Pieces You Wished You Had Composed

Fanfare And Allegro - Cliffton Williams

Danse Macabre.

'nough said.

Her Sacred Spirit Soars- Eric Whitacre

Hope, Faith, Life, Love-Eric Whitacre

Sleep-Eric Whitacre

Liebestraum No. 3-Franz Liszt

Anything piece by Chopin

Noisy Wheels of Joy-Eric Whitacre

Claire De Lune-Debussy

Gloria-Puccini

Kyrie-Puccini

Mass in B Minor- Johann Sebastian Bach

Sanctus(from Mass in B minor)-Johann Sebastian Bach

I would guess there are at least 10 pieces called "Sanctus" by Bach, also taking the masses into account :P

I would like to have written 'Turn of the Screw' or 'Peter Grimes' by Benjamin Britten

I wish I had written this absolutely brilliant counterpoint!

Incredible contemporary counterpoint

Why on earth did I click on that? While working on a piece and taking my tiny break?

Really... Michel? Really? I admire your taste to such elegant counterpoint excersize, in style, aesthetics and compositional techniques all together!

setting for electronics and strings by mons jacet...

oh, well, it is not written yet :D

I wish I had written this absolutely brilliant counterpoint!

Incredible contemporary counterpoint

LMAO...

I wish I had written this absolutely brilliant counterpoint!

Incredible contemporary counterpoint

I'd actually find it awesome if I had written this! Or even better: Writing something like this for my composition diploma, just to see the looks on the faces of the jury. I can just imagine them debating whether that piece is just stupid mockery, or whether there's actually some clever, subversive statement hidden within it, and some subtle musical finesses.

Of course you'd have to present it in a very serious manner.

The Heart Asks Pleasure First

By Michael Nyman, The Piano OST. That song makes me almost break down every time I hear it. Just so gorgeous.

~Christian

I wish I had written this absolutely brilliant counterpoint!

Incredible contemporary counterpoint

I wish I had posted that comment! :P

I wish I had written this absolutely brilliant counterpoint!

Incredible contemporary counterpoint

i love it.

Personally I wish I had done 4'33 - Cage.

:P

ya me too. it would be cool if i actually came up with that idea myself.

Sibelius's Mazurka, mainly.

talking of Sibelius.....

Valse Triste.

its pretty. :) (but not in a bright-smooth-"nice"-mozart-ish way)

Beethoven 14th Sonata 1st Mvmt. "Moonlight Sonata". So much power and strength in those notes. Hands down, thats it. Anybody else?

Beethoven 14th Sonata 1st Mvmt. "Moonlight Sonata". So much power and strength in those notes. Hands down, thats it. Anybody else?

Yes, Beethoven himself would probably disagree with you. "Surely, I've written better things!" (in reference to the overwhelming popularity of the first movement of the Moonlight Sonata)

Yes, Beethoven himself would probably disagree with you. "Surely, I've written better things!" (in reference to the overwhelming popularity of the first movement of the Moonlight Sonata)

You are right. I had forgotten about that. Must have drove him mad...and still, all these decades have passed and it is still breathtaking. I guess simplicity is the key to beautiful music.http://www.youngcomposers.com/forum/images/smilies/smile.gif

I was browsing through his sonatas... op 111, mvmt 1 looks and sounds very intense.. Its definitely, imho, greater than the moonlight.

Tallis Fantasia, Adiemus (the only piece I like from Karl Jenkins), Spem in Alium, Rite of Spring...

Jesu Meine Freude. Sang it this summer, kept thinking I'd pass out from the wonderful.

Anything by Sondheim (Sunday in the Park with George wins, at the moment).

All of Hindemith's post-1937 duo sonatas. All of them. Especially his 1939 Viola Sonata, his Trombone Sonata, and his Clarinet Sonata.

Art of the States: Sonata for Trombone and Piano

Britten's Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings

Anything by Sigur Ros