50 Favorite Composers

[Skeptopotamus]

I think this was done before....... or like 50 GREATEST composers, but what are your person favorites?  OOH OOH and tell your favorite piece or three by each ^^



Alkan, Charles-Valentin--- Symphonie Pour Solo Piano, Le Preux, Deuxieme Recueil d'Impromtus, Solo Concerto, Comme le Vent

Anthiel, George--- Ballet Mechanique, Symphony No. 4, Valentine Waltzes

Avalon, Robert--- Piano Concerto, Piano Sonata

Babajanian, Arno--- Poem for Piano, Sonata for Piano

Babbitt, Milton--- Simple Variations, Piano Concerto

Barber, Samuel--- Sonata Op. 26, Violin Concerto, Cello Concerto, Piano Concerto

Bartok, Bela--- Piano Concerto No. 3, Sonata (1926), Two Rumanian Danses Op. 8a, Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Out of Doors Suite

Berg, Alban--- Sonata Op. 1, Violinkonzert, Wozzeck

Berio, Luciano--- Coro, Ekphrasis

Boulez, Pierre--- Sonate No. 2, Sonate No. 3, Douze Notations

Bowen, York--- Toccata Op. 155, 24 Preludes

Britten, Benjamin--- Suite for Cello No. 1, Cello Concerto, Peter and the Wolf

Cage, John--- The Persistence of Past Chemistries, Three Constructions, Four Walls, 14 for Piano, Piano Concerto

Corigliano, John--- Etude Fantasy for Piano, Piano Concerto, Symphony No. 2

Carter, Elliott--- Piano Sonata, Piano Concerto

Danielpour, Richard--- Cello Concerto, The Enchanted Garden, Metamorphosis for Piano and Orchestra

De Falla, Manuel--- The Three-Cornered Hat, Fantasia Baetica

Debussy, Claude--- Preludes Books I and II, Images Suite II, Ballade

Elfman, Danny--- Scores from Batman, Beetlejuice and Sleepy Hollow

Finnissy, Michael--- History of Photography in Sound, Solo Piano Concerto, all.fall.down.

Gershwin, George--- Piano Concerto in G, Rhapsody in Blue, Three Preludes

Ginastera, Alberto--- Sonata No. 1, Piano Concerto No. 1, Piano Concerto No. 2

Glass, Philip--- Violin Concerto, Glassworks

Goldsmith, Jerry--- Score from The Omen

Hindemith, Paul--- Suite "1922", Mathis de Mahler, Sonata No. 3, Symphonic Metamorphosis

Ives, Charles--- Sonata No. 2 "Concord", Symphony No. 2, America Variations

Kanno, Yoko--- Score for Cowboy Bebop

Kodaly, Zoltan--- Sonata for Solo Cello, Sonata for Cello and Piano, Three Choral Preludes

Ligeti, Gyorgy--- Piano Concerto, Cello Concerto, Etudes Books I and II, Cello Sonata, Piece for 100 Metronomes

Liszt, Franz--- Apres un Lecture du Dante, Chasse-Neige, Tannhauser Overture, Isolda's Liebestod, Totentanz, Un Sospiro, Liebestraume No. 3

Massenet, Jules--- Toccata, Piano Concerto

Messiaen, Olivier--- Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant Jesus, Visions de l'Amen, Quartet for the End of Time

Nancarrow, Conlon--- Blues for a Pianist, Sonatine (1941), Tango?

Nyman, Michael--- The Piano Concerto

Ono, Yoko--- I Want you to Remember Me A/B, Rising II, Are you Looking for me

Pann, Carter--- Piano Concerto

Penderecki, Krzysztof--- Cello Concerto, Symphony No. 1, Symphony No. 5, Symphony No. 7, Partita for Harpsichord, Magnificat, Kanon, Concerto for Flute, Te Deum, Candenza for Solo Viola

Prokofiev, Sergei--- Romeo and Juliet, Toccata Op. 11, Sonata No.2, Sonata No. 6, A Love for Three Oranges, Cinderella, The Snow Maiden

Rachmaninov, Sergey--- Piano Concerto No. 4, Sonata No. 2, Etudes Tableaux Op. 39, Preludes Op. 32

Rautavaara, Eino-Juhani--- Etudes Op. 42, Piano Concerto, Harp Concerto, Cantus Arcticus, Symphony No. 4, Symphony No. 7, Icons

