I don't think this has ever been done, so have at it!
My list, sort of chronologically
Soler
Blasco de Nebra
Arriaga
Sarasate
Albeniz
Granados
de Falla
Turina
Guridi
Rodrigo
Mompou
I hesitated to include Domenico Scarlatti and Boccherini but if you feel like it, go ahead with them.
Yes, I know, they are 11 not 10, so feel free to break the rule! :D
My list is quite short -
Victoria
Morales
de Falla
Albeniz
Granados
I have a fair amount of Spanish music, most of it in the Early Music category and could produce a longish list of composers but I couldn't count most of them as 'favourites'. Jordi Savall is one of my favourite artists and responsible for a sizeable chunk of the Spanish repertoire I own.
Quote from: Biffo on February 09, 2019, 05:39:20 AM
My list is quite short -
Victoria
Morales
de Falla
Albeniz
Granados
I have a fair amount of Spanish music, most of it in the Early Music category and could produce a longish list of composers but I couldn't count most of them as 'favourites'.
Well, it's not favourites in general, but Spanish favourites. :)
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Jordi Savall is one of my favourite artists and responsible for a sizeable chunk of the Spanish repertoire I own.
Same here.
I'll only list five. Four of them are Catalans.
Soler
Gerhard
Mompou
Falla
Montsalvage
Quote from: André on February 09, 2019, 05:50:54 AM
I'll only list five. Four of them are Catalans.
Soler
Gerhard
Mompou
Falla
Montsalvage
I said Spanish. If you think that Catalans are a nation apart, please start a new thread.
Politics, always politics, damn it! :o
Cristobal de Morales
Isaac Albeniz
Federico Mompou
Enrique Granados
Antonio Soler
Leonardo Balada
Manuel de Falla
Tomas Luis de Victoria
Francisco Guerrero
Antonio de Cabezón
Quote from: Florestan on February 09, 2019, 05:42:33 AM
Well, it's not favourites in general, but Spanish favourites. :)
Same here.
It is a list of my Spanish favourites, if it was a list of favourites from all composers only Victoria would make into a top ten. In terms of Early Music, Spain comes second after England for me though it depends how you classify Monteverdi, another all-time favourite.
Quote from: Florestan on February 09, 2019, 05:54:39 AM
I said Spanish. If you think that Catalans are a nation apart, please start a new thread.
Politics, always politics, damn it! :o
::)
You named Mompou yourself. I simply noted in passing that they are catalans. I don't do politics.
These are definitely favorites, but so far not listed:
Manuel Ponce
Fernando Sor
Gaspar Sanz
Dionysio Aguado
Augustin Barrios
Francisco Tarrega
John Duarte
Federico Moreno Torobba
Joaquin Turina
Sainz de la Maza
these I did not include, although favorites, they have been named by everyone.
Joaquín Rodrigo
Isaac Albéniz
Manuel de Falla
Enrique Granados
Quote from: André on February 09, 2019, 06:01:24 AM
::)
You named Mompou yourself. I simply noted in passing that they are catalans. I don't do politics.
Yes. I named also Granados and Albeniz, both Catalan by birth, though not by "ethnicity". And I named them all in the context of "Spanish composers". AFAIC (and as far as those three were concerned) Catalunya is/was part and parcel of Spain.
Heck, I also named Arriaga and Guridi, yet didn't feel the need to mention they were Basque.
Quote from: Florestan on February 09, 2019, 06:19:10 AM
He was Paraguayan, not Spanish. :D
I had no idea. Hmm, then Soler.
Quote from: San Antone on February 09, 2019, 06:29:07 AM
I had no idea.
Agustin Barrios Mangore.
The former GMG member Spineur claimed he was THE greatest guitar composer ever, and I sort of took issues with it on behalf of Sor and Tarrega --- but after listening to his music I reconsidered my position. :)
Quote from: Florestan on February 09, 2019, 06:41:53 AM
Agustin Barrios Mangore.
The former GMG member Spineur claimed he was THE greatest guitar composer ever, and I sort of took issues with it on behalf of Sor and Tarrega --- but after listening to his music I reconsidered my position. :)
He is definitely a great composer, no matter where he was from. ;)
Roberto Gerhard
Francisco López
Francisco Meirino
Tomás Marco
Agustí Charles
Joseba Torre
José Manrique
Manuel Hidalgo
Elena Mendoza
David del Puerto
If you had said "Hispanic," this would have been much easier. Or maybe not. Easier to get to ten. More difficult to limit it to ten. Aside from the first four on this list, my favorite Hispanic composers are mostly from Argentina and Mexico. One is from Chile.
