Updated ca. March 2007 - More frequently updated at my Rateyourmusic.com page.
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Separate listing: Favorite Rock Albums & Compilations (Updated March 2008)
An alternate visual representation at RYM (not all in the same order, though)
1-10:
Porcupine Tree, In Absentia (2002) (RYMers who rated this 5.0 also liked...) (YouTube: Track 1 2 3 4 6 10 12)
Sibelius, Symphony No. 2 (Davis; London SO)
Nielsen, Symphonies No. 4-6 (Blomstedt, SFSO)
Vaughan Williams, Symphonies 3 & 5 (Boult; New PO/London PO)
Radiohead, The Bends (1995) (RYMers also liked...)
Sibelius, Symphonies Nos. 4-7, Tapiola, etc. (Karajan, Berlin PO)
Morricone, The Legend of 1900 [Soundtrack] (1999)
Porcupine Tree, Deadwing (2005) (RYMers also liked...)
Radiohead, Kid A (2000) (RYMers also liked...)
Ennio Morricone: Itinerary of a Genius ([2003] 2005)
11-25:
Rautavaara, Anadyomene / Dances with the Winds / On the Last Frontier (Segerstam, Helsinki PO)
Rautavaara, Garden of Spaces / Clarinet Concerto / Cantus Arcticus (Segerstam, Helsinki PO)
Frederick Delius, Orchestral Works (Mackerras)
Requiem: Faure, Durufle (Legrand, Philharmonia Orch.)
Nielsen, Symphonies No. 1-3 (Blomstedt, SFSO)
Brahms, The Symphonies (1-4) (Solti; Chicago SO)
Beethoven, Symphonies 4 & 6 (Walter; Columbia SO)
Elton John, Madman Across the Water (1971) (RYMers also liked...)
Soundtrack, Amadeus (Marriner; ASMF) (1984)
Hanson, Symphonies 1 & 2
Beethoven, The Five Piano Concertos (Perahia/Haitink; Royal CO)
Radiohead, OK Computer (1997)
Elton John, Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy (1975)
Elton John, Tumbleweed Connection (1970)
Beethoven, Symphonies 5 & 7 (Kleiber; Vienno PO)
26-45:
Coldplay, X&Y (2005)
Donald Fagen, The Nightfly (1982) (RYMers also liked...)
John Barry, Moviola (1992)
Radiohead, Amnesiac (2001) (RYMers also liked...)
David Sylvian, Secrets of the Beehive (1987)
Pink Floyd, Meddle (1971) (RYMers also liked...)
Brahms, The Piano Concertos (No. 1 & 2) (Gilels/Jochum; Berlin PO)
Bruckner, Symphony No. 7 (Karajan; Berlin PO)
Soundtrack, 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Morricone, Lolita [Soundtrack] (1998)
Soundtrack, Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
Yo-Yo Ma Plays Ennio Morricone (2004)
Steely Dan, Aja (1977) (RYMers also liked...)
Steely Dan, Everything Must Go (2003) (RYMers also liked...; combined with Two Against Nature 5.0-raters)
Mozart, The Great Piano Concertos (Vols. 1 & 2) (Brendel/Marriner; ASMF)
Gyorgy Ligeti, Lontano, Cello Concerto, etc. (Wergo)
Gyorgy Ligeti, Lux Aeterna, Atmospheres, etc. (Wergo)
Morricone, Once Upon a Time in America [Soundtrack] (1984)
Blackfield (2004)
Jonny Greenwood, Bodysong [Soundtrack] (2003)
Hon. mention:
Beck, Sea Change (2002) (RYMers also liked...)
Pink Floyd, Animals (1977)
Steely Dan, The Royal Scam (1976) and Countdown to Ecstasy (1973)
Radiohead, Hail to the Thief (2003)
Stevie Wonder, Innervisions (1973) and Songs in the Key of Life (1976)
Coldplay, Parachutes (2000) and A Rush of Blood to the Head (2002) (RYMers also liked...)
