Top-ten favourite composers
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Topic: Top-ten favourite composers
Posted By: Dorsalia
Subject: Top-ten favourite composers
Date Posted: November 25 2009 at 06:29
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I don't usually do these kind of things, but escapism can be a good thing.
My top ten favourite composers (whose names I know) are:
Arvo Pärt
J.S. Bach
Franz Schubert
Ludwig Van
Henryk Górecki
Silvius Leopold Weiss
Antonín Dvořák
Henry Purcell
Leo Brouwer
Daniel Gildenlöw
 I'm not saying I'm an expert, but these are the names that come to mind. I'm definitely most familiar with J.S. Bach and Arvo Pärt.
Cheers.  ------------- "Es ist übrigens unmöglich, eine Meinung zu haben, ohne dass es unerfreuliche Überschneidungen gibt. Die Grünen sind für den deutschen Wald, die NPD ebenfalls." |
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Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: November 25 2009 at 07:21
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Dmitri Shostakovich J. S. Bach Arvo Pärt Erik Satie Gustav Mahler Oliver Messiaen Alexander Scriabin Igor Stravinsky Giacinto Scelsi Sergei Rachmaninoff or something like that. |
Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: November 25 2009 at 08:19
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Edvard Grieg Sergei Rachmaninoff Ludwig van Beethoven Antonin Dvorak Johann Sebastian Bach Robert Schumann Pyotr Ilyich Tschaikowsky Aram Khachaturian Alexander Borodin George Gershwin |
Posted By: Equality 7-2521
Date Posted: November 25 2009 at 13:36
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My thoughts on this have been changing a bit recently. 1. Charles Ives 2. Steve Reich 3. Philip Glass 4. J.S. Bach 5. Gyorgi Ligeti 6. John Cage 7. Harry Partch 8. Pytor Tchaikovsky 9. Karlheinz Stockhausen 10. Domenico Scarlatti ------------- "One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. " |
Posted By: Green Shield Stamp
Date Posted: November 25 2009 at 15:16
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1. Vaughan Williams
2. Beethoven
3. Mahler
4. JS Bach
5. Rachmaninov
6. Shostakovich
7. Tchaikovsky
8. Prokofiev
9. Holst
10. Glass ------------- Haiku Writing a poem With seventeen syllables Is very diffic.... |
Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: November 25 2009 at 19:08
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Posted By: Tsevir Leirbag
Date Posted: November 25 2009 at 20:10
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1. Igor Stravinsky
2. J.S. Bach
3. Philip Glass
4. Fredric Chopin
5. Ludwig Van Beethoven
6. Dimitri Chostakovich
7. Sergei Rachmaninov
8. Franz Liszt
9. Franz Schubert
10. Carl Orff ------------- Les mains, les pieds balancés Sur tant de mers, tant de planchers, Un marin mort, Il dormira - Paul Éluard |
Posted By: lucas
Date Posted: November 26 2009 at 02:30
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How strange that W. A. Mozart is not in any of the top ten listed  Ever heard the monumental requiem (directed by Hogwood with Emma Kirkby among others) ?
