsichords in C minor, BWV 1060
Bach: Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 227
Balakirev: Islamey, op. 18
Bantock: Celtic Symphony
Barber: Cello Concerto in A minor, op. 22
Bartók: Piano Quintet, Sz. 23
Bax: Elegiac Trio
Beethoven: Cello Sonata #3 in A, op. 69
Bellini: Norma
Berg: Altenberg Lieder, op. 4
Biber: Missa Salisburgensis
Bloch: String Quartet #1 in B minor, B. 40
Boccherini: Cello Concerto #9 in B-flat, G. 482 (arr. Grützmacher)
Boccherini: String Quintet in E, op. 11/5, G. 275
Borodin: Symphony #1 in E-flat
Boulez: ...explosante-fixe...
Braga Santos: Symphony #4 in E minor, op. 16
Brahms: Ernste Gesänge (4 Serious Songs), op. 121
Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem, op. 20
Bruckner: Mass #3 in F minor
Butterworth: Songs (6) from A Shropshire Lad
Buxtehude: Passacaglia in D minor, BuxWV 161
Casella: Symphony #2 in C minor, op. 12
Chabrier: España
Chin: Cello Concerto
Cras: Quintet for Harp, Flute, Violin, Viola, and Cello
Debussy: Ariettes Oubliées, L 60
Delibes: Lakmé (including the Flower Duet)
Delius: Florida Suite
Dohnányi: Violin Concerto #1 in D minor, op. 27
Donizetti: L'Elisir d'Amore
Dowland: Second Booke of Songes
Dufay: Missa L'homme armé
Dvořák: Piano Concerto in G minor, op. 33
Dvořák: Romantic Pieces for Violin and Piano, op. 75
Elgar: Introduction and Allegro for Strings, op. 47
Elgar: Symphony #1 in A-flat, op. 55
Elgar: Symphony #2 in E-flat, op. 63
Fauré: Barcarolles
Glass: Music in 12 Parts
Golijov: The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind
Gounod: Romeo et Juliette
Grieg: Cello Sonata in A minor, op. 36
Hahn: Si mes vers avaient des ailes