I have a very short list:
Manuel de Falla
Roberto Gerhard
Isaac Albéniz
Federico Mompou
Quote from: San Antone on February 09, 2019, 06:53:30 AM
I give up. :(
Well, you just didn't know. No need to give up. :D
Quote from: San Antone on February 09, 2019, 06:47:46 AM
He is definitely a great composer, no matter where he was from. ;)
Absolutely.
Quote from: San Antone on February 09, 2019, 06:53:30 AM
I give up. :(
Don't.
After all, they all spoke Spanish* as their mother tongue, so there. :D
* Castilian, to be more
precise politically correct, which I hate being and relish not being. 8)
Let's see...
Alphabetically:
-
Isaac Albéniz-
Manuel Blasco de Nebra (a recent discovery, hat tip to
Florestan)
-
Manuel de Falla-
Roberto Gerhard-
Enrique Granados-
Cristóbal Halffter-
Ernesto Halffter-
Rodolfo Halffter-
Diego Ortiz-
Antonio Soler One could argue that
Luigi Boccherini and
Domenico Scarlatti qualify as "Spanish" for these purposes, but let's keep it simple... ::)
Quote from: Florestan on February 09, 2019, 07:06:10 AM
Don't.
After all, they all spoke Spanish* as their mother tongue, so there. :D
* Castilian, to be more precise politically correct, which I hate being and relish not being. 8)
"Castilian" is a
cursilada...it's the
Real Academia de la Lengua Española after all.
Quote from: Florestan on February 09, 2019, 07:06:10 AM
Don't.
After all, they all spoke Spanish* as their mother tongue, so there. :D
* Castilian, to be more precise politically correct, which I hate being and relish not being. 8)
Much of my exposure to Spanish or Hispanic composers has come from this remarkable series of recordings (I think there are 12 installments):
(https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91F+5Zuo9IL._SS500_.jpg)
Segovia & his contemporaries: along with offering a variety of composers and music it highlights many guitarists I might otherwise never have heard.
Quote from: ritter on February 09, 2019, 07:11:10 AM
- Manuel Blasco de Nebra (a recent discovery, hat tip to Florestan)
I'm very glad you like his music! 8)
QuoteOne could argue that Luigi Boccherini and Domenico Scarlatti qualify as "Spanish"
Of course, and with a vengeance! I just limited my choices to Spanish-born fellows.
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"Castilian" is a cursilada...it's the Real Academia de la Lengua Española after all.
Per descomptat! Noski!
Quote from: Florestan on February 09, 2019, 08:18:35 AM
Per descomptat! Noski!
Pero tamén hai un cuarto idioma, meu amigo... ;D
Quote from: ritter on February 09, 2019, 08:25:24 AM
Pero tamén hai un cuarto idioma, meu amigo... ;D
A miña culpa, non puiden atopalo a primeira vista.Tes correo. :)
de Falla
err...that's it
Don't know many Spanish composers.
I couldn't make a 10-name list, I know nothing about some very famous such as Mompou, all the Hallfters, Gerhard, etc.
Anyway, this is my list:
Albéniz
Bretón (3 symphonies, and very especially the No. 3)
Falla
Granados
Guridi (Pyrenean Symphony)
Rodrigo
Turina
Jesús Arámbarri
Manuel de Falla
Roberto Gerhard
Enrique Granados
Jesús Guridi
Halffter, Rodolfo/Ernesto/Cristóbal (have too often been confused about who's who)
Federico Mompou
Federico Moreno Torroba
Joaquín Rodrigo
Joaquín Turina
Quote from: ritter on February 09, 2019, 07:11:10 AM
One could argue that Luigi Boccherini and Domenico Scarlatti qualify as "Spanish" for these purposes, but let's keep it simple... ::)
As much as for instance Willaert and Henze qualify as Italian...
In few years Italy will go bankrupt and be buyed for a cent by our friends from Germany, or Romania, or Spain, or more likely China... (if those will still be our friends, I didn't mention France on purpose). Until then, please don't steal our national glories. You can do it afterwards quite easily, they both have a name which doesn't sound Chinese at all...
Quote from: GioCar on February 10, 2019, 12:10:09 AM
As much as for instance Willaert and Henze qualify as Italian...
In few years Italy will go bankrupt and be buyed for a cent by our friends from Germany, or Romania, or Spain, or more likely China... (if those will still be our friends, I didn't mention France on purpose). Until then, please don't steal our national glories. You can do it afterwards quite easily, they both have a name which doesn't sound Chinese at all...
...and we haven't even talked about
Tiepolo and
Luca Giordano (aka
Lucas Jordán) yet.. :D
Quote from: André on February 09, 2019, 05:50:54 AMI'll only list five. Four of them are Catalans.
