Thread: the Talk Classical Community's Favorite and Most Highly Recommend Works

Our votes on the 87th tier selected the following works...

To move up 2 to the 85th tier:
Scriabin: Preludes [1889-1914]

To move up 1 to the 86th tier:
Anonymous: Codex Las Huelgas [c. 1300]
Bartók: Out of Doors, Sz. 81 [1926]
Bartók: Pictures (2) for Orchestra, Sz. 46 [1910]
Brahms: Gesang der Parzen (Song of the Fates), op. 89 [1882]
Bridge: String Quartet #2 in G minor, H.115 [1915]
Byrd: The Great Service [before 1606]
Copland: Danzón Cubano [1942; orch. 1946]
Copland: El Salón México [1936]
Hindemith: Der Schwanendreher [1935]
Holst: Egdon Heath, op. 47 [1927]
Honegger: Symphony #2 in D [1941]
Kalinnikov: Symphony #2 in A [1897]
Langgaard: Symphony #4, BVN 124 "Løvfald (Fall of Leaves)" [1916; rev. 1920]
Lindberg: Clarinet Concerto [2002]
Lutosławski: Mi-parti [1976]
Messiaen: Livre d'Orgue [1952]
Mouton: Nesciens mater virgo virum [1555]
Palestrina: Missa Benedicta es [1560s]
Poulenc: Stabat Mater [1950]
Schütz: Geistliche Chormusik (Sacred Choral Music) [1648]
Shostakovich: String Quartet #11 in F minor, op. 122 [1966]
Shostakovich: Violin Concerto #2 in C-sharp minor, op. 129 [1967]
Striggio: Missa sopra Ecco sì beato giorno [c. 1566]
Tubin: Symphony #2 in B minor "Legendaarne (The Legendary)" [1938]
Tubin: Symphony #4 in A "Sinfonia Lirica" [1943; rev. 1978]
Zelenka: Missa Dei Patris, ZWV 19 [1740]

To remain on the 87th tier:
Addinsell: Warsaw Concerto [1941]
Balakirev: Tamara [1882]
Beethoven: Piano Sonata #22 in F, op. 54 [1804]
Boulez: Piano Sonata #2 [1948]
Brahms: Zigeunerlieder (Gypsy Songs), op. 103 and 112, including "Sehnsucht" and "Nächtens" [1888-91]
Bruch: Pieces (8) for Clarinet, Viola, and Piano, op. 83 [1910]
Bruckner: String Quintet in F [1879]
Copland: Quiet City [1939-41]
Crusell: Clarinet Concerto #2 in F minor, op. 5 [1818]
Debussy: La plus que lente, L. 121 [1910]
Debussy: Printemps, L. 61 [1887, 1912]
Dennehy: Grá agus Bás [2007]
Dohnányi: Variations on a Nursery Song, op. 25 [1914]
Gautier de Coincy: Miracles de Nostre Dame [c. 1200]
Gernsheim: Piano Quintet #1 in D minor, op. 35 [1877]
Godowsky: Java Suite [1925]
Grainger: Irish Tune from County Derry [1911]
Josquin: Missa La sol fa re mi [1502]
Kodály: Peacock Variations [1939]
Lassus: Missa Bell' Amfitrit' altera [1610]
Lehár: Die lustige Witwe (The Merry Widow) [1905]
Lutosławski: Les espaces du sommeil [1975]
MacDowell: Piano Concerto #2 in D minor, op. 23 [1889]
Machaut: Je vivroie liement [14th cent.]
Messiaen: Livre du Saint Sacrement [1985]
Morales: Missa pro defunctis [1544]
Mosolov: Iron Foundry, op. 19 [1927]
Myaskovsky: Symphony #24 in F minor, op. 63 [1943]
Nielsen: Symphony #2, op. 16 "The Four Temperaments" [1902]
Piston: Symphony #6 [1955]
Popov: Symphony #1, op. 7 [1930]
Prokofiev: Violin Sonata #2 in D, op. 94a [1943]
Rachmaninoff: The Rock, symphonic poem, op. 7 [1893]
Rangström: Symphony #3 in D-flat "Song under the Stars" [1929]
Rautavaara: Symphony #6 "Vincentiana" [1992]
Ravel: Poèmes (3) de Stéphane Mallarmé [1913]
Reich: Drumming [1971]
Respighi: Belkis, Queen of Sheba [1934]
Röntgen: Violin Concerto #1 in A minor [1902]
Saariaho: Nymphéa (Jardin secret III) [1987]
Schubert: Auf dem Wasser zu singen, D. 774 [1823]
Schuller: Studies (7) on Themes of Paul Klee [1959]
Sheppard: Media vita [early 16th cent.]
Strauss, J. II: Kaiser-Walzer, op. 437 [1889]
Strauss, R.: Songs (5), op. 41, including "Wiegenlied" [1899]
Stravinsky: Le Baiser de la Fée (The Fairy's Kiss) [1928; rev. 1950]
Suk: Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra in G minor, op. 24 [1903]
Willan: Introduction, Passacaglia, and Fugue [1916]

