Your Classical TOP TEN
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Topic: Your Classical TOP TEN
Posted By: ita_prog_fan
Subject: Your Classical TOP TEN
Date Posted: May 03 2007 at 15:00
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I posted the same thread some yrs ago (
 maybe three..), let's see if something has changed meanwhile... Which are your 10 favourite classical composers ?
Here are mine
1 ) Mozart
ex-aequo) Beethoven, Brahms, Prokofiev, Hindemith, Schubert, Bartňk, Debussy, Stravinsky,
10) Mussorgsky
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Posted By: Niki ( IO )
Date Posted: May 03 2007 at 16:11
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I'm only at first steps...Anyway... Love: MAHLER, BEETHOVEN
Like: VIVALDI, SCHUBERT, BRAHMS, SCHUMANN, BERLIOZ, PAGANINI, RACHMANINOV
I know only some works of them and still don't know soooo many other composers...  ------------- IO |
Posted By: paolo.beenees
Date Posted: May 03 2007 at 16:21
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Bach, Vivaldi, Monteverdi, Stravinskji, Nono, Pourcel, Palestrina (and reinassance polyphony in general), Ravel, Haendel, Pergolesi. ------------- 
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Posted By: Chicapah
Date Posted: May 03 2007 at 16:53
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Beethoven
Mozart
Haydn
Schubert
Copland
Chopin
Grieg
Debussy
Schumann
Mahler ------------- "Literature is well enough, as a time-passer, and for the improvement and general elevation and purification of mankind, but it has no practical value" - Mark Twain |
Posted By: Chus
Date Posted: May 03 2007 at 17:50
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Mozart
Liszt
Bach
Vivaldi
Andres Segovia
Isaac Albeniz
Joaquin Rodrigo
Mussorgsky
Bela Bartok
Ravel
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Posted By: The T
Date Posted: May 03 2007 at 23:44
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10. Modest Mussorgsky
9. Georg Friedrich Haendel
8. Jean Sibelius
7. Gustav Mahler
6. Piotr Illytch Tchaikovsky
5. Dmitri Shostakovich
4. Anton Bruckner
3. Ludvig Van Beethoven
2. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
1. JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
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Posted By: Cheesecakemouse
Date Posted: May 03 2007 at 23:48
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I have quite a few classical CD's and am trying to get into it more but I'm hardly in a position to have a top ten although I have a special place for Tcychovsky since I was about 12. I am also quite impressed by Stravinsky. But like I said I'm quite a rookie to classical music appreciation.
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Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: May 04 2007 at 00:14
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In no order
Even though none is really Classic
 Iván ------------- 
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: May 04 2007 at 00:24
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Honegger
Bartok Faure Bach Satie Ives Dvorak Barber Prokofiev Bernstein |
Posted By: Man Erg
Date Posted: May 04 2007 at 00:29
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Part
Debussey Tallis Reich Adams Satie Bach Bartok Vaughan-Williams Stockhausen Taverner ------------- 
Do 'The Stanley' otherwise I'll thrash you with some rhubarb. |
Posted By: Atomic_Rooster
Date Posted: May 04 2007 at 01:55
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In no particular order: John Cage Borodin Shostakovitch Satie Bach Wagner Beethoven Mahler Karl Maria Von Weber Bruch ------------- I am but a servant of the mighty Fripp, the sound of whose loins shall forever be upon the tongues of his followers. |
Posted By: andu
Date Posted: May 04 2007 at 04:14
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I gues I'm the eternal newbie, regarding classical taste. Let's see if I can remember 10 names of classical composers that I like:
Mozart (everything, anything)
Beethoven (the sonatas, the quartets, some of the concerts, not the symphonies)
Haydn (his sonatas are divine, haven't heard too much of the rest though)
Vivaldi (everything; but not in the same degree as for Mozart)
Scarlatti (I've heard the sonatas... magic)
Is that Mahler on the "Death in Venice" soundtrack? If so, I liked it, though that isn't normally my taste. I'm not sure how much I've heard of the rest of his work.