Ravel, Maurice--- Miroirs, Sonatine, La Valse

Rzewski, Frederic--- The People United will Never be Defeated, North American Ballads, Novel

Schumann, Robert--- Carnaval, Toccata Op. 7, Symphonic Etudes Op. 13, Cello Concerto, Fantasy Pieces Op. 12

Shostakovich, Dmitri--- Cello Concerto No. 1, Piano Concerto No. 2, Sonata No. 2, Symphony No. 5, Symphony No. 10

Sorabji, Kaikhosru Shapurji--- Sonata No. 1, Opus Archmagicum, Pastiche on Bizet's "Carmen"

Stockhausen, Karlheinz--- Klavierstucke I-IV, VIII, X-XIII

Stravinsky, Igor--- Rite of Spring, Song of the Nightengale, Symphony in C

Tchaikovsky, Pyotr--- Nutcracker Suite, Symphony No. 5, Symphony No. 6, Tempest

Tippitt, Michael--- Piano Concerto, Ritual Dances

Xenakis, Iannis--- Herma, Evryali, Mists, ar., Diamaphrosis, Nomos Alpha, Persepolis, Eonta, Palimpsest, Cello Sonata, Metastasis, Ata, N'Shima, Looklos, Charisma, Jonchaies, Pleiades, Pithoprakta, Oresteia, Dammershein, Perephassa, La Deesse, Athena, Psappha




that was fun ^^

[jeremyjchilds]

where's Brahms!!

[stormx]

Where is Beethoven? 
I cannot beleive he does not have a place in your 50 favorite composers!! 

As a matter of fact, with a generous 50 limit, i think that the big names (Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Schumann, Schubert, Liszt, Chopin, etc) should be on everyone's list...

[mikeyg]

not necessarily.  That's why it's 50 favorite, not greasest.  It's all subjective.

[Waldszenen]

Fifty Favourites.... with top two favourite works.

In no order.


1. Beethoven - Symphony No. 9, Symphony No. 6
2. J.S. Bach - Mass in B Minor, Violin Concerto in E
3. Brahms - Piano Concerto No. 2, Symphony No. 4, Double Concerto
4. Mozart - Requiem, Symphony No. 41
5. Tschaikowsky - Manfred Symphony, Symphony No. 6
6. Chopin - Andante Spianato and Grande Polonaise Brillante, Sonata No. 2
7. Debussy - Suite Bergamasque, Nuages (for orchestra)
8. Schubert - Sonata in C Minor, D. 958, Wanderer Fantaisie
9. Schumann - Piano Concerto, Fantasy in C
10. Handel - Organ Concerto Op. 3 No. 1, Music for the Royal Fireworks
11. Liszt - Piano Concerto No. 1, Les Preludes
12. Vivaldi - Concerto for Two Violins in D Minor, Bassoon Concerto in B Minor
13. Mendelssohn - A Midsummer Night's Dream, Symphony No. 4
14. Grieg - Peer Gynt, Sigurd Jorsalfar
15. Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto No. 2, Piano Concerto No. 3
16. Haydn - Can't really decide
17. Dvorak - Symphony No. 9, Cello Concerto
18. Wagner - The Ring, The Mastersingers of Nurenberg
19. Ravel - Pavane for a Dead Princess (piano version), Jeux d'Eau
20. Prokofiev - Piano Concerto No. 3, Piano Concerto No. 2
21. Paganini - Violin Concerto No. 1, 24 Caprices
22. Rossini - Guillaume Tell, The Barber of Seville
23. Berlioz - Rakoczy March, Symphonie Fantastique
24. Alkan - Concerto for Solo Piano, Grande Sonate
25. Verdi - Rigoletto, Aida
26. Bruckner - Symphony No. 4
27. Rimsky-Korsakov - Flight of the Bumblebee
28. John Williams
29. Nobuo Uematsu
30. Harry Gregson-Williams
31. Danny Elfman
32. Howard Shore
33. Hans Zimmer

Haha, I can't even make it to 50.

[stormx]

not necessarily.  That's why it's 50 favorite, not greasest.  It's all subjective.

Hard to beleive someone has 50 composers (not 3, 5 or 10, but 50 !!!!  ) above Beethoven in personal preferences.

 

[musicsdarkangel]

screw that.

I'll do 10.  Many are not worth mentioning to my ears.


