What are currently your five favorite composers, and your five composers "on the rise"?
Right now:
Favorites
Beethoven
Brahms
Bruckner
Mozart
Wagner
On The Rise
Shostakovich
Bartok
Mahler
Stravinsky
Haydn
Quote from: KammerNuss on March 16, 2009, 07:10:08 AM
What are currently your five favorite composers, and your five composers "on the rise"?
Right now:
FavoritesNielsen
Stravinsky
Schoenberg
Messiaen
Shostakovich
On The RiseMahler
Carter (already up there, but rising still)
Koechlin
Feldman (moving slowly, as he ought, and it's a steady ascent)
Hermann
Yay, a ranking thread! Who'd a thunk it? :P :-*
I'll play --
Favorites (confirmed faves for over a year):
Beethoven
Bruckner
Mozart
Mahler
Brahms
On the rise (my listening and appreciation has increased a lot in the past year. A couple of these may be ready to move up into the above five):
Chopin
Haydn
Sibelius
Bach
Tchaikovsky
Quote from: jwinter on March 16, 2009, 07:37:17 AM
Favorites (confirmed faves for over a year):
Beethoven
Bruckner
Mozart
Mahler
Brahms
Wow J, almost exactly like my faves! :o
Quote from: jwinter on March 16, 2009, 07:37:17 AM
Yay, a ranking thread! Who'd a thunk it? :P :-*
I like that
Ray specifically added the adjective
current 0:)
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on March 16, 2009, 07:40:26 AM
I like that Ray specifically added the adjective current 0:)
Yes! Because mine has indeed changed, and I'm sure will continue to change from time to time. You can update this at any time. 0:)
Quote from: KammerNuss on March 16, 2009, 07:10:08 AM
What are currently your five favorite composers, and your five composers "on the rise"?
Favorites right now (changes over time of course)
Narvaez
Mudarra
Bach
Dowland
de Milano
On the Rise
Corbetta
Palestrina
Fuenllana
Murcia
Sor
Quote from: canninator on March 16, 2009, 07:48:19 AM
Favorites right now (changes over time of course)
Narvaez
Mudarra
Bach
Dowland
de Milano
On the Rise
Corbetta
Palestrina
Fuenllana
Murcia
Sor
The hell...
"Josquin," this thread can only bring you pain . . . .
Quote from: Josquin des Prez on March 16, 2009, 08:04:40 AM
The hell...
Favorites right now (changes over time of course)
Narvaez vihuelist/composer from 16th C Spain
Mudarra ditto
Bach little known German composer, ripe for rediscovery
Dowland English master of the late-renaissance lute song
de Milano dodgy little Italian with a feather in his hat or the greatest composer for renaissance lute? I'm undecided.
On the Rise
Corbetta Baroque guitarist
Palestrina Little known composer who wrote some sacred music
Fuenllana another vihuelist
Murcia Santiago de, another baroque guitarist
Sor guitar of classical period, previously I'd considered quite dry and mannered, Jose Moreno (Glossa, not Chelsea FC) has changed my mind.
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both...
Dodgy little Italians can be likeable, too.
Top Five
Beethoven
Haydn
Bach
Mozart
Copland
On the rise: These are composers that I would not be surprised if I owned all their works in the future:
Dvořák
Ravel
Respighi
Fauré
Puccini ;)
and just making it on to the radar of late: Volkmann
Favorites:
Bach
Scriabin
Shostakovich
Schumann
Zemlinsky
On the Rise:
Mahler
Bruckner
Martin
Miaskovsky
Weinberg
Current favorites:
Tchaikovsky
Beethoven
Mahler
Chopin
Ravel
On the rise:
Shostakovich
Schoenberg
Brahms
Bartók
Rachmaninoff
Faves:
Bartók
Berg
Britten
Shostakovich
Stravinsky
On the rise (like these a lot already, just need to hear more):
Rihm
Dalbavie
Grisey
Scelsi
Murail
--Bruce
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on March 16, 2009, 07:26:07 AM
Right now:
Favorites
Nielsen
Stravinsky
Schoenberg
Messiaen
Shostakovich
Karl,
I knew Shosty and Stavinsky were two of your faves, however, I did not know about Nielsen, Messiaen or Schoenberg. Interesting. :) I expected JSB, Carter and Bartok to make that list.
Current:
Chopin
Scriabin
Bach
Rachmaninov
Schumann
On the rise lately:
Mompou
Lourie
Mosolov
Sibelius :o
Mozart ;D
Top Five
Wagner
Mahler
Bruckner
Sibelius
Beethoven
That list hasn't changed in 35 years.
I have trouble picking five on the rise since my current pool of 300 favorites ( ;D ) has no composers I've recently come to appreciate more than I did, say, five or ten years ago. Thanks to Johan, I've finally heard all the symphonies of Havergal Brian, but my already high esteem for his music hasn't risen but has been confirmed.
Sarge
Quote from: KammerNuss on March 16, 2009, 09:08:51 AM
Karl,
I knew Shosty and Stavinsky were two of your faves, however, I did not know about Nielsen, Messiaen or Schoenberg. Interesting. :) I expected JSB, Carter and Bartok to make that list.
