Your Top 10 Favorite Russian Composers

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July 20, 2016, 08:21:54 PM
I'll start....

Rachmaninov
Shostakovich
Prokofiev
Schnittke
Weinberg
Stravinsky
Mussorgsky
Scriabin
Lyadov
Myaskovsky

Autumn Leaves

#1
July 20, 2016, 08:27:33 PM
My list:

Shostakovich
Prokofiev
Rimsky-Korsakov
Tchaikovsky
Rachmaninov
Glazunov
Mussorgsky
Stravinsky
Taneyev
Khachaturian

ComposerOfAvantGarde

#2
July 20, 2016, 10:01:00 PM
Stravinsky
Schnittke
Gubaidulina
Shostakovich
Firsova
Ustvolskaya
Shchedrin
Scriabin
Raskatov

and I am really stuck on a tenth one...........

North Star

#3
July 21, 2016, 12:50:00 AM
Prokofiev
Rachmaninov
Tchaikovsky
Stravinsky
Shostakovich
Schnittke
Mussorgsky
Scriabin
Rimsky-Korsakov
Lyadov
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Wanderer

#4
July 21, 2016, 01:05:22 AM
Not in order:

Tchaikovsky
Prokofiev
Medtner
Rachmaninov
Scriabin
Shostakovich
Stravinsky
Rimsky-Korsakov
Mussorgsky
Borodin? Gubaidulina? Taneyev? Schnittke? Myaskovsky? Protopopov? Tcherepnin? Ustvolskaya? Pick one.

Florestan

#5
July 21, 2016, 01:31:51 AM
Only 10? Impossible. Top 3 is easier.  :D

Tchaikovsky
Rachmaninoff
Shostakovich







"Great music is that which penetrates the ear with facility and leaves the memory with difficulty. Magical music never leaves the memory." — Thomas Beecham

ComposerOfAvantGarde

#6
July 21, 2016, 03:23:46 PM Last Edit: July 21, 2016, 09:40:10 PM by jessop
Quote from: Florestan on July 21, 2016, 01:31:51 AM
Only 10? Impossible. Top 3 is easier.  :D

Tchaikovsky
Rachmaninoff
Shostakovich

Well, who are some other favourites if you could go beyond 10?

Chronochromie

#7
July 21, 2016, 03:29:33 PM
1. Stravinsky

2. Scriabin and Prokofiev

3. Mussorgsky and Gubaidulina

4. Rachmaninov and Shostakovich

5. Rimsky-Korsakov, Borodin and Glazunov

PerfectWagnerite

#8
July 21, 2016, 03:39:05 PM
you guys are good ! i can't even name 10, let alone 10 favorites.

Dancing Divertimentian

#9
July 21, 2016, 09:09:42 PM
Prokofiev
Scriabin
Stravinsky
Rachmaninov
Shostakovich
Tchaikovsky
Rimsky-Korsakov
Mussorgsky
Medtner
Schnittke

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#10
July 22, 2016, 02:33:41 AM
Weinberg and Taneyev are my favorite Russian Composers. Other Russian composers have great music, which I enjoy a lot, but those two are my favorites at the moment.
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Florestan

#11
July 22, 2016, 02:39:16 AM
Quote from: jessop on July 21, 2016, 03:23:46 PM
Well, who are some other favourites if you could go beyond 10?

In no particular order: Medtner, Prokofiev, Lyadov, Rimsky-Korsakov, Kalinnikov, Taneyev, Borodin, Glazunov, Chesnokov, Anton Rubinstein, Balakirev, Cui, Scriabin...
"Great music is that which penetrates the ear with facility and leaves the memory with difficulty. Magical music never leaves the memory." — Thomas Beecham

Scion7

#12
July 22, 2016, 02:39:32 AM Last Edit: July 22, 2016, 02:41:14 AM by Scion7
^ Weinberg was a Polish Jew.  He later became a Russian citizen, of course, fleeing from Nazi-Germany's invasion of Poland in '39.

EDIT: And may Florestan suffer a thousand cuts of the blade for posting at the same time as I did thus messing up my beautiful upwards-pointing arrow comment.
When, a few months before his death, Rachmaninov lamented that he no longer had the "strength and fire" to compose, friends reminded him of the Symphonic Dances, so charged with fire and strength. "Yes," he admitted. "I don't know how that happened. That was probably my last flicker."

ComposerOfAvantGarde

#13
July 22, 2016, 02:40:48 AM
Quote from: Florestan on July 22, 2016, 02:39:16 AM
In no particular order: Medtner, Prokofiev, Lyadov, Rimsky-Korsakov, Kalinnikov, Taneyev, Borodin, Glazunov, Chesnokov, Anton Rubinstein, Balakirev, Cui, Scriabin...

I notice that Taneyev is a composer mentioned by many.....I haven't heard any Taneyev at all. Can you recommend something?

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#14
July 22, 2016, 02:41:28 AM
Quote from: Scion7 on July 22, 2016, 02:39:32 AM
^ Weinberg was a Polish Jew.  He later became a Russian citizen, of course, fleeing from Nazi-Germany's invasion of Poland in '39.

Yes. If Weinberg is not accepted then Sergei Taneyev is my favorite Russian Composer!  :P
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#15
July 22, 2016, 02:44:33 AM
Quote from: jessop on July 22, 2016, 02:40:48 AM
I notice that Taneyev is a composer mentioned by many.....I haven't heard any Taneyev at all. Can you recommend something?
This is a great CD to start with Taneyev:
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Florestan

#16
July 22, 2016, 02:47:13 AM
Quote from: jessop on July 22, 2016, 02:40:48 AM
I notice that Taneyev is a composer mentioned by many.....I haven't heard any Taneyev at all. Can you recommend something?

First and foremost, the piano quintet, but his whole chamber output is exquisite.

"Great music is that which penetrates the ear with facility and leaves the memory with difficulty. Magical music never leaves the memory." — Thomas Beecham

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#17
July 22, 2016, 02:52:29 AM
Quote from: Florestan on July 22, 2016, 02:47:13 AM
First and foremost, the piano quintet, but his whole chamber output is exquisite.
For the Piano Quintet (and Piano Quartet + Piano Trio) this is a great twofer:

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ComposerOfAvantGarde

#18
July 22, 2016, 03:32:14 AM
Thanks for the recommendations! I shall take note and listen when I can. :)

Drasko

#19
July 22, 2016, 03:51:05 AM
Tchaikovsky
Scriabin
Stravinsky
Rachmaninov
Mussorgsky
Rimsky-Korsakov
Shostakovich
Prokofiev
Mosolov
Popov
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