1. Rachmaninoff (3rd PC, 2nd sonata, op 23 no 7, Rhapsody on a theme, 2nd PC etc)
2. Mendelsson (Rondo Cappricioso, Piano trio in d minor, violin concerto in e minor, etc)
3. Brahms (2nd PC, 1st PC, violin sonata in d minor)
4. Dvorak (piano trio in f moll, cello concerto in b minor)
5. Liszt (Sonata in b minor, Mazeppa, Totentanz, etc)
6. Prokofiev (2nd violin concerto, 7th sonata, 3rd PC, etc)
7. Scriabin (sonatas)
8. Ravel (sonatine, Gaspard, La Couperin etc)
9. Tchaikovsky (PC 1+2, Trio op 50)
10. Bartok (Romanian dances for violin, PC 2+3, etc)

[Skeptopotamus]

Where is Beethoven? 
I cannot beleive he does not have a place in your 50 favorite composers!! 

As a matter of fact, with a generous 50 limit, i think that the big names (Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Schumann, Schubert, Liszt, Chopin, etc) should be on everyone's list...

Actually the sad thing is that I can name another 20-30 OTHER composers I like more than Beethoven XD  Though I do enjoy alot of his sonatas and his Symphony "Pastoral" is truley a masterpiece.  I don't not like him; I'm just a big fan of modern music as you can see ^^

Though I do enjoy the occasional Scarlatti Sonata or Romantic Era Opera...

[the_ts]

I haven't even heard 50 different composers. 

Mine (along with favorite works, and performers, for each composer:

1. Prokofiev (Sonatas) (Richter, Gilels, Prokofiev)
2. Beethoven (Sonatas) (Richter)
3. Chopin (Nocturnes, Ballades, Scherzos) (Ashkenazy, Horowitz, Richter)
4. Rachmaninov (Sonata No. 2, Preludes) (Cliburn, Richter, Horowitz)
5. Liszt (Totentanz, Etudes, Hungarian Rhapsodies) (Cziffra, Horowitz)
6. Bach (English Suites, Goldberg Variations) (Gould)
7. Tchaikovsky (PC 1) (Gilels, Cliburn)
8. Medtner (Sonatas) (Hamelin)
9. Shostakovich (Preludes, Op. 19 piano arrangement) (?)
10.  Mendelssohn (Variations Serieuse, PC's) (?)

[pita bread]

Yeah this is turning into "10 Favorite Composers" so I'll contribute

The Top Contenders:

Barber - Piano Sonata, Souvenirs, Piano Concerto
Bartok - The Piano Concertos, Etudes Op. 18, Piano Quintet
Dutilleux - Piano Sonata, Flute Sonatina,
Kapustin - Jazz Etudes, Piano Sonata #1
Liszt - Mephisto Waltz, Liebestod, Totentanz
Ravel - Both Piano Concertos, Gaspard de la Nuit, Jeux d'eau
Scriabin - Sonatas #4 - 10, Vers la Flamme, Etudes Op. 42
Sorabji - Transcription of Rhapsodie Espagnole, Gulistan, Pastiche on Rimski-Korsakov's Hindu Merchant Song
Villa-Lobos - Hommage a Chopin, Rudepoema, Ondulando

Runner Ups:

Rachmaninoff - Paganini Rhapsody
Stravinsky - Rite of Spring (duo)
Debussy - Etudes, L'isle Joyeuse
de Falla - Fantasia Baetica
Godowsky - Java Suite
Griffes - Fountain of Acqua Paola
Gubaidulina - Chaconne
Poulenc - Novelette #3
Khachaturian - Piano Concerto
Prokofiev - Piano Concerto #2, Piano Sonata #2, 7, 8

And yes, I am a 20th century music freak too.

[steinwayguy]

However many this turns out to be...not really in order...

1. Beethoven- Piano Sonatas Op. 53, 57, 90, 101, 106, 109, 110, 111, 5th, 7th and 9th Symphonies, 4th and 5th Piano Concerti, late string quartets