To move down 1 to the 88th tier:
Cavalli: La Calisto [1651]
Chopin: Berceuse in D-flat, op. 57 [1844]
Puccini: Manon Lescaut [1893]

Our votes on the 111th tier, part 3 selected the following works...

To move up 3 to the 108th tier:
Dowland: Lute music [early 17th century]

To move up 2 to the 109th tier:
Dohnányi: Piano Quartet in F-sharp minor [1891]
Dowland: In darkness let me dwell [published 1610]
Dufay: Salve flos Tusce gentis [1435 or 1436]
Dufay: Se la face ay pale [15th cent.]
Dufay: Vergene bella [c. 1424]
Duphly: Pièces de Clavecin [1744-1768]
Dussek: Piano Sonata in F-sharp minor, op. 61, "Elégie harmonique" [1807]
Dvořák: Gypsy Songs, op. 55, including "Songs My Mother Taught Me" [1880]
Eyck: Der Fluyten Lust-Hof [c. 1644-56]
Facco: Concerti "Pensieri Adriarmonici," op. 1 [1716, 1718]
Falla: Canciones (7) populares españolas (Seven Spanish Folksongs) [1915]
Farrenc: Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano in E-flat, op. 44 [1840]
Fauré: Mélodies (3), op. 18, including "Nell" and "Automne" [1878]
Fauré: Mélodies (4), op. 51, including "Au cimetière" and "Spleen" [1888, 1890]
Fawkyner: Gaude rosa sine spina [late 15th cent.]
Feldman: For Bunita Marcus [1985]
Ferneyhough: Funérailles I & II [1969-80]
Forqueray, A. & Forqueray, J.B.: Pièces de Viole (32) [before 1747]
Francesco Canova da Milano: Fantasias for lute [before 1543]
Froberger: Suite #30 (Partita) in A minor, FbWV 630 [mid-17th century]
Fujikura: Ice [2009-10]

To move up 1 to the 110th tier:
Denisov: Requiem [1980]
Diamond: Symphony #4 [1945]
Dohnányi: Winterreigen (Winter Dances), op. 13 [1905]
Duparc: Extase [1874]
Dusapin: Aufgang (Ascent) [2011]
Dvořák: From the Bohemian Forest, op. 68, B. 133, including Waldesruhe ("Silent Woods") [1884]
Dvořák: Requiem [1890]
Dyson: The Canterbury Pilgrims [1931]
Enescu: Piano Sonata #3 in D, op. 24/3 [1935]
Englund: Cello Concerto [1954]
Fauré: Cello Sonata #2 in G minor, op. 117 [1921]
Fauré: Sicilienne in G minor for Cello and Piano, op. 78 [1893]
Finnissy: English Country Tunes
Foulds: A World Requiem, op. 60
Fung: Piano Concerto "Dreamscapes" [2009]

To remain on the 111th tier:
Delius: Eventyr (Once Upon a Time)
Dhomont: Cycle du son [1998]
Dusapin: Trombone Concerto "Watt" [1994]
Eastman: Femenine [1974]
Elgar: Falstaff, op. 68 [1913]
Fauré: Cello Sonata #1 in D minor, op. 109 [1917]
Ferrari: Éphémère II
Fibich: Moods, Impressions, and Souvenirs, opp. 41, 44, 47, & 57
Field: Piano Concerto #1 in E-flat, H. 27
Franck: Les Éolides

To move down 1 to the 112th tier:
Delius: Piano Concerto in C minor [1897]
Dhomont: Sous le regard d'un soleil noir [1981]
Dockstader: Quatermass [1966]
Dusapin: String Quartet #3 [1993]

I was looking at the tier counts just now, and looking ahead to the tiers we'll do in the future, and I realized that putting the "up 3" works on the 108th tier is a mistake because we won't be doing that tier this cycle -- in other words, they were going to be stranded there, punished in a sense for doing better than the "up 2" works, which would have a good chance of being moved up to the 107th tier and beyond. So we'll move those works up to the 107th tier, and leave the 108th tier empty for now (we'll fill it when we split the 109th tier, which will have 400+ works by then).

