Your Top 10 Favorite Composers

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Karl Henning

#1280
May 16, 2025, 10:04:32 AM
Quote from: kyjo on May 16, 2025, 09:42:12 AMI'm still quite content with this list from two years ago. Though depending on the day I might switch out Poulenc with Saint-Saëns! :)
It's a solid list!
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

atardecer

#1281
May 18, 2025, 08:34:34 PM
Quote from: atardecer on May 31, 2024, 04:42:55 PM1. Bach
2. Ravel
3. Debussy
4. Mozart
5. Brahms
6. Bartók
7. Rodrigo
8. Stravinsky
9. Prokofiev
10. Takemitsu

A little different now:

1. Bach
2. Ravel
3. Debussy
4. Mozart
5. Brahms
6. Bartók
7. Takemitsu
8. Stravinsky
9. Prokofiev
10. Byrd

Rodrigo is still in my top 20. Byrd enters my top ten after acquiring the complete keyboard works on Brilliant Classics (Pieter-Jan Belder).
"Leave that which is not, but appears to be. Seek that which is, but is not apparent." - Rumi

"Outwardly limited, boundless inwardly." - Goethe

"The art of being a slave is to rule one's master." - Diogenes

steve ridgway

#1282
September 28, 2025, 05:01:58 AM
The number of recordings in my collection gives me the scientifically accurate list -

Luciano Berio
Mauricio Kagel
György Ligeti
Olivier Messiaen
Krzysztof Penderecki
Giacinto Scelsi
Igor Stravinsky
Toru Takemitsu
Anton Webern
Iannis Xenakis

mystic chord

#1283
November 03, 2025, 05:22:41 PM
At the moment:

Debussy
Delius
Faure
Ives
Martinu
Messiaen
Poulenc
Ravel
Satie
Villa-Lobos

hopefullytrusting

#1284
November 03, 2025, 05:32:06 PM
Going off what I am currently listening to the most, my list should be pretty different - only doing five:

01 M. Ravel
02 J.S. Bach
03 G. Tartini
04 P. Dukas
05 D. Scarlatti

I think Rimsky will get on this list soonish, as I've become very interested in orchestration. :)

mystic chord

#1285
November 04, 2025, 07:13:53 AM
Quote from: mystic chord on November 03, 2025, 05:22:41 PMAt the moment:

Debussy
Delius
Faure
Ives
Martinu
Messiaen
Poulenc
Ravel
Satie
Villa-Lobos

Hmmmm, now I'm thinking I should have Koechlin in there instead of Faure...

Karl Henning

#1286
November 04, 2025, 09:27:07 AM
Quote from: mystic chord on November 03, 2025, 05:22:41 PMAt the moment:

Debussy
Delius
Faure
Ives
Martinu
Messiaen
Poulenc
Ravel
Satie
Villa-Lobos
Welcome! And, nice list!
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

Madiel

#1287
November 04, 2025, 07:32:29 PM
Quote from: mystic chord on November 04, 2025, 07:13:53 AMHmmmm, now I'm thinking I should have Koechlin in there instead of Faure...

Nooooooo....

Ahem. Sorry. You should do your picks. It's just that Fauré is one of my absolute favourites.

I've yet to get to know Koechlin in any meaningful way.
Nobody has to apologise for using their brain.

San Antone

#1288
December 31, 2025, 11:04:52 AM
Quote from: San Antone on May 31, 2024, 07:42:04 PMSince I posted these lists, my Top Ten (unranked) has morphed into this:

Bach
Machaut
Brahms
Weinberg
Liszt
Bernstein
Golijov
Meyer, K.
Palestrina
Schoeck


Bach
Machaut
Brahms
Verdi
Liszt
Bernstein
Golijov
Mozart
Beethoven
Puccini

All those removed are solidly in my top 25 - but they cannot edge out any of the above names. At as of today.
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