2. Brahms- Piano Sonatas, Hungarian Dances, 3rd and 4th Symphonies, Piano Concerti, E Minor Cello Sonata

3. Bach- Mass in B Minor, Magnificat, Harpsichord works

4. Mozart- Symphonies 35-41, Piano Concerti 9, 20-27, Operas

5. Chopin- Ballades, Sonatas, Piano Concerti

6. Scarlatti- What else did he write?

7. Bartok- Concerto for Orchestra, Piano Concerti, Out of Doors, Piano Sonata

8. Ravel- Miroirs, Le Tombeau, Gaspard de la Nuit and Piano Concerto in G

9. Liszt- Piano Concerto No. 2, Paganini Etudes, Mephisto Waltz

10. Prokofiev- Piano Sonatas 6-8, Piano Concerto No. 3

11. Stravinsky- Petrouchka, Firebird Suite and Rite of Spring

12. Rachmaninoff- Piano Concerti 2, 3, Etudes-Tableaux Op. 39, Cello Sonata

13. Schubert- Piano Sonatas D.894, 958, 959, 960, Symphony No. 8, various Lieder selections

14. Dvorak- Piano Quintet, Cello Concerto, 8th and 9th Symphonies, Slavonic Dances

15. Scriabin- Piano Sonatas 2, 5, 9, various Etudes

16. Handel- The Messiah

17. Ligeti- Etudes, especially Desordre, Musica Ricercata

18. Boulez-  Piano Sonata No. 1

[JCarey]

In no particular order, but I put my absolute favorites in the top 4.


1. Beethoven - All piano sonatas... except Op. 54, 5th Symphony, 9th Symphony, all piano concerti

2. Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto #3, Piano Concerto #2, 2nd Symphony, most solo piano works

3. Sorabji - Fantasia Espagnole, Le Jardin Parfume, Gullistan, Piano Sonata #1

4. Godowsky - All of his original compositions, most of his transcriptions

5. Liszt - Sonata in B Minor, Hungarian Rhapsodies (can't choose one!), Concerto #1, many other piano works

6. Tchaicowsky - Symphonies (particularly Pathetique), Capriccio Italian, 1812 Overture, Piano Concerto #1

7. Bowen - Everything, really

8. Busoni - Piano Concerto, Fantasia Contrappuntistica, Carmen Fantasy for Piano... mostly everything

9. Prokofiev - Piano Concerto #3, Alexander Nevsky Cantata, Piano Sonatas No. 6 and No. 7

10. Penderecki - Symphonies... all of them, Te Deum, Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima

11. Berio - Sinfonia, Coro (amazing piece, I hate the poetry, though)

12. Shostakovich - Symphonies, particularly the 5th

13. Ravel - Gaspard de la Nuit, Piano Concerti (both of them), most solo piano music

14. Mahler - Most symphonies

15. Finnissy - Some of his music I love. Some of his music I despise.

16. Ginastera - Piano Sonata #1, Piano Concerto, Songs

17. Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue, Concerto in F, American in Paris, most theatre music

18. Chopin - Piano Sonata #2, Ballade #1 in G Minor, Piano Concerti (to listen, not to play)

19. Grieg - Everything, actually.

20. Bach - WTC, Brandenburg Concerti, Goldberg Variations

21. Schubert - Trout Quintet, some piano sonatas, Lieder

21. Mozart - Requiem, some of the piano sonatas, some of the symphonies, some of the piano concerti, and most of the operas.

21. Mendelssohn - Rondo Capriccioso, Piano Concerto in G Minor

22. Schumann - Piano Concerto, some solo piano music

23. Dvorak - New World Symphony

24. Orff - Carmina Burana

25. Macdowell - Most of his piano music, especially the sonatas

26. Debussy - Most piano music

27. Stravinsky - Firebird Suite, Rite of Spring

28. Vivaldi - Everything, for background music. However, for concentrated listening, he would probably be on my list for 50 Least Favorite Composers.

29. Scriabin - Piano Sonatas (particularly No. 5 and No. 9), Piano Concerto

30. Why... John Carey. 


That is as far as I can go... it's too painful.

[Skeptopotamus]

im tempted to turn my list into an even hundred

>.>
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of course not challenging the evenness of the number 50...

[Nightscape]

In somewhat chronological order...

