Alternatively: Stuff I like and reference a bunch
Short Ride in a Fast Machine
Son of Chamber Symphony
Become Ocean
Knoxville, Summer of 1915
Cabaret Songs
Serenade for Tenor, Horn, and Strings
Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
Quintet in F-sharp Major.
Appalachian Spring
Symphony 3
French Suite
Enigma Variations
The Unanswered Question
Symphony No. 1
Concord Sonata
Peter and the Wolf
Partita for 8 Voices
Plan and Elevation
The Moldau
compiled from Drs. Christopher Koch, Stephen Bomgardner, and Tina Claussen from Drury
At least 2 of the Brandenburg Concerti
The Well Tempered Clavier
St. Matthew Passion
a wide sampling of his sacred music
at least 2 orchestral works
Hermit Songs
ALL of the 9 Symphonies
a sampling of string quartets and chamber music (esp. piano)
at least 1 concerto
Symphony Fantastique
at least one orchestral work
excerpts of 1 opera
Carmen
ALL the 4 Symphonies
a sampling of chamber music
Peter Grimes
War Requiem
1 orchestral work
a sampling of chamber/vocal music (especially Hymn to St. Cecelia, Winter Words, Serenade for tenor, horn & strings)
at least one symphony
a sampling of the preludes, etudes, waltzes, mazurkas, polonaises (all piano)
Appalachian Spring
Ancient Voices of Children
a sampling of other chamber music
Prelude to the Afternoon of the Faun
La Mer
a sampling of chamber music (esp. piano)
a sampling of chamber music
at least one of Symphonies 7-8-9
Cello Concerto
An American in Paris
Rhapsody in Blue
excerpts from Porgy and Bess
Messiah
Royal Fireworks Music
Water Music
a sampling of chamber music
at least 2 of Symphonies 95-104
Symphonic Metamorphosis
Symphony in Bb for Band
a sampling of chamber music
The Planets
a sampling of chamber music
Symphony No. 4
a sampling of his songs
Violin Concerto
Symphonies 1 and 2 + at least 2 others
a sampling of works by Machaut, Du Fay, Josquin, and an understanding of plainchant
Symphonies 3-5
Overture to A Midsummer Nights Drean
Quartet for the End of Time
Orfeo (opera)
a sampling from his Madrigal books
Requiem
The Magic Flute
one of the Da Ponte operas (preferably Don Giovanni or The Marriage of Figaro)
a sampling of chamber music
at least 3 of Symphonies 35-41
Pictures at an Exhibition
Carmina Burana
Pope Marcellus Mass
a sampling of motets
Symphonies 1 and 5
at least 2 concerti
a sampling of chamber music
Tosca
Madama Butterfly or La Boheme
Scheherezade
Capriccio Espanol
Organ Symphony
least 2 concerti
a sampling of chamber music
Pierrot Lunaire
at least 1 orchestral work
Symphonies 8-9
a sampling of chamber music
Winterreisse (song cycle)
Erlkönig
a sample of other songs
Symphonies 3-4
a sampling of chamber music
Dichterliebe (song cycle)
a sample of other songs
At least 2 symphonies
a sampling of chamber music (esp. string 4-tets)
Symphony No. 2
Finlandia
Violin Concerto
Don Juan
Death and Transfiguration
Till Eulenspiegel
Also Sprach Zarathustra
Salome
a sampling of the songs (especially Four Last Songs)
Petrouchka
Firebird
Rite of Spring
A Soldiers Tale
a sampling of chamber music
Symphonies 4-6
at least 1 ballet
violin and piano concerti
At least 1 symphony and 1 choral work
Requiem
late period opera (Aida, Falstaff or Otello)
middle period opera (Rigoletto, La Traviata or Il Trovatore)
at least 3 concerti
a sampling of chamber music
early period opera (Tannhauser, Lohengrin, or The Flying Dutchman)
Ring cycle leitmotivs and a general understanding of the music and story
Tristan und Isolde
Charlie Parker
Cannonball Adderley
Dick Oatts
Kenny Garrett
Art Pepper
Phil Woods
Ornette Coleman
Eric Dolphy
Johnny Hodges
James Moody
Lee Konitz
Marshall Royal
Lester Young
Coleman Hawkins
Ben Webster
John Coltrane
Michael Brecker
Rich Perry
Rick Margitza
Joe Henderson
Sonny Stitt
Hank Mobley
Sonny Rollins
Stan Getz
Benny Golson
Ben Webster
Michael Brecker
Chris Potter
Dave Liebman
Dexter Gordon
Scott Robinson
Jerry Mulligan
Nick Brignola
Harry Carney
Dizzy Gillespie
Kenny Wheeler
