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I don't know about anyone else here but I love the Classics. There is something quite beautiful and special about them and I was wondering if anyone else here had a similar passion. Although I have Cds from many composers I have what I consider my "core three" whom are my three favorites. Here they are:

01. Ludwig Van Beethoven
What can be said? Just about everything Beethoven has ever done moves me immensely. From his many Piano Concertos to my all-time favorite work of his - Violin Sonata No. 5 "Spring" - Beethoven has been and always will be my favorite.

02. Antonio Lucio Vivaldi
Who can't love Vivaldi? His compositions are so exuberant and enlightening that it's a surreal experience each and everytime I listen to any of his material. Italy rules

03. Frederic Chopin
The solemn brilliance of Chopin's material amazes me. His compositions are so passionate and dark - it's just awe-inspiring. I still remember the first time I listen to Chopin with his first Piano Concerto and I'm still blown away!

Well, hopefully there are others of you her that listen to the Classics!

My fave ones are:

1. Mozart
2. Vivaldi
3. Bach
4. Paganini

I'm more into chords/strings than into in piano/keyboards.

Mine is Basil Poledouris.

More into the dramaturgic stuff:

Richard Wagner
Antonin Dvorak (His New World Symphony is just great)
Ludwig Van Beethoven

and, less:

Smetana
Mozart
Orff

etc

Twilightsymphony wrote:and, less: ... Orff

Orff's Carmina Burana is great, but I didn't hear his any other compositions.

I like the best:
1. Beethoven
2. Brahms
3. Chaikovski

and many others...

1. Vivaldi (extremely powerefull and fast, melodic metal today owns him a lot, he's 16th century metal)
2. Beethoven (again, his songs are really powerfull)
3. Brahms (just like him)

I enjoy playin Chopin's compositions ...


As Oakenson mentioned : "His compositions are so passionate and dark" ... I do agree about that . In fact , that's why I like Chopin .

Well, though I don´t know much about every classic composer, I can name some:
My fav ones are Tchaikovsky and Minkus because they composed the music for my most beloved ballets: Swan Lake and The Bayadere, Swan Lake´s and Sleeping Beauty´s music "rocks"!
Then I also love a Chopin prelude and a nocturne (I don´t know the n°, sorry), Two Lizt consolations, Strauss waltzes, Vivaldi´s Four Seasons, Beethoven, Saint-Saans and Prokofiev.
ps, Tchaikovsky is one of Timo Tolkki´s favourite

Wolfgang is my master! The greatest genius ever to me!

Oh i forgot about Johann Sebastian Bach
Add him to my favs list, he has really some very great compositions..

I'm partial to Shostakovich. And Hector Berlioz, naturally.

Also, Ravel's Bolero: you can't beat that with a hippie's head.

Bach
Mahler
Chopin
Vivaldi

Bach
Rachmaninoff
Grieg
Wagner
Paganini
Rossini
Sibelius
Dvorak
Shostakovic
Telemann
Vivaldi
Schubert
Chopin
Lizt

Haendel, Bach, Vivaldi

Beethoven! no hesitate about that! His feeling is... magic. No words to describe his music.
Also: Mozart/ Schubert/ Rodrigo ( "Concierto de Aranjuez").

Beethoven

Bach
Liszt
Bartók
Beethoven

antonio wrote:Mahler

I'm sorry, Antonio, but who is Mahler? But there's no need to laugh?please

Yury wrote:

antonio wrote:Mahler

I'm sorry, Antonio, but who is Mahler? But there's no need to laugh?please

Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)
he composed 10 symphonies...
you have simply to listen to..

John Williams, the genius film music composer. I love his music.

I also like a little bit of those CLASSIC classical music composers like Beethoven and Mozart. And Sibelius a little bit too.

Hail for the New World Symphony ! The Four Seasons is great too. My favs composers are Vivaldi, Bach, Tschaïkovski, Ravel and some others

Bach
Vivaldi
Sibelius - Finlandia is something amazing!

beethoven
wagner
bach
schubert

Grieg and Sibelius (what's with the bumping up of old topics?)

NordicStorm wrote:(what's with the bumping up of old topics?)

I don't know... I had boring and I wanted to answer old topics...

Bach or Hendel....

Sibelius
Beethoven
Mahler
Tomaso Albinoni (adagio)
Tshaikovsky

Bach, Vivaldi, Chopin.


Jesse

My favourite composers and their best songs:
Bach - Fugue
Mozart - 40th Symphony
Beethoven - Moonlight Sonata
Brahms - Hungarian Dance
Sibelius - Finlandia