Your favourite genre?

[lukeottevanger]

Chamber, solo, lieder, in no order.

[Varg]

Symphonic/Chamber Music/Solo Instrument (piano).

Not too fond of concertos, and i cant stand vocals in classical music; it seems out of place to me, like a lion in a cage.

[quintett op.57]

Symphonic/Chamber Music/Solo Instrument (piano).

Not too fond of concertos, and i cant stand vocals in classical music; it seems out of place to me, like a lion in a cage.

I came to vocal thanks to Haydn (Die Schopfung), a very "instrumental" composer, whose works are mainly symphonies, chamber and solo piano. I think it could be what you need.

[DetUudslukkelige]

I can't separate myself from any of them! If I must choose 3, then I must go with Symphonic, Concerto and Oratorio/Cantata. The first two need no explaining, as for the last... well, what can I say? Elgar's Dream of Gerontius, Haydn's Die Schöpfung and Handel's Messiah are just three names on my list of favorites that belong to this category.

[Hollywood]

For me it's Symphonic/Concertos/Solo Instrument. 

[marvinbrown]

  I stand alone with Vocal (opera), Vocal (leider), solo instrument (piano, violin etc.)  The HUMAN VOICE is an instrument unlike any other. 

  marvin

[gmstudio]

Symphony, string quartet, and I've been on a huge opera kick lately.  Otello, Falstaff, Don Giovanni and Lohengrin in the last 4 days.

[Daidalos]

Symphony, concerto and opera for me.

[sunnyside_up]

I picked oratorio/cantata, solo instrument and chamber music....but tomorrow, with the exception of oratorio/cantata, I could just as easily pick different ones. 

[Don Giovanni]

I voted Chamber. To me, it seems to be the perfect form. Each of the instruments play an important role and the number of instruments gives the composer a great chance for inventiveness. Nevertheless, all the instruments must play an important role because they can each be heard quite clearly. Besides this, many of my favourite works are for String Quartet/Quintet: Beethoven Op. 131, Schubert D. 956, Shostakovich Op. 144.

I suppose valid case could be made for each genre and it's all a matter of opinion.

[jochanaan]

I love great music--whatever instruments or voices it calls for.

[Anne]

Opera, chamber, symphonic.  It was hard to omit concerto, oratorio, cantata.  Wish I could miss lieder more but it takes a lot of effort to enjoy it as lately my memory is very poor.

[Josquin des Prez]

Chamber, solo and polyphonic vocal (duh).

[Josquin des Prez]

Not too fond of concertos, and i cant stand vocals in classical music; it seems out of place to me, like a lion in a cage.

Nah, you are just listening to the wrong century. 

[Dancing Divertimentian]

Anything and everything...

[val]

Chamber music comes first. Then, piano music.

[Sergeant Rock]

I didn't vote...I can't vote. I love music. Period.

Sarge

[Sergeant Rock]

Symphonic/Chamber Music/Solo Instrument (piano).

Not too fond of concertos, and i cant stand vocals in classical music; it seems out of place to me, like a lion in a cage.

What a very...VERY...odd statement. Vocals out of place in Renaissance polyphony? Bach cantatas? Handel oratorios? Haydn masses? Schubert and Schumann songs? Wagner music dramas and Verdi operas? Das Lied von der Erde? Gurrelieder and Pierrot Lunaire? Peter Grimes? How can you possibly write a classical song, anthem, mass, or opera without using the purest and most basic musical instrument: the human voice?

Sarge

[Varg]

What a very...VERY...odd statement. Vocals out of place in Renaissance polyphony? Bach cantatas? Handel oratorios? Haydn masses? Schubert and Schumann songs? Wagner music dramas and Verdi operas? Das Lied von der Erde? Gurrelieder and Pierrot Lunaire? Peter Grimes? How can you possibly write a classical song, anthem, mass, or opera without using the purest and most basic musical instrument: the human voice?

Sarge

Out of place, yes, to me!

[Manon]

Solo instrument (Although i play violin, i don't choose violin concerts.I like cello's sound more!!) and Vocal (Opera)