October 12, 200718 yr I've been majorly digging and gaining appreciation for Olivier Messiaen, Carl Nielsen, Francis Poulenc, Edvard Grieg, Klaus Egge (!!!) and Geirr Tveitt (yay scandinavians) lately.So no, no ''favorite composer''.. Not favorite composers either: Lately I've come to just revel in the music rather than getting caught up in specific artists. It's great. It's like floating around on a gigantic river of milk... (if you can imagine) I looove the young Mr. Rubtsov.. He's a composer of much sprightliness. :) Any significance of the emboldened letters?
October 13, 200718 yr In relation to the composers I mentioned earlier.. I recommend everyone check out Klaus Egge's Sonata No. 1 ''the dream ballad''. It's dazzling and full of imagination.. It is as if one can see little trolls elegantly dancing in one moment, and then later on they become marching giants bent on causing destruction and havoc.. :evil: It's on Naxos. You can sample and purchase it there. You can also find a public domain recording of his second piano concerto here. I haven't begun exploring that particular work yet but it seems really cool. Quite dark and brooding.. powerful with a splice of twilight. (listening to it as I type.. there's an awesome fugue in here) EDIT: Ok, from listening thrice I can say with confidence that I f*cking adore that concerto. *heads off in search of score* Any significance of the emboldened letters? From now on, cool people (composers) get emboldened letters. (or hyperlinks?) 'Tis just a way for me to add something visual to the usually dull, featureless internet text. Does that answer your question, Mark? :toothygrin:
October 13, 200718 yr BeethovenTchaikovsky Liszt Chopin John Williams and many more Yep, I agree with all of those.
October 19, 200718 yr Gou Wenjing...just for one piece, Riding on the Wind. You can find it on YouTube.
October 20, 200718 yr Ooh, ooh, I love these threads! Besides rock music (Danny Elfman, Les Claypool, Mark Mothersbaugh), I would have to go with: Igor Stravinsky. No doubt my favorite.
December 4, 200718 yr I'm naming pieces I love here rather than composers in a sense, but here goes: Sibelius - almost everything he wrote is worth listening to Vaughan Williams - the 9 symphonies Poulanc - chamber music. Oh, and his Harpsichord concerto is great fun Ravel - one of the best string quartets ever imho Stravinsky - Firebird, who doesn't like that? Mahler - again, any of his symphonies Barber - love the violin concerto Bartok - concerto for orch and music for SPC are great The three Bs are obviously up there as well.
December 4, 200718 yr Without a doubt: Ludovico Einaudi His minimalist style is just amazing. Not one tune of his I do not like. :)
December 19, 200718 yr My favorite composer hands down is Gustav Mahler his 8th symphony is the best ever made in my opinion
December 20, 200718 yr Hard choice, personally my all time favourite is Dr. Stephen Chatman, professor of composotion at UBC. After him, Morten Laurisden and Mia Makaroff.
December 20, 200718 yr I would have to say it's between Ibert, Mozart and Glazunov. Oh and Pictures at an Exhibition by Mussorsgky is one of the most amazing pieces I have ever heard.
December 20, 200718 yr Bach Bartok Samuel Barber Beethoven John Adams John Corigliano Aaron Copland Peter Mennin Debussy Ravel Joseph Schwantner (big fan of his orchestration)
December 22, 200718 yr My favorite composer hands down is gustav mahler, the greatest one of them all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
December 22, 200718 yr hmm. If I had to pick a favorite composer... *holds head, spins in circles, charges up the stairs to his room, has spontaneous tantrum, pulls out hair, destroys everything, runs back downstairs, destroys everything there, crying all the while* Stephen Shwartz, NO! Gerswin, NO! Frank Wildhorn, NO! Beethoven! GAHH! I don't have one. I like too many of them!
December 23, 200718 yr *holds head, spins in circles, charges up the stairs to his room, has spontaneous tantrum, pulls out hair, destroys everything, runs back downstairs, destroys everything there, crying all the while* :ermm::horrified::excl:
December 24, 200718 yr Impossible to pick just one. However I can pick favorites out of categories. Favorite : Baroque Composer - Pachabel (Canon in D = fav. baroque piece) Classical Composer - Beethoven (challenged music with more emotion) Romantic Composer - Chopin/Liszt (sorry, but it's a tie) Impressionistic Composer - Debussy Modern Composer - Rachmaninov(ff) Film Composer - John Williams Modern Pop Composer/Artist - Rebecca St. James :D
December 24, 200718 yr Rachmaninov was a Romantic who lived in the Modern era, so I guess he could be considered both Romantic and Modern.
January 2, 200818 yr Modern Pop Composer/Artist - Rebecca St. James Does she compose? I didn't know that. Anyway, my favorite would be Claude Debussy
January 2, 200818 yr Does she compose? I didn't know that.Anyway, my favorite would be Claude Debussy He's good! I like all of his piano works (for the most part) :) . Funny, I'm actually learning his Sunken Cathedral (or whatever it is in french). I like a lot of his works, and he has influenced some of my orchestral style, too.
January 2, 200818 yr Rebecca St. James does compose. And the songs that she writes are becoming more original. Not all of the songs she sings are written by her though.
January 5, 200818 yr Since everyone is putting more than one favorite, I guess I'll post again... Guo Wenjing - Riding on the Wind Joseph Curiale - anything he's ever written. Karl Jenkins - Adiemus I - IV, The Armed Man Jerry Goldsmith - score to The Mummy, and especially The Ghost and the Darkness Stravinsky - Firebird & Rite of Spring (obvious...) John Adams - Chairman Dances, Short Ride in a Fast Machine, Harmonium, Meister Eckhardt, Christian Zeal and Activity Ticheli - Sun Dance, Vesuvius, Postcard, and anything similar he will write in the future. Steve Reich - Eight Lines, Music for 18 Musicians; still checking out his work.
January 9, 200818 yr Hm... favorite composers. Of all time? It's Dvorak. As for composer's that are close seconds: Bach Mozart Hindemith Beethoven Haydn Mahler Brahms Man, the list really goes on, too.
January 16, 200818 yr Jeez. You ask that kinda of a question you are not guarenteed an answer. Hmmmm...a few that come to mind are Prokofiev, Tschaikowsky, Korsakow, Stravinsky, Bruns and quite possibly Schoenberg. Prokofiev mainly because of the Dance of the Knights, the Gambler, Scythian Suite, 3rd and 7th Symphonies, and War & Peace. Tschaikowsky because of his love of the bassoon and the complexity of his music. Korsakow because of the Flight of the Bumblebee (good show off piece to the uneducated crowd) and Scheherazade as well as Procession of the Nobles (I think). Bruns because of his sonatas for bassoon & Piano as well as his concerti for bassoons and contra. Stravinsky because of the Firebird, Petrushka, Rite and Symphony of Psalms. He's also a goddamn genius. Now Schoenberg is also a genius, but I can only listen to Pierrot Lunaire (which I have garnered a huge respect for) and his first chamber symphony while I'm moping about. I must say when you listen to it, it makes one feel a tad bit better. lol.
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