Favorite Works

[Snakewood]

It's very hard to say this is my favorite piece, though it would be nice if people could name some of their favorite pieces of music to listen to or perform.

For me lately it has to be:

Berg: Wozzeck and Violin Concerto
Mahler: Symphony No. 7 and 9
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 and 10

[PaulCannon]

There's a lot of great ones. For now, let's put Beethoven's 9th and Borodin's second string quartet up on the board.

[Illfavor]

My favorite piece, at this exact moment, is Mahler's Fifth Symphony. I now own all 9 of his completed symphonies, and am quickly falling deeply in love with his Second, Third and Sixth Symphonies.

Symphonic: Mahler's 5th
Soloistic: Dvorak's Cello Concerto
Chamber: Schubert's 14th String Quartet, "Death and the Maiden"

[AdaGio³]

Charles Ives: 4th of July
Tchaikovsky Symphony #4
Paganini Violin Concerto



But of course can't forget....
Hindemith Tuba Sonata i enjoyed it

[Snakewood]

Brahms - German Reqiuem

[Machina]

Some current and all time favs...
Mahler: Symohony 5 - the adagio puts this piece above the rest

Ravel - String Quartet

Debussy - Prélude à l'Après-midi d'un faune

Tchaikovsky - Symphonies 4-6, but 6 is outstanding

Tchaikovsky - Violin Concerto

Bach - Cello and French Suites, Brandenburg Concertos, Sonatas for Violin, Concertos for Violin

Mozart - Magic Flute, Symphony 40

Koussevitzky Bass Concerto

[Anon2962]

Shostakovich Chamber Symphony. Drool drool.

[Snakewood]

Originally Posted by Conor MacCarthy

Shostakovich Chamber Symphony. Drool drool.

Debussy String Quartet = mmmmm

Brahms 1

[Bruce Lindfield]

Too many to mention really, but over the years - the most intense and moving performances I have attended, have been of :

Mahler's 6th Symphony

Messaiaen's Turangalila Symphonie

Walton's 1st Symphony

Bruckner's 8th Symphony

[anthem274]

The Planets - Holst
Symphony 7 & 9 - Dvorak
Symphony 5 - Tchaikovsky
Any of Strauss's Tone Poems
Lux Aurumque - Whitacre
Academic Festival Overture - Brahms
Nearly any works by Beethoven

[jazzbassnerd]

Gyorgy Ligeti - San Francisco Polyphony

[John453]

Rachmaninoff- 2nd and 3rd Piano Concertos
Beethoven-Symphonies 5,7 and 9
Mozart-Symphonies 39,40 and 41
Vivaldi-Violin Concerto in A minor
Shostakovich- Symphonies 5 and 9