1.  Bach - Goldberg variations, Fantasia and Fugue in g minor (arranged for strings), other stuff
2. Beethoven - Symphonies 1-9, Septet op.20, string quartets, piano sonatas
3. Mozart - Various things
4. Schumann - Album for the Young
5. Chopin - Most everthing..... nothing really stands out
6.  Liszt - Piano Concerto no. 2, Les Preludes, opera transcriptions, paganini etudes, mephisto waltzes and polka
7.  Tchaikovsky - Symphony no. 5 and 6, Ballets, The Tempest, String quartet no. 3, The Seasons
8. Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto no.3, Paganini Rhapsody, Isle of the Dead, Preludes, Etudes, Symphonic Dances
9.  Debussy - Images, String Quartet, Sonata for flute, viola, harp, Nocturnes, La Mer, Danses for harp
10.  Ravel - Daphnis et Chloe, Mother Goose ballet (for orchestra), String quartet, Piano Trio, Sonata for violin and cello, piano music, piano concertos, Bolero, Rhapsody Espagnole
11. Scriabin - Piano Sonatas, Vers la flamme, Prometheus, Poem of Ecstacy, Divine Poem, L'act Preleable
12.  Stravinksy - The Firebird ballet, Petrouchka, Rite of Spring
13.  Bartok - String Quartets, Miraculous Mandarin
14.  Shostakovich - String Quartet no. 8
15.  Copland - Piano Concerto, Symphony no. 3, Appalacian Spring, Billy the Kid, Dance Panels, Rodeo, Music for a Great City, Piano Sonata, Piano Variations, Passacaglia


I'm tired now.... that's probably my top 15 list though.  Other composers would just have single works or so.

[Barbosa-piano]

 Here it goes... in no specific order.

1- J. S. Bach: Goldberg Variations, Keyboard Concert in D, Passacaglia e fuga- C minor

2-Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata K 447, Pastorale.

3-A. Scriabin: Etude Op. 8 no. 12, Op. 9 No. 2

4-F. Chopin: Ballade No. 1, Etude Op. 10 no. 12, Etude Op. 12 no. 10, Grande Polonaise Brillante, (Complete Works for solo piano!)

5-F. Liszt: Grand Galop Chromatique, Wilde Jagd, La Campanella, Hungarian Rhapsody No. 15

6-Robert Schumann: Sonata No. 1, Capriciem nach thema von Paganini, Piano Concerto in A minor

7-Edward Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor, Humoresk, Vanderlisches lied.

8-Serge Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini, Prelude Op.23 No. 5, Piano Concerto No. 3, Symphonic dances.

9-Johannes Brahms: PC No. 2, Op. 116, Variationen und Fuge uber eine thema von Handel, Varitationen uber eine thema von Haydn, Hungarian Dances.

10-Villa-Lobos: O Polichinelo, A moreninha, Ondulating Etude.

11-Handel: Passacaglia in G minor, Aylesford pieces, Harmonious Blacksmith Suite.

12-Rubinstein: Melody in F, Romance.

13-Saint-Saens: Le Cigne (piano transcription), PC.

14-Haydn: Fantasia C minor

15-C.P.E Bach: Solffegio

16-Bertini: 25 Studies

17-Prokofiev: Suggestion Diabolique, Tocatta

18-Padarewski: Menuet in G

19-Vladimir Horowitz: Variations on Carmen.

20-Pleyel: Clarinet concert in F.

21-Debussy: Nocturne 1892, Feux D'artificie, L'isle Joyouse

22-Tchaikowski: Dumka, Piano Concerto in B minor, The seasons.

23-Stravinsky: Piano Concerto no. 1

24-Ludwig Van Beethoven: Op. 111, Apassionata, Cadenza to piano Concerto no. 5 in G

25-Alberto Nepomuceno: Folha D'album

26-Hummel: Rondo in E.

27-Schubert: Sonata No. 1, The Trout (Quintet)

28-Darius Milhaud: Saudades do Brazil

29-D. Pedro I: Himno a Independencia

30-Carlos Gomes: Il Guarany

31-Dvorak: New World Symphony, Humoresque, Slavonic Dances N. 4

32-Mendelsohn: Most Songs Without words, Violin Concerto in E, Spinning Song

33-Barber: Souvenirs

34-Bartok: Microkosmos, Romanian dances

35-Satie: Gymnopedies, Gnosiennes

36-Ravel: Jeux D'aux

37-Dussek: Variations Brillantes in A major, Etude.

38-Aug. Durand: Valse No 1, Valse No. 2.

39-Jocelyn: Berceuse, Valse Chromatique

40-Guerra Peixe: A Baronesa, Suite infantil

41-Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21, Rex Tremendae, Sonata in A major.

42-Berlioz: Der Ball (Symphonie Fantastique)

43-Buxtehude- Prelude in D minor

44-Ponchielli: Dance of the Hours

45-Faure: Nocturne

46-Granados: A Alfredo G. Playera, Malaguena.

47-Ambroise Thomas: Mignon (Opera)

48-Jonhann Strauss: Wine, Women, and Song, Artist's Life.