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Posted By: prog4evr
Date Posted: November 26 2009 at 05:35
| Rachmaninov and Brahms - foreshadowing the musical passion of the best early prog (pre-1980s)... |
Posted By: mystic fred
Date Posted: November 26 2009 at 05:49
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Beethoven
Sibelius
Vivaldi
Johann Sebastian Bach
Tchaikovsky
Mozart
Antonin Dvorak
Schubert
Richard Strauss Stravinsky
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Posted By: paganinio
Date Posted: November 26 2009 at 08:50
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some of my recent favorites Mark Hollis (wrote all of Laughing Stock) Alexi Laiho (Children of Bodom songwriter) Jari Mäenpää (wrote all of Wintersun, an album that helped save my life) RZA (all-time favorite hip hop composer, Wu-Tang chief producer, not sure whether it's him that wrote all the music. I mean, they have NINE members, why should he do all the work?) It always amazes me how ONE guy is able to write a band's entire discography. Well, it's not that amazing, since I'm also the only songwriter in my band. |
Posted By: paganinio
Date Posted: November 26 2009 at 08:52
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some of my recent favorites Mark Hollis (wrote all of Laughing Stock) Alexi Laiho (Children of Bodom songwriter) Jari Mäenpää (wrote all of Wintersun, an album that helped save my life) RZA (all-time favorite hip hop composer, Wu-Tang chief producer, not sure whether it's him that wrote all the music. I mean, they have NINE members, why should he do all the work?) It always amazes me how ONE guy is able to write a band's entire discography. Well, it's not that amazing, since I'm also the only songwriter in my band. |
Posted By: ExittheLemming
Date Posted: November 26 2009 at 11:11
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Bartok Copland Erm..the guy who wrote A Faust Symphony (Liszt ?) Ginastera Mussorgsky Stravinsky Janacek Holst What should be transparent from the list, is that without the requisite prod from ELP, I would never have heard any of the foregoing. ------------- 
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Posted By: The Truth
Date Posted: November 26 2009 at 11:18
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Does anybody here know Penderecki? ------------- http://blindpoetrecords.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow">  
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Posted By: Dorsalia
Date Posted: November 26 2009 at 13:00
| Yep. I'll stick with Bach though xD |
Posted By: Dorsalia
Date Posted: November 26 2009 at 13:03
I enjoy a lot of Mozart's music, but truth be told It's not something I ever really get the urge to listen to. Maybe his music sounds too "classical" to me. I'm more of a Baroque and Renaissance man on the whole. ------------- "Es ist übrigens unmöglich, eine Meinung zu haben, ohne dass es unerfreuliche Überschneidungen gibt. Die Grünen sind für den deutschen Wald, die NPD ebenfalls." |
lucas wrote:Posted By: Citizen Erased
Date Posted: November 26 2009 at 13:21
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Rachmaninoff Chopin Ravel Beethoven Glass Grieg Vivaldi Tchaikovsky Prokofiev Stravinsky Brahms I love Rachmaninoff though. ------------- And lo, the mighty riffage was played and it was good 
<a href="www.last.fm/user/jonzo67" targe |
Posted By: halabalushindigus
Date Posted: November 28 2009 at 00:50
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Um, I can spell composer Steve Hackett ------------- assume the power 1586/14.3 |
Posted By: Jon89
Date Posted: November 28 2009 at 01:32
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Page/Plant/Jones/Bonham ------------- jon 89 |
Posted By: Jon89
Date Posted: November 28 2009 at 01:36
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Anderson/Squire/Howe/Wakeman/White ------------- jon 89 |
Posted By: halabalushindigus
Date Posted: November 28 2009 at 01:47
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Yes, I totally agree ------------- assume the power 1586/14.3 |
Posted By: halabalushindigus
Date Posted: November 28 2009 at 02:01
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when you play Beethoven, you are reminded of skill, and so, he makes you pay attention when you perform his music. So he is No. 1
Here's a composer that'll knock your ever-loving classical socks off
Heard him one day. Asked the guy"who is this"
Domenico Scarlatti
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Posted By: Equality 7-2521
Date Posted: November 28 2009 at 13:38
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That's why he's in my top 10. Everyone of his 555 keyboard sonatas are amazing. I would recommend Ross' performance on Harpsichord for anyone interested. I think they loose a lot when imagined on the piano even though the added dynamics are nice. ------------- "One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. " |
Posted By: halabalushindigus
Date Posted: November 28 2009 at 14:35
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A man of just one instrument,, the harpsichord, Scarlatti is often considered as one of the fathers of modern keyboard technique. His very personal style is completely recognizable, with its short themes, dissonant and sometimes ambiguous harmonies, tumultuous rhythms, delicate hand-crossings, octave leaps, successions of chords spanning up to ten notes, unbridled speeds and rapid note-repetitions, but also an impassioned lyricism which can be graceful, or sometimes serious or tormented. (unquote)
Notes by Adelaide de Place
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I would love to hear these sonatas played on the Harpsichord! ------------- assume the power 1586/14.3 |
Posted By: Dorsalia
Date Posted: November 28 2009 at 17:34
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I will add Chopin.
