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foxandpeng

#1080
August 01, 2021, 12:25:51 PM
Currently... (final two because of how powerfully they have entered the game recently...)

Holmboe
RVW
Bax
Tubin
Arnold
Hovhaness
Rautavaara
Sibelius
Vasks
Shostakovich
"A quiet secluded life in the country, with the possibility of being useful to people ... then work which one hopes may be of some use; then rest, nature, books, music, love for one's neighbour — such is my idea of happiness"

Tolstoy

Karl Henning

#1081
August 01, 2021, 01:24:31 PM
Quote from: Christo on August 01, 2021, 05:42:48 AM
Today, possibly:

Arnold
Barber
Braga Santos
Falla
Holmboe
Kodály
Nielsen
Respighi
Tubin
Vaughan Williams

Johan! How are you doing?!
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

Karl Henning

#1082
August 01, 2021, 01:33:10 PM
10 is cruelly Procrustean, but, today:

JSB
Bartók
Chopin
Haydn
Hindemith
Nielsen
Shostakovich
Sibelius
Stravinsky
Weinberg

This is an old thread, and I've probably posted before. I should guess that Weinberg is a recent addition.
I do hate to have left Prokofiev out....
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

Mirror Image

#1083
August 01, 2021, 07:04:46 PM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on August 01, 2021, 01:33:10 PM
10 is cruelly Procrustean, but, today:

JSB
Bartók
Chopin
Haydn
Hindemith
Nielsen
Shostakovich
Sibelius
Stravinsky
Weinberg

This is an old thread, and I've probably posted before. I should guess that Weinberg is a recent addition.
I do hate to have left Prokofiev out....

A fine list, indeed. 8) Happy to see Bartók, Sibelius, Shostakovich, Stravinsky and Nielsen there. I'm a bit surprised about Weinberg. He must've grown on you in the past year or so? He's definitely a composer I should spend more time with, especially those SQs, which the first time around they didn't make much of an impression me like Shostakovich's did for example.

krummholz

#1084
August 02, 2021, 04:33:58 AM
Taking a wild stab at this:

JS Bach
Beethoven
Schoenberg
Mahler
Nielsen
Bartok
Holmboe
Shostakovich
Sibelius
Brian

The order changes from day to day and from month to month...

Madiel

#1085
August 02, 2021, 04:37:59 AM Last Edit: August 02, 2021, 04:40:10 AM by Madiel
Without looking at my previous efforts... then I'll go back and see...

Beethoven
Brahms
Dvorak
Faure
Haydn
Holmboe
Ravel
Schumann
Shostakovich
Sibelius

EDIT: Since the last time a few years ago I replaced Chopin with Shostakovich and that was the only change. I'm not absolutely certain that was the right change.

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Karl Henning

#1086
August 02, 2021, 05:12:24 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on December 11, 2014, 09:05:48 AM
Aye . . . as soon as I come up with a list of ten, I think of an eleventh whom it pains me to have omitted . . . .
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

Karl Henning

#1087
August 02, 2021, 05:13:12 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on December 12, 2014, 06:18:50 AM
Twelve? Let's see . . .

Stravinsky
Schoenberg
Prokofiev
Shostakovich
Chopin
Berlioz
JS Bach
Rakhmaninov
Sibelius
Nielsen
Brahms
D. Scarlatti

Getting the first ten is easy ... and then I wonder, whom am I leaving out, and I'll kick myself (figuratively) for the omission?...
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

Pohjolas Daughter

#1088
August 02, 2021, 07:34:05 AM
Oh, boy....ten only?!  ???

Hmmm....well, here goes!

Vaughan Williams
Sibelius
Janacek
Bartok
Kodaly
Mozart
Dvorak
Shostakovich
Chopin
Debussy...must for myself to stop here....augh!!!  ::)

And we're not even talking opera here though a couple of them could also fit in under that list.

PD
Pohjolas Daughter

Papy Oli

#1089
August 02, 2021, 08:03:05 AM
Quote from: Papy Oli on February 03, 2018, 12:37:04 AM
Top Tier

Mahler
Beethoven
Bruckner
Haydn (new addition to that tier)
Vivaldi (new addition to that tier)

Second tier

D. Scarlatti
Chopin
Rameau
Pärt
Bach


hmmm...there's going to be some damage after those last 2 years ???

