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5-pointers, part 3

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We're splitting the 5-point tier of the Talk Classical community's favorite and most highly recommended works: about half of these works will move up to the new 6-point tier, and a select few that get the most votes up an extra tier.

Each participant gets up to 25 votes. You don't have to put them all in a single post. 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 48 hours.

I will tally the votes on this Google sheet. Note the tabs on the bottom left of the screen labeled "Part 1," "Part 2," and "Part 3."

Here are the eligible works:

Prokofiev: Scythian Suite, op. 20
Prokofiev: Symphony #2 in D minor, op. 40
Prokofiev: Symphony-Concerto (Sinfonia Concertante) in E minor, op. 125
Prokofiev: The Love for Three Oranges, op. 33
Prokofiev: War and Peace, op. 91
Purcell: Come Ye Sons of Art, Away, Z. 323
Purcell: Hail, bright Cecilia! (Ode for St. Cecilia's Day), Z. 328
Purcell: The Yorkshire Feast Song, Z. 333
Rachmaninoff: Études-Tableaux, opp. 33 & 39
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto #1 in F-sharp minor, op. 1
Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances, op. 45
Rachmaninoff: Symphony #1 in D minor, op. 13
Rachmaninoff: Trio Élégiaque #1 in G minor
Rachmaninoff: Variations on a Theme of Corelli, op. 42
Rameau: Castor et Pollux
Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales
Reger: Piano Concerto in F minor, op. 114
Reger: Tone Poems (4) after Arnold Böcklin, op. 128
Reger: Variations and Fugue on a Theme of J.A. Hiller, op. 100
Reger: Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Mozart, op. 132
Reicha: 36 Fugues
Reimann: Lear
Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances
Respighi: Vetrate di Chiesa (Church Windows)
Revueltas: Sensemayá
Rheinberger: Symphony in F, op. 87 "Florentine"
Rimsky-Korsakov: Quintet for Piano & Winds in B-flat
Saariaho: L'Amour de loin
Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto #1 in A minor, op. 33
Schmidt: Symphony #4 in C
Schnittke: Peer Gynt
Schnittke: Requiem
Schnittke: Symphony #2 "St. Florian"
Schnittke: Symphony #5 (Concerto Grosso #4)
Schoenberg: Chamber Symphony #1 in E, op. 9
Schoenberg: Erwartung (Expectation), op. 17
Schoenberg: Gurrelieder
Schoenberg: String Quartet #1 in D minor, op. 7
Schoenberg: String Quartet #2 in F-sharp minor, op. 10
Schoenberg: String Quartet #3, op. 30
Schoenberg: String Quartet #4, op. 37
Schubert: Arpeggione Sonata in A minor, D. 821
Schubert: Mass #6 in E-flat, D. 950
Schuman: Symphony #3
Schumann: Overture, Scherzo, and Finale, op. 52
Schumann: Violin Concerto in D minor
Scriabin: Piano Concerto in F-sharp minor, op. 20
Scriabin: Symphony #3 in C minor, op. 43 "Le Divin Poème"
Sculthorpe: Kakadu
Shebalin: String Quartet #5 in F minor, op. 33 "Slavonic"
Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District, op. 29
Shostakovich: Piano Concerto #2 in F, op. 102
Shostakovich: String Quartet #7 in F-sharp minor, op. 108
Shostakovich: Symphony #14, op. 135
Shostakovich: Symphony #6 in B minor, op. 54
Sibelius: En Saga, op. 9
Sousa: The Washington Post
Spohr: Nonet in F, op. 31
Stockhausen: Gesang der Jünglinge
Stockhausen: Kontakte
Strauss, R.: Der Rosenkavalier, op. 59
Strauss, R.: Elektra, op. 58
Strauss, R.: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche (Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks), op. 28
Stravinsky: Agon
Stravinsky: Le Chant du Rossignol (Song of the Nightingale)
Stravinsky: Les Noces (The Wedding)
Stravinsky: Symphony in C
Stravinsky: Symphony in Three Movements
Suk: Asrael Symphony in C minor, op. 27
Suk: Serenade for Strings in E-flat, op. 6
Szymanowski: Symphony #3, op. 27 "Song of the Night"
Takemitsu: Requiem for String Orchestra
Tavener: Song for Athene
Taverner: Missa Gloria tibi Trinitas
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto #2 in G, op. 44
Tchaikovsky: Pique Dame (The Queen of Spades), op. 68
Telemann: Tafelmusik
Ten Holt: Canto Ostinato
Tyberg: Symphony #3 in D minor
Varèse: Arcana
Vaughan Williams: Phantasy Quintet
Vaughan Williams: Piano Quintet in C minor
Vaughan Williams: Symphony #7 "Sinfonia Antartica"
Vaughan Williams: Variants (5) of Dives and Lazarus
Verdi: Falstaff
Victoria: Officium Defunctorum (Requiem)
Villa-Lobos: Chôros #10 for chorus and orchestra "Rasga o coração"
Vivaldi: Flute Concertos (6), op. 10
Vivaldi: Gloria, RV 589
Vivaldi: Stabat Mater, RV 621
Walton: Belshazzar's Feast
Walton: Symphony #1 in B-flat minor
Walton: Viola Concerto
Weber: Clarinet Concerto #1 in F minor, op. 73
Weber: Clarinet Concerto #2 in E-flat, op. 74
Weber: Clarinet Quintet in B-flat, op. 34
Weber: Grand Duo Concertant for clarinet and piano, op. 48
Webern: Im Sommerwind
Wieniawski: Violin Concerto #2 in D minor, op. 22
Yoshimatsu: Symphony #4, op. 82
Ysaÿe: Sonatas (6) for Solo Violin, op. 27
Zelenka: Lamentations of Jeremiah, ZWV 53
Zelenka: Missa Votiva, ZWV 18
Zemlinsky: String Quartet #2, op. 15
 