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Posted By: halabalushindigus
Date Posted: November 29 2009 at 00:53
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I myself enjoy
Bob Dylan
George Harrison
Burt Bacharach
Jerome Kern
Elmer Bernstein
Lou Reed
Bruce Springsteen
Mike Rutherford
Al Stewart
Phil Keaggy ------------- assume the power 1586/14.3 |
Posted By: halabalushindigus
Date Posted: November 29 2009 at 01:28
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I would be amiss if I didn't mention Jeff Lynne. It seems to me composing is different than songwriting
A knowledge of math relating to the notes, I have no idea. I'm always impressed when I hear a unique
structure in a song. Gospel music, especially songs without instruments, only choral, to me is awesome
because you never know where its going to go. And ,of course, the meaning is really heartfelt and special
I would also like to mention Steve Howe ------------- assume the power 1586/14.3 |
Posted By: The Whistler
Date Posted: November 29 2009 at 03:12
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I'm going to be stupid here, and go with...er...uh...Ennio Morricone. Certainly he is my favorite modern composer in terms of symphonic stuff, even edging out my beloved Danny Elfman (and totally ignoring classic chaps like Bach, Beethoven, Paganini (is he a composer?)). He invented a style the cinema had never heard before (I of course speak of "Spaghetti Western Music"), and at the same time could produce perfectly "normal" symphonic music (The Mission) and dissonant, experimental stuff as well (The Thing). Basically, Ennio Morricone rocks. ------------- "There seem to be quite a large percentage of young American boys out there tonight. A long way from home, eh? Well so are we... Gotta stick together." -I. Anderson |
Posted By: The Whistler
Date Posted: November 29 2009 at 03:13
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Whoops! Double dipping, sorry. ------------- "There seem to be quite a large percentage of young American boys out there tonight. A long way from home, eh? Well so are we... Gotta stick together." -I. Anderson |
Posted By: LOUDTRAX
Date Posted: December 01 2009 at 21:50
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Beethoven Liszt Chopin Prokofiev Shostakovich JS Bach Mendelssohn Gilmour / Waters / Wright / Mason Plant / Page Lennon / McCartney Dickinson / Harris / Smith (lol! oh come on!!! Up the Irons! ) ------------- www.Loudtrax.com |
Posted By: Dorsalia
Date Posted: December 02 2009 at 19:32
Do you really need Dickinson and Smith there? 
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Posted By: Rocktopus
Date Posted: December 03 2009 at 03:30
Yes. Of what I heard/got, I prefer his 60's 70's work (although his second Violin Concerto is great). Dimitri Shostakovich Franz Schubert
J.S. BachKrzysztof Penderecki Ludwig Van Beethoven
Morton Feldman Kaija Saariaho Erik Satie Maurice Ravel ------------- Over land and under ashes In the sunlight, see - it flashes Find a fly and eat his eye But don't believe in me Don't believe in me Don't believe in me |
Posted By: mrcozdude
Date Posted: December 03 2009 at 03:46
Penderecki scares the sh*t of me. In a good way though ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/cozfunkel/" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: mrcozdude
Date Posted: December 03 2009 at 03:54
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Frank Zappa Penderecki Stockhausen Omar rodriguez lopez (solo,de facto,el grupo,tmv not so much atdi) Morricone Eno Reich Stravinsky Glass Fripp ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/cozfunkel/" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Eetu Pellonpaa
Date Posted: December 03 2009 at 14:45
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ok, current set:
- Gaetano Donizetti (really ace arias for sopranos, better version of Mozart for me)
- Richard Strauss (this is so great, an ocean providing water for the biosphere for sopranos, but also quite "death", I try to swim to more pleasant waters)
- Aulis Sallinen (I love his mixture of modern 12-tone approach and romantic melodic side)
- Edward Grieg (I found him after I discovered all the other things he have done in addition of Peer Günt, shame that they are shadowed by the hit selections of this music for the play, though there are pretty moments there too)
- Niccoló Paganini (in his violin concerto's with orchestras, I think something divine happens, slighlty in similar way as in Beethoven's music - also guitar & mandoline duo music done whilst being lost for few years to a lonely royal woman's castle are great, heh)
- John Dowland (old stuff, I'm not very familiar with the scene but how pretty songs he did!)
- Gustav Mahler (powerful dramatic tonal poems, can't get bored with this stuff)
- Edward Elgar (might be an "easy pick", but hey, as I heard his music in radio for first time, I went eagerly search his music after the announcer revelaed it. Really wonderful, and not too heard for me as I don't live in UK!)
- Ludwig van Beethoven (really solemn and sacred music, but not losing it's wings by flying too close to the sun still)
- Johann Sebastian Bach (his melodic tunes for orchestra, chorus and solo singers... wow!)
