Who are your favourite classical composers?

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17 Mar 2007, 10:07 am

Bach - though I am a fan of Albinoni's adagio and some things by Mussorgsky.

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17 Mar 2007, 1:58 pm

Flagg wrote:

Khraese wrote:

You bums should all check out Apocalyptica. Friggen' awesome. They're kind of like a mix between rock and classical--A few guys with cellos playing an exciting rock beat.

It's cello metal but I think it could be loosely described as classical.

I might have heard them on PRI's "Echoes". There was a program titled "Cello Delights"
featuring Yoyo Ma and his "Silk Road Ensemble", Apocalyptica, and a few others.

Another "Modern Classical" composer I'm into is Phillip Glass.
He composed the soundtrack for "KOYAANISQATSI (Life Out Of Balance)",
POWAQQATSI (Life In Transformation)" and "NAQOYQATSI (Life As War)"*.
These are Documentaries that have no narration, no dialog, just music and images.
P. Glass' newest album is "Glass Works", it was featured on "Echoes" a few weeks
ago.
http://www.echoes.org/
*Features music performed by Yoyo Ma.

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17 Mar 2007, 8:27 pm

Enigma wrote:

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I mostly love music from the romantic era,Chopin and Liszt wrote some magnificent pieces.

I like Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody.

Can you play it on the piano?
I've got the music for it,but it's above my ability.

No. I heard it on a CD, the same one as Tchaikovsky's "Slave March". I am learning a Bach Chorale and a Mozart Menuet, though.

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