Your Top 10 Favorite Composers

[Karl Henning]

Currently:

1-a Shostakovich
1-b Dvořák
1-c Bruckner

4 - Tchaikovsky
5 - Sibelius
6 - Penderecki
7 - Taneyev
8 - Schumann
9 - Franck
10 - Prokofiev

Cheers, Ray!

[Brahmsian]

Cheers, Ray!

Bonjour, Karl.

[foxandpeng]

You expect change in a year?

I'm so boring. I don't expect all that much change in a decade.

Ah, but I am so much less knowledgeable than your good self. I have further to go in my journey, I feel, and my exposure to new and fascinating new (to me) works/composers constantly throws up fresh contenders for my top 10, 20, 50, 100, etc... Messrs Tabakov and Vasks, for example, were unknown to me before the last 2 years and command a pretty unassailable place in my affections for now, at least.

I am hoping for a good while longer so that all of this top ten can be replaced by even more freshly discovered, incredible and even newly appreciated composers

[Madiel]

Ah, but I am so much less knowledgeable than your good self. I have further to go in my journey, I feel, and my exposure to new and fascinating new (to me) works/composers constantly throws up fresh contenders for my top 10, 20, 50, 100, etc... Messrs Tabakov and Vasks, for example, were unknown to me before the last 2 years and command a pretty unassailable place in my affections for now, at least.

I am hoping for a good while longer so that all of this top ten can be replaced by even more freshly discovered, incredible and even newly appreciated composers

It isn't really that you're less knowledgeable. It's more that I'm a slow grazer. Or at least, one that tends to sit in one spot chewing absolutely everything before moving on.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

11 favorites nowadays:

JSB
Albeniz
Hindemith
Ferit Tuzun
Ibert
Prokofiev
Amirov
Cemal Resit Rey
Vladigerov
Walton
Scriabin

[Skogwald]

Chronologically:

Josquin
Gesualdo
J.S. Bach
Haydn
Mozart
Sibelius
Martinu
Lutoslawski
Scelsi
Feldman

Second tier:

Ockeghem
Dufay
CPE Bach
Beethoven
Faure
Bacewicz
Ligeti
Nono
Xenakis
Cage

[vandermolen]

Let me see (today's list)
VW
NYM
DSCH
Bax
Bliss
Moeran
Glazunov
Tubin
Diamond
Bruckner

[kyjo]

Let me see (today's list)
VW
NYM
DSCH
Bax
Bliss
Moeran
Glazunov
Tubin
Diamond
Bruckner

Not everyone might know who "NYM" is, Jeffrey!

[vandermolen]

Not everyone might know who "NYM" is, Jeffrey!

Good point Kyle!
Myaskovsky/Miaskovsky

[joachim]

For me :

Beethoven and
Mozart (ex aequo)
Haydn J.
Tchaikovski
Liszt
Chopin
Schubert
Haydn M.
Bach
Raff

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Today's list: 

Vaughan Williams
Sibelius
Mozart
Dvorak
Kodaly
Martinu
Debussy
Ravel
Chopin
Shostakovich

For me :

...
Raff

Pardon, but who is Raff?

PD

[joachim]

Pardon, but who is Raff ?

I admit that I was a little expecting this question! 

Joseph Joachim Raff was a German-Swiss composer, born in 1822 in Lachen and died in 1882 in Frankfurt am Main.
In 1845, Raff met Franz Liszt who invited him to Germany. He became his private secretary from 1850 to 1856.

He composed many works: 214 opus numbers plus a hundred WoO, among which 11 very beautiful symphonies, in particular: n° 1 An das Vaterland, n° 5 "Lenore" (from the poem de Bürger), n° 7 "An den Alpen", and n° 8 to 11, the Four Seasons.

His style is somewhat reminiscent of Liszt, whose pupil he was, and also Mendelssohn, Brahms and Schumann.

I chose my nickname Joachim in his homage.

[Florestan]

In 1845, Raff met Franz Liszt who invited him to Germany. He became his private secretary from 1850 to 1856.

Rumor has it that Raff was actually heavily involved in the orchestration of Liszt's tone poems.

His style is somewhat reminiscent of Liszt, whose pupil he was

Or rather the other way around when it came to orchestration. 

[Pohjolas Daughter]

I admit that I was a little expecting this question! 

Joseph Joachim Raff was a German-Swiss composer, born in 1822 in Lachen and died in 1882 in Frankfurt am Main.
In 1845, Raff met Franz Liszt who invited him to Germany. He became his private secretary from 1850 to 1856.

He composed many works: 214 opus numbers plus a hundred WoO, among which 11 very beautiful symphonies, in particular: n° 1 An das Vaterland, n° 5 "Lenore" (from the poem de Bürger), n° 7 "An den Alpen", and n° 8 to 11, the Four Seasons.

His style is somewhat reminiscent of Liszt, whose pupil he was, and also Mendelssohn, Brahms and Schumann.

I chose my nickname Joachim in his homage.

Ah, thanks for the information. 

Rumor has it that Raff was actually heavily involved in the orchestration of Liszt's tone poems.

Or rather the other way around when it came to orchestration. 

Interesting!

PD

[Karl Henning]

Today's list:

JSB
"Papa"
Hindemith
Liszt
Nielsen
Rakhmaninov
D. Scarlatti
Shostakovich
Stravinsky
Vaughan Williams

[Lisztianwagner]

Mine updated:

Richard Wagner
Gustav Mahler
Franz Liszt
Ludwig van Beethoven
Sergei Rachmaninov
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Richard Strauss
Gustav Holst
Maurice Ravel
Arnold Schönberg

[vers la flamme]

Mine updated:

Richard Wagner
Gustav Mahler
Franz Liszt
Ludwig van Beethoven
Sergei Rachmaninov
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Richard Strauss
Gustav Holst
Maurice Ravel
Arnold Schönberg

Excellent list!

For me :

Beethoven and
Mozart (ex aequo)
Haydn J.
Tchaikovski
Liszt
Chopin
Schubert
Haydn M.
Bach
Raff

Another excellent list. Your rating of Michael Haydn so highly makes me curious to hear more of his music. What are some of your favorite works of his?

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Maybe

Bach
Mozart
Beethoven
Bruckner
Mahler
Scriabin
Debussy
Janacek
Nielsen
Shostakovich

but 30 is better 

And how could I have left off Janacek?! 

Hoping that you are well.  Miss your contributions around here.

PD

[Karl Henning]

And how could I have left off Janacek?! 

That's the pitfalls of these lists ...

[Symphonic Addict]

My almost-never-changing list:

Beethoven (happy birthday!!!)
Brahms
Shostakovich
Nielsen
Sibelius
Dvorak
Martinu
Vaughan Williams
Prokofiev
Respighi

Only one change since then:

Beethoven
Brahms
Shostakovich
Dvorak
Nielsen
Sibelius
Martinu
Prokofiev
R. Strauss
Vaughan Williams