 What scores of her do you like? A Finnish woman composer, succesful and praised! (rare?)  Seen one of her opera's (the one where people are paddling in the water), and it was nice. |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: December 03 2009 at 16:01
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Not in any particular order, but the top one is my fav: Debussy Mussorgsky Holst Glass Reich Bach Mozart Grieg Vivaldi Tchiakovsky Ravel That's 11 though. ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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Posted By: Rocktopus
Date Posted: December 03 2009 at 17:41
NoaNoa, Cendres, Lohn, Spins and Spells...mm... are all great. If you're open to her music, these two recordings are pretty much flawless: Chamber Music (Wolpe Trio) Private Gardens And I got this fantastic composition of her on some split album: Neiges - For Eight Cellos ------------- Over land and under ashes In the sunlight, see - it flashes Find a fly and eat his eye But don't believe in me Don't believe in me Don't believe in me |
Posted By: Eetu Pellonpaa
Date Posted: December 03 2009 at 23:48
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^ Well I think I'm quite open to many kind of music, have to pay more attention to her.
The problem seems to be time, have to do constant priorizations what to listen, and what to postpone
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Posted By: Cheyenne07
Date Posted: December 04 2009 at 02:59
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Posted By: NJCat_11
Date Posted: December 06 2009 at 23:42
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In no particular order... Antonio Vivaldi J. S. Bach Mozart (of course) Franz Joseph Haydn G. Verdi Frank Zappa Steve Vai Karl Sanders Criss Oliva (R.I.P.) Fish ------------- "We are Defenders of the Faith" - Rob Halford |
Posted By: LOUDTRAX
Date Posted: December 07 2009 at 15:16
Criss Oliva, very cool mention. ------------- www.Loudtrax.com |
Posted By: NJCat_11
Date Posted: December 07 2009 at 16:35
Thanks, Criss's guitar work had something very special and unique that has become uncommon these days (it may have been his perfect sense of phrasing) ------------- "We are Defenders of the Faith" - Rob Halford |
Posted By: ten years after
Date Posted: December 08 2009 at 01:50
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I'm impressed that this thread hasn't been moved to general music discussions. Some reasonably prog-related threads have suffered that fate whereas this one has almost nothing to do with prog. |
Posted By: Dorsalia
Date Posted: December 09 2009 at 08:40
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Em, this is in General Music Discussions. Cheers. ------------- "Es ist übrigens unmöglich, eine Meinung zu haben, ohne dass es unerfreuliche Überschneidungen gibt. Die Grünen sind für den deutschen Wald, die NPD ebenfalls." |
Posted By: Trademark
Date Posted: December 09 2009 at 10:47
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Michael Torke Peter Boyer
Michael Daugherty Mark Phillips Dan McCarthy Eric Honour Aaron Jay Kernis Kenneth Fuchs John Harbison William Bolcom |
Posted By: keaton4
Date Posted: December 09 2009 at 11:03
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Bartok rules. His conception of rhythm (particularly in his string quartets) reminds me a lot of King Crimson's later albums. 1) Reich (***Philip Glass=mediocre Steve Reich) 2) Stravinsky 3) Bartok 4) Satie 5) Cage 6) Tchaikovsky 7) Bach 8) Rachmaninoff 9) Hindemith 10) Davis Philip Glass does have some fantastic string pieces, but a majority of his organ-centric works (ie Einstein on the Beach) are positively abhorrent after listening to Steve Reich IMO. |
Posted By: Equality 7-2521
Date Posted: December 09 2009 at 11:11
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I've always thought anyone who could confuse a Reich piece for a Glass piece would have to be listening pretty superficially to both. I also find it funny that Glass is criticized by many listeners for the same reason Reich has been censured by music critics. ------------- "One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. " |
Posted By: keaton4
Date Posted: December 09 2009 at 14:20
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I agree completely! It seems like anytime somebody hears about a piece centered on repetition they pigeonhole the entire thing. Minimalism is kind of a misnomer in that regard... "Minimalists" like Reich and Glass are responsible for some of the most complex, exciting music I've come across. ------------- "My music is best understood by children and animals" |
Posted By: Trademark
Date Posted: December 09 2009 at 14:42
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"Bartok rules. His conception of rhythm (particularly in his string quartets) reminds me a lot of King Crimson's later albums." Splitting hairs of course, but I think you mean this the other way around, what with Bartok being dead a year before Fripp was born and all.