Basically, in case that's not clear, I'm saying that I created the 108th tier prematurely, which caused a little bit of a problem, and so to fix it I'm going to pretend not to have created it yet....

Originally Posted by EnescuCvartet

Violin Sonata #3 op. 25 by George Enescu (1926)

That would be a wonderful addition and it's one of my favorite works, but it's already on our list. You can see an alphabetized list of the works here, or you can see the ranked list here, where you can find that work on the 57th tier (which is the 84th percentile of the works we've recommended).

As it happens, we're only about 3 weeks away from voting to promote some works on that tier, so if you hang around you'll be able to vote to move it to a higher tier, recommending it more strongly. You can find most of the voting, as well as lots of other voting games, in the polls subform.

Our votes on the 123rd tier, part 3 selected the following works...

To move up 4 to the 119th tier:
Dunstable: Salve scema sanctitatis [15th century]

To move up 3 to the 120th tier:
Dello Joio: Meditations on Ecclesiastes [1956]
Dessner: Music for Wood and Strings [2013]
Dohnányi: Cello Sonata in B-flat minor, op. 8 [1899]
Dove: Piano Quintet [2009]
Dove: Tobias and the Angel [1999]
Draeseke: Quintet for Piano, Strings and Horn in B-flat, op. 48 [1888]
Dunstable: Missa Da gaudiorum premia [1420?]
Dutilleux: Oboe Sonata [1947]
Eastman: Crazy Ni**er [c. 1980]
Eastman: Evil Ni**er [1979]
Eisler: Deutsche Sinfonie, op. 50 [1957]
Eötvös: Intervalles-Intérieurs [1981]
Esquivel: Missa Hortus conclusus [1613]
Estévez: Cantata Criolla [1954]
Ferneyhough: String Quartet #5 [2006]
Fibich: Symphony #3 in E minor, op. 53 [1898]
Freitas Branco: Paraísos Artificiais [1910]

To move up 2 to the 121st tier:
Danzi: Horn Sonata in E minor, op. 44 [1814]
Daugherty: Le Tombeau de Liberace [1996]
Daugherty: Tales of Hemingway [2015]
Davies: Guitar Sonata [1984]
Dean: Testament for 12 violas [2002]
Denisov: Guitar Concerto [1991]
Desmarets: Vénus et Adonis [1697]
Diepenbrock: Hymne an die Nacht [1899]
Dohnányi: Concert Études (6), op. 28 [1916]
Dohnányi: Rhapsodies (4), op. 11 [1902-03]
Doppler: Fantaisie Pastorale Hongroise, op. 26
Durón: La Guerra de los Gigantes [1700]
Dusapin: Galim, 'Requies plena oblectationis', for flute and string orchestra [1998]
Dusapin: Penthesilea [2015]
Dusapin: Wenn du dem Wind for mezzo-soprano and orchestra [2014]
Dvořák: Piano Trio #2 in G minor, op. 26 [1876]
Dyson: Symphony in G [1937]
Fauré: Valses-Caprices (4) [1882-94]
Ferneyhough: Shadowtime [2004]
Ferneyhough: String Quartet #2 [1980]
Fine: Notturno for Strings and Harp [1951]
Foerster: Cello Sonata #1 in F minor, op. 45 [1905]
Forsyth: Viola Concerto in G minor [1903]
Franck: Piano Trio #2 in B-flat, op. 1/2 [1837?]

To move up 1 to the 122th tier:
Darmar: Piano Concerto "Cunda" [2014]
Davies, W.: Symphony #2 in G, op. 32 [1911]
Debussy: L'enfant prodigue, L 57 [1884, rev. 1907-8]
Delius: Violin Sonata in B major, op. posth. [1892]
Dett: The Ordering of Moses, a Biblical Folk Scene for soloists, chorus and orchestra [1932]
Dohnányi: String Quartet #3 in A minor, op. 33 [1926]
Domeniconi: Koyunbaba Suite [1985-86]
Donatoni: Duo pour Bruno [1974-75]
Donatoni: Tema [1981]
Durey: Sonatine for flute and piano, op. 25 [1929]
Ewazen: Trumpet Sonata [1995]
Fagerlund: Isola [2011]
Fasch: Trumpet Concerto in D [18th century]
Feld: Flute Concerto [1954]
Ferneyhough: Lemma-Icon-Epigram [1981]
Ferneyhough: Liber Scintillarum [2012]
Ferrari: Tautologos III [1969]
Fétis: Flute Concerto in B minor [1869]
Flagello: Symphony #1 [1968]
Frankel: Symphony #1, op. 33 [1958]

