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Just at the moment, I'd have to plump for Albinoni; his Adagio for strings & organ in G minor, although quite a populist piece (everyone would recognise the tune, even if the title loses some people) gets me every time....

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Debussy and ravel

The great french chamber music

So modern and progressive!
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Originally posted by Reed Lover Reed Lover wrote:

Where's Prokofiev??Confused

The hard-man of 20th Century composers,always pushing the boundaries with his music,and always cocking a snoop to negative criticism.This is a man who,during the First World War wrote magical compositions for piano without having a piano available to him most of the time!

This is what I wrote in October and I still cant believe how many people are ignorant of his genius (although Vlado mentions him in passing).Love his music-all of it.

Dear Reed Lover,

Sergej is one of my really the most beloved ones. Especially, after I have heard his violin concertos and sonatas and some operas. Still, I do not know much of him, piano works not at all. for all progheads: According to his Peter and wolf there was an album made with great artists, I have never heard it.

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I like Brahms. He's just so cool.
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From what I've heard so far, I like Stravinsky and Varèse best (or Steve Martland, if that's considered classical). Beethoiven is alright, but most music I've heard from Bach I found boring.
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I have to say I'm into Stravinsky at the moment!
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wagner, debussey, liszt, stravinsky, bartok, mahler, schoenberg, of course ludwig van , amadeus, johann sebastion, and schubert, i like johann strauss senior more than junior and how about john cages aleatory stuff as innovative stuff goes
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my absolute favourite would be Bach
i've always loved him since i started playing the piano at the age of five
he probably lead me into the right musical direction
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Where's Prokofiev??Confused

The hard-man of 20th Century composers,always pushing the boundaries with his music,and always cocking a snoop to negative criticism.This is a man who,during the First World War wrote magical compositions for piano without having a piano available to him most of the time!

This is what I wrote in October and I still cant believe how many people are ignorant of his genius (although Vlado mentions him in passing).Love his music-all of it.



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Gorecki ranks very high among my favourite classical composers

Bach

Vaughan Williams

Britten

Chopin

Enescu

Paderewski

Debussy
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http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=591

http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1839
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This should have been originally a question for a poll but then I have realized that there have been as many great composers as not possible to make any list with no name missing. Thus, I put down my beloved ones:

1. Bach, Mozart, Beethoven

Bach tells us via his music calmly: do not be afraid, everything is ok, every thing and being has its right place and function in our great world, we all have a deep sense not forgotten, so let us joy.

Mozart brings us the melodies of Heavens singing: do not be scared, although sometimes things are not as we would like to have them, let us joy.

Beethoven warns: things are getting bad often but do not be frightened, if strong and heroic enough we can cope with any tragedy and joy as well.

They all raise our spirits to God.

2. Russians: Cajkovskij, Prokofiev, Mussorgskij, Stravinskij, Sostakovic, Rachmaninov ...

As the whole art come from Russia, they brought the music of extraordinary depth, width, heighth and fullness of human emotions; not hidden behind the curtain of any style.

3. Others including Monteverdi, Vivaldi, Chopin, Schubert, Dvorak, Smetana, Verdi, Gershwin, Gorecki, Ellington and many many others ..... whose works I was lucky to hear and enjoy.
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