luderart Posted March 5, 2007 Share Posted March 5, 2007 What are your favorite pieces in each of the following genres: Symphony, String Quartet, Piano Concerto, Instrumental Concerto, Opera, Ballet, Piano Sonata, Violin Sonata, Cello Sonata, Piano Trio, Quintet, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Kirk Posted March 5, 2007 Share Posted March 5, 2007 What are your favorite pieces in each of the following genres:Symphony, String Quartet, Piano Concerto, Instrumental Concerto, Opera, Ballet, Piano Sonata, Violin Sonata, Cello Sonata, Piano Trio, Quintet, etc. Symphony - Mahler's 2nd String Quartet - One of Grieg's, I can't recall the exact name Piano Concerto - Rachmaninov's 3rd Instrumental Concerto? If you mean something other than Piano, My favorite would be Beethoven's Violin Concerto in D Opera - The Magic Flute Ballet - Not really into Ballet Piano Sonata - Prokofiev's 2nd Violin Sonata - Tartini - The Devil's Trill Cello Sonata - Don't have a favorite Piano Trio - Beethoven Piano trio in Eb Major Quintet - Don't really have a favorite Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Br. Posted March 7, 2007 Share Posted March 7, 2007 What are your favorite pieces in each of the following genres:Symphony, String Quartet, Piano Concerto, Instrumental Concerto, Opera, Ballet, Piano Sonata, Violin Sonata, Cello Sonata, Piano Trio, Quintet, etc. Symphony : There's so many good ones. I guess my favourites are Tchaikovsky 4 (f), Brahms 4 (e), Mahler 1 (D), Beethoven 9 (d). String Quartet : Schoenberg No. 2 Piano Concerto : Brahms Second Piano Concerto (Bb) Instrumental Concerto : Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto (D) Opera : Not really into opera. Ballet : The Nutcracker Tchaikovsky Piano Sonata : There are so many. Umm, Beethoven 29 Hammerklavier (Bb), Beethoven 30 (E), Beethoven 32 ©, Scriabin No. 10 Violin Sonata : I admit to not having listened to too many, although I plan to. I like Beethoven's Kreutzer (A). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debussy Posted March 7, 2007 Share Posted March 7, 2007 Symphony - All 4 Symphonies of Brahms and Shostakovich's 5th String Quartet - Brahms' 1st and 2nd Piano Concerto - Bach D minor 1052 and Brahm's 1st in D minor(I love the ugly trills in the beginning) Instrumental Concerto - Elgar's Cello Concerto in E minor and Glazon's Opera - I've only watched one, but I loved Puccini's Madame Butterfly Ballet - Stravinsky's Petrushka (Suite) Piano Sonata - can't chose maybe Beethoven's last Sonata No. 32 or Hammerklavier Violin Sonata - Brahms 2nd in A minor op.100 Cello Sonata - Brahms 2nd in F minor Piano Trio - Brahms 2nd and Mendelssohn's 1st in D minor(1st half) Quintet - Brahms' Quintet in F minor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Dunn-Rankin Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 Symphony - it's a toss-up between Copland 3, Vaughn Williams 5, and Beethoven 7 String Quartet - Crawford-Seeger, String Quartet (1931) String Concerto - Barber, Violin Concerto, Op. 14 Wind Concerto - Copland, Clarinet Concerto (Op. 18, I think) Opera - Puccini, La Boheme Ballet - Feeney, Dracula Piano Sonata - Barber, Op. 26 Violin Sonata - Ravel, Sonata for Violin and Piano in G Major Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
violinfiddler Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 Symphony Beethoven no. 5 String Quartet Dvorak's American Piano Concerto Grieg A minor or Tchaikovsky no. 1 Instrumental Concerto Beethoven's violin concerto in D Opera Does Handel's Messiah count? Ballet Tchaikovsky Nutcracker Piano Sonata Mozart's later sonatas Violin Sonata Brahms violin sonata no 1 in G major I have got to start remembering opus numbers!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitchell Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 String Quartet: Dvorak's American. Only one that stands one right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaltechViolist Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 What are your favorite pieces in each of the following genres:Symphony, String Quartet, Piano Concerto, Instrumental Concerto, Opera, Ballet, Piano Sonata, Violin Sonata, Cello Sonata, Piano Trio, Quintet, etc. Symphony - too many good ones to list. Probably Brahms #1, but Brahms #2, Brahms #4, Shostakovich #5, Kalinnikov #1, Mendelssohn #3, Beethoven #7, and Hanson #2 are up there. String Quartet - Borodin, #2 Piano Concerto - Rheinberger Opera - Wagner, Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg Ballet - Prokofiev, Romeo and Juliet Piano Sonata - not a fan of solo piano in general, but I'll list Beethoven's Waldstein sonata Violin Sonata - Brahms, #1 Cello Sonata - Borodin Piano Trio - Brahms, #1 String Concerto - Walton, Viola Concerto Wind Concerto - R. Strauss, Horn Concerto #1 Quintet - Brahms, Piano Quintet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C J. Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 Fav Symphonies - Prokovief's 'Classical' Symphony, Beethovens 3rd, Mendelsohnns 1st Symphony in C, Haydn's Toy Symphony. Mozarts Linz symphony. Fav Piano Concerto - Chopin's no 1, Rachmaninov's 3rd, Beethovens 1st. Mozarts 20th and 21st. Fav Opera's - a couple The Mariage of Figaro, The Barber of Seville, The Operettas of WS Gilbert and A Sullivan: The Mikado, HMS Pinafore. Fav Ballet - Tchaikovsky's The NutCracker, Swan Lake. Fav Piano Sonatas: Mozart's Cmaj k.543, A minor k.331, Beethoven's Hammerklavier, Pathenque, and Appassionata... Moonlight if I need to mellow out... heh... Fav Violin Sonatas Beethovens Kriezer(sp) , Spring sonata in F, Edvard Griegs 2 sonatas (keys escape me at the moment,) FXW Mozart's F maj and Bb Maj Sonatas. As for Viola Sonatas... Lanes Sonata No 3. (the Scherzo rocks) Fav Cello Sonatas: All of Beethoven, but my fav are his G minor, and Dmaj. One obscure piece worth mentioning is Chopin's C minor Sonata for Cello and Piano. Boccherini, and Vivaldi... to round this one out. Fav Piano Trio: None... Fav String Concertos: Corelli's Christmas Concerto, Telemanns Viola Concerto, Vivaldi's Double Cello Concerto in G, and his A minor for two violins. Mozarts Grande Concertante for Violin and Viola. Bach's Double Violin Concerto in D. Fav Wind Concerto's: Mozarts Clarinet Concerto in A, and his four Horn Concerti, Carl Maria von Webers Concerto's for Clarinet, Vivaldis Flute Concertos. Fav Piano Quintets: Schuberts "The Trout" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 Symphonies: Beethoven's 5th and 9th, all of Brahms' and Rachmaninoff's Concerti: Brahms' Double concerto, Vivaldi's Celo concerto in Am RV419 and Bach's Bradenburg concerto number 4. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glassworks Posted March 17, 2007 Share Posted March 17, 2007 Symphony - Hanson Symphony No. 2 - "Romantic" String Quartet - Prokofiev No. 2 Piano Concerto - Tschaikowsky No. 1 Instrumental Concerto - Spohr Clarinet Concerto in C minor Opera - Verdi Aida Ballet - Tschaikowsky Swan Lake Piano Sonata - Beethoven C Minor or Mozart C Major Cello Sonata - Schubert Arpeggione Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Br. Posted March 18, 2007 Share Posted March 18, 2007 Symphony - Hanson Symphony No. 2 - "Romantic"String Quartet - Prokofiev No. 2 Piano Concerto - Tschaikowsky No. 1 Instrumental Concerto - Spohr Clarinet Concerto in C minor Opera - Verdi Aida Ballet - Tschaikowsky Swan Lake Piano Sonata - Beethoven C Minor or Mozart C Major Cello Sonata - Schubert Arpeggione Beethoven wrote three C minor piano sonatas. Which one are you referring to? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted March 19, 2007 Share Posted March 19, 2007 Symphony: Hmm. hard to say. Though rachmaninoff's symphonies were brilliant. I liked beethoven's 9th. Piano concerto: Piano concerto no. 1 in Bb minor by tchaikovsky. And i like Rachmaninoff's piano concerto in c minor. Instrumental concerto: The Brahms violin concerto Opera: Don Giovanni, The marriage of figaro, the magic flute. Ballet: The nutcracker. String quartet: Heard way too many to decide. Piano sonata: Sonate in D major K284. Mozart Cello sonata: who knows. Piano quintet: Piano quintet in Eb major, Robert schumann. The trout quintet by schubert. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glassworks Posted March 19, 2007 Share Posted March 19, 2007 Beethoven wrote three C minor piano sonatas. Which one are you referring to? Pathetique... Here's some more of my favorite pieces... Prokofiev - Alexander Nevsky Cantata Mozart - Requiem in D minor Khatchiturian - Adagio of Sparticus and Phrygia Adams - Short Ride in a Fast Machine Gorecki - Symphony No. 3 "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs" Part - Misere Berlioz - March from the Damnation of Faust Cage - Bachanale Poulenc - Impromptu No. 3 Tres Modere Puccini - Nessun Dorma from Turandot Rousse - Flute Concerto Glass - Songs from Liquid Days Verdi - Requiem Faure - Requiem (probably the best overall requiem there is...) Respighi - Pines of Rome Rimsey-Korsakov - Russian Easter Festival Overture DeMeij - Symphony No. 2 "Lord of the Rings" (Not music from the film - this is a completely different composer - It's popular in the Band world...) Barber - Overture to the School for Scandal Saint-Saens - Phaeton Bernstein - Overture to Candide Offertory from Mass Profanation from Jerehmiah Symphony Glass - From Witchita Vortex Sutra Uakti The Grid Einstein