Your no. 2 composer

[Karl Henning]

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You would be content with my second place pick though... 0:)

 


Mine would be Bach or Chopin. Just sayin'... 
Mine would be Beethoven or Mozart. Either one is a hell of a fallback!

 
Enough of this or stuff: Choose your no. 2! : )

[Ataraxia]

Ooo! Argh! Eee!

Chopin

[Karl Henning]

Nice choice. Possibly the only correct choice ; )

[Bulldog]

Scriabin

[Karl Henning]

 Quote from: Bulldog on Today at 05:31:30 PM

Scriabin

 
Cool.

[Mirror Image]

My number two is Vaughan Williams. 'Nuff said.

[Karl Henning]

My no. 2 might just need to be Tchaikovsky. His music was some of the very first classical music I ever heard.

[Mirror Image]

My no. 2 might just need to be Tchaikovsky. His music was some of the very first classical music I ever heard.

So a sentimental choice, Karl? Always good to go with your gut I think. I never knew you were that big of a fan of Tchaikovsky. I don't think I've ever recalled a post where you even talk about him until now.

Vaughan Williams was my second choice because no matter how much time I spend away from his music, when I listen to it, it always feels like like the first time I've heard it and that sense of humanity that seems to run deep into his music fulfills me.

[Geo Dude]

Seeing as I listed Bach as my #1 Brahms takes the #2 spot.

[Lisztianwagner]

Mine is Ludwig van Beethoven, no doubt.

[Winky Willy]

Probably Mahler.

[North Star]

Argh.
Bach, Schubert, Chopin, Schumann, Brahms, Sibelius, Debussy...

2. Sibelius


Karl's posted on Tsaikovski, alright. (Souvenir de Florence IIRC, is among favourites)

[Karl Henning]

 Quote from: Mirror Image on Today at 05:42:43 PM

So a sentimental choice, Karl?[...]

 
Not entirely sentimental, though, John.  The fact is, too, that the more of Tchaikovsky's music I get to know, the deeper my appreciation;  and those early favorites when I was a teenager, are pieces which still hold up for me — I appreciate their artistry ever more.  There's some Henning brain in this decision, too : )

[Sergeant Rock]

Haydn.

Thinking back over fifty years of listening to classical music: some of my original favorites have lost their sheen (I won't name names); some are as important as they ever were (my Trinity, of course); others I initially dismissed but eventually they overcame my resistance, slowly worked their way into my heart (Debussy, Schoenberg). But I can only think of one who I liked in a casual, unthinking way fifty years ago but who grew and grew, inexorably in stature over the years; who developed into an overwhelming love..and addiction. Papa. I need my Haydn fix every day 

Sarge

[Karl Henning]

 Quote from: North Star on Today at 05:49:35 PM

Karl's posted on Tsaikovski, alright. (Souvenir de Florence IIRC, is among favourites)

 
Aye, and the Serenade for strings . . . .

[Karl Henning]

 Quote from: Sergeant Rock on Today at 05:51:57 PM

Haydn.

Thinking back over fifty years of listening to classical music: some of my original favorites have lost their sheen (I won't name names); some are as important as they ever were (my Trinity, of course); others I initially dismissed but eventually they overcame my resistance, slowly worked their way into my heart (Debussy, Schoenberg). But I can only think of one who I liked in a casual, unthinking way fifty years ago but who grew and grew, inexorably in stature over the years; who developed into an overwhelming love..and addiction. Papa. I need my Haydn fix every day 

Sarge

 
Testify, Sarge! You can practically see Gurn's eye gleaming : )

[madaboutmahler]

between Richard Strauss and Elgar.

erm....
Ok.
Richard Strauss.

how about a 'your no.3 composer'?

[DavidW]

Bach

[Leon]

Bach

So far our lists start out the same.  But I bet your third is not my third.

[DavidW]

So far our lists start out the same.  But I bet your third is not my third.

Your 25 is in alphabetical order so I don't know, but I can say that it looks like Lizstian Wagner and I have the closest top 25 on that thread which is weird since I'm not a hardcore Wagnerite!

My third is Mozart, but it could just as easily be Beethoven.