49-Octavio Maul: Go Bird!, Patinando no Rinque

50-Verdi: Aida.

My father's compositions are also some of my favorites...

Mario Barbosa

[6ft 4]

No Beethoven again.

This must be a joke.

Or some sort of odd attention seeking trick.

[Barbosa-piano]

No Beethoven again.

This must be a joke.

Or some sort of odd attention seeking trick.

He is on number 24 in my list...
Can't forget him.

[pseudopianist]

Since I have only heard like 2 composers here is my list.

1. Franz Liszt - B minor Sonata, Un Sospiro, Visions, Mephisto Waltzer,Au bord d'une source, Jeux Villa De esta (or whatever it is called) and Piano Concerto no1
2. Fredryk Chopin -  Piano Concerti 1 and 2, Ballade No 1 and 4, 10/1, 25/5
3. Sergej Rachmaninov - Piano conerti 1,2,3,4, Piano Sonata No 2, Etude 39/5 and number 6
4. Alexander Scriabin - Piano Sonata No 1, B major prelude Op 11, Piano Sonata No 8
5. Johann Sebastian Bach - Magnicant Bwv 243, St Matthew Passion, WTC Prelude and Fugue in B major Book 2, French Suites no 4 and 5, English suite no 1, Toccata in D minor
6. Ludwig Van Beethoven - Cello Sonata in A major Op 69, Piano Concerto no 4,Pathetique Sonata
7. Claude Debussy -  Qu'il la fait bon regarder, Reverie, Refleats dans l'eua
8. Tchaikowsy: The Nutcracker Suite, Piano Concerto No 1, The Seasons
9. Edvard Grieg - Concerto in A minor, Lyrical pieces Wedding at Trollhaugen (or what is it called), Peer Gynt suite
10. Charles Valentine Alkan - Comme Le Vent, Op 63,

[Etude]

1.  Rachmaninov - All the Concerti, Paganini Rhapsody, Sonata no. 1, various preludes.
2.  Sorabji  - OC, Fantasie Espagnole, Le Jardin Parfume, First Sonata.
3.  Liszt  -  Transcendental Etudes, Piano Concerto no. 2, Sonata in B minor.
4.  Chopin - Ballade no. 4, Sonata no. 2, no. 3, The Waltzes, the etudes.
5.  Beethoven - Hammerklavier, Appasionata, Waldstein, Sonata no. 3, Concerto no. 3
6.  Scriabin - Sonata no. 4, no. 5, Piano Concerto, Le Poeme de l'extase.
7.  Prokofiev - Concerto no. 1, no. 2, no. 3, Sonata no. 2, no. 7.
8.  Rzewski - The people united will never be defeated
9.  Ravel - Concerto in G, Gaspard de la nuit, Jeux D'eau
10. Alkan - Comme le vent, Symphony for solo piano.
11. John Carey - Symphony
12.  Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition, Night on the Bare Mountain.
13. Gershwin - Concerto in F, Rhapsody in Blue, Preludes.
14. Tchaikovsky - Piano Concerto no. 1, 1812 Overture.
15.  Bach - Goldberg Variations, Toccata and Fugue in D minor for Organ, Prelude in G, Fantasia in G.
16.  Barber - Piano Sonata
17. Cage - Primitive, the Perilous night, And the earth shall bear again, in a landscape.
18. Messiaen - Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant-Jesus
19. Schubert - Impromptus.
20. Schumann - Toccata, Variations on the name 'Abegg.'
21. Balakirev - Islamey
22. Debussy - Childrens Corner, Le Cathedrale Engloutie (sp.?)
23. Satie - Gnossienes, Gymnopodies
24. Hindemith - Ludus Tonalis
25. Penderecki - Threnody, Canticum Canticorum Salomonis, Cappricio

That's all I can think of right now.

[JCarey]

11. John Carey - Symphony

Thank you very much! That is perhaps one of the greatest compliments I've ever recieved!

[Skeptopotamus]

I should go listen to your stuff i guess ^^  im kinda disappointed more people havent come posted their favorite composers.  It's actually kinda fun =D

[Skeptopotamus]

*pokes the other members*

[alzado]

I see from the original posting that this is not composers FOR PIANO, just composers in general.

In that case, I do feel Ralph Vaughan Williams should be on at least a few of the lists that appear above.

