[Masolino]

Beethoven "Grosse Fuge" Op. 133

 

[widmerpool]

Arvo Part - Miserere

Lots of stuff on ECM by Eastern European composers, look for black covers and death/sadness/tears in the title.

Shostakovich string quartets

Messaien's Quartet for the End of Time

Feldman and Ligeti.

 

[Rock&Roll Ninja]

Quote:

Originally Posted by justin2net /img/forum/go_quote.gif Penderecki's Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima.

My God, can you imagine the first people to hear that performed?
"Oh, Lil' Timmy got us tickets to the concert for our anniversary! This is going to be so romantic!"

 

[FalconP]

Shostakovich -- String Quartet #7 and #8; Piano Trio #2
Saint Saen -- Danse Macabre
Schoenberg -- Guerrelieder
Lutoslawski -- Funeral Music
Arvo Part -- Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten
Szymanowski -- Symphony #3
Vasks -- Musica Dolorosa
Revueltas -- Sensemaya

 

[scompton]

Shostakovich's Piano Trio No. 2, Op. 67

Richard Strauss' Metamorphosen, study for 23 solo strings, o.Op. 142

Both are written during the devastation of WWII

 

[Nacher]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Enverxis /img/forum/go_quote.gif you can also give Elend a stab as well.

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