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Posted By: Equality 7-2521
Date Posted: December 09 2009 at 16:18
Hmm I think you misunderstood. I was saying all that in response to you belittling Glass. ------------- "One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. " |
Posted By: Rocktopus
Date Posted: December 09 2009 at 17:16
I had this feeling I was forgetting someone very important. This is more like it:
------------- Over land and under ashes In the sunlight, see - it flashes Find a fly and eat his eye But don't believe in me Don't believe in me Don't believe in me |
Posted By: progrules
Date Posted: December 10 2009 at 02:26
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1. Edvard Grieg 2. Ludwig van Beethoven 3. Pjotr Iljich Tchaikovsky 4. Frédéric Chopin 5. Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy 6. Camille Saint Saens 7. Franz Schubert
8. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
9. Max Bruch
10. Antonio Vivaldi ------------- A day without prog is a wasted day |
Posted By: Noak
Date Posted: December 10 2009 at 15:06
| Zappa, Mingus, Satie, Debussy, Chopin, Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky, Beethoven, Bach, Bartók. |
Posted By: Zebedee
Date Posted: December 11 2009 at 12:12
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1. Johann Sebastian Bach (The Master) 2. Edvard Grieg (obviously )3. Ludwig von Beethoven 4. Frédéric Chopin 5. Pjotr Iljich Tchaikovsky 6. Gabriel Fauré 7. Felix Mendelssohn 8. Jean Sibelius 9. Johannes Brahms 10. Can't choose between Antonín Dvořák and Maurice Ravel  ------------- 
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Posted By: St.Cleve Chronicle
Date Posted: December 12 2009 at 05:41
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Mussorgsky and Bach are my favourite classical composers. From other music my favourites include Daniel Gildenlöw, Tony Kakko, Mikael Åkerfeldt, Kerry Minnear, Ray Shulman, Frank Zappa and Kerry Livgren. |
Posted By: Bonnek
Date Posted: December 13 2009 at 14:10
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Mussorgsky Prokofiev Mozart Stravinsky Bach Wagner Glass |
Posted By: ProgressiveAttic
Date Posted: December 13 2009 at 16:10
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Alberto Ginastera
Joaquín Rodrigo Modest Mussorgsky Bela Bartok Edward Grieg Rimsky Korsakov Manuel de Falla Ludwig van Beethoven J. S. Bach Aldemaro Romero Aron Copland Claude Debussy Steve Reich ------------- Michael's Sonic Kaleidoscope Mondays 5:00pm EST(re-runs Thursdays 3:00pm) @ Delicious Agony Progressive Rock Radio(http://www.deliciousagony.com) 
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Posted By: Richard L.
Date Posted: December 14 2009 at 09:51
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Beethoven-- ushered in the Romantic movement of classical music. Supreme symphonist! Dvorak-- very "listener friendly" compositions Brahms-- his symphonies 2-4 are especially nice. Rick Wakeman liked his 4th Symphony! Schumann-- symphonies 1 and 4 Respighi-- his "Pines of Rome", "Ancient Airs and Dances" & "Three Botticelli Pictures" Rimsky-Korsakov-- "Scheherazade" and his three symphonies Borodin-- his "Polovetsian Dances" and his two, excellent symphonies Tchaikovsky-- His 5th and 6th Symphonies and ballets are among the greatest! Glazunov-- His :"Seasons" and symphonies 1,4,5, and 7. Delius-- his "Florida Suite", "In A Summer Garden" and other short pieces Elgar-- his "Enigma Variations" Grieg-- his "Peer Gynt Suites" Mahler-- Symphonies 1,and 5 especially Bruckner-- his 4th ("Romantic") symphomy Sibelius- "Finlandia" and his symphonies. All his works are dark and brooding but beautiful. Sorry I couldn't keep the list down to just 10. It would be just as hard to list only 10 favorite prog groups! ------------- Richard S. Ledford |
Posted By: Eetu Pellonpaa
Date Posted: December 17 2009 at 00:21
It's nice to see Sibelius is being mentioned.  If you get a change to check out his "Wood Nymph" tonal poem or "Lemminkäinen Suite", I'll recommend them.
It's also fun to read that many prog rock fans like symphonic classical music. Quite obvious, as many prog rock bands blend elements from this area to rock context. I just think there is a big barrier between these worlds. Many classical music elitists hate all rock, and many rock fans seem to dislike boring and elitistic classical art music (just my own impressions btw, not any "acclaimed fact"). Hopefully bridges between these areas could be built, as I believe synergies of these musical areas create interesting crossover potentials. Just listened ELP's Ginastera piece and got confirmed how good it sounds.