Another day, they would,
Ray; I was going by what I've been playing (apart from GENESIS) lately 8)
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on March 16, 2009, 09:38:07 AM
Another day, they would, Ray; I was going by what I've been playing (apart from GENESIS) lately 8)
Ahh, I see Grasshopper! 8)
Oh, I don't know...
Solid:
Bach
Beethoven
Chopin
I listen the fuck out of those guys.
Other:
Beethoven or Haydn or Brahms or Schumann or Purcell or Mozart or...
Looks like Ludwig van double-dipped there . . . .
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on March 16, 2009, 09:48:07 AM
Looks like Ludwig van double-dipped there . . . .
Not only Beethoven, but Beethoven!!!
I think Schubey was supposed to go there. ;D
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on March 16, 2009, 09:12:21 AM
Top Five
Wagner
Mahler
Bruckner
Sibelius
Beethoven
That list hasn't changed in 35 years.
And neither has, or will, the avatar. Heck, Sarge had this avatar on these back in the day:
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/IBM1130CopyCard.agr.jpg/250px-IBM1130CopyCard.agr.jpg)
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on March 16, 2009, 08:28:10 AM
Dodgy little Italians can be likeable, too.
I just have an hard time believing that dodgy little Italians with a recorded output amounting to a mere handful of cds containing brief polyphonic ditties for lute could prefigure in anyone's favoted "top 5" list out of the entire pool of incommensurable genius found within our classical tradition. Ho wait, i get it, it's all about individual taste, right? We should all be respectful to canninator for his esoteric choice and perhaps praise him for his originality on top of it, right?
Quote from: Josquin des Prez on March 16, 2009, 12:09:59 PM
I just have an hard time believing that dodgy little Italians with a recorded output amounting to a mere handful of cds containing brief polyphonic ditties for lute could prefigure in anyone's favoted "top 5" list out of the entire pool of incommensurable genius found within our classical tradition. Ho wait, i get it, it's all about individual taste, right? We should all be respectful to canninator for his esoteric choice and perhaps praise him for his originality on top of it, right?
Too bad JdP isn't a moderator, then he could just delete reference to composers who are not geniuses and save us from our delusions.
Quote from: KammerNuss on March 16, 2009, 07:10:08 AM
What are currently your five favorite composers, and your five composers "on the rise"?
FavoritesBeethoven
Chopin
Rachmaninov
Schubert
Shostakovich
On The RiseLigeti
Faure
Schoenberg
Bruckner
Mahler
Currently, as the ones I'm currently interested in (so not "all-time favourites", for these would be probably Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Haydn and Schubert).
Favourites
Krommer
Field
Haydn
Rejcha
Cherubini
On the rise
Hyacinthe Jadin
Dusík
Wölfl
Fesca
Clementi
Quote from: Josquin des Prez on March 16, 2009, 12:09:59 PM
I just have an hard time believing that dodgy little Italians with a recorded output amounting to a mere handful of cds containing brief polyphonic ditties for lute could prefigure in anyone's favoted "top 5" list out of the entire pool of incommensurable genius found within our classical tradition. Ho wait, i get it, it's all about individual taste, right? We should all be respectful to canninator for his esoteric choice and perhaps praise him for his originality on top of it, right?
Shut up.
My favourites keep changing (except for Haydn - I seem to find a world of invention in particular in his symphonies):
Current favourites:
Haydn
Chopin
Bach
Rising in enjoyment:
Wagner
Schoenberg
Britten
Burnt out on:
Brahms
Josquin
RVW
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on March 16, 2009, 09:38:07 AM
Another day, they would, Ray; I was going by what I've been playing (apart from GENESIS) lately 8)
Thus the "right now". ;D
Five I have played a lot lately:
Bach
Medtner
Scriabin
Carter
Chopin
Five I used to play a lot but have hardly played at all in the past months:
Brahms
Beethoven
Feldman
Mahler
Liszt
I know, I changed the question a bit. Then again, this is the only way I could reply.
A)
1. Xenakis
2. Sciarrino/ Ligeti/ Lutoslawski/ Donatoni/ Yun/ Scelsi/ Feldman/ Rihm-Lachenmann...and the rest-all of them
3. Honegger/ Pettersson/ Sessions
4. any string quartet after 1888 (or anything by Arditti,hrumph)
5. Finzi
B)
1. Ropartz/ Koechlin/ d'Indy/ Magnard/ Schmitt/ Pizzetti etc.
2. Boccherini/ Cherubini/ Spohr
3. Wolf/ Busoni/ Pfitzner/ Krenek/ Berg-Sch-Webrn
4. Jeff Buckley/ Chris Bell
5. true silence
Quote from: Josquin des Prez on March 16, 2009, 12:09:59 PM
I just have an hard time believing that dodgy little Italians with a recorded output amounting to a mere handful of cds containing brief polyphonic ditties for lute could prefigure in anyone's favoted "top 5" list out of the entire pool of incommensurable genius found within our classical tradition. Ho wait, i get it, it's all about individual taste, right? We should all be respectful to canninator for his esoteric choice and perhaps praise him for his originality on top of it, right?
