5 Pieces

[french frank]

Gibbons: This is the Record of John
Bach: Violin Sonatas & Partitas
Mozart: C minor Fantasia, K 475
Beethoven: A minor string quartet, Op. 132
Janáček: In the Mists

[Tapiola]

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

Followed by that amazing climax...! "And tomorrow we'll read that [Schubert's Winterreise] made tulips grow in my garden..."

What a wonderful list. Many I agree with, some yet to explore.

In answer to Rob (and others), they were the first 5 that popped into my head last night. Others have reminded me of some I may have included, given more time, foresight, sobriety, wisdom... :

[Rolmill]

Britten Serenade for tenor horn and strings (concert 1973)
Beethoven PC 4 (radio c.1975)
Byrd Ave Verum (singing it c.1976)
Schubert String Quintet (concert 1979)
Janacek From the House of the Dead (performance c.1984)

[David-G]

Mozart - Divertimento K136 (I Solisti Veneti with Claudio Scimone)

My parents had this on tape; we played it a lot when I was in my teens; it confirmed my love of Mozart.

When I was at university I used to borrow records (LPs) from the public library. It was a wonderful opportunity to explore the great classics and some more unusual works. This is how I discovered these:

Mozart - Piano Concerto K466
Mozart - Piano Concerto K467
Mozart - Piano Concerto K491
Mozart - Requiem

And one more for luck; I heard this for the first time in 1984 in a recital at Covent Garden, with Fischer-Dieskau and Brendel:

Schubert - Winterreise

[cloughie]

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).

Edge, Limiting to 5 Classical is difficult enough!
You list the Sea Interludes - Do you like the rest of Peter Grimes?

[cloughie]

Mozart - Divertimento K136 (I Solisti Veneti with Claudio Scimone)

My parents had this on tape; we played it a lot when I was in my teens; it confirmed my love of Mozart.

When I was at university I used to borrow records (LPs) from the public library. It was a wonderful opportunity to explore the great classics and some more unusual works. This is how I discovered these:

Mozart - Piano Concerto K466
Mozart - Piano Concerto K467
Mozart - Piano Concerto K491
Mozart - Requiem

And one more for luck; I heard this for the first time in 1984 in a recital at Covent Garden, with Fischer-Dieskau and Brendel:

Schubert - Winterreise

What about K488 and K595?

[David-G]

What about K488 and K595?

Indeed! I love them all dearly. But we were supposed to name five works...

(and that's my 100th post)

[Bryn]

John Cage: String Quartet in Four Parts

Robert Ashley: Perfect Lives

John Cage: Roaratorio: An Irish Circus on Finnegans Wake

Ludwig van Beethoven: Diabelli Variations

Frederic Rzewski: The People United Will Never Be Defeated! (As performed by the composer at the Almeida Festival 1983.)

[Tapiola]

John Cage: [I]String Quartet in Four Parts[/I

John Cage: Roaratorio: An Irish Circus on Finnegans Wake

Bryn.

I think we have more in common than we let on. Both of these were on my working list of ten (then excised).

The quartet still has the power to stop me in my tracks.

[Serial_Apologist]

Stravinsky - Le Sacre
Bridge - Enter Spring
Bartok - Music for Strings, Harp, Celesta and Percussion
Messiaen - Canteyodjaya
Schoenberg - Erwartung

[EdgeleyRob]

Edge, Limiting to 5 Classical is difficult enough!
You list the Sea Interludes - Do you like the rest of Peter Grimes?

Indeed I do Cloughie.
I love all the Britten operas.
I first heard the 4 Sea Interludes when I was aged 15 or 16,that was the moment when my love of British music started.

[developing variation]

Beethoven: Symphony No.3

Bach: Art of Fugue

Wagner: The Sawallisch/Lehnhoff Ring on BBC2 in about 1990

Webern: The Boulez CBS set

Carter: String Quartet No.3 (Arditti Quartet, RCA LP)

[cloughie]

Indeed I do Cloughie.
I love all the Britten operas.
I first heard the 4 Sea Interludes when I was aged 15 or 16,that was the moment when my love of British music started.

Unlike me then, Edge, love his Orchestral stuff but find the operas heavy going.

[cloughie]

Indeed! I love them all dearly. But we were supposed to name five works...

(and that's my 100th post)

Congratulations, ton-up kid.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1GynLWtyMk

[french frank]

In my Msg #31, This Is The Record Of John replaced Biber's Rosenkranz sonatas as I had already chosen the Bach Sons&Parts. But really the Biber had more of an impact - heard at St Geo's, Elizabeth Wallfisch performed on three violins. That said, it's probably a work that benefits from recording because of all the tunings/retunings involved which are a bit disruptive, but it was good to experience. I have a feeling it was performed by candlelight - anyone else there, sort of 5-10 years ago? [Or even 10-15 years ...]