Your top 5 Classical composers: (concert, Piano, Violin)

Eleanor Rigby 14 · 01-12-2021, 01:39 PM

Difficult to name only five, I'm more into piano music, it's the intrument I play, so I'd choose:
1. Franz Liszt
2. Frédéric Chopin
3. Ludwig Van Beethoven
4. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
5. Antonio Vivaldi

OccultHawk · 01-12-2021, 02:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Eleanor Rigby 14

Difficult to name only five, I'm more into piano music, it's the intrument I play, so I'd choose:
1. Franz Liszt
2. Frédéric Chopin
3. Ludwig Van Beethoven
4. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
5. Antonio Vivaldi

EDIT: Bach was from another planet.

I can’t think of any piano compositions by Vivaldi off the top of my head. Can you refresh my mind for me?

Eleanor Rigby 14 · 01-12-2021, 02:20 PM

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Originally Posted by OccultHawk

I can’t think of any piano compositions by Vivaldi off the top of my head. Can you refresh my mind for me?

What I wanted to say is that I'm more into piano classical music than with other instruments, but I didn't say I ONLY listen to piano music. That's why the first two ones are more known for the piano contributions and aren't considered as the best composers.

Ayn Marx · 05-16-2022, 01:31 AM

At the very top of my list J S Bach.

Then in no particular order :-
Arvo Part
Durufle
Hugo Wolf
Schumann
Schubert
Beethoven
Bartok
Mozart
Handel
Ravel
Mahler. - - - - the list could go on & on . . . and OK that’s more than 5 but reducing favourites to so small a number is for me an impossible process.
Actually I’m more interested in people’s pet hates in classical music. On my part there’s a huge portion of English symphonic rubbish written in the late 18 the century. I’d add most of Philp Glass to the list too.

Eleanor Rigby 14 · 01-12-2021, 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by OccultHawk

I can’t think of any piano compositions by Vivaldi off the top of my head. Can you refresh my mind for me?

What I meant is that because I'm more into piano music I chose Liszt and Chopin as my favourite ones. They're considered as "excellent pianists", while Mozart, Beethoven, Bach and Vivaldi are "excellent composers". I didn't say I was only going to choose pianists. Don't know if I wrote everything correctly.

Eleanor Rigby 14 · 01-09-2022, 05:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Eleanor Rigby 14

Difficult to name only five, I'm more into piano music, it's the intrument I play, so I'd choose:
1. Franz Liszt
2. Frédéric Chopin
3. Ludwig Van Beethoven
4. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
5. Antonio Vivaldi

I've changed my mind:
5. Richard Wagner
4. Frédéric Chopin
3. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
2. Ludwig Van Beethoven

Spoiler for Number 1:

01-12-2021, 01:39 PM	#1 (permalink)
Eleanor Rigby 14 Music Addict Join Date: Jan 2021 Location: Madrid, Spain Posts: 413	Difficult to name only five, I'm more into piano music, it's the intrument I play, so I'd choose: 1. Franz Liszt 2. Frédéric Chopin 3. Ludwig Van Beethoven 4. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 5. Antonio Vivaldi Last edited by Eleanor Rigby 14; 01-09-2022 at 05:20 AM.

05-16-2022, 01:31 AM	#4 (permalink)
Ayn Marx Music Addict Join Date: May 2022 Location: Sometimes Posts: 552	At the very top of my list J S Bach. Then in no particular order :- Arvo Part Durufle Hugo Wolf Schumann Schubert Beethoven Bartok Mozart Handel Ravel Mahler. - - - - the list could go on & on . . . and OK that’s more than 5 but reducing favourites to so small a number is for me an impossible process. Actually I’m more interested in people’s pet hates in classical music. On my part there’s a huge portion of English symphonic rubbish written in the late 18 the century. I’d add most of Philp Glass to the list too. Last edited by Ayn Marx; 05-16-2022 at 04:23 AM.