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Re: Ears' list and Rob's

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Posted by jlee on March 25, 2000 at 14:33:22

In Reply to: Re: Ears' list and Rob's posted by Rob on March 25, 2000 at 13:13:46:

Here we go! I did very little editing: changed Holst, Liszt and Korngold, added Schumann and cut off the duplicates.

Part I. The essentials

J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerti
J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations
Beethoven: String Quartets 12-16(Late Quartets)
Beethoven: Piano Sonata 23(Appassionata)
Beethoven: Symphonies 3(Eroica), 9(Choral)
Brahms: Piano Concerto 2
Brahms: Violin Concerto
Brahms: Symphonies 1, 4
Chopin: Ballades, Scherzos, Fantasy in F Minor
Handel: Messiah
Haydn: String Quartets Op. 76
Haydn: Symphonies 94(Surprise), 101(Clock)
Mahler: Symphonies 1, 8
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto
Mozart: Piano Concerto 20 K.466
Mozart: String Quartet 17 K.458(Hunt)
Mozart: String Quintets K.515, K.516
Mozart: Symphonies 40, 41
Palestrina: Missa Papae Marcelli
Schubert: String Quintet D.956
Schubert: Piano Quintet D.667(Trout)
Schubert: Symphony 8(Unfinished)
Schumann: Kinderszenen
Shostakovich: String Quartet 8
Shostakovich: Symphony 5
Sibelius: Violin Concerto
Richard Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel
Stravinsky: Sacre du Printemps
Tchaikovsky: Symphony 6(Pathetique)
Wagner: Orchestral Excerpts from the Operas

Part II. More suggestions from each category

Medieval:

Allegri: Miserere
Josquin des Prez: Missa Panga Lingua

Baroque:

Bach: Orchestral Suites
Bach: Die Kunst der Fuge
Bach: French Suites
Bach: Cello Suites
Bach: Sonatas and Partitas for Violin
Bach: Toccata and Fuga in D minor for organ
Bach: Cantatas 78, 82, 140, 147
Bach: Mass in B minor
Vivaldi: Le Quattro Stagioni
Haendel: Watermusic
Haendel: Music for the Royal Fireworks
C.P.E. Bach: Keyboard Sonatas
Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue
Scarlatti: Keyboard sonatas
Cimarosa: Concerto in C major for oboe and strings

Classical:

Mozart: Symphonies 35, 36, 38, 39
Mozart: String Quartets KV 428, 465
Mozart: Piano Concerti 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27
Mozart: Clarinet Quintet
Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik
Mozart: Piano sonatas
Mozart: Violin concerti
Mozart: Requiem
Mozart: Die Zauberflote
Mozart: Don Giovanni
Haydn: Symphonies 103
Haydn: Piano sonatas
Haydn: Trumpet Concerto
Rossini: Ouvertures
Rossini: La Cenerentola
Rossini: Stabat Mater

Romanticism:

Beethoven: Symphonies 5, 6, 7
Beethoven: Pianosonatas
Beethoven: Pianoconcertos 3, 4, 5
Beethoven: Diabelli Variations
Beethoven: Violin Sonatas
Beethoven: Violinconcerto
Beethoven: Triple Concerto
Beethoven: String Quartets
Beethoven: Missa solemnis
Schubert: Symphonies 4, 5, 9
Schubert: Winterreise
Schubert: Forellenquintett
Schubert: Der Tod und das Madchen
Schubert: Piano Sonata D960
Schumann: Piano Concerto
Schumann: Fantasiestucke op. 12
Schumann: Cello Concerto
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique
Bellini: Norma
Mendelssohn: Symphonie 3, 4
Mendelssohn: Ouverture 'The Hebrides'
Chopin: Pianoconcertos
Chopin: Pianosonatas 2, 3
Chopin: Etudes, Waltzes, Nocturnes, Polonaises
Brahms: Symphonies 1-4
Brahms: Pianoconcertos 1
Brahms: Double concerto
Brahms: Piano Quintet
Puccini: Tosca
Puccini: Turandot
Bruch: Violinconcerto
Grieg: Pianoconcerto
Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite
Tchaikovsky: Symphonies 4, 5
Tchaikovsky: Pianoconcerto 1
Tchaikovsky: Violinconcerto
Tchaikovsky: Ouverture 1812
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker
Verdi: Aida
Verdi: Requiem
Sibelius: Finlandia
Sibelius: Symphony 2, 5
Saint-Saens: Le Carnaval des Animaux
Saint-Saens: Symphony 3
Ravel: Bolero
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition
Dvorak: Symphony 9
Rachmaninoff: Symphony 2
Rachmaninoff: Pianoconcertos 2, 3

Late Romanticism

Korngold: Violinconcerto
Lizst: Pianoconcertos
Lizst: 'Les Preludes'
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
Bruckner: Symphonies 4, 7, 8, 9
Bruckner: Te Deum
Mahler: Symphonies 2, 4, 5, 6
Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde
R. Strauss: Don Juan
R. Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra
R. Strauss: Vier Letzte Lieder
Schoenberg: Verklarte Nacht
Debussy: Images
Debussy: La mer
Debussy: Prelude a l'apres-midi d'une faune
Barber: Adagio for strings
Elgar: Cello concerto
Elgar: Enigma Variations

20th century 'modern' / flirting with or completely atonal

Holst: The Planets
Respighi: Roman Trilogy
Stravinsky: The Firebird
Bartok: String Quartets
Bartok: Concerto for orchestra
Bartok: Bluebeard's Castle
Prokofiev: Symphony Classique
Prokofiev: Scythian Suite
Prokofiev: Pianoconcerto 2, 3
Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet
Prokofiev: Pianosonatas 6, 7, 8
Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf
Britten: A Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
Lutoslawski: Concerto for orchestra
Shostakovich: Symphonies 4, 7, 10
Shostakovich: String Quartets
Shostakovich: Celloconcerto 2
Gershwin: Rhapsody in blue
Leifs: Geysir
Gorecki: Symphony 3
Messiaen: Turangalila-symphony
Kodaly: Cellosonata
Rautavaara: Angel of Light
Ustvolskaya: Compositions I, II, II
Varese: Arcana
Varese: Ameriques

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