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Late Romantic Period Composers
KharBevNor:
Are Saint-Saens, Orff and Mussorgsky under this period? Because I like all of them.
I'm quite poppy in my liking of classical. My favourite classical pieces are probably:
JB Bach - Toccata and Fugue in D Minor
Carl Orff - O Fortuna
Camille Saint-Saens - La Dance Macabre
Modest Mussorgksy - A Night on the Bare Mountain
Edvard Grieg - The Hall of the Mountain King
Frederic Chopin - Le Marche Funebre
I've never found any Italian classical I liked.
Borondir:
I believe they are all from this period.
Mussorgsky is an insane genius. Like I mentioned earlier, Boris Godunov is mind-blowingingly wonderful, and I agree, Khar, that St. John's Night on Bald Mountain or Night on Bare Mountain is a lot of fun...Although work still needs to be done to clear up misconceptions about his composing. He knew when he was doing the "wrong" thing, and used it for effect.
And there's a lot more to Carmina Burana than just "O Fortuna"
I was going to be sad that you don't like any Italian classical and then realized almost all of the Italian classical I like is opera, and, well, opera isn't for everybody.
As far as Italian opera goes, I love all the standards: Rossini, Puccini, and Verdi. Although, Verdi's Messa da Requiem isn't opera and is one of my favorite works right now.
Nemba:
Liszt.
Not all of his music is absolutely fantastic to listen to (although some of it is very good) but if you are a good pianist, after playing his music you will apreciate it a lot. At least I did. I didn't really care about him at all, but playing the Hungarian Rhapsody #2 is really really enjoyable.
KharBevNor:
Yeah, I just can't really get behind opera.
I know there's more to the Carmina Burana, I have it on record and CD, but that is so the best bit.
Misereatur:
--- Quote from: Nemba ---Liszt.
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I allways giggle when I hear his name. As you know, he wrote the Loony Tunes theme.
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