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Prokofiev: Scythian Suite, op. 20
Prokofiev: The Love for Three Oranges, op. 33
Purcell: Hail, bright Cecilia! (Ode for St. Cecilia's Day), Z. 328
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto #1 in F-sharp minor, op. 1
Rachmaninoff: Variations on a Theme of Corelli, op. 42

Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales
Respighi: Vetrate di Chiesa (Church Windows)
Revueltas: Sensemayá
Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto #1 in A minor, op. 33
Schubert: Mass #6 in E-flat, D. 950

Schuman: Symphony #3
Sculthorpe: Kakadu
Shostakovich: Piano Concerto #2 in F, op. 102
Strauss, R.: Der Rosenkavalier, op. 59
Strauss, R.: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche (Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks), op. 28

Stravinsky: Les Noces (The Wedding)
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto #2 in G, op. 44
Ten Holt: Canto Ostinato
Verdi: Falstaff
Villa-Lobos: Chôros #10 for chorus and orchestra "Rasga o coração"

Walton: Symphony #1 in B-flat minor
Walton: Viola Concerto
Weber: Clarinet Concerto #1 in F minor, op. 73
Weber: Clarinet Concerto #2 in E-flat, op. 74
Ysaÿe: Sonatas (6) for Solo Violin, op. 27
 
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Prokofiev: The Love for Three Oranges, op. 33
Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales
Schumann: Overture, Scherzo, and Finale, op. 52
Schumann: Violin Concerto in D minor
Sibelius: En Saga, op. 9

Sousa: The Washington Post
Suk: Serenade for Strings in E-flat, op. 6
Vaughan Williams: Phantasy Quintet
Vaughan Williams: Piano Quintet in C minor
Vaughan Williams: Variants (5) of Dives and Lazarus
 
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Total (20):

Prokofiev: Symphony #2 in D minor, op. 40
Rachmaninoff: Variations on a Theme of Corelli, op. 42
Schmidt: Symphony #4 in C
Schoenberg: Gurrelieder
Schoenberg: String Quartet #1 in D minor, op. 7

Shebalin: String Quartet #5 in F minor, op. 33 "Slavonic"
Shostakovich: String Quartet #7 in F-sharp minor, op. 108
Shostakovich: Symphony #14, op. 135
Shostakovich: Symphony #6 in B minor, op. 54
Strauss, R.: Der Rosenkavalier, op. 59

Suk: Asrael Symphony in C minor, op. 27
Szymanowski: Symphony #3, op. 27 "Song of the Night"
Tyberg: Symphony #3 in D minor
Vaughan Williams: Phantasy Quintet
Weber: Clarinet Concerto #1 in F minor, op. 73

Weber: Clarinet Concerto #2 in E-flat, op. 74
Weber: Clarinet Quintet in B-flat, op. 34
Weber: Grand Duo Concertant for clarinet and piano, op. 48
Zelenka: Lamentations of Jeremiah, ZWV 53
Zemlinsky: String Quartet #2, op. 15
 
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Reger: Tone Poems (4) after Arnold Böcklin, op. 128
Reger: Variations and Fugue on a Theme of J.A. Hiller, op. 100
Rheinberger: Symphony in F, op. 87 "Florentine"
Rimsky-Korsakov: Quintet for Piano & Winds in B-flat
Schmidt: Symphony #4 in C

Schoenberg: Chamber Symphony #1 in E, op. 9
Schoenberg: String Quartet #1 in D minor, op. 7
Schoenberg: String Quartet #2 in F-sharp minor, op. 10
Scriabin: Piano Concerto in F-sharp minor, op. 20
Scriabin: Symphony #3 in C minor, op. 43 "Le Divin Poème"

