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Favorite composer?
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It's Bach for me, as well.

Late works of Beethoven, Brahms and R. Strauss do something strange to me, too.

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Dont have a single guy but for me its the Russian's

Russian music just seems to be so focused, they set out with a mission and thats exactly what they do. The music has such energy.

Alan

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Bach and earlier.

I'm just not a romantic sort of guy.

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Haydn, an accomplished Enlightenment man.

Beethoven and Mozart would be next in my affections. However, I get to listen to all sorts of music so ranking composers isn't a practical necessity.

Bill

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Haydn is wonderful!

My guess is that most of us listen to just about every composer out there, with heavier rotation of some.

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As I started reading the thread, I was thinking about Haydn, but thought nobody would choose him. The answers took a great twist!

Haydn 88/89 are, for whatever odd reason, my two favorite symphonies, and they are even sequential!

When DG released an 88/89 LP back in 1978 (79?) or so that was an epic release for me!

Dang, I can't find a pic of the cover!

Thanks for liking Haydn!

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I think more in terms of pieces than composers.

Tallis' Spem in Alium is the music that never fails to give me chills, but I doubt if I could name three other things he did.

I probably listen to Mozart's Dissonance Quartet more than anything else by him.

Beethoven's late string quartets (especially #14, #15, and the Grosse Fuge) are beyond incredible, but the violin concerto has sat unplayed on my iPod for about a year.

My favorite Bartok, strangely enough, is the viola concerto.

Bach's cello suites, violin partitas, and the Goldbergs are incredible. I can't think of one time that I've listened to the Well-Tempered Clavier for pleasure, though.

Messiaen's organ music is some of the deepest stuff I've heard, but the big orchestral pieces don't do it for me.

I can't think of a single well-known composer that I am totally uncritically nuts about. Even Bach had his duds. Even the Beatles had some bad cuts. Some of the composers I'd call favorites are thus comparatively minor (like Ligeti or Janacek).

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Great response, Lionel. I bet we all resemble your mixture of preferences.

On Haydn, I have the remastered Dorati complete set of symphonies which can be had, on occasion for around $30! (33 disks). Nice solid set of performances and it is great fun to rummage around and sample them - a perfect role for a music server.

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Mozart: 17th Century Coke Induced Rock'n'Roll.

OTOH, Bach, yes.

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Here's the 10" LP that started me off...

David and Igor Oistrach/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

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I also love Rachmaninov's "Vespers" (All night vigil). I have it on the Naxos label, but it can be found on Amazon too: http://www.amazon.com/Serge-Rachmaninov-...839&sr=8-43

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I also love Rachmaninov's "Vespers" (All night vigil). I have it on the Naxos label,..............

I've been hooked on it lately and have been listening to several SACD versions:
http://www.sa-cd.net/showtitle/2451
http://www.sa-cd.net/showtitle/1141
http://www.sa-cd.net/showtitle/5373
and just ordered another one!!!

Kal

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The ...2451 is the exact same I have, although my cover is different. Great music

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This is also one of my regulars:

Puccini: Messa di Gloria

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