Yes, Fragile (1971)
Seal (1991)
Steely Dan, Two Against Nature (2000)
Composers:
1-10:
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
Howard Hanson (1896-1981)
Frederick Delius (1862-1934)
Ennio Morricone (1928- ) (film music)
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Carl Nielsen (1865-1931)
Samuel Barber (1910-1981)
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
11-20:
Pyotr Ilyitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) (symphonies 5-6)
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Einojuhani Rautavaara (1928- )
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)
Gyorgy Ligeti (1923-2006)
Jonny Greenwood (1971- )
Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904) (symphonies 7-9)
John Barry (1933- ) (film music, esp. "Somewhere in Time" and "Out of Africa")
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Hon. mention: Anton Bruckner (1824-1896) (symphonies 7-8), Franz Schubert (1797-1828), Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943), Frederic Chopin (1810-1849), Arthur Honegger (1892-1955)
(Don't know where to rank: Bach)
Symphonies:
1. (tie) Sibelius 4 (1911)
Sibelius 7 (1924)
3. Mahler 3 (1896)
4. Sibelius 5 (1915)
5. Sibelius 2 (1902)
6. Schmidt 4 (1933)
7. Hanson 2 "Romantic" (1930)
8. Hanson 1 "Nordic" (1922)
9. Hanson 3 (1941)
10. Sibelius 6 (1923)
11. Vaughan Williams 5 (1943) (esp. movements I & III)
12. Vaughan Williams 3 "Pastoral" (1922) (esp. movements II & IV)
13. Barber 1 (1936)
14. Tchaikovsky 5 (1888)
15. Tchaikovsky 6 (1893)
16. Mahler 2 "Resurrection" (1894)
17. Shostakovich 5 (1937)
18. Nielsen 4 "The Inextinguishable" (1916)
19. Nielsen 5 (1922)
20. Nielsen 3 "Sinfonia espansiva" (1911)
21. Nielsen 2 "The Four Temperaments" (1902)
22. Sibelius 3 (1907)
23. Sibelius 1 (1899)
24. Mahler 9 (1910)
25. Mahler 1 "Titan" (1888)
26. Hanson 5 "Sinfonia Sacra" (1955)
27. Beethoven 6 "Pastoral" (1808)
28. Walton 1 (1935)
29. Hanson 4 "Requiem" (1943)
30. Hanson 6 (1967)
Hon mention: Hindemith, Mathis der Maler, Beethoven 3 "Eroica", Beethoven 4, Vaughan Williams 6, Hovhaness 2 "Mysterious Mountain", Dvorak 9 "From the New World", Vaughan Williams 7 "Sinfonia Antartica", Beethoven 7, Brahms 1, Brahms 4, Brahms 3, Sibelius 3, Honegger 3 "Liturgique," Rautavaara 7 "Angel of Light," Bruckner 7, Saint-Saens 3 "Organ," Vaughan Williams 4, Vaughan Williams 9, Nielsen 1, Beethoven 9 "Choral," Dvorak 7, Beethoven 5, Shostakovich 1, Brahms 2, Bruckner 8, Dvorak 8, Shostakovich 10, Chausson (lone symphony), Beethoven 8, Mozart 41
Favorite symphonists by score (assigning points between 1 and 30 based on ranking of symphonies above):
Sibelius (7 symphonies) - 150 pts
Hanson (6 symphonies) - 77 pts
Mahler (4 symphonies) - 56 pts
Nielsen (4 symphonies) - 46 pts
Vaughan Williams (2 symphonies) - 39 pts
Tchaikovsky (2 symphonies) - 33 pts
Piano concertos:
1. Beethoven 5 "Emperor"
2. Addinsell - Warsaw Concerto
3. Brahms 2
4. Brahms 1
5. Beethoven 4
6. Rachmaninov 2
7. Mozart 22
8. Mozart 23
9. Mozart 20
10. Mozart 21 "Elvira Madigan"
Other "classical" works or movements:
Sibelius-
Nightride and Sunrise
Tapiola
The Oceanides
Luonnotar
Lemminkainen Suite (incl. Swan of Tuonela)
Pohjola's Daughter
Mahler-
Symphony No. 3, Movement IV. (Sehr langsam - Misterioso)
Symphony No. 3, Movement VI. (Langsam/Ruhevoll/Empfunden) (YouTube: Exerpt - finale)
Symphony No. 4, Movement III. (Ruhevoll) YouTube: excerpt)
Symphony No. 5, Movement IV. (Adagietto) (YouTube)
Symphony No. 6, Movement III. (Andante moderato)
Symphony No. 9, Movement IV. (Adagio)
Vaughan Williams-
Symphony No. 2 "London," 2nd movement (Lento)
The Lark Ascending (YouTube)
Serenade to Music (YouTube)
Flos Campi
Symphony No. 8, 3rd mvt. (Cavatina)
Delius-
A Village Romeo and Juliet: The Walk to the Paradise Garden (1901)