Sculthorpe: Kakadu
Sibelius: En Saga, op. 9
Stravinsky: Symphony in C
Suk: Asrael Symphony in C minor, op. 27
Suk: Serenade for Strings in E-flat, op. 6

Takemitsu: Requiem for String Orchestra
Taverner: Missa Gloria tibi Trinitas
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto #2 in G, op. 44
Telemann: Tafelmusik
Tyberg: Symphony #3 in D minor

Vaughan Williams: Phantasy Quintet
Vaughan Williams: Piano Quintet in C minor
Victoria: Officium Defunctorum (Requiem)
Wieniawski: Violin Concerto #2 in D minor, op. 22
Zelenka: Lamentations of Jeremiah, ZWV 53
 
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Reger: Tone Poems (4) after Arnold Böcklin, op. 128
Respighi: Vetrate di Chiesa (Church Windows)
Saariaho: L'Amour de loin
Schmidt: Symphony #4 in C
Scriabin: Symphony #3 in C minor, op. 43 "Le Divin Poème"

Sculthorpe: Kakadu
Shostakovich: Piano Concerto #2 in F, op. 102
Shostakovich: String Quartet #7 in F-sharp minor, op. 108
Shostakovich: Symphony #14, op. 135
Shostakovich: Symphony #6 in B minor, op. 54

Sibelius: En Saga, op. 9
Strauss, R.: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche (Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks), op. 28
Suk: Asrael Symphony in C minor, op. 27
Suk: Serenade for Strings in E-flat, op. 6
Takemitsu: Requiem for String Orchestra

Vaughan Williams: Symphony #7 "Sinfonia Antartica"
Victoria: Officium Defunctorum (Requiem)
Weber: Clarinet Concerto #1 in F minor, op. 73
Weber: Clarinet Concerto #2 in E-flat, op. 74
Zemlinsky: String Quartet #2, op. 15
 
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Rachmaninoff: Trio Élégiaque #1 in G minor
Rimsky-Korsakov: Quintet for Piano & Winds in B-flat
Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto #1 in A minor, op. 33
Schmidt: Symphony #4 in C
Schnittke: Requiem

Schoenberg: Chamber Symphony #1 in E, op. 9
Schoenberg: String Quartet #3, op. 30
Schubert: Mass #6 in E-flat, D. 950
Schumann: Violin Concerto in D minor
Shostakovich: Piano Concerto #2 in F, op. 102

Shostakovich: String Quartet #7 in F-sharp minor, op. 108
Spohr: Nonet in F, op. 31
Stravinsky: Symphony in C
Stravinsky: Symphony in Three Movements
Suk: Serenade for Strings in E-flat, op. 6

Telemann: Tafelmusik
Ten Holt: Canto Ostinato
Vaughan Williams: Phantasy Quintet
Vaughan Williams: Piano Quintet in C minor
Victoria: Officium Defunctorum (Requiem)

Vivaldi: Gloria, RV 589
Walton: Viola Concerto
Webern: Im Sommerwind
Wieniawski: Violin Concerto #2 in D minor, op. 22
Zelenka: Missa Votiva, ZWV 18
 
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Prokofiev: Scythian Suite, op. 20
Prokofiev: Symphony #2 in D minor, op. 40
Prokofiev: Symphony-Concerto (Sinfonia Concertante) in E minor, op. 125
Reger: Tone Poems (4) after Arnold Böcklin, op. 128
Reger: Variations and Fugue on a Theme of J.A. Hiller, op. 100

Reger: Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Mozart, op. 132
Schubert: Arpeggione Sonata in A minor, D. 821
Schubert: Mass #6 in E-flat, D. 950
Scriabin: Piano Concerto in F-sharp minor, op. 20
Strauss, R.: Der Rosenkavalier, op. 59

Stravinsky: Les Noces (The Wedding)
Stravinsky: Symphony in C
Stravinsky: Symphony in Three Movements
Suk: Asrael Symphony in C minor, op. 27
Tavener: Song for Athene

Taverner: Missa Gloria tibi Trinitas
Telemann: Tafelmusik
Vaughan Williams: Phantasy Quintet
Vaughan Williams: Piano Quintet in C minor
Victoria: Officium Defunctorum (Requiem)

Vivaldi: Gloria, RV 589
Weber: Clarinet Concerto #1 in F minor, op. 73
Weber: Clarinet Quintet in B-flat, op. 34
Ysaÿe: Sonatas (6) for Solo Violin, op. 27
Zemlinsky: String Quartet #2, op. 15
 