Mussorgsky - though my initial reaction was nasty, I thought he just made bombastic soundtrack-like music.
Haendel
Saint-Saens
Schumann
I have remembered the last three by checking the other posters' lists
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Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: May 04 2007 at 04:28
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In no particular order:
Grieg
Beethoven
Bach
Borodin
Smetana
Rimsky-Korsakov
Rachmaninov
Debussy
Brahms
Schumann
In general: music from the 'romantic' age (though with some exceptions as you can see in my list). And I like 'national' music: music which shows something distinct from a country (not necessarily the country of the composer), like Brahms' Hungarian Dances, Grieg's Norwegian Dances, Sibeliu's Finlandia, Swan of Tuonela, Rimsky's Sheherazade etc.
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Posted By: Passionist
Date Posted: May 04 2007 at 04:43
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Lessee
Brahms, totally my favourite. Tchaikovsky Dvorak Wagner Sibelius Rimsky-Korsakov Melartin "albioni"... you know Mussorgsky ...and, I think I'm fine with 9 |
Posted By: Eetu Pellonpaa
Date Posted: May 04 2007 at 04:43
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Georg Friedric Händel (vocal works),
Johann sebastian Bach (cantatas),
Niccoló Paganini (guitar works & violin concertos),
Ludvig van Beethoven (piano sonatas & symphonic works),
Modest Musorsky (Boris Godunov & orchestral works),
Gustav Mahler (Das Lied von Der Erde + symphonies),
Richard Wagner (great operas, though bit heavy),
Gaetano Donitzetti (operas),
Hector Berlioz (monumental stuff!),
Giuseppe Verdi (operas),
Camille Sain-Saëns (vocal works),
Claude Debussy (Pelleas et Melisande & Prodigal Son),
Edward Elgar (symphonic stuff),
Antoni Vivaldi (vocal & guitar works),
Jean Sibelius (symphonic works) and
Aulis Sallinen (vocal works).
It seems that for me 10 = 16, sorry.
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Posted By: andu
Date Posted: May 04 2007 at 06:29
So little love to the one who gave us so much love... Mozart... ------------- "PA's own GI Joe!"
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: May 04 2007 at 06:45
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I still like Mozart occasionally, he can be a bit flowery is all..
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Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: May 04 2007 at 07:06
Well, since I am in the classical music business and...percolation, I guess I should honour a personal response to this, no?  Fine then. But first I'll put in a moral word, which is that, unless you're really a person of light listening and preferences into classical music, you shouldn't really accentuate the "best of" thing, like you do in charting rock, pop etc. Cause it's not really the essence, plus, to a absolutely unclaimable anymore standard, each and every composer brought in his tremendous and utmost passion, plus his contribution is staggeringly artistic and definitely referential. So, basically, there is no top, there's, moreover, impossible to make a top out of classical composers without defining the artistic current (Renaissance, Baroque, Classic, Romantic, Impressionist, Modern etc.), there is, personally, no reason for me to like some and dislike others. I'm not the type of guy, nor the type of pianist, on this issue. But, just for fun, here's some of my current impression, or, rather, those I like to play, listen and get inspired (in life) from very, very much. I did, when I was young, and still do, upon these days, like enormously Frederich Chopin, he's such a blissful romantic and such an emotionist. His works, whether small or complex, whether highlighting or broadly dark and special, are fantastic. And the sound is forever close to my heart. But also from the Romantic period, I'm getting a lot of pleasure from playing or listening to the works of Franz Liszt. Lately I played a lot of work by him, so a bit of his "dexterity" caught into me, but I also think he gave an expression of ample like no other. Great composer. To finish off the Romantic period, I'll name Brahms too, because he's music is equally pianistic/symphonistic fit, but also has an extreme value by which only a special interpretation can be significant. I'm working on two works by him too, apparenly I'm an