Fennimore and Gerda: Intermezzo (1910)
Irmelin: Prelude (1892/1931)
A Song of Summer (1931)
Koanga: Final Scene (1897)
Late Swallows (arr. by Fenby from the 3rd movement of String Quartet No. 2) (1916)
North Country Sketches (1914)
On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring (1912) (YouTube)
Idylle de Printemps (1889)
Three Small Tone Poems: Summer Evening, Winter Night (Sleigh Ride), Spring Morning (1890)
Brigg Fair (1907)
Florida Suite (1887) (YouTube: Part 2 - By The River)
Summer Night on the River (1911)
Song of a Spring or Summer Evening in a Florida Garden by the River ;-)
& others
Morricone-
"Top 30" tracks:
The Legend of the Pianist (Legend of 1900)
(YouTube clips: (1) a full live version, though not as good as the original soundtrack version); (2) excerpt of second half [live; Munich, 2005])
Once Upon a Time in America suite: Deborah's Theme, Poverty, Main theme (Arena Concerto)
(YouTube: Scene from film containing "Deborah's Theme" (first 3 minutes of clip))
(YouTube: Scene with "Poverty" and Main theme)
Love in the Morning (Lolita) (YouTube: set to an unrelated film -- sorry, no alternate videos up yet ;-) )
1900's Theme (Legend of 1900) (YouTube: Live performance -- last 2 minutes of clip)
Rampage (Itinerary of a Genius version)
Metti, una sera a cena (Itinerary of a Genius version)
What Am I Doing? (What Am I Doing in the Middle of the Revolution? [from Classic Italian Soundtracks: An Ennio Morricone Anthology])
Casualties of War: Elegy for Brown (Yo-Yo Ma Plays Ennio Morricone version) (YouTube: Full-length orchestral suite w/choral finale)
Main theme, Once Upon a Time in the West (YouTube: scene from the film with theme)
Main theme (end credits), Malena (YouTube: montage of still photos from the film with theme)
Mose (Itinerary of a Genius version)
Main theme, Duck, You Sucker, a.k.a. A Fistful of Dynamite (YouTube: Live Concert Performance)
Title theme, Lolita (Itinerary of a Genius version)
The Crisis (Legend of 1900)
Nocturne with no Moon (Legend of 1900) (YouTube: Amateur home performance by fan)
Playing Love, second version (Legend of 1900) (YouTube: scene from film with theme)
Cinema Paradiso (Movie Adagios version)
Ladies and Gentlemen of the Jury (Lolita) (YouTube: Opening credits with theme)
Title theme, The Mission
Gabriel's Oboe (The Mission)
A Mozart Reincarnated (Legend of 1900) (YouTube clip)
Ships and Snow (Legend of 1900)
Playing Love, first version (Legend of 1900)
For Annette and Warren (Love Affair) (YouTube: piano version of main theme)
The Harvest (Days of Heaven)
Main theme, My Name is Nobody (YouTube: Opening credits)
Sun on the Skin (Lizard in a Woman's Skin [from Classic Italian Soundtracks: Morricone Main Titles, Vol. 3])
Gott mit uns (Itinerary of a Genius version)
Main theme, Le due stagioni della vita (from Classic Italian Soundtracks: Ennio Morricone With Love)
Ecstasy of Gold (The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly)
Barber-
Symphony No. 2, Mvt. II ("Night Flight")
Essay No. 1 for Orchestra
Music for a Scene from Shelley
Essay No. 2 for Orchestra
Hanson-
Pastorale for Oboe, Harp and Strings, Op. 38
Elegy in Memory of Serge Koussevitzky
Suite from "Merry Mount," Op. 31
Serenade for Flute, Harp and Strings, Op. 35
Rautavaara-
Anadyomene: Adoration of Aphrodite
Garden of Spaces
Cantus Arcticus (YouTube: Part 3 - Swans Migrating)
Flute Concerto "Dances with The Winds"
Clarinet Concerto, 2nd mvt. (Adagio)
Adagio celeste
On the Last Frontier (fantasy for chorus and orchestra)
Beethoven-
Cavatina, string quartet Op. 130 (YouTube)
Largo, Piano Concerto No. 3 (YouTube)
Adagio, Piano Sonata No. 8 "Pathetique" (YouTube)
Violin concerto (YouTube)
Romance No. 2 for Violin, Op. 50 (YouTube)
Egmont overture (YouTube)
Mozart-
Amadeus soundtrack:
Don Giovanni Commendatore scene
Piano concerto No. 15, 3rd mvt.
