top 100 pieces of western art music (2020 edition)
it’s been approximately a year since i posted my 2019 list, so here goes nothing!
100. Antonin Dvorak - Symphony No. 8
99. Bohuslav Martinu - String Trio No. 1
98. György Ligeti - String Quartet No. 1
97. G.F. Haas - String Quartet No. 2
96. Arnold Schoenberg - Verklärte Nacht
95. William Walton - Violin Concerto
94. Samuel Barber - Violin Concerto
93. Maurice Ravel - Trois Poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé
92. Bela Bartok - Concerto for Orchestra
91. Krysztof Penderecki - Threnody
90. G.F. Handel/Johan Halverson - Passacaglia
89. Max Grafe - Moon Cycles
88. John Cage - 59 ½ for a string player
87. J.S. Bach - Harpsichord Concerto No. 1
86. Gustav Mahler - Symphony No. 1
85. Jennifer Higdon - blue cathedral
84. Sergei Prokofiev - Violin Concerto No. 1
83. George Crumb - Makrokosmos III (Music for a Summer Evening)
82. Paul Hindemith - String Quartet No. 4
81. Alban Berg - Violin Concerto
80. Dmitri Shostakovich - String Quartet No. 10
79. Luciano Berio - Sequenza XIVb
78. Steve Reich - Music for 18 Musicians
77. Charles Ives - The Unanswered Question
76. Eugene Ysaye - Solo Sonata No. 2
75. Tomás Luis de Victoria - O magnum mysterium
74. Sergei Prokofiev - Sinfonia concertante
73. Maurice Ravel - String Quartet
72. György Ligeti - String Quartet No. 2
71. Witold Lutosławski - Partita (for Violin & Orchestra)
70. Pierre Boulez - Anthemes
69. Augusta Read Thomas - Incantation
68. Erwin Schulhoff - Five Pieces
67. Gustav Mahler - Symphony No. 6
66. Krysztof Penderecki - Cadenza
65. Steve Reich - Music for Pieces of Wood
64. John Luther Adams - Dream of the Canyon Wren
63. Caroline Shaw - Valencia
62. Brian Ferneyhough - String Quartet No. 6
61. G.F. Haas - Solo (for viola d’amore)
60. Paul Hindemith - Viola Sonata
59. Iannis Xenakis - Metastasis
58. Andy Akhio - to wALk Or ruN in wEst harlem
57. Dmitri Shostakovich - Violin Sonata
56. Jessie Montgomery - Starburst
55. John Corigliano - Symphony No. 1
54. Kate Soper - Ipsa Dixit
53. Grazyna Bacewicz - Concerto for Strings
52. Alfred Schnittke - Concerto for Piano and Strings
51. Ben Johnston - String Quartet No. 4
50. Igor Stravinsky - Petrouchka
49. Dmitri Shostakovich - Symphony No. 10
48. Arnold Schoenberg - Pierrot Lunaire
47. Folke Rabe - Basta
46. Bela Bartok - String Quartet No. 4
45. Jennifer Higdon - Viola Concerto
44. Elizabeth Maconchy - String Quartet No. 11
43. György Ligeti - Lux aeterna
42. Herbert Howells - Elegy
41. Olivier Messiaen - Quatuor pour la fin du temps
40. J.S. Bach - Violin Sonata No. 2
39. Arvo Pärt - Fratres
38. Alberto Ginastera - Piano Concerto No. 1
37. Igor Stravinsky - L’oiseau de feu
36. John Luther Adams - The Wind in High Places
35. Alberto Ginastera - Harp Concerto
34. Silvestre Revueltas - La noche de los Mayas
33. William Grant Still - Afro-American Symphony
32. George Rochberg - String Quartet No. 3
31. Jessie Montgomery - Source Code
30. Ben Johnston - String Quartet No. 7
29. Bedrïch Smetana - String Quartet No. 1
28. Caroline Shaw - Entr’acte
27. Igor Stravinsky - Le sacre du printemps
26. Alberto Ginastera - Violin Concerto
25. Kaija Saariaho - Nocturne
24. Grazyna Bacewicz - Quartet for Four Violins
23. György Ligeti - Sechs Bagatellen/Musica Ricercata
22. Salvatore Sciarrino - Capricci per violino solo
21. Dai Fujikura - Fluid Calligraphy
20. Sky Macklay - Many, Many Cadences
19. Alberto Ginastera - String Quartet No. 1
18. György Ligeti - Violin Concerto
17. Luciano Berio - Sequenza III
16. Jessie Montgomery - Strum
15. George Crumb - Black Angels
14. Dmitri Shostakovich - String Quartet No. 8
13. Iannis Xenakis - Naama
12. Luciano Berio - Sequenza VIII
11. Toru Takemitsu - Rain Spell
10. Andy Akhio - NO one to kNOW one
9. Alberto Ginastera - String Quartet No. 2
8. Alfred Schnittke - Concerto Grosso No. 1
7. Caroline Shaw - Partita for Eight Voices
6. John Luther Adams - Canticles of the Sky
5. György Ligeti - Mysteries of the Macabre
4. Maurice Ravel - Introduction & Allegro
3. Jennifer Higdon - Violin Concerto
2. György Ligeti - Requiem
1. Kate Soper - Voices from the Killing Jar