Roughly in order as of now:

JS Bach
Saint-Saëns
Arnold
Fauré
Debussy
Ravel
Holst
Vaughan Williams
Haydn
Albinoni
Olivier

André

#1090
August 02, 2021, 09:06:48 AM
Papa Bach
Haydn
Mozart
Beethoven
Brahms
Bruckner
Verdi
Reger
Arnold
Pettersson

Pohjolas Daughter

#1091
August 02, 2021, 09:48:50 AM
Quote from: André on August 02, 2021, 09:06:48 AM
Papa Bach
Haydn
Mozart
Beethoven
Brahms
Bruckner
Verdi
Reger
Arnold
Pettersson

Sound of a person applauding!  :)

PD
Pohjolas Daughter

Florestan

#1092
August 02, 2021, 10:38:29 AM
Quote from: Florestan on July 31, 2020, 09:09:58 AM
The Austrian Connection: Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Brahms (5, but only 2 echt-Oesterreichisch and only 1 echt-Wiener)
The German Connection: Schumann, Mendelssohn (2)
The Russian Connection: Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff (2)
The Odd Man Out: Chopin (1)

Still perfectly happy with that.
There is no theory. You have only to listen. Pleasure is the law. — Claude Debussy

Karl Henning

#1093
August 02, 2021, 10:48:49 AM
Quote from: Florestan on August 02, 2021, 10:38:29 AM
Still perfectly happy with that.

Per Jeeves, I believe they have given general satisfaction .... 8)
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

Florestan

#1094
August 02, 2021, 10:54:15 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on August 02, 2021, 10:48:49 AM
Per Jeeves, I believe they have given general satisfaction .... 8)

I'm a very conventional guy, despite misleading evidence to the contrary here on GMG...  :laugh:
There is no theory. You have only to listen. Pleasure is the law. — Claude Debussy

Madiel

#1095
August 02, 2021, 01:26:54 PM
Quote from: Papy Oli on August 02, 2021, 08:03:05 AM

hmmm...there's going to be some damage after those last 2 years ???

Roughly in order as of now:

JS Bach
Saint-Saëns
Arnold
Fauré
Debussy
Ravel
Holst
Vaughan Williams
Haydn
Albinoni

Some excellent French damage there.
I am now working on a discography of the works of Vagn Holmboe. Please visit and also contribute!

kyjo

#1096
August 03, 2021, 08:07:05 AM
Quote from: Papy Oli on August 02, 2021, 08:03:05 AM

hmmm...there's going to be some damage after those last 2 years ???

Roughly in order as of now:

JS Bach
Saint-Saëns
Arnold
Fauré
Debussy
Ravel
Holst
Vaughan Williams
Haydn
Albinoni

A very interesting and respectable list, Olivier! :)
"Music is enough for a lifetime, but a lifetime is not enough for music" - Sergei Rachmaninoff

kyjo

#1097
August 03, 2021, 08:10:00 AM
Quote from: Symphonic Addict on July 31, 2021, 04:07:25 PM
This is an interesting list. I think 10 narrows you to be intelligent and practical, or emotional and academic, or viceversa, mixed, etc.

Beethoven
Nielsen
Brahms
Shostakovich
Vaughan Williams
Janáček
Martinů
Dvořák
Haydn
Sibelius

Interesting to see Haydn on your list. I've been listening to his music with more frequency recently and have been gaining much pleasure from it. I think Haydn is one of those composers whose music requires a really excellent performance to truly come to life. A dull or anemic performance of his music can be a really dreadful experience!
"Music is enough for a lifetime, but a lifetime is not enough for music" - Sergei Rachmaninoff

DavidW

#1098
August 03, 2021, 08:12:35 AM
Bach
Beethoven
Haydn
Mozart
Schubert
Brahms
Shostakovich
Mahler
Bruckner
Vaughan Williams

bhodges

#1099
August 03, 2021, 08:40:42 AM
My top 10, plus 14 runners-up. So sue me.  ;D

Bartók
Berg
Britten
Bruckner
Dvořák  
Ives
Janáček
Mahler
Shostakovich
Stravinsky

Berio
Debussy
Grisey
Gubaidulina
Hindemith
Lachenmann
Ligeti
Martinů
Prokofiev
Ravel

Rachmaninoff
Schnittke
Sibelius
Verdi

--Bruce
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