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Poll Question: Who is your favorite classical composer?
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I love clasical music I was played In school small symphonic orchestra and sing in choir. I vote for Igor Stwvinsky Le sacre du printemps is a masteripiece. I don't like stricte classical music - Mozzart or Bethoven. Music from this times were with no emotions. I love Bach music it is very hard play polyphonic.
I think King Crimson is very similar to Stravinsky style
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Bach = Genius.

He's music has also just left the solar system on the voyager space craft..
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I love a winner so I'm backing Bach..seriously tho' I do think he was a genius, his music is both complex and so tuneful. Mozart close behind. And Debussy's piano work, very romantic! Vivaldi, Handel..great stuff.

Not so keen on the "heavy" stuff like some of Beethovens work and e.g. Mahler.
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I'm going to a Ravel/Debussy concert in Paris in November.
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I have posted Tchaikovsky, but Sibelius & Dvorak would be close behind...
Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson
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Contemporary: Steve Reich, Terry Riley, Philip Glass

20th Century: Bartok, Stravinsky, Shostakovitch

Late 19th century: Satie, Debussy

19th century: Profokiev, Beethoven

18th Century: JS Bach

Early: John Dowland

Just off the top of my head.
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For me:

1. Edvard Grieg (because of the piano concerto, Peer Gynt, Lyric Pieces for piano, Holberg Suite and more; underestimated composer because he wasn't doing many works on a large scale, more miniature works)

2. Sergej Rachmaninov - especially because of all 4 piano concertoes and some smaller works; too emotional and bombastic for some, but hey, I like ELP too

3. Ludwig von B. - because of his 5th, 6th and 9th symphony, his 1st piano concerto, some great sonatas ... he was well ahead of his time. I still don't understand nothing of his latest string quartets; they sound like a classic sort of Henry Cow

From most well known composers I like some works, and can't get into other works

Latest great discoveries: Sibelius' The Swan FromTuonela and Debussy's Fetes / Nuages . I'm trying to get into Mahler but I still have to acquire the taste. I love some of his stuff on the 1st Symphony though.
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I took Vivaldi, he wrote some amazing baroque pieces.  It's too bad someone like John Cage isn't in this thread.  i think he's a very underrated composer.
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Tchaikovsky

Mozart a close 2nd

You know who is damn progressive? Glass- any thoughts?
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Mozart

I also enjoy Brahms and some Shostakovich i've heard.



Edited by Reverie
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Ravel, Debussy, Satie, Fauré, Saint saens, Rachmaninov, grieg, Tchaicovsky.
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J. S. Bach, Vivaldi( I like baroqe composers ingeneral),Beethoven, Chopin, Stravinsky.

I have a lot to discover yet.
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Yeah Debussy "Nuages/fêtes" is excellent.
Sibelius is cool also, although a little cold. But he's a northman, so...
Malher and Grieg are very good too.

Originally posted by Moogtron III Moogtron III wrote:

For me:


1. Edvard Grieg (because of the piano concerto, Peer Gynt, Lyric Pieces for piano, Holberg Suite and more; underestimated composer because he wasn't doing many works on a large scale, more miniature works)


2. Sergej Rachmaninov - especially because of all 4 piano concertoes and some smaller works; too emotional and bombastic for some, but hey, I like ELP too


3. Ludwig von B. - because of his 5th, 6th and 9th symphony, his 1st piano concerto, some great sonatas ... he was well ahead of his time. I still don't understand nothing of his latest string quartets; they sound like a classic sort of Henry Cow


From most well known composers I like some works, and can't get into other works


Latest great discoveries: Sibelius' The Swan FromTuonela and Debussy's Fetes / Nuages . I'm trying to get into Mahler but I still have to acquire the taste. I love some of his stuff on the 1st Symphony though.
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Bengamin Britten

This one is the proggiest composer ever been! listen to him is like listen to ELP, Gentle Giant and Genesis alltogether.

War requiem, Peter grimes, and many more

do not miss him !!

ALSO

try messian.

Recently i've been listening to Messian - Turangalila symphonie, than listen to Larks tounges in aspic by KC. The sound was quite the same! it was a treatment !

 

 

 
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Originally posted by ShW1 ShW1 wrote:

Bengamin Britten

This one is the proggiest composer ever been! listen to him is like listen to ELP, Gentle Giant and Genesis alltogether.

War requiem, Peter grimes, and many more

do not miss him !!

ALSO

try messian.

Recently i've been listening to Messian - Turangalila symphonie, than listen to Larks tounges in aspic by KC. The sound was quite the same! it was a treatment !

 


Oliver Messian is pretty proggy!! Good stuff.

Perosnally I'm not so keen on Benjamin Britten...
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I voted Bach, particularly the Goldberg sonates as played by Glen Gould. If you listen carefully you can hear him humming to the tune. Saw him on tv once and was intrigued by his play.
Other favorites: Stravinsky (sacre du printemps, firebird) and Handel (Ombra mai fu from G F Handel's opera Serse, as sung by Andreas Scholl).
I'm not really into very contemporary classical music, but I like most track on the Yellow Shark from Frank Zappa, played by the German Ensemble Modern.

 
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I don't have a favourite!

All are the best in their way,each has a role...

but I'm close this period to Debussy
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