Top 11-25 composers

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Jo498

It is obviously very helpful to mention the 1-10 because this is an interesting background for the 11-25.
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Madiel

Quote from: Jo498 on January 26, 2018, 03:30:51 AM
It is obviously very helpful to mention the 1-10 because this is an interesting background for the 11-25.

I've no argument with this except for the fact that the original poster seemed to be of the view that the 11-25 was the interesting part.

I dunno, I'm sure we've had actual "Top 25" threads before. It just seems really odd that this was presented as something new! and exciting! because in fact it's turned out to be exactly the same as all the other threads of this type.
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Jo498

Sorry, if you expected something "new and exciting"... I agree that it is neither ;)
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André

Quote from: Jo498 on January 26, 2018, 03:30:51 AM
It is obviously very helpful to mention the 1-10 because this is an interesting background for the 11-25.

The original poster merely wanted to provide a background because, obviously, 11-25 follows 1-10.  8)

Madiel

My list of 11-25 (having just revised my list of 1-10 elsewhere).

Just edged out of the old top 10:
11. JS Bach
12. Rachmaninov

Improvers with potential:
13. Nielsen
14. Mozart
15. Debussy

Damn respectable but not all that likely to make a run for the top 10:
16. Shostakovich
17. Schubert
18. Barber
19. Bridge
20. Nørgård

I'm intrigued but really I need to know more:
21. Mahler
22. Bartok
23. Stravinsky

It's better when he gives me more than 90 seconds of music:
24. Scriabin

Because he's from here and his best moments are amazing:
25. Vine
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vandermolen

Top 10

VW
Miaskovsky
Bax
Tubin
Bruckner
Sibelius
Braga Santos
Walton
Shostakovich
Rubbra

Then:

Gliere
Glazunov
Alwyn
Copland
Diamond
Havergal Brian
Rosenberg
Bliss
Stanley Bate
Kinsella
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

North Star

Quote from: vandermolen on January 29, 2018, 12:21:56 PM
Top 10

VW
Miaskovsky
Bax
Tubin
Bruckner
Sibelius
Braga Santos
Walton
Shostakovich
Rubbra

Then:

Gliere
Glazunov
Alwyn
Copland
Diamond
Havergal Brian
Rosenberg
Bliss
Stanley Bate
Kinsella
You can have five more, Jeffrey ;)
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vandermolen

#27
Quote from: North Star on January 29, 2018, 12:33:09 PM
You can have five more, Jeffrey ;)
I never could count! Great news. Thanks  :)

Ok here goes - let me think:

Malcolm Arnold
Moeran
Popov
Bloch
Atterberg
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

Karl Henning

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


Bartók
Bruckner
Dvořák
Haydn
Langgaard
Liszt
Martinů
Mennin
Piazzolla
Schnittke
Schuman
Vaughan Williams
Wuorinen
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

In tidy alphabetical order, and correcting for the fact that I cannot justify leaving LvB and "Wolferl" off my Top 25:

JS Bach
Bartók
Beethoven
Berlioz
Brahms
Bruckner
Chopin
Dvořák
Haydn
Langgaard
Liszt
Martinů
Mozart
Nielsen
Prokofiev
Rakhmaninov
D. Scarlatti
Schnittke
Schoenberg
Schuman
Shostakovich
Sibelius
Stravinsky
Vaughan Williams
Wuorinen
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

North Star

Quote from: North Star on January 26, 2018, 02:20:44 AM
In no particular order

Rakhmaninov
Martinů
Brahms
Liszt
Berlioz
Monteverdi
Josquin
Dvořák
Domenico Scarlatti
Prokofiev
Shostakovich
Schumann
Bartók
Debussy
Schönberg

Well if we're really doing Top 1-25...

Bach
Bartók
Beethoven
Berlioz
Brahms
Chopin
Debussy
Dvořák
Haydn
Janáček
Josquin
Liszt
Martinů
Monteverdi
Mozart
Prokofiev
Rakhmaninov
Ravel
D. Scarlatti
Schubert
Schumann
Schönberg
Shostakovich
Sibelius
Stravinsky
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Jaakko Keskinen

Quote from: Alberich on January 25, 2018, 10:06:31 AM
1-10 in order of preference:

Wagner
Debussy
Sibelius
Puccini
Verdi
Beethoven
Berlioz
Rachmaninov
Richard Strauss
Tchaikovsky

11-25, also roughly in order of preference

Saint-Saëns
Liszt
Mahler
Carl Maria von Weber
Korngold
Bax
Stravinsky
Brahms
Ravel
Rimsky-Korsakov
Gounod
Massenet
Myaskovsky
Shostakovich
Haydn

Dammit, I forgot Schumann and Mendelssohn. I suppose a revision is in order. My top 10 stays the same.