artist capable (physically) of interpreting Brahms. Right now, it's essential to mention one artist that, just like Chopin, really seems to douse me in euphoria and divine joy that most others, plus he's again an artist in which I gained a moral special fiber to interpret him. Claude Debussy, gentlemen, is for me an rare gem of a composer, with impressionistic works that simply balance a great passion for the nuances, a sparkle of symbols and a fruitful collection of "manual working". Highly eccentric, this composer is unique to my heart. I just finished working on the first chapter of his "Preludes" and I feel so good, so blessed and so marked by playing the entire cycle. ah!  Moving on "plainer" nevertheless extraordinary preferences. Johann Sebastian Bach is a word of God and a word of law towards everything classical music represents and has evolved. But, outside these bold words, you can always assure yourself his entire work and methodic nuance is extraordinary. Living till the end of all existing time. Joseph Haydn is my favorite Classic composer, perhaps I hear too much Beethoven or get to play myself, also, perhaps, Mozart is entitled to a personal joy, but not my personal joy. Anyway, I've little experience in Haydn, which is curios, but I like listening to his piano sonatas or such. I think that each of the three mentioned classics are fantastic, and in playing the piano, you have to know a special "trick of interpretation" to specifically all three, otherwise you're playing in vain and ugly. Sorry for all who resent that I haven't mentioned Schumann, Schubert or Mendellsohn, but I have little pianistic experience in them, plus I've already mentioned the Romantic superlative I'm into. Out of more modern early moves (or late romantic evolutions), I was really a fan of Mussorsgki's Pictures At An Exhibition, but lately I seem to douse my like on him. Instead I grow lately on Mahler. Deep into the modern touch, I like to mention Scriabin, really good stuff. Rachmaninov and Prokofiev are top notch, but I'm still a little strange to their music. Lately, I will only say that, although not necesarilly having a special preference for the artist, I like deeply Ravel's Bolero and I even hate any wrong interpretation to it. (meaning I get pretentious and cocky to it being played excellent, whenever )that's, wow, all.  ------------- 
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Posted By: Draconean
Date Posted: May 04 2007 at 08:07
These are my favourite composers:
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Posted By: NutterAlert
Date Posted: May 04 2007 at 08:10
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Richocet is my favouirte classical musican, closely followed by Handel. ------------- Proud to be an un-banned member since 2005 |
Posted By: andu
Date Posted: May 04 2007 at 08:13
It's never too late to learn something new... ------------- "PA's own GI Joe!"
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NutterAlert wrote:Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: May 04 2007 at 08:29
I guess I have a polka somewhere in a "things composed at the age of 2" box.  Haendel, on the other hands, is a good choice, Nutter.  -------------
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Posted By: Christine
Date Posted: May 04 2007 at 08:43
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Orlando di Lasso, Gustav Holst, Mussorgsky, Franz Shubert, Handel, Maurice Durufle,Alfred Whitehead, Stravinsky, Claude Debussy, and Mozart. I can't put them in a certain order because I love them almost equally. ------------- catsfootironclaw |
Posted By: ita_prog_fan
Date Posted: May 04 2007 at 11:31
Durufle's Requiem is WONDERFUL, it's my favourite requiem
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Posted By: Reverie
Date Posted: May 05 2007 at 02:05
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I'm not familiar enough witht he style to name 10 composers, but i'll name a few i enjoy....
Olivier Messiaen John Zorn Gyorgy Ligeti Modest Mussorgsky Edgard Varese John Adams (the current American composer) Stephen Hartke Varese would be my favourite |
Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: May 05 2007 at 04:14
Hey, you're an admirer of the Mighty Five, I see. And with Tchaikofsky and Rachmaninoff I count 7 Russians. With Smetana 8 Eastern Europeans. Were you aware of that? Probably.
