How Dost Thou Kick it Classical?

Your favorite classical musician is...

  • None. Classical music is for pansies

    Votes: 7 10.3%
  • Beethoven

    Votes: 12 17.6%
  • Brahms

    Votes: 1 1.5%
  • Bach

    Votes: 9 13.2%
  • Schubert

    Votes: 1 1.5%
  • Mozart

    Votes: 4 5.9%
  • Debussy

    Votes: 2 2.9%
  • Tchaikovsky

    Votes: 9 13.2%
  • Rachmaninov

    Votes: 2 2.9%
  • Chopin

    Votes: 4 5.9%
  • Um.... I don't know who half of those guys are

    Votes: 6 8.8%
  • Other

    Votes: 11 16.2%

  • Total voters
    68

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Just wondering.  Search function didn't show up anything (unless I'm retarded), and I tried not to forget any big names, so sorry if I did.  My favorite is Debussy.
 
Yeah... I was thinkin I should have made it available to vote more than once.

Justiciar said:
It's a toss up between Wagner and Purcell for me.

Damn.  I knew I'd forget some I should have remembered :oops:
 
Bach's good, Beethoven is 'nah' (yes, he was special, but I only like his 5th symphony)
Wagner is nice too
 
From the list: Debussy, yes. Rachmaninoff, oh yes.

But I more listen to "contemporary" or "modern" classical. Arvo Pärt, gorgeous! And Satie is awesome too. Or Terry Riley, Phillipp Glass, Steve Reich, bla etc. Edit: Don't forget Moondog. Many good ones, but not on the list.
 
touareg said:
From the list: Debussy, yes. Rachmaninoff, oh yes.

But I more listen to "contemporary" or "modern" classical. Arvo Pärt, gorgeous! And Satie is awesome too. Or Terry Riley, Phillipp Glass, Steve Reich, bla etc. Edit: Don't forget Moondog. Many good ones, but not on the list.
I'll be completely honest... I haven't heard of any of those fellows :oops:.  I'll have to look into them, though :smile:
 
Bach is my favorite. Both as a musician and as a person. A genius like no other.

Debussy is nice too. Claire de Lune FTW.

That being said, classic music is for pansies :razz:

 
I am a fan of most of the usual; Bach, Beethoven, most anything. 

Of course, I am quite a fan of Tchaikovsky, especially Romeo and Juliet.  There's some very powerful numbers, such as "Montagues Et Capulets" (which became the theme for Caligula).  Then again, there's also ones such as The Love Theme, which still today is synonymous with love.  Honestly, who can hear that tune and not think of romance? 

Debussy is also one I'm fond of, one of my favorite peaces being "Arabesque #1". 

Naturally I must mention Erik Satie, whose Gymnopédies make for terrific listening, especially "Lent et douloureux" and "Lent et triate". 

touareg said:
But I more listen to "contemporary" or "modern" classical. Arvo Pärt, gorgeous! And Satie is awesome too. Or Terry Riley, Phillipp Glass, Steve Reich, bla etc. Edit: Don't forget Moondog. Many good ones, but not on the list.

I agree on a lot of counts.  Arvo Pärt's "Spiegel im Spiegel" is something I could listen to endlessly.  Philip Glass is also something who I think is a modern master, with his soundtracks to Dracula and especially Koyaanisqatsi being beautiful and haunting.   

But speaking of modern, one of my favorite modern pieces was done by Japanese composer Shigeru Umebayashi.  His composition "Yumeji's Theme" is a really inspired and mesmerizing work.  Shigeru Umebayashi composed for the movie In the Mood for Love, although he typically doesn't compose classical music if I understand correctly.  Nonetheless, I really love the song and would recommend a listen. 
 
Debussy. The only composer awesome enough to have his music banned due to sheer sexiness.

Also, deer God. The word "Sexiness" is recognised by spell check.
 
I was hoping someone would have voted for Chopin by now :sad: ... he was another one of my favorites, mainly because of his nocturnes.
Barry_bon_Loyale said:
I am a fan of most of the usual; Bach, Beethoven, most anything. 

Of course, I am quite a fan of Tchaikovsky, especially Romeo and Juliet.  There's some very powerful numbers, such as "Montagues Et Capulets" (which became the theme for Caligula).  Then again, there's also ones such as The Love Theme, which still today is synonymous with love.  Honestly, who can hear that tune and not think of romance? 

Debussy is also one I'm fond of, one of my favorite peaces being "Arabesque #1". 

Naturally I must mention Erik Satie, whose Gymnopédies make for terrific listening, especially "Lent et douloureux" and "Lent et triate". 

touareg said:
But I more listen to "contemporary" or "modern" classical. Arvo Pärt, gorgeous! And Satie is awesome too. Or Terry Riley, Phillipp Glass, Steve Reich, bla etc. Edit: Don't forget Moondog. Many good ones, but not on the list.

I agree on a lot of counts.  Arvo Pärt's "Spiegel im Spiegel" is something I could listen to endlessly.  Philip Glass is also something who I think is a modern master, with his soundtracks to Dracula and especially Koyaanisqatsi being beautiful and haunting.   

But speaking of modern, one of my favorite modern pieces was done by Japanese composer Shigeru Umebayashi.  His composition "Yumeji's Theme" is a really inspired and mesmerizing work.  Shigeru Umebayashi composed for the movie In the Mood for Love, although he typically doesn't compose classical music if I understand correctly.  Nonetheless, I really love the song and would recommend a listen. 
I DL'd a few of these songs; excellent!  I have some new favorite musicians now  :grin:
 
Chopin here.  It's more than a listening thing for me--studied classical piano seriously from age 7-19, twice daily practice whilst being harangued by a Japanese mother who came to every lesson and wouldn't cut me any slack at all.  Glad for it now, but it was hell sometimes back then.  Preludes and waltzes are nice, but I've always been partial to his nocturnes and etudes (Op. 10, 1 and 4 in particular).  Played and publicly performed the Fantasie Impromptu, "the" Polonaise, the Ballade in G minor, and of course, his Piano Concerto #1 during my course of study. 

Excluding the impressionist composers (a different league, imo), Chopin's work dominated Romantic period piano, his range, passion and  lyricism uncontested except perhaps by Liszt.  When I listen to a great Chopin performance, my chest swells and I get that weird lump in my throat.  I can hardly stay in my seat.  Pollini is probably my favorite Chopin performer, but Argerich is right up there, and technically, Richter is amazing.

Argerich, Concerto #1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNIK1yaKr_4
Richter, Etude 10-4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQ-NAgDpRVs
Pollini, Etude 10-1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwHgeDPhkts

Got tired of classical piano (and my mother's constant pushing) post-19.  After halfheartedly continuing piano study for a couple of semesters at uni, I spent $12K on electronic keyboards, sound reinforcement and anvil flight cases, joined a clubbing rock band, and did that for a living for five years, mid-80s.  Meh, I ramble.
 
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