May 17, 200718 yr My favorite composer is Joe Hisaishi. Although John Williams can take it as well. Both composers are masters of thematic material, but Hisaishi takes it simply because his themes appeal more to me and his music much easier to listen to. In terms of complexity though, Williams takes the prize. Williams' music have more of a classical feel/style, and as we all know classical music contain some of the most difficult music to play. i remember reading somwhere Williams' said he has many influences from classical composers such as Richard Strauss. Hisaishi's style is more a Pop/Contemporary/Orchestral style which a genre that really appeals to me, so with that said, Hisaishi takes it over Johnny.
May 21, 200718 yr Take these down for size! 1)George Gershwin 2)Aaron Copland 3)Ottorino Respighi 4)Gustav Mahler 5)Ludwick Beethoven 6)Ralph Vaughan-Williams 7)Arthur Sullivan 8)Jean Sibelius 9)Edward Elgar 10)Claude Debussy
May 22, 200718 yr Prokofiev (The Genious) Beethoven (The Master) Jimmy Page (ZOJO) Stravinsky (The Bird on Fire) Bartok (The Folkster) Tchaikovsky (The Warrior)
May 22, 200718 yr It's changed again, I'm now mostly listening to Brahms, Beethoven, Bach, and Grieg.
May 28, 200718 yr Aaron Copland is really, REALLY high up on the list of my favorites. I think it's unfair to compare composers in different time periods though. SO, Baroque: Vivaldi Classical: Haydn Romantic: Brahms 20th Century: Copland! :thumbsup:
May 28, 200718 yr It depends entirely on how I'm feeling, besides which, although I do for example adore Beethoven, I don't adore everything he wrote. Today, I'm listening to lots of Lizst. It is delicious - some of the best, most absurdly difficult and astoundingly brilliant piano music ever written. He really knew what the piano was supposed to do.
May 29, 200718 yr I would probably have to say Ennio Morricone, Bach, Pachbel or Apocalyptica (I dont know if the last one counts)
May 30, 200718 yr I was lucky enough to sing in Ennio Morricone's premier American concert at Radio City and the General UN! Even shook his hand, though unlikely he remembers me. :( He was so grumpy, actually, not a very pleasant man, though it was amusing to see him argue with the orchestra in Italian. But right now? Favorite composer would probably be Gabriel Faure (obsessed with the requiem and Cantique de Jean Racine).
June 4, 200718 yr I like alot of composers, but for favourites it's a tie between Mozart and Beethoven, even though there are works by both that I don't like.
June 20, 200718 yr I would have to say, Yasunori Mitsuda, Mozart, Nobuo Uematsu, Beethoven. That's who I can think of right now.
June 20, 200718 yr God is my favourite composer. Ah the controversy begins. Well, on a human playing field, George Gershwin.
June 21, 200718 yr Oh please, Vivaldi only repeats the opening gloria movement 4 times, with different instruments, and then uses it as a bass line... Might I also mention that the first statement of the opening theme is not like the others (ok, it's similar, but it ain't exactly the same). It's certainly not as bad (if you can call that bad...) as his op. 3 no. 5 first movement.... where the entire orchestra plays an A lord knows how many times. Might I also add that the propter magnum is not really a fugue, it simply uses fugual entrances... vivaldi wasn't a stickler for strict counterpoint, although he could write in strict counterpoint very well, take for instance op. 3, no. 11, the 3rd movement. As for my favorite composers, the great two are Handel and Bach, with some preference for Handel.
June 22, 200718 yr My first real and meaningful encounter with classical music was with Rachmaninov's Third Piano Concerto, so he will also hold a special place with me. Also Beethoven (what a glorious composer - you know those little works the 9th symphony and the Missa Solemnis?--- I just think it's amazing that he wrote such wonderful music.. especially when he was deaf!) also Ravel. (And almost every other composer I have heard)
June 22, 200718 yr For me it's definately Pyotr Tchaikovsky; I especially love his Sixth Symphony. Aaaand I forgot Nobuo Uematsu. Silly me. Shostakovich is good too.
June 25, 200718 yr I'm addicted to contemporary Australian composers, so - Graeme Koehne. (I want to go and study at the uni of Adelaide because he's chair of composition there! Even though I hate composing.) And Andrew Ford! Because he wrote the piece that made me fall in love with atonal music, and he replied to the email that I sent fangirling him <3
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