Your FIVE favorite composers.

[Jacob Royal]

Yes, I did say five.
You do not have to say why.
Just put them in order from favorite to fifth favorite.

1. Beethoven
2. Tchaikovsky
3. Frank *EDIT* Franck (sorry, I never spell his name correctly)
4. Liszt
5. Schubert

If your opinions differ (by that I mean if you hate a composer that someone else loves), please be civil in your arguments. That is more of a reminder for me than a request for you :)

 

Since I can still edit my list (hehehehe) I have a new one

1. Beethoven

2. Tchaikovsky

3. Strauss, R.

4. Shostakovitch

5. Barber for his Adagio (I've only heard that one piece by him)/ Mozart (For Sym. 40, Eine Kleine, violin+viola duets, Mass, and Requiem)

HM Liszt

[Lennart Östman]

Mozart

Bach

Dvorak

Händel

John Williams (the film scores not his other stuff)

 

Thgere are many more modern composers that hold a place in my heart too, like

 

Neal Morse

Bill Hubauer

Jon Camp, Michael Dunford and John Tout of Rennaisance

[Pepper Williams]

Marco, I forgot about Ennio Morricone (He's definitely one of my favorite).

[Jonathan Metz]

1. Stravinsky

2. Messiaen

3. J.S. Bach

4. John Adams

5. Joseph Schwantner

6. Verdi (sneak another one in there ;)

[Pepper Williams]

I assume that the discussion dealt with CLASSICAL/FILM composers. For jazz, I have to think about it. Although Chris' list is not bad at all:).

[Tai Livingston]

1. I'm going to go ahead and list all 3 of the "Crazy Russians" as this Igor Stravinsky, Sergei Prokofiev and Dmitri Shostakovich.. I can't decide!

2. Maurice Ravel

3. Steve Reich

4. Gustav Mahler

5. George Crumb

[Ryland Lafferty]

Stravinsky - His orchestral movements are absolutely brilliant.

Chopin - His piano etudes are simply beautiful

Alkan - his technicality and use of chords exceeds anything else I've ever heard

Wyschnegradsky - His microtonal music is pure and beautiful

Beethoven - He changed music

 

These can be moved around depending on the day

 

[Pepper Williams]

You won't get an argument from me:)

Ryland Lafferty said:

Stravinsky - His orchestral movements are absolutely brilliant.

Chopin - His piano etudes are simply beautiful

Alkan - his technicality and use of chords exceeds anything else I've ever heard

Wyschnegradsky - His microtonal music is pure and beautiful

Beethoven - He changed music

 

These can be moved around depending on the day

 

[David Kempers]

Current favorites, list changes hourly:

 

1. Vaughn Williams

2. Puccini

3. Delius

4. Faure

5. Dvorak

[Frans Wentholt]

Only five? That's hard... Difficult to decide whether to make my list based on the complete or best works - save Bach, that really makes a difference!

1. J.S. Bach (everything)

2. Frédéric Chopin (more ambitious works like 2nd & 3rd sonata's, Etudes, Ballades) 

3. César Franck (Chamber music)

4. Maurice Ravel (OMG)

5. Antonio Lotti (his Crucifixus a 8 is a pinnacle in music history)

 

This is a disaster: no room for Mozart, Beethoven, Fauré, Martin, Brahms, Schubert ...

[Pepper Williams]

You know, I need to put a mention out to Frank Martin (Dutch composer). I love is piano concertos

[Frans Wentholt]

Frank Martin was actually Swiss, although he lived an important part of his creative life in Naarden, The Netherlands. For me, his most important work is the 8 Préludes he wrote for Dinu Lipatti. I can't see any other 20th century solo piano work that's more profound.


Pepper Williams said:

You know, I need to put a mention out to Frank Martin (Dutch composer). I love is piano concertos

[Pepper Williams]

I stand corrected. In any event, I love his work!

Frans Wentholt said:

Frank Martin was actually Swiss, although he lived an important part of his creative life in Naarden, The Netherlands. For me, his most important work is the 8 Préludes he wrote for Dinu Lipatti. I can't see any other 20th century solo piano work that's more profound.


Pepper Williams said:

You know, I need to put a mention out to Frank Martin (Dutch composer). I love is piano concertos