on the Beach Sparke - Lento for the Brass (Dance Movements mvt. 3) Britten - Variations on a theme of Purcell (Young person's guide to the orchestra) Ballad of Heroes Vaughn-Williams - English Folk Song Suite Rutter - For the Beauty of the Earth Mass of the Children All Things Bright and Beautiful Elgar - Symphony No. 1 Shostakovich - Symphony No. 5 Symphony No. 9 Evening Reverie from "The Golden Age" Kabalevsky - Overture to Colas Bregnon Glinka - Overture to Ruslan and Ludmilla Russian Sailor's Dance from "The Red Poppy" Arensky - Basso Ostinato Ives - Country Band March Lalo - Symphonie Espagnole MacDowell - To a Wild Rose Leoncavallo - Vesti la giubba from "Pagliacci" Mussorsky - Promenade from "Pictures at an Exhibiton" Orff - Carmina Burana Maybe I'll post some more when I get bored, but that's a pretty decent sized list of pieces... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cello-fellow Posted April 8, 2007 Share Posted April 8, 2007 Symphony: Mahler's 3d, String Quartet: Mozart's Dissonance Quartet, Piano Concerto: N/A I don't follow piano music much, Instrumental concerto: Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in D Minor by Lalo, Carmen?, Whatchamacallit? I forget. Something by Leo Delibe, The one I wrote in the key of G Minor, N/A, Sonata in E Minor by Brahms, Trio for Viola Cello and Piano in A Minor by Brahms, Schubert's Trout Quintet. etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mogget1 Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 Symphony, Symph no. 40 - Mozart Piano Quintet, The Trout - Schubert Piano Concerto, Grieg (he only wrote one :toothygrin:) Instrumental Concerto, Brandenburg - Bach Opera, Porgy and Bess - Gershwin Ballet, Only seen one. The Nutcracker - (Don't make me spell it) Piano Sonata, Pathetique - Beethoven All-time favourite random piece? Rhapsody in Blue - Gershwin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djsell Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 Symphony - Tchaikovsky's 6th. String Quartet - Shostakovich's 3rd. Piano Concerto - Mozart's 20th. Instrumental Concerto - Mozart's Clarinet Concerto. Piano Sonata - Beethoven's Appasionata. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted July 1, 2007 Share Posted July 1, 2007 Need to do this again, things have changed a lot: Symphony: Brahms - Symphony number 3 String Quartet: Beethoven - Der Grosse Fuge Piano Concerto: Grieg - Piano Concerto in A minor Opera: Not too into opera Ballet: ditto Piano Sonata: Beethoven - Appassionata Beethoven - Pathetique Grieg - Piano Sonata in E minor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anders Posted July 1, 2007 Share Posted July 1, 2007 You know Grieg's piano sonata is an apprentice work, right? I like some parts of it, but mostly it's just.... meh. As for the Beethoven sonatas, nice choices. Though I prefer no. 16, 18, 29 and 32. 16 and 18 are comedic masterpieces. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted July 1, 2007 Share Posted July 1, 2007 I love pretty much everything Grieg ever wrote, and need to find more. Those are the only two Beethoven Sonatas I know well, I need more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Emperor Posted August 7, 2007 Share Posted August 7, 2007 Symphony - Shostakovich 10th String Quartet - Shostakovich 15th Piano Concerto - Bartok 2nd Instrumental Concerto - Violin Concerto N Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chodelkovzart Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 symphony - Jupiter (mozart) the 4th mvt is phenomenal. string quartet - Emperor (haydn) the mathematicalness of this piece makes me feel as if..."my brain's active". piano concerto - Mozart's no 20 and no 21. Schumann's concerto in a minor. instrumental concerto - Mendelssohn's violin concerto, Mozart's clarinet concerto. opera - Marriage of Figaro ballet - dont listen to much ballets..... i really like the Tchaikovsky ones though. piano sonata - Appasionata (beethoven) violin sonata - Brahms no1 cello sonata - i dont listen to them much. piano trio - beethoven's trio in c minor. (is it c minor?) quintet - Trout. (lol, its one of the only ones i listen to) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sakvaka Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 What are your favorite pieces in each of the following genres:Symphony, String Quartet, Piano Concerto, Instrumental Concerto, Opera, Ballet, Piano Sonata, Violin Sonata, Cello Sonata, Piano Trio, Quintet, etc. Symphony - Schubert's fourth Opera - I've only heard Orpheus in Underworld Piano etude - Alkan's first of the Trois Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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