Do any of you like or play classical music? I like and play classical music on piano. I play pieces by composers such as Liszt, Chopin, Alkan, Beethoven, Bach, Rachmaninoff, Gershwin, Prokofiev, Stravinsky, and Bartok. My over all favorite composer is Chopin. He has composed some of the hardest etudes for piano known to man. So, who is your favorite classical composer?

Since I can't pick a favorite, I'll go with my top 3 favorite composers...
I love Liszt's pieces, especially the Hungarian Rhapsodies- finger work is pretty tough but it all sounds amazing once everything is put together. I also adore Chopin and Beethoven, Beethoven because of the passion and emotion that soars out of his work, in particular his sonatas for piano. Oh, and I'll agree with you that Chopin's etudes are freaking hard to perform...

Ahh, I love this thread.

Bach, Brahms, Beethoven, and Debussy.

Chopin, easily. He's what I meditate to.

Tchaikovsky

Bach

Oh, if any of you perform would you mind posting your repertoire?

Here's mine:

Liszt:
Funèrailles
La Campanella
Mephisto Waltz no. 1

Chopin:
Etude op. 10 no. 4
Etude op. 25 no. 6

Bartok:
Piano Sonata for Solo Piano

Prokofiev:
Toccata op. 11
Piano Sonata no. 7

Rachmaninoff:
Prelude in G Minor
Prelude in C-Sharp Minor
Etude in A Minor

Moszkowski:
Etude in F Major
I love the Hungarian Rhapsodies too. Especially the 12th Rhapsodie.



I love his 1st concerto.

Francois Devienne:
Trio No. 2

Georg Philipp Telemann:
Scherzando

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:
Rondo (it's actually a piano sonata, but you can play it with other instruments)
Don Giovanni

Leonardo Vinci:
Allegro (a LOT of you probably heard it before)

Beethoven, most definately. I can listen to his Midnight Sonata forever.

Yes, I play classical piano too. My absolute favorite composer is Debussy. My favorite piece by him is Jardins Sous La Pluie. (Gardens In The Rain)

Here are the pieces I most remember playing:

Chopin:
Etude Opus 10, No.12 "Revolutionary"
Fantasie Impromptu in C Sharp Minor

Debussy:
Clair De Lune from Suite Bergamasque

Liszt:
Hungarian Rhapsody No.8
La Campanella
2 Concert Etudes: S145/R6: Gnomenreigen (Dance of the Gnomes)
2 Concert Etudes: S145/R6: Waldersrauschen (Forest Murmers)

Beethoven:
"Pathetique" Sonata... Op.13
Fur Elise

Mozart:
Piano Sonata in C Major, K.545
Rondo alla Turca

Bach:
Invention in D Minor
Two-Part Invention No. 8 in F Major BMV 779

classical? i like mozart.

overall? i like shostakovich.

I'm also learning to play Scriabin's Vers La Flamme.

Hmmmm, hate to be a thorn in the ass but most if not all are nearly piano composers. What about wind band and orchestral composers? Few that come to my mind are Mahler, Holst, Grainger, and Perschetti.

You're absolutely right.

Erik Satie.

I'll say Rossini, because nobody has mentioned him yet. And Frank Zappa, too. You just give him another 200 years to become a classic, and time shall vindicate him!

QUOTE(Maestro @ May 21 2007, 1:00 AM)

I'm also learning to play Scriabin's Vers La Flamme.

^Good luck!
That song has always creeped me out, haha. Must be extremely difficult to play...

I love classical music!

I recently played Holst's Second suite in F for band for NYSSMA....and we got a gold with distinction!

I love Grainger, too. Lincolnshire Posy all the way

Shoshtakovich.....<3333333

there's more, but I can't think of them at the moment

J.S. Bach,Stravinsky,Mozart,bleh.

Oh shit I forgot all about Wagner. The Ring of the Nibelungs

Debussy.

i play viola. so i love the bach suites. but i have never heard a tchaikovsky piece i didn't like. [especially the violin concert oh man!]

Yes, it's VERY difficult. There are four fingered chord trills, while the other finger is doing something different. That's very hard to do.


I like Wagner too, I haven't gotten around to playing any of his compositions though.