Kyrie from Mass K. 429
Requiem - Confutatis and Lacrymosa
Adagio movements:
Adagio for violin K. 261
Violin con. no. 3
Concerto for flute and harp K. 299
Serenade for winds K. 361 "Gran partita"
Clarinet concerto
Clarinet quintet
Symphony No. 41
Ligeti-
Atmospheres
Lontano
Requiem
Lux Aeterna
Ramifications
Cello Concerto
Double Concerto
San Francisco Polyphony
Chamber Concerto
various other works
Barry-
Out of Africa theme
Somewhere in Time theme
"Moviola" (Moviola album)
Mercury Rising theme
"Give Me a Smile" (The Beyondness of Things)
Shostakovich-
String Quartets Nos. 3 & 8 (YouTube: No. 8)
Piano Quintet, mvts. II. (Fugue - Adagio) and IV. (Intermezzo - Lento)
Piano Trio No. 2, mvt. III. (Largo)
Cello Sonata Op. 40, mvts. I. (Allegro) and III. (Largo)
Debussy-
Sonata for flute, viola and harp
String Quartet
Cello Sonata
Prelude a l'apres-midi d'une faune
Claire de lune
Other composers-
Faure, Requiem
Durufle, Requiem
Puccini, "Nessun dorma" (from the opera Turandot)
Butterworth, A Shropshire Lad
Honegger, Pastorale d'ete
Trevor Roberts, Pastorale
Hindemith, Nobilissima visione
Satie, Trios Gymnopedies (orchestral arr.)
Satie, Six Gnossiennes (YouTube)
Benjamin Godard, Suite de trois morceaux in B flat major for flute & piano (or orchestra), Op. 116: Idylle
Holst, Egdon Heath
Joseph Marx, Idylle - Concertino uber die pastorale Quart
Schubert, Ave Maria
Ravel, Daphnis et Cloe
Ravel, Piano Trio, 1st mvt. (Modere)
Bartok, Concerto for Orchestra
Chausson, Viviane
Butterworth, English Idyll No. 2
Greenwood, Popcorn Superhet Receiver
Chopin, Nocturne No. 19 in E Minor, Op. 72 (YouTube)
Chopin, Mazurka Op. 17 no. 4 (YouTube: As used in Cries and Whispers)
Brahms, the 2 Clarinet Sonatas Op. 120
Brahms, Violin Concerto, 3rd mvt.
Messiaen, Quartet for the End of Time, mvts. V. (Louange a l'Eternite de Jesus) and VIII. (Louange a l'Immortalite de Jesus) (YouTube)
Liszt, Benediction de Dieu dans la solitude (esp. 1st mvt.) (YouTube)
Liszt, Liebestraum (YouTube: Arthur Rubinstein)
Liszt, Gray Clouds
Jocelyn Pook, Masked Ball (used in Eyes Wide Shut)
[jazz piano] Brad Mehldau, Blame it on my youth (also EWS)
[jazz piano] Oscar Peterson, I've Got it Bad, and That Ain't Good (also EWS)
Bax, Summer Music
Bax, Tintagel
Wagner, "In the Greenhouse" (from the Wesendonck Lieder)
Wagner, Tristan und Isolde: Liebstod
Mendelssohn, Hebrides overture
Poulenc, var. chamber works
Adagios/adagio movements:
Brahms, Clarinet Quintet, 2nd mvt. (Adagio) (YouTube)
Ravel, Piano Concerto in G, 2nd mvt. (Adagio assai) (YouTube)
(Traditional Irish) Londonderry Air
Schubert, Piano sonata D.959 (used in Au hasard Balthazar)
Korngold, Symphony in F sharp
Balakirev, Symphony No. 1, Mvt. III. (Andante)
Randall Thompson, Symphonies No. 1-3
William Schuman, Symphony No. 4
Bach, Air, Orchestral suite no. 3
Vivaldi, cello concerto in E minor (used in Barry Lyndon)
Khachaturian, Gayanne ballet suite (used in 2001: A Space Odyssey)
Piston, Symphony No. 2, Movement II. (Adagio)
Piston, Symphony No. 4, Movement III. (Contemplativo)
Pieces used in the soundtrack to Strangers in Good Company:
-Ravel: L'enfant et les sortileges
-Beethoven: Clarinet Trio in B flat, Op. 11, Adagio
-Domenico Cimarosa: Concerto for Oboe and Strings in C Major, Introduzioni
-Schubert: String Quintet in C, D.956, Adagio
-Schubert: Sonata in A Minor, D821, "Arpeggione," Adagio
-Chopin: Nocturnes 13 & 20
-Schubert: Adagio in E Flat, "Notturno," D897
Film scores:
Bernard Herrmann, Taxi Driver suite
Jonny Greenwood, There Will be Blood
Jerry Goldsmith, Forever Young
Nino Rota, The Godfather
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