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Poll Question: Which Classical Artist is Your Favorite?
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    Posted: July 16 2007 at 12:34
I know there are many others but I tried to fit in the most renowned....

My all-time favorite is, without a doubt, Rachmaninov, for his wonderful piano concertos and preludes. He wrote with a grand ferocity that I think conveys a powerful message and is present in all of his pieces.

My follow ups are:

2. Chopin
3. Brahms
4. Beethoven
5. Bach

Many on the list are "stereotypical" classic artists I know, but that doesn't stop them from being great.
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Liszt, Liszt and a thousand times Liszt!

Beethoven is sublime, Wagner is magnificent and Scarlatti is hugely underrated, but for me Liszt trumps them all with his incredible piano virtuosity, thematic transformations, literary influences and bold advances in harmony.

Other favorites not listed are Berlioz and Rossini.
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Dvorak
Chopin
Stravinski
Beethoven.
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Points: 65684 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 16 2007 at 22:02
Honegger
Faure
Satie
Ives
Prokofiev
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Mozart/Bach/Haydn

Beethoven/Scarlatti/Vivaldi/Haendel
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Points: 2755 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 16 2007 at 22:45
i had to vote for Bartok because it seems that you have somehow left off BOTH Vivaldi and Ravel.
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Points: 1264 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 16 2007 at 22:59
Chopin is the man. Then, in no particular order, Beethoven, Mozart, Liszt, Johann Strauss (missed here!)........
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Debussy
Chopin
Stravinsky
Bella Bartok
and he´s recent but he´s considered a classical composer and thats John Cage.
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