I didn't want to have to state the obvious but I will. The OP stated "current" top five so take it elsewhere tough guy.
Quote from: snyprrr on March 16, 2009, 11:03:22 PM
A)
1. Xenakis
2. Sciarrino/ Ligeti/ Lutoslawski/ Donatoni/ Yun/ Scelsi/ Feldman/ Rihm-Lachenmann...and the rest-all of them
3. Honegger/ Pettersson/ Sessions
4. any string quartet after 1888 (or anything by Arditti,hrumph)
5. Finzi
B)
1. Ropartz/ Koechlin/ d'Indy/ Magnard/ Schmitt/ Pizzetti etc.
2. Boccherini/ Cherubini/ Spohr
3. Wolf/ Busoni/ Pfitzner/ Krenek/ Berg-Sch-Webrn
4. Jeff Buckley/ Chris Bell
5. true silence
What have Honegger/ Pettersson/ Sessions got to do with each other?
Also - very glad to see Finzi on here! He really is a wonderful composer, and my favourite of the 'minor masters' of English composers of that time.
Favorites
Sibelius
Fauré
Honegger
Schoenberg
Nielsen
On the rise
Koechlin
Janáček
Diamond
Ives
F. Martin
Hmmm. Favorites? Definitely Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, and Sibelius. Picking a fifth gets tough. Stravinsky? Mahler? Prokofiev? Brahms? All contenders, but I probably enjoy listening to Debussy as much as any of them.
On the rise? Definitely Mahler--at least I'm listening to his music more than I have in some years. Probably Bax, but it's a very gradual ascent. Pärt's getting more play recently. Rosetti, unknown to me until recently, so even a little play indicates a prodigious ascent. And both Bruckner & Dvořák have been moving up steadily over the past few years.
Quote from: DavidRoss on March 17, 2009, 08:51:28 AM
On the rise? Definitely Mahler--at least I'm listening to his music more than I have in some years.
Same here. Even my most painful concert-going experience ever — a
Mahler Sixth conducted by
Ozawa — has been effectively nullified by this wonderful new issue of
Levine and the
BSO playing the piece. I believe my days of poo-poohing
Mahler are done.
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on March 17, 2009, 09:46:18 AM
Same here. Even my most painful concert-going experience ever — a Mahler Sixth conducted by Ozawa — has been effectively nullified by this wonderful new issue of Levine and the BSO playing the piece. I believe my days of poo-poohing Mahler are done.
Nice to hear, Karl! I myself am eagerly awaiting a performance of Mahler's 6th live, the season finale of the Wpg Symphony Orchestra. They better damn play the Andante as the 3rd movement!! ;) ;)
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on March 17, 2009, 09:46:18 AM
Same here. Even my most painful concert-going experience ever — a Mahler Sixth conducted by Ozawa — has been effectively nullified by this wonderful new issue of Levine and the BSO playing the piece. I believe my days of poo-poohing Mahler are done.
And the 6th is one of my favorite 8 or 9 of his symphonies. It was tapping into my local band's recent recordings that got me back on board the Mahler train, as well. And it might help that we haven't had many "Mahler is God and everyone else sucks" threads around here lately. Of course, I can still love much of Gus's music while still thinking it could have been much better if only he'd had a blue pencil. The thing is that though the craftsmanship often fails by my admittedly modernist standards, so much of his music is so glorious that little else comes close in either of the genres in which he excelled.
Right Now (no order):
1. Ture Rangstrom
2. E. Rautavaara
3. Sibelius
4. Martinu
5. Malcom Arnold
On the up...
1. Stenhammar
2. Palestrina
3. Schubert
4. George Lloyd
5. The Arditti Quartet
Permanents:
Sibelius, Mahler, Bruckner, Beethoven, R. Strauss
Wot? No Schoenberg, Berg or Webern? :-X
Quote from: DavidRoss on March 17, 2009, 08:51:28 AM
Rosetti, unknown to me until recently, so even a little play indicates a prodigious ascent.
What is his music like?
Quote from: Guido on March 17, 2009, 05:22:34 AM
What have Honegger/ Pettersson/ Sessions got to do with each other?
They write symphonies? :P
Quote from: Corey on March 17, 2009, 06:09:23 PM
What is his music like?
Sorry to interrupt. I just got my first disc of his work recently. Harry started me with this one, Corey. Wonderful stuff:
http://www.amazon.com/Rosetti-Clarinet-Concertos-Concerto-Horns/dp/B00001NTPE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1237377194&sr=1-1
See PM.
Quote from: Corey on March 17, 2009, 06:09:23 PM
What is his music like?
He was a classical composer of many symphonies, concertos, quartets, trios, quintets, and choral pieces. A contemporary of Haydn and Mozart, his music sounds similar in style.
Quote from: DavidRoss on March 18, 2009, 05:23:49 AM
He was a classical composer of many symphonies, concertos, quartets, trios, quintets, and choral pieces. A contemporary of Haydn and Mozart, his music sounds similar in style.
Thanks. I did some reading up on him anyway (I only asked to spark conversation). I can appreciate the classics objectively but deep down inside they do nothing for me.