Rob Baldwin:
>Who out there can recommend other composers in terms of their late
>works? For example, I consider several of Prokofiev's late works to be
>underappreciated such as the (once) so-called "Children's" Symphony, #7 ...
>
>Other composers & works that seem to me to be quintessentially late-period
>masterpieces: Mozart's Clarinet Concerto; Janacek's opera "The Cunning
>Little Vixen"; and Brahm's late piano works, especially the Intermezzi.
Great choices. I'd add
Prokofiev: Sinfonia concertante, a ripping work for cello and orchestra -
my favorite of his concerti
Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra (of course), Sonata for solo violin
Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier and Musical Offering
Haydn: Lord Nelson Mass
Mozart: Don Giovanni, Magic Flute, Symphonies 39 and 40, G-minor quintet,
and, yes, the Requiem
Beethoven: Elegaic Song for string quartet and chorus
Brahms: 4 Serious Songs
Faure: Piano Trio
Debussy: 4 Ballads of Villon, Etudes, En blanc et noir
Ravel: both piano concerti, Don Quichotte a Dulcinee, L'Enfant et les
sortileges
Falla: Atlantida, El Retablo de Maese Pedro
Elgar: Cello Concerto, Symphony No. 3
Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde, Symphonies 9 and 10
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6
Sessions: When lilacs last in the dooryard bloom'd
Bloch: Sinfonia breve, Suites for solo violin, Suite hebraique
Shostakovich: Symphonies 13 & 14, violin sonata, string quartets 13 on
Klebanov: Japanese Silhouettes, Viola Concerto
Pettersson: Viola Concerto
Britten: Death in Venice
Vaughan Williams: Symphonies 8 & 9, Hodie, Pilgrim's Progress, 4 Last
Songs, 3 Shakespeare Songs
Verdi: Falstaff
Hindemith: Mass, 12 5-voiced Madrigals
Korngold: Symphony
Puccini: Turandot
Weill: Street Scene, Lost in the Stars
Walton: Variations on a Theme by Hindemith, Gloria
Copland: Inscapes, Piano Quartet
Lees: Symphony No. 4
Piston: Violin Concerto No. 2
Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances
Schoenberg: De profundis
Webern: Variations for Orchestra, Cantata No. 2
Poulenc: Gloria, Sept repons, Oboe Sonata
Martinu: Epic of Gilgamesh, The Greek Passion, 3 Frescoes of Piero della
Francesca, Intermezzo, Cello Concerto No. 2
Janacek: The Adventures of Mr. Broucek, Sinfonietta, Glagliotic Mass,
Capriccio for Piano (lh)
Strauss: Capriccio, 2nd horn concerto, oboe concerto, Metamorphosen,
4 Last Songs, Duett-Concertino
Dvorak: Symphonies 8 & 9, String Quartets 12 & 13
Berlioz: Les Troyens
Schubert: Winterreise, Cello Quintet, Symphonies 8 & 9, String Quartets
from 10 on.
I realize this is nothing more than a laundry list, but you might try these
if you don't know them.
Steve Schwartz
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