Favorite Composers

[simonjp90]

Bainton

Edgar bainton??

what a lad

[thalbergmad]

That is the man.

The Concerto Fantasia has many romantic gestures and i enjoyed it thoroughly.

Marmite on toast.

Thal

[ahinton]

Marmite on toast.

Yuck! What a waste of decent bread! (assuming the bread to have been decent in the first place, that is). Well, it could have been worse, I suppose - as in "vegemite and goat's cheese on toast made from the most disgusting processed bread substitute, washed down with a pint of brown stuff"...

Best,

Alistair

[gep]

I think I'd prefer some of the home made home-grown-plum marmelade we've still got some two dozen jars of in the cellar...

[ahinton]

I think I'd prefer some of the home made home-grown-plum marmelade we've still got some two dozen jars of in the cellar...

Sounds infinitely finer to me than any of the above; Thal, however, will doubtless assume that I'd likely be far more interedted in what bottles you may have in same cellar...

Best,

Alistair

[gep]

Sounds infinitely finer to me than any of the above; Thal, however, will doubtless assume that I'd likely be far more interedted in what bottles you may have in same cellar...

Best,

Alistair

Hmmm, that would be milk, juices various, things fizzy, assorted fruit, a few crates of home-grown potatoes, plenty already emptied bottles for sticking in next years marmelade if the tree survives and some boxes of kitty food. Oh, and various bits and pieces tucked away for possible future use. And 1 (=one) bottle of by now probably stale beer.

If you see anything interesting edible or drinkable, please say so and I will eat or drink it for you. Barring the beer and kitty food (because me no like and me not allowed respectively).

[thalbergmad]

Thal, however, will doubtless assume that I'd likely be far more interedted in what bottles you may have in same cellar...

I would be more interedted to be honest.

Thal

[mephisto]

SCRIABIN

[djealnla]

Bach
Beethoven
Mozart
Mahler
Sorabji
Chopin
Medtner
Messiaen
Rădulescu
Boulez
Xenakis

More or less in order.

[fenz]

bach, beethoven, mozart, liszt, ravel

[retrouvailles]

Bach
Beethoven
Mozart
Mahler
Sorabji
Chopin
Medtner
Messiaen
Rădulescu
Boulez
Xenakis

More or less in order.

Great list, dude.

[magio]

My favourite composers are:
Alkan
Barber
Beethoven
Brahms
Chopin
Glinka
Grieg
Liszt
Lyadov
Mendelssohn
Ravel
Rachmaninoff
Schubert
Scriabin
Sorabji
Tchaikovsky
Vincent d'Indy
and many many many moreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[djealnla]

New list:  

Bach
Beethoven
Mozart
Sorabji
Mahler
Bruckner
Medtner
Skalkottas
Carter
Stravinsky
Rădulescu
Boulez
Sciarrino

[orangesodaking]

1. Ravel
2. Bach
3. Beethoven
4. Brahms
5. Alkan
6. Schubert
7. Chopin
8. Ginastera
9. Busoni
10. Mozart

[kelly_kelly]

Bach
Mozart
Beethoven
Chopin
Mendelssohn
Debussy
Ravel
Prokofiev

Not to say I enjoy pieces exclusively from these composers, but these are the ones I enjoy most uniformly. As for an absolute favorite... it generally varies between Bach, Mozart and Debussy.

Interesting to see what I said a couple of years ago... Now I would have to drop Mendelssohn, Ravel, and Prokofiev in favor of Schubert and some combination of Brahms, Scarlatti, Albeniz, Wagner, Scriabin... 

[williampiano]

Here are my top 20. Your welcome. 
20. Cziffra (He mainly just wrote transcriptions, but they are awesome, so he still counts.)
19. Antheil (Not enough people listen to him.  )
18. Bartok (Interesting and unique rhythm.)
17. Franck (Incredibly unique music. Especially for his time.)
16. Ornstein (Oh the beautiful dissonance )
15. Gliere (Preludes op. 30 and just about all his other piano works! )
14. Jelly Roll Morton (I love ragtime!)
13. Beethoven (Original and beautiful melodies)
12. Bach (I've been listening to his music since I was one, so the style has such a familiar sound to me.)
11. Dvorak (Wonderful texture and flowing sound.)
10. Chopin (I am sure you hear plenty of reasons why chopin is the "bestest composer ever" by the immense number of chopin fans there are on this forum. Do you really need to here another from me? )
9. Grieg (Music that really captures the images of nature.)
8. Gershwin (Amazing mix of ragtime, jazz, and blues.  )
7. Khachaturian (Reminds me of my own composing style.)
6. Piazzolla (I love tango.)
5. Prokofiev (Exciting and fun music to play!  )
4. Milhaud (Interesting and beautiful combinations of different musical styles.)
3. Haydn (My favorite composer of the classical era. I don't really know why.  )
2. Rachmaninoff (Just like Bach, I've been listening to him forever so it has such a familiar sound.)
1. Scriabin (The extreme intensity of some of his music is just fantastic. My favorite composer, and even my top 20 composers changes a lot, so if you ask me this same question in a week, I will probably have completely different answers.) 

[robpina]

1. Beethoven
2. Chopin
3. Bach
4. Rachmaninoff
5. Ives
6. Couperin
7. Liszt
8. Yann Tiersen (I'll take the heat that may come with this one)
9. Schumann
10. Scriabin

[pianoplayjl]

Baroque: Bach
Classical: Beethoven
Romantic: Chopin, Liszt, Schumann
20th century: Prokofiev, Scriabin, Ravel

[stoudemirestat]

I'll try giving a current top 10...

Liszt, Beethoven, Chopin, Rachmaninoff. In that order.

[pianoplayjl]

I'll try giving a current top 10...

Liszt, Beethoven, Chopin, Rachmaninoff. In that order.

You forgot the other 6....

[drkilroy]

Ravel, Debussy, Gershwin, Schumann, Bach, Saint-Saens.

Best regards, Dr

[mozartk365]

Mozart
Hummel
Beethoven
Chopin
Tchaikovsky
Medtner
Rachmaninoff
Schubert
Liszt
Scriabin

[ffszopen]

Chopin and Rachmaninoff

[caryljamesthompson]

As for now, my top 3 are:

1- Chopin
2- Liszt
3- Rachmaninoff

Short and sweet...

[patrickd]

Bach, Brahms, and Medtner.

[ziddy6]

1) Mahler
2) Rachmaninov/Rachmaninoff
3) Chopin
4) If a fourth is allowed, then it's either Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Bruckner, or Debussy.

Sooo undecided.