[shasta]

1.   Mendelssohn – particularly his piano trios, Hebrides, and violin concerto
2.   Rachmaninoff
3.   Chopin
4.   Saint-Saens - for all 5 piano concerti
5.   Albeniz
6.   Beethoven - particularly his violin concerto
7.   Mozart
8.   Bach – particularly Bist du bei Mir
9.   Godowsky – particularly his Chopin etudes
10.   Granados
11.   Lecuona – particularly Rhapsodia Negra
12.   Liszt
13.   Pergolesi – Stabat Mater
14.   Gershwin
15.   Sarasate - particularly his Carmen Fantasy for violin and orch
16.   Scriabin
17.   Tchaik – particularly his piano trio in A minor
18.   Schubert – particularly Der Hirt Auf Dem Felsen, Trout Quintet
19.   Grieg
20.   Schumann
21.   Ravel
22.   Vivaldi – particularly his piccolo works
23.   Faure
24.   Kodaly – particular his choral works for children
25.   Mompou
26.   Bartok
27.   Chaminade – particularly her flute works
28.   Ginastera
29.   Bizet
30.   D’Indy – particularly his songs
31.   Vaughn Williams – particularly Wassail, God Bless the Master
32.   Telemann
33.   Britten – particularly Missa Brevis in D
34.   Debussy
35.   Mussorgsky
36.   Suppe – particularly Poet & Peasant
37.   Humperdinck – particularly the overture of Hansel and Gretel
38.   Copland
39.   Clara Schumann
40.   Dvorak - particularly his piano trios
41.   Scarlatti
42.   Pachelbel
43.   Soler
44.   Haydn - particularly for his trumpet concerti
45.   Chabrier
46.   Fanny Mendelssohn - particularly her Das Jahr
47.   Paganini
48.   Delibes – particularly Lakme
49.   Ives – particular his songs (On the Counter, Circus Band)
50.   Cooke – particularly his 3 Songs of Innocence

Prok and Brahms didn’t make it   

[Skeptopotamus]

yay brahms didnt make it ^^

[Jacey1973]

I'm sorry i would love to contribute, but i can't be arsed.

[Etude]

Don't worry about it. 

[da jake]

Ehh, this list is a bit of a mess....but whatever.

From my favorite favorite, to my lesser favorite. I like the guys within a given horizontal rule equally.

Alkan
Bach
Liszt
Scriabin
Chopin
Schubert
Mendelssohn
Rachmaninov
Brahms
Godowsky
Schumann
Ravel
Debussy
Beethoven
Scarlatti
Tchaikovsky
Grieg
Prokofiev
Bartok
Medtner

[phil13]

Ok, let's see just how far I can get...

1.Chopin- Nocturne Op.9 No.3, Impromptu No.3 in G-flat Major, Mazurka Op.17, No.4 in A minor

2.Beethoven- 'Pathetique', 'Pastorale' and 'Tempest' sonatas

3.Scriabin- Etudes Op.2 No.1, Op.8 No.9, Op.8 No.11, Op.8 No.12

4.Bach- English Suite No.3 in G minor, Sleepers,Wake Chorale Prelude No.2

5.Schumann- Scenes from Childhood

6.Rachmaninoff- Preludes Op. 23 No.4 in D major, Op.32 No.5 in G major, Op.32 No.12 in G# minor, Piano Concerto No.3

7.Debussy- The Sunken Cathedral, Gardens in the Rain (Estampes), Clair de Lune

8.Mendelssohn- Venetian Boat Songs (esp. f# min. Op.30 No.6)

9.Mozart- Fantasy in D minor K.397, Sonata in A minor K.310, Sonata in C major K.330, Symphony No.40 in G minor

10.Vivaldi- 'Summer' from the Four Seasons

11.Liszt- Liebestraume No.3, Hungarian Rhapsodies No.2, No.11, No.19

12.Schubert- Impromptu in A-flat Maj., Moments Musicaux

13. Scarlatti- Sonata in C minor (I'm not sure what the k. # is, but it's L 9)

There you go! My top uh... thirteen. {sparse and unenthusiastic clappage}

[mlsmithz]

Right, some of these may get me excommunicated on these boards, but here goes.  In no particular order (except that the first four are my absolute favourites):

