No Holds Barred: Your Favorite Orchestrators

[classicalgeek]

My 4 is close to yours classicalgeek... except R Strauss is replaced with Berlioz.

Also an excellent choice - Berlioz was a real pioneer!  The later masters of orchestration (Strauss included) owe a lot to him.

To those I could add, among many others: Bax, Roussel, Korngold, Florent Schmitt, Josef Holbrooke...

To that list, I'll add Enescu and d'Indy...

[Cato]

Please choose four favorite orchestrators from this list. I left an option of other just in case I didn't list one of your favorites.

Ods my bodkins!  Bitte, wo ist Herr Anton Bruckner?

Or is he disqualified since organ registration is often the source of how he handles an orchestra?   0:)

[Mirror Image]

Ods my bodkins!  Bitte, wo ist Herr Anton Bruckner?

Or is he disqualified since organ registration is often the source of how he handles an orchestra?   0:)

Usually, when I think of Bruckner, I'm not really thinking about dazzling orchestration. There are so many other reasons to enjoy Bruckner.

[springrite]

Well, I would consider voting Bruckner as one of the best at transcribing works conceived for the organ but transcribed for orchestra. OK, that is orchestration technically but...

[Brian]

I voted for Ravel, Rimsky, Lutoslawski, and Berlioz, but in protest of the fact that I couldn't choose Dvorak or Janacek. I like that someone mentioned Roussel, and I love David's suggestion of Mozart, who is indeed worthy of consideration.