Robert Baldwin lists some quintessential late works and asks:
>Any other candidates you'd recommend?
Here are a few:
Mahler: Ninth Symphony
Adagio from 10th Symphony
Das Lied von der Erde
Mozart: Divertimento for String Trio, K563
The last viola quintet- I forget k number.
Janacek: Galgolitic Mass
Strauss: Oboe Concerto
Metamorphosis
Haydn: The Creation
Verdi: Four Sacred Pieces
Professor Bernard Chasan
Physics Department, Boston University