Favorite Classical Composer?

[DavidMahler]

Who is your favorite classical composer. Choose only one.....I'm mean like that

 

[Assorted]

Hehe, the person in my avatar. When I think about it, I share the same opinions as Mozart (partly), Beethoven, Agent Mulder from the X Files and Hannibal Lecter.

 

[robm321]

Mozart

 

[Tyson]

Number two varies quite a bit, but Bach is steadfast at number one. Don't get me wrong, Beethoven, Mozart, Brahms, Bruckner, Mahler, Shostakovich are all geniuses, but Bach is a GENIUS

 

[Assorted]

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Originally Posted by Tyson /img/forum/go_quote.gif Number two varies quite a bit, but Bach is steadfast at number one. Don't get me wrong, Beethoven, Mozart, Brahms, Bruckner, Mahler, Shostakovich are all geniuses, but Bach is a GENIUS

Hooray!

Let's see how many more Bach's we get.

 

[DavidMahler]

My vote goes to Mahler, though Brahms is an easy second

 

[Henry Flower]

Bach for godlike genius, but Shostakovich is my actual favourite. A perfect balance of the emotional and the intellectual.

 

[Agent Kang]

Beethoven, due to the fact that his 9th was the first recording that I've owned. The 4th mvmt is very dear to me in all its glory.

 

[ken36]

Better buy Bach.

 

[calaf]

another vote for Bach (shouldn't this be a poll?): it took me a while to get it, but once hooked there is no coming back...
BTW the recording who started my Bach infatuation is the Mass in B from Gardiner & co (still one of my favorites)

 

[mbhaub]

Franz Schmidt.

Oh, I love the likes of Mahler, Prokofieff, Brahms, Puccini, Elgar and countless more. But the one composer who stands above the others is Schmidt. Can't explain it. Is he the greatest? No, just my favorite. Das Buch mit sieben Siegeln and the 4th Symphony are just incredibly moving and beautiful.

 

[LarryK2]

That would be Beethoven for me - year in and year out, the late string quartets continue to amaze, transport and transcend.

 

[Agent Kang]

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Originally Posted by LarryK2 /img/forum/go_quote.gif That would be Beethoven for me - year in and year out, the late string quartets continue to amaze, transport and transcend.

I have to agree with you. Op 131 and and 132...magic!

 

[FalconP]

Brahms

 

[DarkAngel]

Mahler.........
Like a black hole that can take you into another musical dimension, think deep