Sorry for small opening out, please post more favourite lists!
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Posted By: moreitsythanyou
Date Posted: December 17 2009 at 00:27
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Reich Dvorak Mahler Shostakovich Riley Beethoven Stravinsky Messiaen Ives Rachmaninoff not exactly in any order -------------  <font color=white>butts, lol[/COLOR] |
Posted By: ten years after
Date Posted: December 17 2009 at 05:20
On my computer it's in top tens and lists. General Music Discussions is where it should be.
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Posted By: refugee
Date Posted: December 21 2009 at 09:42
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I find it very hard to make a list like that. But I’ll try: Definitely J.S. Bach and Beethoven Probably Palestrina The mad count Gesualdo da Venosa for sure John Dowland Mozart – Don Giovanni alone is enough to put him on my list Schubert Mahler Alban Berg Stravinsky Bartok Schostakowitsch Pierre Boulez (finally a French composer) Manos Hadjidakis (and a Greek) Well, that’s 14. Sorry about that. ------------- He say nothing is quite what it seems; I say nothing is nothing (Peter Hammill) |
Posted By: Equality 7-2521
Date Posted: December 21 2009 at 18:30
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Dear God somehow I left Ligeti out of my list. I'm fixing that. ------------- "One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. " |
Posted By: SaltyJon
Date Posted: December 21 2009 at 19:22
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A few I can think of off the top of my head: Philip Glass Terry Riley Steve Reich György Ligeti Igor Stravinsky Richard Strauss Frank Zappa Anton Webern Edgard Varese Erik Satie No particular order and I've most likely missed some favorites. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Salty_Jon" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: December 21 2009 at 19:46
Classical no?
Iván ------------- 
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Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: February 07 2010 at 09:07
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Anton Bruckner Hector Berlioz Richard Strauss Gustav Mahler Sir Edward Elgar Cesar Franck Ludwig van Beethoven Richard Wagner Peter Tchaikovsky Carl Maria von Weber |
Posted By: Equality 7-2521
Date Posted: February 07 2010 at 11:07
Not really sure those are classical composers. ------------- "One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. " |
Posted By: idiotPrayer
Date Posted: February 07 2010 at 12:57
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Sibelius Bach Arvo Pärt |
Posted By: thellama73
Date Posted: February 08 2010 at 11:30
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It's hard to choose, there are so many. I'm going to do a list of my favorite "old guard" composers, and then a separate one for more modern composers. Franz Liszt Hector Berlioz Richard Wagner Erik Satie F. J. Haydn Dmitri Shostakovich Gioacchino Rossini Domenico Scarlatti Jean Sibelius Modest Mussorgsky --------------------------- Philip Glass Alfred Schnittke Alvin Lucier John Cage Conlon Nancarrow Steve Reich Terry Riley William Albright Gyorgy Ligeti Krysztoff Penderecki ------------- 
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Posted By: ghost_of_morphy
Date Posted: February 09 2010 at 00:59
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1. Vivaldi
2. Beethoven
3. Copland
4. Rachmaninov
5. Mendelssohn
6. Rimsky-Korsakov
7. Debussy
8. Borodin
9. Satie
10. Dvorak ------------- 
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Posted By: Juiceboxbiotch
Date Posted: February 10 2010 at 12:05
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No real order:
Page/Plant (Bonham, Jones) Cause the other two guys actually did more than what they were credited for.
Gustov Holst (Love the entire Planets Suite)
Danny Elfman (Love most everything he's ever done, including most Oingo Boingo)
Lennon/McCartney (Harrison) Not Ringo.
