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post #1 of 20
8/22/11 at 4:27pm
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I created this thread to list the great but underrated composers of classical music and some of their must-to-know compositions. I start with the followings:

 

Antonio Rosetti (1750-1792): Bassoon and Horn Concerts

Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679-1745): Missa Purificacionis, Missa Votiva, Requiem

Joseph Leopold Eybler (1765-1846): Requiem

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post #2 of 20
8/22/11 at 5:33pm

Elgar - Serenade for Strings

Khachaturian - Piano concertos

Bartok - Violin concertos

 

I have listened to the most beautiful violin piece in my opinion, but I hardly remember the composer's name. It's one of those songs that you just lie down on the grass and think about the wonderful things in life. ksc75smile.gif

 

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post #3 of 20
8/22/11 at 5:48pm
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Would it be The Lark Ascending by Vaughan Williams? I feel like I was in a green prairie when I listen to it.

 

Another composer for the list:

 

Johann Baptist Vanhal (1739-1813): Violin Concertos
 

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I have listened to the most beautiful violin piece in my opinion, but I hardly remember the composer's name. It's one of those songs that you just lie down on the grass and think about the wonderful things in life. ksc75smile.gif

 



 

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post #4 of 20
8/22/11 at 6:55pm

I'm pretty sure it isn't. rolleyes.gif

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post #5 of 20
8/23/11 at 11:34am
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Bumped with:

 

Francesco Durante (1684-1755): Lamentationes Jeremiae Prophetae

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post #6 of 20
8/23/11 at 12:03pm

Perhaps more unknown than underrated, the young Iceland native Ólafur Arnalds and his "...And They Have Escaped The Weight of Darkness."

...And They Have Escaped The Weight Of Darkness...And They Have Escaped The Weight Of Darkness


Edited by tattoou2 - 8/23/11 at 12:08pm
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post #7 of 20
8/23/11 at 4:33pm
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That man is great. I must add some others scandinavian bands such as múm and Amiina.


Edited by aroldan - 8/23/11 at 4:38pm
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post #8 of 20
8/23/11 at 4:47pm

Fartein Valen - Le Cimetière marin, op. 20 (1933-34), first track on RCD2013 or -> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YeJa_TnB0M

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post #9 of 20
8/23/11 at 9:39pm
I think Charles Ives can't be praised enough. I consider him to be more representative of what's good about modern music than Stravinsky, and much more forward thinking.
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post #10 of 20
8/24/11 at 8:47am
Bruch, unfortunately only known for his violin concerto.
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post #11 of 20
8/25/11 at 4:59am

Bruch's Kol Nidrei, Op. 47, is beautiful.
 

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Bruch, unfortunately only known for his violin concerto.


 

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post #12 of 20
8/25/11 at 6:13am
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I'd rate his symphonies both underrated and unfairly unknown
 

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Bruch, unfortunately only known for his violin concerto.


 

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post #13 of 20
8/25/11 at 6:16am
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Karl von Ordoñez (1734–1786): Symphonies.

 

Yesterday I bought a CD with some of his symphonies (he composed over seventy) and they are pretty original on its own. He was underrated in his time because of his social rank.

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post #14 of 20
8/25/11 at 8:56pm
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Originally Posted by aroldan View Post

I created this thread to list the great but underrated composers of classical music and some of their must-to-know compositions. I start with the followings:


Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679-1745): Missa Purificacionis, Missa Votiva, Requiem


Zelenka's trio sonatas are pure bliss as well

 

I've always been an advocate for the "minor Bs" in British music -- Arnold Bax and Frank Bridge in particular.  Their music combines the free tonality and delicate atmosphere of French impressionism, with a British temperament and love of folklore.  Bax's orchestral tone poems and symphonies are feasts for the senses, while Bridge's Piano Trio #2 is easily the equal of Ravel's.

 

Carl Nielsen's symphonies are not as popular as I'd wish.  People who have already fallen into the spell of Sibelius should really check them out.

 

 

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post #15 of 20
8/26/11 at 6:27am
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Thank you, excellent recommendations. I'll definitely have to check Carl Nielsen.

 

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Zelenka's trio sonatas are pure bliss as well

 

I've always been an advocate for the "minor Bs" in British music -- Arnold Bax and Frank Bridge in particular.  Their music combines the free tonality and delicate atmosphere of French impressionism, with a British temperament and love of folklore.  Bax's orchestral tone poems and symphonies are feasts for the senses, while Bridge's Piano Trio #2 is easily the equal of Ravel's.

 

Carl Nielsen's symphonies are not as popular as I'd wish.  People who have already fallen into the spell of Sibelius should really check them out.

 

 



 

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