Top 11 Choral Composers

Brian · November 04, 2013, 01:15:31 PM

You knew it was coming...

Random order, and trying very hard to limit my list to unaccompanied choirs, or choirs accompanied only by one or two instruments (like organ):

Lauridsen
Brahms
Grieg
Rautavaara
Janacek
Poulenc
Mendelssohn
Biber
Durufle
Faure
Gyorgy Orban

Mirror Image · November 04, 2013, 01:17:00 PM

Oh goodness...another poll...

Brian · November 04, 2013, 01:17:40 PM

Quote from: Mirror Image on November 04, 2013, 01:17:00 PM
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kyjo · November 04, 2013, 01:31:21 PM

Quote from: Mirror Image on November 04, 2013, 01:17:00 PM
Oh goodness...another poll...

Hey! At least I didn't start it this time!

The new erato · November 04, 2013, 01:40:25 PM

Ockeghem
Lassus
desPrez
Obrecht
DuFay
Byrd
Agricola
Isaac
Palestrina
Morales
Tallis

kyjo · November 04, 2013, 01:58:59 PM

Vaughan Williams
Berlioz
Rachmaninov
Howells
Rubbra
Zemlinsky
Holst
Delius
Poulenc
Schoeck
William Mathias

vandermolen · November 05, 2013, 01:39:55 PM

Howells
Vaughan Williams
Tallis
Novak
Janacek
Dyson
Hadley
Holst
Foulds
Durufle
Ireland

TheGSMoeller · November 05, 2013, 01:55:11 PM

Desprez
Byrd
Gesualdo
Berlioz
Poulenc
Orff (for more than just Carmina Burana)
Britten

Christo · November 05, 2013, 02:49:51 PM

Tormis
P"art
Tobias
Holst
Howells
Vaughan Williams
Berkeley (Lennox)
Villa-Lobos
Durufle
Andriessen (Hendrik)
Bach (JS)

vandermolen · November 30, 2013, 05:19:14 AM

Quote from: kyjo on November 04, 2013, 01:58:59 PM
Vaughan Williams
Berlioz
Rachmaninov
Howells
Rubbra
Zemlinsky
Holst
Delius
Poulenc
Schoeck
William Mathias

Largely agree with this list but don't know Schoek:

Vaughan Williams
Howells
Holst ( espec. for First Choral Symphony and The Cloud Messenger)
Rachmaninov (The Bells is terrific)
Walton (Coronation Te Deum)
Dyson
Durufle
Janacek (Glagolitic Mass)
Novak (The Storm)
John Ireland ('These Things Shall Be')
Rootham

Just realised I already posted, but this is not quite identical.

jochanaan · November 30, 2013, 08:46:16 PM

What? Am I the first to mention Bach and Handel?

I would also add:
Britten (for Peter Grimes and the War Requiem among others)
Bruckner (his E minor Mass is quite simply one of the most beautiful compositions ever composed, and he wrote lots of other choral music)
Gorecki (Beatus Vir)
Holst (Neptune from The Planets, and The Hymn of Jesus)
Mahler (Symphonies #2 and #8)
Mendelssohn (too many to mention all)
Shostakovich (Symphony #13)
Stravinsky (Symphony of Psalms)

vandermolen · December 01, 2013, 12:04:41 AM

Quote from: jochanaan on November 30, 2013, 08:46:16 PM
What? Am I the first to mention Bach and Handel?

I would also add:
Britten (for Peter Grimes and the War Requiem among others)
Bruckner (his E minor Mass is quite simply one of the most beautiful compositions ever composed, and he wrote lots of other choral music)
Gorecki (Beatus Vir)
Holst (Neptune from The Planets, and The Hymn of Jesus)
Mahler (Symphonies #2 and #8)
Mendelssohn (too many to mention all)
Shostakovich (Symphony #13)
Stravinsky (Symphony of Psalms)

I could also have added the War Requiem, the Bruckner, Gorecki and Symphony of Psalms. Another work I like very much is Weinberg's 6th Symphony.

Ken B · February 16, 2014, 01:56:25 PM

Quote from: The new erato on November 04, 2013, 01:40:25 PM
Ockeghem
Lassus
desPrez
Obrecht
DuFay
Byrd
Agricola
Isaac
Palestrina
Morales
Tallis

YES. I might order differently, Josquin first I think, and a few name changes, Fayfax is missing, but no-one before 1600 belongs on this list. Not even Bach.

Ken B · February 16, 2014, 01:58:07 PM

Quote from: Ken B on February 16, 2014, 01:56:25 PM
YES. I might order differently, Josquin first I think, and a few name changes, Fayfax is missing, but no-one before 1600 belongs on this list. Not even Bach.

Oops. No-one AFTER