Saint-Saëns
Carl Maria von Weber
Mahler
Liszt
Schumann
Mendelssohn
Korngold
Bax
Stravinsky
Brahms
Gounod
Massenet
Rimsky-Korsakov
Ravel
Myaskovsky



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Florestan

My top 10 here: http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,22962.msg1125429.html#msg1125429

And then 11-25, arranged chronologically

Vivaldi
Telemann
JS Bach
D. Scarlatti
CPE Bach
Joh. Chr. Bach
Boccherini
Spohr
CM von Weber
Saint-Saens
Bizet
Faure
R. Strauss
Enescu
Villa Lobos


Recent runners up: Scriabin (solo piano music only), Poulenc (opera omnia)



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Mirror Image

#33
Top 25:

Debussy
Ravel
Bartók
Sibelius
Stravinsky
Enescu
Fauré
Poulenc
Britten
Takemitsu
Barber
Ives
Vaughan Williams
Martinů
Szymanowski
Nielsen
Berg
Mahler
Bruckner
Dvořák
Lutoslawski
Prokofiev
Shostakovich
Rachmaninov
Janáček


vandermolen

Quote from: Mirror Image on January 06, 2020, 08:28:50 PM
Top 25:

Debussy
Ravel
Bartók
Sibelius
Stravinsky
Enescu
Fauré
Poulenc
Britten
Takemitsu
Barber
Ives
Vaughan Williams
Martinů
Szymanowski
Nielsen
Berg
Mahler
Bruckner
Dvořák
Lutoslawski
Prokofiev
Shostakovich
Rachmaninov
Janáček
Takemitsu is another composer I should investigate this year. Any special recommendations?
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

Mirror Image

Quote from: vandermolen on January 06, 2020, 09:52:50 PM
Takemitsu is another composer I should investigate this year. Any special recommendations?

I'd check out the Requiem for Strings first, Jeffrey. From here, I'd check out any of arrangements of Toward the Sea. He's a composer whose oeuvre you really just have to dive head-first into.

vandermolen

Quote from: Mirror Image on January 07, 2020, 05:39:55 AM
I'd check out the Requiem for Strings first, Jeffrey. From here, I'd check out any of arrangements of Toward the Sea. He's a composer whose oeuvre you really just have to dive head-first into.
Once again many thanks John. I like the sound of 'Requiem for Strings'.
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

San Antone

My Top Ten:

Machaut
Dufay
Ockeghem
Bach
Haydn
Beethoven
Liszt
Verdi
Schumann
Brahms


11-25 - first draft

11. Feldman
12. Cage
13. Carter
14. Boulez
15. Bernstein
16. Gershwin
17. Debussy
18. Monteverdi
19. Gesualdo
20. Palestrina
21. Wuorinen
22. Schoenberg
23. Webern
24. Satie
25. Mompou

Symphonic Addict

My lists don't change that much, but here it goes:

1. Brahms
2. Shostakovich
3. Nielsen
4. Dvorak
5. Sibelius
6. Martinu
7. Beethoven
8. Tchaikovsky
9. Vaughan Williams
10. R. Strauss

11. Prokofiev
12. Rachmaninov
13. Langgaard
14. Elgar
15. Schubert
16. Janacek
17. Bruckner
18. Villa-Lobos
19. M. Arnold
20. Alwyn
21. Holmboe
22. Saint-Saëns
23. Respighi
24. Hindemith
25. Tubin
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Mirror Image

Quote from: Mirror Image on January 06, 2020, 08:28:50 PM
Top 25:

Debussy
Ravel
Bartók
Sibelius
Stravinsky
Enescu
Fauré
Poulenc
Britten
Takemitsu
Barber
Ives
Vaughan Williams
Martinů
Szymanowski
Nielsen
Berg
Mahler
Bruckner
Dvořák
Lutoslawski
Prokofiev
Shostakovich
Rachmaninov
Janáček

I'm not completely satisfied with this list above, so I'm editing it:

Debussy
Ravel
Bartók
Stravinsky
Fauré
Poulenc
Britten
Sibelius
Enescu
Takemitsu
Barber
Mahler
Martinů
Bruckner
Ives
Ligeti
Schoenberg
Berg
Szymanowski
Shostakovich
Prokofiev
Janáček
Falla
Boulanger