5 Pieces

[gurnemanz]

Ives - Unanswered Question
Messiaen - Turangalila
Shostakovich - 15th
Elgar - In the South
Rimsky-Korsakov - Tsar's Bride

[AmpH]

Bernstein / Sondheim : West Side Story
Vaughan Williams : A Sea Symphony
Elgar : Violin Concerto
Schumann : Dichterliebe
Gershwin : Rhapsody in Blue

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Beethoven: Fifth
Mahler: Second
Webern: Op6 pieces
Ferneyhough: Time & Motion Study 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wI8ru-M8bj8

Elgar: Gerontius
Nono: Quando Stanno Morend

Schutz: St Matthew Pasion
Fayrfax: Magnificat (the first track on the Sixteen's Eton Choirbook collection - had almost any other piece been first, that would've been my nomination!)
Schubert: B minor Symphony
Feldman: For Samuel Beckett

For those whose mathematical bent is greater than their Musical sensitivity, omit the last four - all the others are pieces I first heard Live in concert.

[Richard Tarleton]

Mahler 3 (live - Haitink/Proctor/LPO, 1972 RFH)
Schubert Winterreise (DFD/Moore records)
Bach Goldberg (Schiff 1st version)
Bruckner 7 (Klemperer LP, 1969)
Dowland Fantasia no 7, (guitar transcription, Oscar Ghiglia, 1964)

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

... oh, and Haydn's Nelson Mass, Sciarrino's Luce mie traditrici, Coltrane's A Love Supreme, Sgt Pepper, Saunder's Quintet, Lachenmann's Zwei Gefuhlt, Bruckner 9, ...

And it keeps on happening!

[Roehre]

And it keeps on happening!

[EdgeleyRob]

Only 5, blimey that's difficult.
Britten,Sea Interludes.(and so began a lifelong obsession with British music).
Beethoven, op 131.
RVW,7th symphony.(I could just as easily pick the first 5 RVW pieces I heard).
Shostakovich,8th String Quartet.
Yes,The Gates of Delerium.(assuming they don't have to be classical).

[Pianorak]

Having already cheated - let's slip in just one more 'cause it's Essential!
Schumann: Dichterliebe

[LeMartinPecheur]

First 5 that are lodged in my brain as vivid live(*) or radio(+) discoveries so that I can tell you exactly where I was when they hit me:

Dowland 'Come heavy sleep'(+)
Stravinsky Requiem Canticles(*)
Shostakovich 15th quartet(*)
Jannequin 'Ce mois de mai'(*)
Britten Billy Budd(*)

My extra test of needing to remember where I was has meant I've had to leave out all the things I discovered on record but hey, that's OK cos it would have been impossible to limit myself to five only

[Tevot]

A couple from Childhood:

Beethoven: Leonora 3
Beethoven: 5th Symphony

and then later:

Ives 4
Lutoslawski 3
John Adams: Harmonium

Best Wishes,

Tevot

[cloughie]

In no particular order over the last 50+ years:

Florent Schmitt: Tragedie de Salome
Vaughan-Williams: Job
Mendelssohn: MND Inc Music
Dvorak:Sym 8 (It was known as No4 then)
Saint-Saens:Sym 3

[MrGongGong]

Ligeti: Atmospheres
Crumb: Black Angels
Stockhausen:Stimmung (sadly it hasn't worn well IMV)
Cage: Tossed as it is untroubled
Wishart: Encounters in the republic of heaven

(for now but there are many many more..............)

[teamsaint]

Only 5, blimey that's difficult.
Britten,Sea Interludes.(and so began a lifelong obsession with British music).
Beethoven, op 131.
RVW,7th symphony.(I could just as easily pick the first 5 RVW pieces I heard).
Shostakovich,8th String Quartet.
Yes,The Gates of Delerium.(assuming they don't have to be classical).

I stuck to classical, but perhaps the most striking first hearing of any non classical piece for me was Gangsters, by the Special AKA.

[teamsaint]

In no particular order over the last 50+ years:

Florent Schmitt: Tragedie de Salome
Vaughan-Williams: Job
Mendelssohn: MND Inc Music
Dvorak:Sym 8 (It was known as No4 then)
Saint-Saens:Sym 3

and the championship was known as Div 2 !!Happy days !

[Tevot]

# 28 Teamsaint "I stuck to classical, but perhaps the most striking first hearing of any non classical piece for me was Gangsters, by the Special AKA."

How about "Are friends electric?" by Gary Numan? Or - brace yourselves for impact ladies and gentlemen- John Otway and Wild Willy Barrett - "Cor Baby that's really free." Not sure about the cost - but most certainly it was something else ;-)

Oh - and Berio: Sinfonia - "and after each group disintegration the name (of) Mayakovsky hangs in the clean air.."

Best Wishes,

Tevot