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What classical composers do you like?

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  • 29-03-2003 10:41pm
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    TenLeftFingers
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    I listen to a lot of classical on the radio, so I'm interested in names. Especially french and german classical :)


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    Gordon
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    JS Bach is my favourite.


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    imp
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    Tchaikovsky, Mozart, Barber.

    }:>


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    TenLeftFingers
    Registered Users Posts: 683 ✭✭✭TenLeftFingers


    Found a link with some free classical mp3's in case anyone is interested.

    http://hebb.mit.edu/FreeMusic/MIT_Music/


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    Karl Hungus
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    Bach in fairness pwns.
    Beathoven is also brilliant.


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    yossarin
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    Beethoven rocks. The 3rd and 7th symphonys are amazing. just the thing thing to work to.
    vivaldi is allright (4 seasons), if you're in a prissy mood.


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    deco
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    Beethovan, Haydan and Mahler.

    Mahler Symphony no. 1 is absolutely amazing.


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    ferdi
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    freddie mercury - bleedin' classic:D


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    Karl Hungus
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    Originally posted by yossarin
    Beethoven rocks. The 3rd and 7th symphonys are amazing. just the thing thing to work to.
    vivaldi is allright (4 seasons), if you're in a prissy mood.

    Yeah, definetly.

    But Mozart's Requiem always seems to do the job.


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    tibor
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    Gorecki is great. Symphony #3 in particular.
    Stravinsky's Rites of Spring is another favourite.


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    DadaKopf
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    Ligeti, Gorécki, Mahler, Stockhausen, Reich, Xenakis and Baroque madrigals.


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    Giblet
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    Rachmaninoff


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    thedrowner
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    i love britten, and harty. harty wrote some fabulous stuff like the strangers grave, and i think he wrote 'lullaby'. michael head is great, his ave maria (4 part harmony) is my favourite. debussey is another favourite, some of the stuff is just so mellow.


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    Bard
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    Johann Strauss, composer of the Blue Danube waltz, - easily my favourite piece of classical music.

    ... and also Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky, Bach, Beethoven, Wagner, Vivaldi, Mozart, Débussy, Schubert, Pavane, Massenet, Grieg and Mr. George Gershwin.

    But mainly Johann Strauss :)

    I like a lot of music...


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    Saruman
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    Holst is my fave, though a bit of Beethoven can be good.. oh and i think Musorgsky and Saint Saens are excellent.. i love Danse Macabre :D


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    sona
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    Tavener,Gorecki but mostly Arvo Part (tabula rasa is amazing)


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    francie brady
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    Frank Zappa writes Imposible to play classical music. Ensemble Modern apparently came close and mets FZs appoval. Yellow shark is an amazing pieve of classical music.


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    Manach
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    Wagner & Chopin, I like the contrast.


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    Kopf
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    Zappa, Rachmaninov, Mozart, Haydn, Bach (goldberg variations = teh pwn)


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    Amz
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    I like Prokoviev, Hayden, Holst, Orff, Pachelbel, Howard Shore and Patrick Doyle.

    There are more but I can't think of their names at present.


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    spod
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    Xennakis, John Adams, Phillip Glass, Steve Reich etc.

    classical music from the last century can be amazing.

    As for the older stuff, I love usual suspects really.


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    beardedchicken
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    Mozart, Beethoven, Wagner,
    (the germans really know how to do drama)


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    Lemming
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    Telemann (I AM a Viola player - I swear I'm not biased ;))
    Pachelbel
    Tchaikovsky
    Shostakovich
    Mendelssohn
    Albinoni
    Vivaldi
    Pergalassi
    Mozart
    Rachmaninoff
    JS.Bach


    My favourite period of classical music would have to be the "Baroque" era though.


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