Your Top 10 Classical Composers

[atticusfinch]

Here are my top 10 in no particular order

1. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
2. Ralph Vaughan Williams.
3. Sergei Rachmaninov.
4. Erik Satie.
5. Johann Sebastian Bach.
6. William Byrd.
7. Ludwig Van Beethoven.
8. Frederic Chopin.
9. Edward Elgar.
10. Thomas Tallis.

 

[LG]

^^That's a nice list Atticusfinch, Satie, Byrd and Tallis jump out at me.

 

[atticusfinch]

^^That's a nice list Atticusfinch, Satie, Byrd and Tallis jump out at me.

Yeah i find that sometimes after a hard day there's nothing like a piece of choral or piano music to soothe the soul. One of my favourite choral pieces in particular is Miserere by Gregorio Allegri, it is just sublime. I find the human voice so beautiful and awe inspiring.

 

[Khor1255]

Dvorak
Tchaicovsky (sp)
Bach
Mozart
Rachmaninov
Beetoven
Medelshon
Vivaldi
Holst
Bartok

 

[LG]

^^Can't argue with any of your picks Khor, nice to have another classical fan in the house....

 

[Abraxas]

Mussorgsky
Stravinsky
Beethoven
Mozart
Bach
Charles Ives
Vivaldi
Holst
Wagner
Tchaikovsky

 

[LG]

Charles Ives...good choice Abraxas, don't see his name on a lot of people's lists.

 

[Abraxas]

Charles Ives...good choice Abraxas, don't see his name on a lot of people's lists.

Thanks, LG. I first heard Central Park in the Dark by Ives about twenty years ago and it had a profound effect on me. I think it's one of the most interesting classical compositions ever, imo.

 

[LG]

^^I'm not sure I have that piece Abraxas...

I'll have to look and see what Ives I have in the library.

 

[Abraxas]

I love this piece.