I nominate
Alfred Schnittke- Viola Concerto. A late twentieth century Harold in
Italy- but now the viola witnesses and comments on not Italy, but the
worst of the twentieth century. Powerful and eloquent and beautiful in
its way.
Close contenders:
Ingram Marshall: Gradual Requiem
George Tsontakis: Four Quartets for Orchestra
John Adams: Naive and Sentimental Music
Per Norgard: Third Symphony
Alfred Schnittke: Eighth Symphony
Alfred Schnittke: Concerto for Piano and Strings
Andrew Violette: Piano Sonata number Seven
Anders Hillborg: Clarinet Concerto
Bernard Chasan