Masterpieces of Music
Submitted by MJongo on Fri, 10/30/2009 - 01:04
Tags:
- Supreme Masterpieces
- Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 9 (1824) [Furtwangler, 1951]
- Richard Wagner - Tristan und Isolde (1859) [Böhm, 1966]
- Gustav Mahler - Das Lied von der Erde (1909) [Walter, 1960]
- Gustav Mahler - Symphony No. 9 (1910) [Walter, 1961]
- Charles Mingus - The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady (1963)
- Major Masterpieces
- Johann Sebastian Bach - Mass in B minor (1749)
- Johann Sebastian Bach - Die Kunst der Fuge (1749, unfinished)
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Requiem (1791)
- Ludwig van Beethoven - Große Fuge (1825)
- Richard Wagner - Der Ring des Nibelungen (1848-1874)
- Giuseppe Verdi - Requiem (1874)
- Olivier Messiaen - Turangalîla-symphonie (1948)
- John Coltrane - A Love Supreme (1964)
- Captain Beefheart - Trout Mask Replica (1969)
- Faust - Faust (1971)
- The Residents - Meet The Residents (1973)
- Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom (1974)
- Arvo Pärt - Tabula Rasa (1977)
- Masterpieces
- Guillaume de Machaut - Messe de Nostre Dame (~1365)
- Johann Sebastian Bach - St. Matthew Passion (1727)
- Johann Sebastian Bach - Das Musikalische Opfer (1749)
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Symphony No. 40 (1788)
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Symphony No. 41 (1788)
- Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 3 (1804)
- Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 5 (1808)
- Franz Schubert - Symphony No. 8 (1822, unfinished)
- Ludwig van Beethoven - Missa Solemnis (1823)
- Franz Schubert - Symphony No. 9 (1826)
- Claude Debussy - Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (1894)
- Gustav Mahler - Symphony No. 10 (1910, unfinished)
- Igor Stravinsky - Le sacre du printemps (1913)
- Charles Ives - Symphony No. 4 (1916)
- Olivier Messiaen - Quatuor pour la fin du temps (1941)
- Karlheinz Stockhausen - Gesang der Jünglinge (1956)
- Charles Mingus - Epitaph (~1940-1962)
- John Coltrane - Ascension (1965)
- Red Krayola - The Parable of Arable Land (1967)
- Tim Buckley - Lorca (1970)
- Soft Machine - Third (1970)
- Dimitri Shostakovich - Symphony No. 15 (1971)
- Popol Vuh - In den Gärten Pharaos (1971)
- Popol Vuh - Hosianna Mantra (1972)
- Klaus Schulze - Irrlicht (1972)
- John Fahey - Fare Forward Voyagers (Soldier's Choice) (1973)
- The Residents - Not Available (1974)
- Elliott Carter - A Symphony of Three Orchestras (1976)
- 15-60-75 - Jimmy Bell's Still in Town (1976)
- Pere Ubu - Final Solution / Cloud 149 (1976)
- Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance (1978)
- Meredith Monk - Dolmen Music (1981)
- Jon Hassell - Dream Theory in Malaya (1981)
- Pierre Boulez - Répons (1984)
- Constance Demby - Novus Magnificat: Through the Stargate (1986)
- Peter Gabriel - Passion (1989)
- Vampire Rodents - Lullaby Land (1993)
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.