Deryk Barker replied:

>For buoyancy try the string quartet.

For edgy expressiveness, the Sonata for violin and cello - I think of it
as a WW 1 work.  In the same category: LaValse.  The piano music should be
explored- it is full of excellent things.  Daphnis and Chloe- a great lush
late Romantic ballet suite.

Bernard Chasan