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Posted By: Rocktopus
Date Posted: May 05 2007 at 04:44
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Something like this: Bartók Schoenberg Shostakovich Beethoven Schubert (late) Stockhausen Riley Part Reich Bach ------------- Over land and under ashes In the sunlight, see - it flashes Find a fly and eat his eye But don't believe in me Don't believe in me Don't believe in me |
Posted By: markosherrera
Date Posted: May 05 2007 at 15:44
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In no order:
Eric Satie
Mozart
Beethoven
Sibelius
Grieg
Chopin
Vivaldi
Chaikovsky
Stravinsky
Holst
This are the musicians that I listen more but there hundreds of classical that I LIKE
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Posted By: Certif1ed
Date Posted: May 05 2007 at 17:28
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1. Messaien - Turangalila Symphonie
2. Penderecki - Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima
3. Beethoven - Symphony #5
4. Tartini - Devil's Trill sonata
5. Mozart - Requiem Mass in D Minor
6. Stravinsky - Le Sacre du Printemps
7. Stockahusen - Kontakte
8. Carl Orff - Carmina Burana
9. Mozart - Clarinet Concerto
10. Vivaldi - Gloria ------------- The important thing is not to stop questioning. |
Posted By: The T
Date Posted: May 05 2007 at 20:01
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I see we're naming our favorite works from our favorite composers:
10. Mussorgsky - Boris Godunov (original version, though Rimsky-Korsakov's version is quite great)
9. Haendel - Messiah (the whole Oratorium), Firewroks Music, Most of the Concerto Grosso
8. Sibelius - Symphony # 2 and 3, Karelia Suite, Valse Triste.
7. Mahler - Symphonies #1 ("Titan"), 5, 6 (this one mostly).
6. Tchaikovsky - Symphony # 6 "Pathetique", Violin Concerto, Piano Concerto, Francesca Di Rimini (Symphonic poem)
5. Shostakovich - Symphonies #1, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11.
4. Bruckner - Symphonies # 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
3. Beethoven - Symphonies # 3,5,7,9, Piano Concerto # 4 and 5 ("Emperor"), Missa Solemnis, Overtures: Leonore # 1, 2 and 3, Egmont, Fidelio, Piano Sonatas.
2. Mozart - Requiem in D minor K 626, Concertos for piano (# 20 the greatest ever), Symphonies # 25 in G m, 39, 40, but mostly 41 in C, the closing movement with the fugal coda the greatest thing ever composed (as many others
 ), Don Giovanni. 1. Bach - Everything. But mostly: Weihnachtsoratorium, Matthew Passion, Mass in B minor, Das Kunst Der Fugue, Three Violin Concertos, Brandemburg Concerti, $ Symphonic Suites, everything by the Master. THE Master. b*****ds. -------------
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Posted By: Atomic_Rooster
Date Posted: May 05 2007 at 21:03
Mozart was the Phil Collins of Classical music.  Hey, where are all the Wagner fans! ------------- I am but a servant of the mighty Fripp, the sound of whose loins shall forever be upon the tongues of his followers. |
Posted By: The T
Date Posted: May 05 2007 at 22:05
Mozart is one of the greatest masters ever.. He was my favorite until I properly re-discovered Bach's work.
The Wagner fans are sitting in an opera house still waiting for Die Meistersinger aus Nuremberg to end....  ....it lasts like 20 hours! .... No, he's a master. But, for example in my case, I prefer orchestral works, I'm not much of an opera guy (specially italian opera, I have to say). I'm a weakling for symphonies mostly, and when it comes to choral music, I prefer masses and, generally, sacred works, or works where a CHORUS is the great protagonist, like Soviet cantatas or nationalist operas. And maybe many people also dislike Wagner for his views on the world, which for me is nonsense as one thing is music, other is politics. But maybe for many people, that matters. -------------
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Posted By: markosherrera
Date Posted: May 05 2007 at 22:34
| Mozart ,,the P`hil Collins of....no I cant believe is true,but Tony Banks was very influenced by Eric Satie,and the same Steve Hackett |
Posted By: Chus
Date Posted: May 05 2007 at 22:38
He sold out you might say, but circumstances were different. Plus, he never lost the taste for complexity, only a bit more light than other disturbed souls ------------- Jesus Gabriel |
Posted By: ita_prog_fan
Date Posted: May 06 2007 at 07:06
This sounds like blasphemy.....