To remain on the 123rd tier:
Del Tredici: In Memory of a Summer Day [1980]
Demessieux: Te Deum, op. 11 [1959]
Dickinson: Piano Concerto [1984]
Donatoni: ESA (In cauda V) [2000]
Donatoni: Etwas ruhiger im Ausdruck [1967]
Donatoni: Spiri [1977]
Doráti: Sette pezzi for orchestra [1961]
Dumitrescu: Gnosis for solo double bass [1983]
Dusapin: Etudes for piano [2001]
Dusapin: Item, for cello [1985]
Dusapin: Musique captive, for chamber ensemble [1980]
Economou: Sixteen Etudes for Children [1982]
eRikm, Ferrari, & Lehn: Les Protorythmiques [2007]
Fano: Sonata for Two Pianos [1952]
Fine: String Quartet [1952]
Finnissy: Seven Sacred Motets [1991]
Fitelberg: Song of the Falcon, op. 18 [1905]
Foote: Piano Trio #2 in B-flat, op. 65 [1907-08]
Foss: String Quartet #3 [1976]
Fragoso: 7 Preludes [c. 1923?]
Franck: Les Beatitudes [1879]
Franssens: Harmony of the Spheres [1994-2001]

Our votes on the 55th tier selected the following works...

To move up 2 to the 53rd tier:
Prokofiev: Piano Sonata #6 in A, op. 82 [1940]

To move up 1 to the 54th tier:
Bach: Great Eighteen Chorale Preludes, BWV 651-668 "Leipzig" [1740-50]
Barber: Symphony #1 in One Movement, op. 9 [1936]
Bartók: Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107 [1926-1939]
Bax: November Woods [1917]
Brahms: Piano Sonata #3 in F minor, op. 5 [1853]
Brahms: Tragic Overture, op. 81 [1880]
Chopin: Barcarolle in F-sharp, op. 60 [1846]
Falla: El Amor Brujo [1915]
Handel: Solomon, HWV 67 [1748]
Haydn: Mass #12 in B-flat, Hob. XXII/12 "Theresienmesse" [1799]
Janáček: Piano Sonata 1.X.1905 "From the Street" [1905]
Khachaturian: Masquerade Suite [1941]
Liszt: Liebesträume, S.541 [1850]
Pärt: Spiegel im Spiegel [1978]
Poulenc: Sextet for Piano and Winds [1932]
Reich: Different Trains [1988]
Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville) [1816]
Saint-Saëns: Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, op. 28 [1863]
Schubert: Piano Sonata #15 in C, D. 840 "Reliquie" [1825]
Scriabin: Prometheus: The Poem of Fire, op. 60 [1910]
Strauss, R.: Don Quixote, op. 35 [1897]
Strauss, R.: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche (Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks), op. 28 [1895]
Weber: Der Freischütz, op. 77 [1821]
Webern: Pieces (5) for Orchestra, op. 10 [1913]

To remain on the 55th tier:
Brahms: Ballades, op. 10 [1854]
Byrd: My Ladye Nevells Booke [1591]
Finzi: Clarinet Concerto in C minor, op. 31 [1949]
Furrer: Konzert (Piano Concerto) [2007]
Glière: Harp Concerto in E-flat, op. 74 [1938]
Grieg: String Quartet #1 in G minor, op. 27 [1878]
Gubaidulina: Sieben Worte [1981]
Haydn: Symphony #83 in G minor "The Hen" [1785]
Magnard: Symphony #3 in B-flat minor, op. 11 [1896]
Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (Songs of a Wayfarer) [1886]
Monteverdi: Madrigals, Book 5 [1605]
Mozart: Symphony #35 in D, K. 385 "Haffner" [1782]
Mozart: Violin Concerto #3 in G, K. 216 [1775]
Schubert: Klavierstücke (3 Piano Pieces), D. 946 [1828]

To move down 1 to the 56th tier:
Haydn: Piano Trio #44 in E, Hob. XV/28 [1797 or before]