Poll: What is your favorite musical work?

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March 10, 2015, 15:07

Hi everyone, I'm curious to know... what is your favorite musical work?

Tante works are beautiful, indeed, magnificent.. But many of us, probably for subjective reasons, have a favorite work. One that stands above all others.

Which one is it?

I'll start, for me it is Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, which I will have the fortune to listen to in Milan on May 9th! The last movement, then, perfectly aligns instrument and human being... it is celestial

LucaCavaliere

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March 10, 2015, 16:05

Good heavens!

in my map there are many peaks. The Ninth is one of those, one of the highest.

One goes through periods in life. Now I am seduced by Brahms (Second and Fourth Symphonies and Concertos)... some time ago I was involved with Schumann....

"The last movement then, perfectly aligns the instrument and the human being.... it is celestial"

Ah!... you shouldn't have said that, friend

danielescarpetti

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March 10, 2015, 16:20

When I was young, I would have answered the Ninth without hesitation

Now ... I really wouldn't know what to answer anymore!

gianni22

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March 10, 2015, 17:39

Impossible to decide but if I really had to

Franck: "Prelude, Choral et Fugue"

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Gerardo

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March 10, 2015, 17:40

Is it worth self-citing?

Rotore

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March 10, 2015, 17:43

Ockeghem : Deo gratias

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AntonioArso

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March 10, 2015, 17:44

Now I am crazy about Hildegard von Bingen, I had to change my mind ... thanks friends for the stimuli provided in the past.

www.pianoconcerto.it/forum/index.php?/topic/808-hildegard-von-bingen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dehwp_dRlYQ

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Xenakis

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March 10, 2015, 17:48

What is it that Gesualdo hasn't already done?

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Zazza

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March 10, 2015, 17:50

Something by Monteverdi for sure

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March 10, 2015, 17:53

Vivaldi all my life

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Natan

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March 10, 2015, 17:56

Alban Berg: Violin Concerto "Dem Andenken eines Engels", an absolute masterpiece!

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pianothor

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March 10, 2015, 17:58

LucaCavaliere wrote:
«The last movement, then, perfectly aligns the instrument and the human being.... it is celestial »
Ouch!... you shouldn't have said that, friend

Why not?

Is self-citation allowed?

Why not?

Ettore

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March 10, 2015, 17:59

The Rite of Spring - Igor Stravinsky

Taking this opportunity to share this video of Bernstein's rehearsals

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Lowseling

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March 10, 2015, 18:00

During this period, I am excessively attracted to Rachmaninoff's piano concertos no. 2 and no. 3

Frank

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March 10, 2015, 18:06

I am unable to give a preference, someone says that a composer's favorite music is their own... I wouldn't know, but I certainly know what not to include: everything regarding tonal repertoire.

If I absolutely had to spend on one title: Messiaen - TURANGALILA SYMPHONY

But lately I prefer works written by very young people, just this morning I discovered such a person to whom I am dedicating many listens.