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