In my list, two are Basque and two Catalonian. Both 'nations' are a category of their own on my cd shelves - not for political, but for cultural reasons. I also made categories of their own for e.g. Scottish, Welsh, Faroese, Tatar, Frisian and Flemish composers.
This thread made me realize that I know precisely cero Spanish composers. I've surely heard some Spanish renaissance/baroque stuff but dios mío, I'm shocked by the enormity of this particular blind spot of mine.
Quote from: Christo on February 10, 2019, 02:31:11 AM
In my list, two are Basque and two Catalonian. Both 'nations' are a category of their own on my cd shelves - not for political, but for cultural reasons. I also made categories of their own for e.g. Scottish, Welsh, Faroese, Tatar, Frisian and Flemish composers.
How about Breton composers?
Quote from: Mirror Image on February 10, 2019, 07:25:51 AM
How about Breton composers?
The French empire and the French emperor (confusingly called 'president') are very centralist and allow for very little regional identity, as you'll know. Owning only two cd's by Breton composers Paul le Flem and Joseph-Guy Ropartz, I didn't place them in a seperate Breton section. I liberated Puerto Rico from its colonial yoke, though. ;D
Nice performance (Angela Hewitt) of Falla's 'Nights in the Gardens of Spain' on BBC Radio 3 this evening - a work I never tire of hearing.
Quote from: vandermolen on February 11, 2019, 01:02:05 PM
Nice performance (Angela Hewitt) of Falla's 'Nights in the Gardens of Spain' on BBC Radio 3 this evening - a work I never tire of hearing.
Had never realized how much virtuosity the piano part requires untill I saw it performed - not far off - by Alexandre Tharaud in Amsterdam, last year. :o
Quote from: Christo on February 10, 2019, 11:47:44 AM
The French empire and the French emperor (confusingly called 'president') are very centralist and allow for very little regional identity, as you'll know. Owning only two cd's by Breton composers Paul le Flem and Joseph-Guy Ropartz, I didn't place them in a seperate Breton section. I liberated Puerto Rico from its colonial yoke, though. ;D
The French Empire doesn't stretch so far, and the emperor's power is not that great, as to prevent you from buying more Ropartz. The powers that be are certainly blamable, but not for everything. ;D
An update:
More familiar with these six:
Falla
Turina
Gerhard
Rodrigo
E. Halffter
Arriaga
Less familiar with these four:
Albéniz
Granados
Mompou
Guridi
Silly me, I had forgot Turina!
Albéniz, Falla and Rodrigo and there are many others I like.
For example, Gaspar Sanz:
Maybe not technically 'classical', but this is a favorite:
Paco De Lucia - Entre dos Aguas
Cristóbal de Morales
Tomás Luis de Victoria
Alonso Lobo
Antonio Soler
Fernando Sor
Manuel de Falla
Federico Mompou
Francisco Tárrega
Isaac Albéniz
Enrique Granados
Quote from: atardecer on August 10, 2023, 09:09:56 PMMaybe not technically 'classical', but this is a favorite:
Paco De Lucia - Entre dos Aguas
I enjoyed that! Did he ever record that on an album?
PD
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on August 12, 2023, 09:16:11 AMI enjoyed that! Did he ever record that on an album?
PD
Yes, there are a number of versions of it, it is one of his most famous pieces and has been recorded multiple times. I believe it first appears on this album: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuente_y_caudal
There is also this compilation album featuring it as the title track:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entre_dos_aguas_(album)
Quote from: atardecer on August 12, 2023, 12:36:43 PMYes, there are a number of versions of it, it is one of his most famous pieces and has been recorded multiple times. I believe it first appears on this album: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuente_y_caudal
There is also this compilation album featuring it as the title track:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entre_dos_aguas_(album)
Do you have a favorite one?
PD
Hard to come up with 10
Falla
Albeniz
Granados
Turina
Ernesto Halffter
Roberto Halffter
Rodrigo
Torroba
I suppose I could include Soler and Arriaga.
Balada shows up on lists of Spanish composers, but I consider him an American composer.
Some composers I'd like to hear more from:
Montsalvatge
Suriñach
Sarasate
Gerhard's music is certainly impressive, but just doesn't speak to me.
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on August 12, 2023, 09:16:11 AMI enjoyed that! Did he ever record that on an album?
PD
Phenomenal album!
(https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71Zck0aX2TL._SX466_.jpg)
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on August 12, 2023, 02:16:38 PMDo you have a favorite one?
PD
I think my favorite is the live one from the video I posted, (I'm not sure if that version can be found on a recording) I'm sure there are some versions I haven't heard. The one from the compilation album mentioned in post #47 is also very good.