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Purcell: Come Ye Sons of Art, Away, Z. 323
Purcell: The Yorkshire Feast Song, Z. 333
Rameau: Castor et Pollux
Reimann: Lear
Respighi: Vetrate di Chiesa (Church Windows)

Saariaho: L'Amour de loin
Schnittke: Peer Gynt
Schnittke: Symphony #2 "St. Florian"
Schnittke: Symphony #5 (Concerto Grosso #4)
Schoenberg: Chamber Symphony #1 in E, op. 9

Schoenberg: Erwartung (Expectation), op. 17
Schoenberg: Gurrelieder
Schoenberg: String Quartet #2 in F-sharp minor, op. 10
Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District, op. 29
Stockhausen: Gesang der Jünglinge

Stockhausen: Kontakte
Strauss, R.: Der Rosenkavalier, op. 59
Stravinsky: Les Noces (The Wedding)
Takemitsu: Requiem for String Orchestra
Ten Holt: Canto Ostinato

Tyberg: Symphony #3 in D minor
Varèse: Arcana
Verdi: Falstaff
Victoria: Officium Defunctorum (Requiem)
Webern: Im Sommerwind
 
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Prokofiev: Symphony No. 2 in D minor, op. 40
Prokofiev: Symphony-Concerto (Sinfonia Concertante) in E minor, op. 125
Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales
Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances
Revueltas: Sensemaya

Saariaho: L'Amour de loin
Saint-Saens: Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor, op. 33
Schoenberg: Chamber Symphony No. 1 in E, op. 9
Schoenberg: Gurrelieder
Scriabin: Symphony No. 3 in C minor, op. 43 "Le Devin Poeme"

Sculthorpe: Kakadu
Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 7 in F sharp minor, op. 108
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 14, op. 135
Stockhausen: Kontakte
Strauss, R.: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche (Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks), op. 28

Stravinsky: Agon
Stravinsky: Le Chant du Rossignol (The Song of the Nightingale)
Takemitsu: Requiem for String Orchestra
Varese: Arcana
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 7 "Sinfonia Antartica"

Walton: Symphony No. 1 in B flat minor
Walton: Viola Concerto
Webern: Im Sommerwind
 
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Prokofiev: Symphony-Concerto (Sinfonia Concertante) in E minor, op. 125
Prokofiev: The Love for Three Oranges, op. 33
Purcell: Come Ye Sons of Art, Away, Z. 323
Purcell: The Yorkshire Feast Song, Z. 333
Rameau: Castor et Pollux

Reimann: Lear
Revueltas: Sensemayá
Rimsky-Korsakov: Quintet for Piano & Winds in B-flat
Schoenberg: Chamber Symphony #1 in E, op. 9
Schoenberg: String Quartet #1 in D minor, op. 7

Schoenberg: String Quartet #2 in F-sharp minor, op. 10
Sculthorpe: Kakadu
Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District, op. 29
Stockhausen: Kontakte
Strauss, R.: Der Rosenkavalier, op. 59

Stravinsky: Symphony in Three Movements
Suk: Asrael Symphony in C minor, op. 27
Takemitsu: Requiem for String Orchestra
Taverner: Missa Gloria tibi Trinitas
Varèse: Arcana

Walton: Symphony #1 in B-flat minor
Webern: Im Sommerwind
Wieniawski: Violin Concerto #2 in D minor, op. 22
Zelenka: Lamentations of Jeremiah, ZWV 53
Zelenka: Missa Votiva, ZWV 18
 
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Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto #1 in F-sharp minor, op. 1
Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances, op. 45
Rachmaninoff: Symphony #1 in D minor, op. 13
Rachmaninoff: Trio Élégiaque #1 in G minor
Rachmaninoff: Variations on a Theme of Corelli, op. 42

Reger: Tone Poems (4) after Arnold Böcklin, op. 128
Reger: Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Mozart, op. 132
Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances
Respighi: Vetrate di Chiesa (Church Windows)
Revueltas: Sensemayá

Schmidt: Symphony #4 in C
Shostakovich: Piano Concerto #2 in F, op. 102
Shostakovich: Symphony #6 in B minor, op. 54
Sibelius: En Saga, op. 9
Suk: Asrael Symphony in C minor, op. 27

Szymanowski: Symphony #3, op. 27 "Song of the Night"
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto #2 in G, op. 44
Tyberg: Symphony #3 in D minor
Vaughan Williams: Phantasy Quintet
Vaughan Williams: Piano Quintet in C minor

Villa-Lobos: Chôros #10 for chorus and orchestra "Rasga o coração"
Walton: Belshazzar's Feast
Walton: Symphony #1 in B-flat minor
Walton: Viola Concerto
Zemlinsky: String Quartet #2, op. 15
 
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