1. Chopin - Scherzo No.4, Sonata No.3, Barcarolle
2. Debussy - Ballade, 'Et la lune descend' (Images II), Sonata for flute, viola, harp
3. Mahler - Symphony No.2, Symphony No.4, Symphony No.8
4. Shostakovich - Piano Trio No.2, String Quartet No.3, Cello sonata
5. J.S. Bach - Goldberg Variations, English Suite No.5, Brandenburg Concerto No.2
6. Mozart - Concerto K.271, Sinfonia Concertante K.364, Symphony No.39
7. Beethoven - Sonata Op.10 No.3, Sonata Op.81a, Sonata Op.109
8. Haydn - Trumpet concerto in Eb, Sonata No.52, Symphony No.99
9. Handel - Water Music, 'Zadok the Priest', Suite in D minor HWV 437
10. Schubert - Octet, String Quartet No.14, Symphony No.8
11. Mendelssohn - Symphony No.3, Symphony No.4, 'Midsummer' overture
12. Schumann - Concerto in A minor, Piano quintet, Piano quartet
13. Liszt - Concerto No.1, Grand solo de concert, 'Paysage' from TEs
14. Dufay - 'L'homme arme' mass, 'Nuper rosarum flores'
15. Brahms - Concerto No.2, Cello sonata No.2, Violin sonata No.3
16. Prokofiev - Concerto No.3, Sonata No.7, Symphony No.6
17. Rachmaninov - Trio elegiaque No.2, Sonata No.2, Paganini Rhapsody
18. Kabalevsky - Sonata No.1, Preludes Op.5, Sonata No.3
19. Lyapunov - 'Carillon' from TEs, 'Chant epique' ibid., 'Harpes eoliennes' ibid.
20. Bartok - Sonata, Concerto No.3, Concerto for orchestra
21. Rimsky-Korsakov - Symphony No.2, 'Procession of the Nobles', 'Dance of the Tumblers'
22. Tchaikovsky - Concerto No.1, Symphony No.4, Symphony No.5
23. Alkan - Grande sonate, 'Allegro barbaro', 'En rhythme molossique'
24. Godowsky - E minor sonata, Etude No.32 after Chopin, B minor Passacaglia
25. Reger - Introduction, Passacaglia, and Fugue in E minor, Variations and Fugue in F-sharp minor
26. Bruckner - Symphony No.4, Symphony No.7, Symphony No.9
27. Faure - Impromptu No.1, Barcarolle No.6, Prelude No.5
28. Ravel - 'Le tombeau de Couperin', 'Pavane pour une infante defunte', Quartet
29. Medtner - Sonata Op.5, Sonata Op.25 No.1, Sonata Op.53 No.2
30. Grieg - Concerto in A minor, Norwegian Dance No.1, 'Wedding Day at Troldhaugen'
31. Sibelius - 'Karelia' Suite, Symphony No.2, Symphony No.5
32. Vivaldi - 'La tempesta di mare', 'Winter' from 'Four Seasons', Concerto Op.3 No.6 in A minor
33. Rameau - Suite in A minor, Suite in E minor
34. Elgar - Violin concerto, Pomp and Circumstance March No.4, 'Nimrod'
35. Rossini - 'La gazza ladra' overture, 'Il barbiere de Seviglia' overture, 'William Tell' overture
36. Dvorak - Symphony No.9, String quartet No.12, Slavonic Dance Op.72 No.3
37. Frescobaldi - Toccata terza, Cappricio sopra la Spagnoletta
38. Gaspard le roux - Suite No.5 in F major
39. Saint-Saens - Violin concerto No.3, Piano concerto No.2, Piano concerto No.5
40. Gershwin - Concerto in F, Rhapsody in Blue, American in Paris
41. Scarlatti - Sonata K.29, many others
42. Kodaly - 'Peacock' variations, 'Veni, veni, Emmanuel'
43. Widor - Symphony No.4, Symphony No.5
44. Sullivan - 'H.M.S. Pianfore' overture, 'Yeomen of the Guard' overture
45. Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition
46. Brian - 'Gothic' symphony
47. Smetana - 'Bartered Bride' overture
48. Warlock - 'Capriol' suite
49. Tippett - Triple concerto
50. Herrmann - 'Vertigo' overture, 'North by Northwest' overture, 'Psycho' overture

There's some seriously fringe stuff in there (in some cases the pieces I list are the only ones I've heard by the composer; in others, they're the only pieces I like, and the others I've heard by the composer in question I've despised; and I don't much care for most of the operas whence my favourite overtures are drawn) - I think it would be more apt to label this "Fifty composers who have written pieces I like" rather than "My top fifty".

[Bouter Boogie]

Nice lists everyone!