November 6, 200619 yr Here are my favorite Composers, and the pieces I've enjoyed hearing most (in parethesis) Camille Saint Saens (Danse Macabre), Modest Muggorsky(sp) Pictures at an Exhibition)) , Pyter Tchaikovsky (Violin Concerto in Dmajor), Johannes Brahms (The Hungarian Rhapsodys), Carl Von Weber (Invitation to the Dance), Henryk Wienawski (Violin Concertos in F# minor, and D minor), Chopin (24 Preludes ) ... just to list a few.
December 1, 200619 yr Can't pick. If pressed I'd likely answer either Mussorgsky, Shostakovich, Stravinsky, Sakuraba, Brahms, Beethoven, or Bach though.
December 2, 200619 yr I am a lover of the baroque period of music. In no particular order, and not including Bach, I am particularly fond of the following, each for their specialties (excluding Lully's operas and ballets). Antonio Vivaldi, Dietrich Buxtehude, Francois Couperin, Jean-Baptiste Lully. Some others can be mentioned but these names mentioned are "heavyweights" of the baroque music.
December 2, 200619 yr Dvorak, Beethoven, Vivaldi, Mozart, Mendelssohn, Vaughn Williams, and so on and so on.
December 3, 200619 yr Dvorak, definitely. Every single one of that man's symphonies are phenominal. Not to mention his chamber music. The Dumky Piano Trio is incredible.
April 25, 200718 yr Hmm, difficult. Albinoni, Bach, Faure, Saint-Saens, Shostakovich, Schnittke, Hindemith, Gorecki, Piazzolla, Ph. Glass, Preisner...to name a few.
April 25, 200718 yr What Mano :) It's not Sideris? :D:D Ok favourite??? So difficult, so difficult... Prokofiev, Schinttke, Etlux (!), Radiohead. Composers I listen to every day. but of course depends on the day and the mood as well. Lots of times I go throuh a classical or baroque period, where Bach and Beethoven, and Mozart and Brahms rule! Ah well... :toothygrin:
April 26, 200718 yr Mahler, Stravinsky, Bruckner and Dvorak. Lists of favorite pieces would definitely include a lot of other composers' works, but these are the ones whose general output and style draws me in the most.
April 26, 200718 yr Hmmmmm . . . . I have no idea. I also do not think that it is fair to compair Bach to Shore or Beethoven to Schoenberg because of the completely different styles. So, I think I will list my favorite for each era or genre of classical music. Pre-Baroque: William Byrd Baroque: either Bach or Handel (I really have a hard time deciding) Classical: Beethoven Romantic: Grieg or Rachmaninoff (I might have thrown Tchaikovsky in there too - this is another impossible choice) Impressionist: Debussy (Ravel) American/Contemporary: Barber, Berstein, or Copland (probably Barber overall and this is probably the most diffucult to chose because I am such a huge fan of the classical American composers) Modern: Prokofiev (just about the only one of this era that I really like) Film score: Howard Shore, Jerry Goldsmith, Ennio Morricone, or Thomas Newman (I am Shore's #1 fan so yes it is Shore as my favorite, but I just had to mention that I loved the others too) Opera: Without a doubt it is Puccini (as far as the music goes Tourandot is the best opera ever) Overall top 5 of all genres (probably?): - Debussy - Barber - Shore - Rachmaninoff - Grieg (Berstein and Ravel :P)
April 26, 200718 yr What Mano :o It's not Sideris? Not (yet)! :P :P Radiohead? That's an interesting addition! :P
April 26, 200718 yr In no particular order:Bach Beethoven Brahms Grieg Rachmaninoff Shore Hey, that wasn't 'in no particular order'! This is clearly alphabetical! Almost chronological as well! :D
April 26, 200718 yr Dammit, caught me out, you're way quicker than my music teacher :D I don't want to know what kind of music lessons you and your teacher have... ;)
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