Lee Morgan
Miles Davis
Freddie Hubbard
Woody Shaw
Ingrid Jensen
Nat Adderely
Don Cherry
Bobbie Shew
Clifford Brown
Cootie Williams
Dave Douglas
Tim Hagans
Chet Baker
Juan Tizol
JJ Johnson
Tommy Dorsey
Curtis Fuller
Kai Winding
Al Grey
Sam Nanton
Ed Neumeister
Carl Fontana
Frank Rosolino
Conrad Herwig
John Fedchock
Jim McNeely
Art Tatum
Bobby Timmons
Cedar Walton
Bill Evans
Keith Jarrett
Gary Versace
Marc Copland
Tadd Dameron
Fred Hersch
Horace Silver
Herbie Hancock
Brad Mehldau
Duke Ellington
Count Basie
Dave Brubeck
Chick Corea
Christian McBride
Scott LeFaro
Charles Mingus
Jimmy Blanton
Charlie Haden
Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen
Oscar Peterson
Paul Chambers
Larry Grenadier
Charlie Haden
Gary Peacock
Oscar Pettiford
Ray Brown
Pat Metheny
Wes Montgomery
Charlie Christian
Al DiMeola
Freddie Green
John Abecrombie
Kurt Rosenwinkel
Bill Frisell
John Scofield
Ben Monder
Philly Jo Jones
Mel Lewis
Billy Cobham
Jack DeJohnette
Peter Erskine
Billy Hart
Billy Higgins
Max Roach
Art Blakey
Buddy Rich
Count Basie
Duke Ellington
Glenn Miller
Woody Herman
Les Brown
Benny Goodman
Maria Schneider
Gordon Goodwin
John Fedchock
Stan Kenton
Tom Kubis
Vince Mendoza
Jim McNeely (Village Vanguard Orchestra)
Frank Mantooth
Bill Holman
Bob Belden
Bob Brookmeyer
Thad Jones/Mel Lewis
Gil Evans
Nancy King
Theo Bleckman
Nancy Wilson
Ella Fitzgerald
Cassandra Wilson
Billie Holliday
Louis Armstrong
Chet Baker
Diana Krall
Diane Schuur
Betty Carter
(anything, but particularly these albums)
Kind of Blue
Birth of the Cool
Sketches of Spain
Bitches’ Brew
Miles Smiles
Cookin’, Pluggin’, Steamin’
Amandala
Bird With Strings
Complete Savoy Sessions
Charlie Parker on Dial
Something Else
Cannonball Adderley Quintet at the Lighthouse
Cannonball Adderley Quintet in San Francisco
Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
Lush Life
Giant Steps
My Favorite Things
A Love Supreme
Blue Train
Bright Size Life
As Wichita Falls, So Falls Wichita
First Circle
Sonny Side Up
Saxophone Colossus
Out To Lunch
At Newport
Far East Suite
Straight, No Chaser
Gateway
Nancy Wilson and Cannonball Adderley
It Could Happen To You
Michael Brecker
Tales From the Hudson
Atomic Basie
This Time By Basie
April In Paris
Our Man In Paris
Page One
Cornbread
Sidewinder
In N Out
Breaking Point
Red Clay
Speak No Evil
Adam’s Apple
Heavy Weather (with Weather Report)
The Birthday Concert
Maiden Voyage
Headhunters (also the name of the group)
Empyrean Isles
The New Standard
The Latin Side of John Coltrane
Subconcisous-Lee
Song For My Father
Mingus Ah-Um
The Shape of Jazz to Come
Moanin’
Mosaic
Time Out
Black Codes From the Underground
Trio ‘65
Waltz For Debby
Sunday at the Village Vanguard
Ella and Louis
Ella Swings Gently with Nelson
Any of the "Songbooks" CDs
Officium
Coming About
Concert in the Garden
Sky Blue
Soul Station
A Study in Brown
Three Quartets
Now He Sings, Now He Sobs
Light As A Feather (with Return to Forever)
Leap of Faith
Out of the Cool
Art of the Trio (volume 1-5)
[John Bailey Holland](http://www.jonathanbaileyholland.com/)
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6RozzFUM2DlXAdO3Tri0GL
http://www.castleskins.org/repertoire.html
https://ymusicensemble.bandcamp.com/album/ecstatic-science
John Adams Short Ride on a Fast Machine
Samuel Barber Knoxville, Summer of 1915
William Bolcolm Twelve New Etudes
John Corigliano Symphony No. 1
Henryk Gorecki Symphony No. 3
Charles Ives The Unanswered Question
Judd Greenstein Change
Sarah Kirkland Snider Penelope (entire cycle)
Hilary Hahn & Haushka Silfra (entire album)
Nico Muhly Seeing is Believing
Aaron Jay Kernis Symphony in Waves
David Maslanka Symphony No. 4
John Harbison Mirabai Songs
Steve Reich You Are Variations
Caroline Shaw Partita for 8 Voices
Annie Clark (yMusic) Beautiful Mechanical
https://www.danielroumain.com/music
William Grant Still
https://www.musicbyblackcomposers.org/resources/living-composers-directory/
Price, Florence Symphony 4
