Masterpieces of Music
Submitted by MJongo on Fri, 10/30/2009 - 01:04
Tags:
- 10/10
- Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 9 (1824)
- Gustav Mahler - Symphony No. 9 (1910)
- 9.8/10
- Richard Wagner - Tristan und Isolde (1859)
- Charles Mingus - Epitaph (~1940-1962)
- Dmitri Shostakovich - Symphony No. 15 (1971)
- 9.6/10
- Gustav Mahler - Symphony No. 10 (1910, unfinished)
- Dmitri Shostakovich - Symphony No. 5 (1937)
- Dmitri Shostakovich - Symphony No. 10 (1953)
- Charles Mingus - The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady (1963)
- John Coltrane - A Love Supreme (1964)
- Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Trout Mask Replica (1969)
- 9.4/10
- Johann Sebastian Bach - Mass in B minor (1749)
- Johann Sebastian Bach - Die Kunst der Fuge (~1740-1750)
- Ludwig van Beethoven - "Große Fuge" (1825)
- Charles Ives - Symphony No. 4 (1910-1916)
- Dmitri Shostakovich - Symphony No. 8 (1943)
- Faust - Faust (1971)
- Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom (1974)
- Arvo Pärt - Tabula Rasa (1977)
- Witold Lutosławski - Symphony No. 3 (1973-1983)
- 9.2/10
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Requiem (1791)
- Charles Ives - The Unanswered Question (1906)
- Igor Stravinsky - Le sacre du printemps (1913)
- Edgard Varèse - Amériques (1918-1921)
- Dmitri Shostakovich - Symphony No. 1 (1925)
- Karlheinz Stockhausen - Gesang der Jünglinge (1956)
- Soft Machine - Third (1970)
- The Residents - Meet the Residents (1974)
- 9/10
- Dmitri Shostakovich - Symphony No. 6 (1939)
- Olivier Messiaen - Quatuor pour la fin du temps (1941)
- Cecil Taylor - Unit Structures (1966)
- The Red Crayola - The Parable of Arable Land (1967)
- Carla Bley & Paul Haines - Escalator over the Hill (1971)
- Popol Vuh - Hosianna Mantra (1972)
- The Residents - Not Available (1974)
Author Comments:
Based solely on the intensity of my emotions generated from organized sounds. Neither technical proficiency, popularity, nor the composer's intended meaning, is taken into account; this is a list of great music, not ability, sales, or lyrical poetry.
Oh Scaruffi your corrupting force is enveloping the whole of the internet.
But your list is a good and tasteful one and reminded me that I still really gotta listen to Terminal Tower, Hosianna Mantra, and Parable of Arable Land damn bad...
I actually considered Not Available, Terminal Tower, The Modern Dance, and Trout Mask Replica to be in my top ten favorite albums years before I had heard of Scaruffi. I only found his site when I did a Google search one day of ' "greatest albums" "pere ubu" ' to see if there was any record list out there that included my favorite band at the time (and still are).
Any suggestions are welcome!
Currently listening (and re-listening) to:
Mahler - Symphony No. 9
Wagner - Tristan und Isolde
I’d recommend Symphony No. 3 (1983) by Witold Lutosławski and Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta (1936) by Béla Bartók. I think you will find the third movement of Music for Strings to be especially interesting – it was even used in The Shining!
Will listen to those next week. Thanks for the suggestions!
I’d recommend you to check out the music by György Ligeti. I have been listening to the ‘Clear or Cloudy’ box set and it’s been one masterpiece after another. He’s unbelievable!
Already listened to it about three times now :) I like to make at least five before I rate.