Wherein We Elect Our Favourite Classical Compositions of… the 1990s – Part I (1990-1994)

i like rautavaara a decent amount though this isn't my fav of his despite being the "hit"

As always, lemme know if you've got requests for the next half.

You’re including 🚁🚁🚁🚁 right?

I'm actually going to poll the entirety of Licht (of which 🚁🚁🚁🚁 is a noted part) next week, once we reach the early noughties.

Besides, it was apparently composed in 1993. So I'm just going to leave this here (for now):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ykQFrL0X74

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xp my request is that you don’t immediately start a new poll once this poll’s results are in, for extra requesting time (if that is possible)

Sure. I’ll kick off the next poll on Friday, then.

thanks pom

I went with Toru Takemitsu's 'From me flows what you call Time' in the end.

After Enescu Schnittke might just be my other biggest discovery from these polls. I knew him, but had only barely scratched the surface. 'Piano Sonata' <3

pomenitul, do you have any Ades picked out for 95-99 yet, or were you still looking for guidance? Although the only one of his pieces I know from '95 until about 2010 is Traced Overhead from '96.

I wasn’t planning on including any yet. I don’t dislike his early material per se but none of it strikes me as essential compared to the other works I’ve set aside so far.

‘Vote’ – Barack Obama.

went with sonata for solo viola

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Voted for the Ligeti violin concerto ofc but I'm still listening. On Norgard 5 now.

Tbh I didn't know Messiaen was still writing this recently and I was surprised by Éclairs.

Do you have a favourite recording of the Ligeti Violin Concerto, Sund4r?

I've always listened to this one: https://www.discogs.com/fr/Ligeti-Nørgård-Christina-Åstrand-Danish-National-Radio-Symphony-Orchestra-Thomas-Dausgaard-Violin/release/2538217

Nice! I like that one and Frank Peter Zimmermann's a lot. The dedicatee's (Saschko Gawriloff), not so much.

I've always hated the violin concerto, late Ligeti is full of this zany crap. Whenever I hear about a composer's sense of humour I am filled with dread.

I tend to agree but I exempt tragicomedy from such charges and therefore enjoy late Ligeti.

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

Glad Takemitsu (a non-American, to boot) came out on top at long last.

If you’ve got any requests for the next half, post them here before 9 pm (EST).

Time's up, folks, so it's onwards to part II without your faves (maybe):

Wherein We Elect Our Favourite Classical Compositions of… the 1990s – Part II (1995-1999)