trying to combine drama and excitement, I tend to think of the Russians and especially Prokofiev. His "Cantata for the 20th anniversary of the Revolution" is in places wonderfully wild and over the top --this is the most extreme example. And there's never been a more powerful climax in music than the first movement of Shostakovich's "Leningrad".
I don't think I've ever heard No. 5 on violin. I think I'll check it out!Originally Posted by rojo
- Mozart's Requiem (expecially Dies Irae)
- Bach's Toccata and fugue in D minor
- Vivaldi's Gloria
- Presto from Beethoven's 9th simphony
Funeral March from Chopin's B flat minor piano sonata
Grieg's 2nd and 3rd movemnt of his A minor piano concert
Leonard Bernstein's Adagio for Strings
W.A Mozart - Requiem in D minor
L. van Beethoven - Coriolan overture
C. Debussy - Claire de la lune
J. Sibelius - First movement for Violin concert in D minor
And much much more...
Must not one forget Beethovens Sym.No9"choral"-Furtwangler conducting...can't be beat!
Mahler's symphony no. 6 "The Tragic" for me is exciting,strangely enough. Florent Schmitt's La Tragedie du Salome is very intense-the composer may have had some nazi leanings though. Beethoven Sym. no 9 "The choral" is very exciting.Havergal Brians Gothic Symphony is awesome.
"Jami" by Kaikhosru Sorabji.
Heh, I find much music exciting - so much that it would be hard for me to single out individual works... but I can at least start:
Bach - Piano Toccata C minor
Bach - Kyrie from Mass in B minor, St. John's Passion, numerous church cantatas
Mozart - String Quintets in C major and G minor, K515, 516
Mozart - Piano Concertos C major K503, D minor K466
Mozart - Don Giovanni, 2. act
Beethoven - almost all of his late works for piano and for string quartet + a lot of other stuff
Schubert - Piano sonatas D major D850, C minor, D958 - A large amount of lieder
Schumann - Kreisleriana, Carnaval, Faschingsschwank aus Wien, Piano Concerto
Liszt - Faust Symphony, Piano Concerto in E flat, most of Annés de Pčlerinage, all three vols.
Dvorak - Symphony #9, Cello Concerto, Sonatina for Violin & Piano
Brahms - Handel Variations
Brahms - Piano Concerto #1, d minor
Brahms - Symphonies #3 & #4
Brahms - Cello sonata in F-major, Violin sonata in d minor, Piano Quintet
Mahler - Symphonies 1, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10
R. Strauss - Elektra, Salome, Frau Ohne Schatten, Rosenkavalier, Arabella
R. Strauss - 4 Letzte Lieder, Metamorphosen for strings
Debussy - Images I-II, Preludes I-II, L'Isle Joyeuse
Ravel - Piano Concerto G major, Gaspard de la Nuit, Miroirs
Bartók - Viola Concerto, Piano Concertos 2+3, Concerto for Orchestra, a large amount of his piano music, Violin Sonata #2, String Quartet #5
Janacek - Makropoulos Case, Jenufa, Katya Kabanova,
Janacek - Sinfonietta, Violin Sonata, Galgolitic Mass
Shostakovich - Symphonies 1, 4, 5, 10, 13, 14, 15, Concerto for piano with trumpet
Stravinsky - Petrushka, Sacre du Printems, Les Noces, Symphony of Psalms
Nielsen - Symphony #5
Geez - I have to stop now though there is much much more...
Transcendental Studies by Kaikhosru Sorabji.
Taras Bulba and Sinfonietta by Leos Janacek-These two works are very exciting and they sound unique. Close your windows before playing! The Tragedy of Salome by Florent Schmitt-the composer was French,but may have been a Nazi sympathizer-currently researching.Also,The Miraculous Mandarin by Bela Bartok-stunning clarinet writing.And The Divine Poem by Scriabin-lesser known than his Poem of Ecstacy,but very interesting,possibly a bit overwrought,but definitely a unique soundworld!
Opus Clavicembalisticum by Sorabji.
Arvo Part symphonies 1, 2 & 3
The orchestral version of Iberia by Albinez.
Urban Dances by Danialpour.
The Barber violin cto.
Saint Seans piano cto #2.
Lycramosa from the Berlioz Requim.
Poulenc organ cto.
Black Host by Bolcom.
The Wild Bull by Subotnic.
Alexander Nevsky by Prokofiev.
Berlioz Symphony Fantastic.
Bartoks cto for two pianos.
Lutoslowski Concerto for Orchestra.
Wagners Flying Dutchman overture.
Ravel Le Tambeau de Couperin.
For me, it's Chopin's "revolutionary etude" it's super charged and makes me think "wow!". Also wish I could play it.
"Islamey" by Mily Balakirev.
From what I can see there's one very important omission:-
Tchaikovsky's - Caprice Italien - A few quiet moments, but there are some that are wonderfully exciting!!
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