Composers I Like and Some of Their Works

Submitted by yvgeny on Wed, 11/02/2005 - 07:20
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  • Sergei Rachmaninoff

  • Piano Concerto No. 1
  • Piano Concerto No. 2
  • Piano Concerto No. 3
  • Piano Concerto No. 4
  • Symphonic Dances
  • Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
  • The Isle of the Dead
  • Symphony No. 1
  • Symphony No. 2
  • Prelude in g minor
  • Prelude in c# minor

  • Jean Sibelius

  • Symphony No. 1
  • Symphony No. 5
  • Tapiola
  • Finlandia
  • Karelia Suite
  • Violin Concerto

  • Edward Elgar

  • Cello Concerto
  • Violin Concerto
  • Enigma Variations

  • Ralph Vaughn Williams

  • Oboe Concerto
  • The Lark Ascending
  • Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
  • Fantasia on Greensleeves
  • Symphony No. 7 "Sinfonia Antarctica"

  • Igor Stravinsky

  • Petrouchka
  • The Firebird Suite
  • Rite of Spring

  • Sergei Prokofiev

  • Alexander Nevsky
  • Lieutenant Kije Suite
  • Piano Concerto No. 1
  • Piano Concerto No. 3
  • Symphony No. 1 "Classical"
  • Violin Concerto No. 1
  • Violin Concerto No. 2
  • Romeo and Juliet
  • Love for Three Oranges

  • Dmitri Shostakovich

  • Violin Concerto
  • Symphony No. 5
  • Symphony No. 10

  • Paul Hindemith

  • Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Weber
  • Concert Music for Strings and Brass

  • Antonin Dvorak

  • Slavonic Dances
  • Symphony No. 9 "New World"

  • Bedrich Smetana

  • Ma Vlast
  • The Bartered Bride
  • String Quartet #1 "From My Life"

  • Camille Saint Saens

  • Samson et Dalila
  • Danse macabre for Orchestra
  • Carnival of the Animals
  • Cello Concerto No. 1
  • Symphony No. 3 "Organ"

  • Benjamin Britten

  • Sinfonia da Requiem
  • War Requiem
  • Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

  • Malcolm Arnold

  • Scottish Dances
  • Cornish Dances

  • Gustav Mahler

  • Symphony No. 1 "Titan"
  • Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection"
  • Symphony No. 8
  • Symphony No. 9 "Symphony of a Thousand"
  • Symphony No. 10

  • Modest Mussorgsky

  • Pictures at an Exhibtion
  • Night on Bald Mountain

  • Anton Bruckner

  • Symphony No. 9

  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

  • Capriccio espagnol
  • Scheherezade

  • Johannes Brahms

  • Violin Concerto
  • Hungarian Dances
  • Symphony No. 1
  • Symphony No. 2
  • Symphony No. 3
  • Symphony No. 4
  • Ein Deutsches Requiem

  • Hector Berlioz

  • Requiem
  • Symphonie fantastique

  • Alexander Borodin

  • Prince Igor: Polotsvian Dances

  • Frederic Chopin

  • Preludes
  • Etudes
  • Piano Sonata No. 2

  • Claude Debussy

  • Clair de lune
  • Images for Piano
  • Pelleas et Melisande
  • La Mer

  • Manuel de Falla

  • El Amor Brujo
  • Three Cornered Hat
  • Nights in the Gardens of Spain

  • Edvard Grieg

  • Piano Concerto
  • Peer Gynte Suites

  • Edouard Lalo

  • Symphonie espagnole

  • Franz Liszt

  • Felix Mendelsohnn

  • Richard Wagner

  • Peter Tchaikovsky

  • Richard Strauss

  • Ludwig von Beethoven

  • Bela Bartok

  • Music For Strings, Percussion And Celesta
  • Concerto for Orchestra

  • Samuel Barber

  • Arnold Bax

  • Gustav Holst

  • Leos Janacek

  • Aram Khachaturian

  • Bohuslav Martinu

  • Carl Nielsen

  • Erik Satie

  • Arnold Schoenberg

  • Alexander Scriabin

  • William Walton

  • Heitor Villa-Lobos

  • John Adams

  • Philip Glass

  • Alan Hovhanness

  • Anton Webern

  • Ernö Dohnányi

  • Guiseppe Verdi

  • Charles Ives

  • Nikolai Medtner

  • Howard Hanson

  • John Corigliano

  • Symphony No. 2
buddy11/09/2005

Ah, Rachmaninoff's Prelude in c# minor. Along with one of Chopin Nocturnes, this is one of the few pieces I've learned to play to concert level, and for which my memory is near impeccable. Usually my nerves get the better of me and I blank.

yvgeny11/09/2005

I guess it's not just me. That piece really is suited nicely for memorization as that is really the only piece I can play half-decently as well, or at least I used to. I am by no means a trained pianist.

buddy11/10/2005

I guess maybe it's because it doesn't have bits that repeat a few times over with minor variations. Those minor variations can mess with the memory. I personally am quite fond of pieces that have a pattern in the upper voice and the melody sounding below - I'm not sure why.

Kudos for playing such a difficult piece without training.