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Posted By: Novalis
Date Posted: May 06 2007 at 19:18
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Not a top 10, but here are some I love: Beethoven: Emperor Concerto, Moonlight Sonata, Symphonies Bach: Toccata and Fugue, Jesu, Air Satie: Gymnopedie (especially #1) Holst: The Planets Vivaldi: The Four Seasons |
Posted By: BroSpence
Date Posted: May 07 2007 at 13:11
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1.Glass
3.Chopin
7.Reich
9.Liszt
4.Beethoven
2.Dvorak
10.Debussy
8.Ponce
6.Albeniz
5.Tarrega
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Posted By: nightlamp
Date Posted: May 07 2007 at 16:54
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George Crumb Iannis Xenakis Bela Bartok Richard Wagner J.S. Bach Steve Reich Alvin Lucier Igor Stravinsky Claude Debussy Orlandus Lassus |
Posted By: Rocktopus
Date Posted: May 07 2007 at 17:08
Ten fave works are even harder to select. I'll probably disagree with myself very soon: Bartók - String Quartet no. 4 Schoenberg - Verklärte Nacht Shostakovich - String Quartet no. 14 (or 15) Mahler - Symphoni no. 9 IV Adagio (Sehr langsam) Schubert - Death and the Maiden Riley - In C Part - Tabula Rasa Reich - Piano Phase Bach - Matthaüs Passionen John Cage - Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano ------------- Over land and under ashes In the sunlight, see - it flashes Find a fly and eat his eye But don't believe in me Don't believe in me Don't believe in me |
Posted By: Certif1ed
Date Posted: May 07 2007 at 17:50
Good call - the Kronos Quartet's interpretations of his music are amazing! ------------- The important thing is not to stop questioning. |
Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: May 08 2007 at 16:22
It sure sounds senseless...yes...  -------------
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Posted By: markosherrera
Date Posted: May 09 2007 at 19:56
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My FAVE MASTERPIECES ARE.
J.S.Bach:The passion segun St Mathew
Beethoven:SYMPHONY 9 IN RE MINOR
sTRAVINSKY:SPRING CONSAGRATION
Wagner:Die Walkure
JSBach:Misa in Si minor
Haendel:The Messiah
Mozartr: Las bodas of Figaro
Monteverdi:Orfeo
Beethoven:Heroica
Mozart:Cosi fan tutte
Faure:All
Mahler:Das liect von der erde
Nicholas Maw :CONCERT FOR VIOLIN
Mozart :Magic flute
Wagner:Die Meistersinger
Tchaikovsky:Lake of swans
Stravinsky:Pulcinella Perotino:Viderunt omnes
Johannes Brahms:PIANO FIRST CONCERT
rACHMANINOV:second simphonie andconcert for piano3
Beethoven:Misa solemnis
Haendel:Theodora
Sibelius Simphonie 7
Ropssini:Petite messe solennelle
JSBach:Suite for cello 6
Beethoven:CUARTET OP130
eLGAR:CROWN OF iNDIA AND ENIGMA VARIATIONS
Puccini:La Boheme
Tchaikovsky.:Le Pathetique sinfonie
hOLST:the planets especially Neptune and mars the bringer of war
Debussy
ETC
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Posted By: Floydoid
Date Posted: May 13 2007 at 05:33
Yes, if only for his magnificent organ symphony - very prog-ish IMO. ------------- "Christ, where would rock & roll be without feedback?" - D. Gimour |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: May 15 2007 at 20:30
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1) Philip Glass
2) Gyorgy Ligeti
3) Steve Reich
4) John Tavener
5) Igor Stravinsky
6) Charles Ives
7) Louis Spohr
... I can't get to 10 - There are other minimalist and multitonal composers that I probably would like, but those I listen to are enough thank you (you really can have too much minimalism). I enjoy some *pop* classics likeTchaikovsky, Grieg, Beethoven, Mozart etc, but could never honestly list them in a top 10. By rights I should like the heavy stuff like Mahler but have never had the patience to sit down and really listen. ------------- What? |