And your favorite composer is...

glazunov and skrjabin... vivaldi haha

Alkan and Buxtehude.

JOHN WILLIAMS! HELL YEAH!

Sibelius, Bartok, and Ives tie, even though they're all completely different.

Originally Posted by yshimizu

glazunov and skrjabin... vivaldi haha

This forum has quie the anti-Vivaldian sentiment.

I have a few more to add to my list:

• Tchaikovsky
• Borodin
• Geminiani
• Galuppi

^ Well, I've made the mistake of listening to 27 of his concertos in a row. The redundancy gets to ya by the third or fourth.

Anyways, my favorite composers kind of stem from two separate routes - either through their musical philosophies or their actual music (independent of its conceptual implications).

Conceptually: Hovhaness, Wagner, Takemitsu, Mahler (kind of), Messiaen

Musically: Scriabin, Chopin, Villa-Lobos, Ravel, Liszt, Bruckner, Glass (shuddup), Reich, Grieg, Riley

Can't pick just one...

Nobuo Uematsu, John Williams, and Tchaikovsky.

Bach is easily the top of my list. Just judging by his 2nd symphony, Sibelius is on my list also.

Philip Glass, even though most people hate minimalism, i love it very dearly

Originally Posted by MatthewSchwartz

^ Well, I've made the mistake of listening to 27 of his concertos in a row. The redundancy gets to ya by the third or fourth.

Call me an idiot if you'd like, but I've really failed to see that much redundancy in his works. I suppose if you take a look at his darker and deeper works (the "Al Santo Sepolcro" concerto/sonata, Stabat Mater, sacred works, etc), the redundancy lessens.

Originally Posted by MatthewSchwartz

Villa-Lobos

I probably should have added him to my list.