Omar Rodriguez Lopez (The Mars Volta and all his various side projects, the guy is a composing machine)
Igor Stravinsky (Mostly for all that great music ELP covered)
Fat Mike (NOFX, yeah. Listen to "The Decline" Epic prog-punk)
Robert Fripp (Mostly improv, but the guy can compose his ass off)
And the good ol' classic masters:
L.V. Beethoven (I still throw on the Sonatas)
W. A. Mozart (His compositions for string quintet and quartets are amazing)
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Posted By: The Pessimist
Date Posted: February 10 2010 at 17:30
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1. J.S. Bach (by a GARGANTUAN margin) 2. Brahms 3. Purcell The rest has no order of preference Debussy Scott Joplin Franz Lizst Franz Schubert Domenico Scarlatti Francois Couperin Prokofiev (probably my very favourite 20th century composer, harshly overshadowed by Stravinsky but whom I favour over Stravinsky) And yes, I'm a Baroque guy through and through. ------------- "Market value is irrelevant to intrinsic value." Arnold Schoenberg |
Posted By: RalphWaldo
Date Posted: February 12 2010 at 00:57
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1. Bach (undisputed champion of the world; will organize your brain) 2. PUCCINI - I didn't see any posts that mentioned him - this guy wrote beautiful music - I would think that there are some proggers who would like a little opera... and in no particular order: 3. Wagner - powerful and awesome - "heavy crossover" 4. Chopin 5. Mahler 6. Strauss 7. Copeland 8. Mozart 9. Debussy 10. Beethoven ------------- A record is a concert without halls and a museum whose curator is the owner - Glen Gould |
Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: February 12 2010 at 08:25
| Nobody else for Bruckner? C'mon! |
Posted By: RalphWaldo
Date Posted: February 13 2010 at 01:47
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Bruckner's 9th is awesome! ------------- A record is a concert without halls and a museum whose curator is the owner - Glen Gould |
Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: February 13 2010 at 14:32
Yes, they are. They are not classical period (1750 - 1820) composers, like Mozart, Beethoven and Haydn, but they are classical composers alright. Classical music being a broad term, which includes music from the baroque period, the romantic period, the impressionist period etc. |
Posted By: kardios
Date Posted: February 13 2010 at 14:46
| bach, wagner.. among others |
Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: February 13 2010 at 16:51
Beethoven is very good, but Bruckner, like wow! |
Posted By: Equality 7-2521
Date Posted: February 14 2010 at 19:18
Thanks for the semantics lesson I'm aware. ------------- "One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. " |
Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: February 14 2010 at 19:24
Then why did you poke him for semantics in the first place? ------------- 
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Posted By: Equality 7-2521
Date Posted: February 14 2010 at 19:29
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I was making a joke because people like to arbitrarily go up in arms regarding the term classical even though its popularly used meaning works just fine as a definition and it actually becomes more cumbersome to discuss classical music when you adhere to the strict definition of the term. Good enough reason? ------------- "One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. " |
Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: February 15 2010 at 05:05
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It is, even if nothing of what you mentioned happened in the post you reffered to. -------------
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Posted By: Equality 7-2521
Date Posted: February 15 2010 at 15:04
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Jokes tend not to come with explanations. I guess you have no sense of humor, but I don't mind explaining so it's okay. ------------- "One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. " |
Posted By: markosherrera
Date Posted: February 15 2010 at 18:08
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Gustav Holst Eric Satie Vivaldi Stravinsky Tchaikovsky Eric Satie Sibelius Borodin Khachaturian Rimsky Korsakov Mussorgsky 10 its impossible I like Chopin Lizt Wagner Shostakovic Mahler ------------- Hi progmaniacs of all the world |
Posted By: el böthy
Date Posted: February 16 2010 at 13:03
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Only number one and two are in order Igor Stravinsky Piotr Ilich Tchaikovsky Frank Zappa Gustav Mahler Toby Driver Maurice Ravel Wolfgang amadeus Mozart Ludwig von Beethoven Gustav Holst Franz Liszt ------------- "You want me to play what, Robert?" 
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Posted By: wilmon91
Date Posted: February 16 2010 at 17:56
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Leos Janácek Frederic Chopin Maurice Ravel Claude Debussy Robert Schumann Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Eric Satie Bela Bartók Georg Friedrich Händel
Dmitri Shostakovich
Thats ten. A lot is left out.. I'm thinking of Cesar Franck, but I need to listen more to him. Guillaume Dufay (early medieval choral stuff) and Bohuslav Martinu (czech composer). Also, Liszt. And..Beethoven...I'd like to hear more Beethoven.
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Posted By: JLocke
Date Posted: February 16 2010 at 18:23
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Ludwig Van Beethoven J.S. Bach
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Bela Bartók Johannes Brahms Igor Stravinsky George Frideric Handel Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Joseph Haydn Dmitri Shostakovich Those are bound to change at any time, as usual with my top lists. |