Elgar and Beethoven are quite good, but my favourite composer is ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER, even if he isn`t a classical composer. He is the brother of the cellist JULIAN LLOYD WEBBER don`t ya know.

hehe hello again!!! my name is juan pablo G... RealKiller...jeje!!! i didn`t know about webber`s brother!!!... Amm... i would like to hear!!! this composer of yours!!! sounds interesting... but i dont know him!!!... Tchaikovsky!!! his Pathetic symphony is great!!!... i listen to it since i was a little kid!!! and it`s simply awesome!!! PROKOFIEV!!!!! ahhhh!!! not only romeo and juliet!!!! Love to 3 oranges(i think is its name!!!) is great!... sonatas, the toccata op.11!!!... You know!!! im from venezuela!!! but if there is a composer and conductor i respect a lot from the states (among too many others)!!! is Leonard Bernstein!!! I love WEST SIDE STORY!!!!... and the chichester psalms... for the pianists!!! his got a piece... TOUCHES... difficult but is greatly composed in contmeporary language but it have a slightly touch of blues!!!... YOU HAVE TO HEAR IT!!!... and olga!!! bartok! have you heard his 1 sonata for violin and piano???... god he is another powerful composer!!!.... c-ya!!!

Hiiiii!!!
My favourite Pieces are:
L. van Beethoven:
Sonata op.31, no.2,
Sonata op.57 - Apassionata
P.I. Cajkovskij:
B-minor Concert
F. Chopin:
Scherzo - b-minor
Ballade - g-minor
etude - op.25, no.11
Mendelshon:
Rondo Capriciosso, op.14
I`m 13 and I play b-minor scherzo and g-minor ballade and I learn piano for 5 years....I practice 8-10 hours per day.................

What!? You haven`t heard of Andrew Lloyd Webber?! You know, he composed that cool musival, `Cats`, and also Starlight Express, Jesus Christ Super Star, Phantom of the Oparah (that may be spelt wrong) Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Aspects of Love, The Beautiful Game, sunsetboulevard, and loads more, inclueding a rather cool piece for the cello based on Paganini`s caprice 24 ( I love that so much.)

My favourite comoser is Ludwig van Beethoven
And favourite piece is 1st piano concert in b-minor by Pjotr Iljic Cajkovskij

BERLIOZ! Requiem, especially the tuba mirum, everyone should own a recording of this, chills, I guaruntee it. For fun, research the history of the piece, and find out about how it was given it`s debut.

It has to be Rachmaninoff`s 2nd piano concerto. It has some of the best piano emotions in it and as a pianist trying to learn it i find it gets better when you "look" into the music.

My favourite piece is Poemé by Zdenko Fibich, it`s not a hard piece to play and it`s not very
long. But it`s a beautiful piece.

Not sure if this topic was about playing or listening, anyway for listening I think nobody so far has mentioned Mahler. His symphonies are unbelievable, although I didn`t think so until I was older. These pieces are gigantic, between 60-100 minutes. No`s 7 & 8 are probably the least approachable but the rest.........!!
Best musical experience - seeing the Berlin Philharmonic in Berlin playing No. 9 under Abbado.
Shostakovich Symphonies 5, 10, 11, 12 are also fantastic if you like your music with plenty of action. Elgar Symphonies 1 & 2.
I could go on......

For playing....this changes all the time. At the moment:
Beethoven Sonata 20
Mozart Sonata in A (ends with Rondo Alla Turk).
Mendelsshon War March of the Priests (adapted for piano but you guys with digital can play in the original church organ version).
Bach Toccata in D minor (also originally for organ). Must learn the fugue some time!!
Elgar Chanson de Matin
Various Gershwin tunes.
Songs from shows are always great fun. Maybe Next Time (Cabaret), If I Loved You (Carousel), Les Miserables songs.
I could go on....and on....and on.

Rachmaninov, a lesser known piece. Barcarolle, Opus 10 No.3, plus the piano concerto number 2.
there are some obscure pieces out there that are absolutely beautiful. A guy named
Zhavronok wrote a piece called The Lark that was arranged for piano, and there`s a piece by Liszt
called Die Zelle In Nonnenwerth (there are 8 different variations, number 4 is my favorite), that was
arranged for piano and played by Leif ove Andsnes, if you want a major artist recording.

Other than that, pretty much every French impressionist comopser+chopin. Good stuff.

My favourite piano piece is "Pavane pour une infante defunte" (sometimes known as Pavane for a Dead Princess) by Ravel. It is beautiful and sad. You must go and listen to it! I also love Rachmaninov`s 2nd piano concerto.

Well, I am mostly a clarinettist but I do play piano.
Favourites
Mozart: Pretty much anything from K4?? onwards
Beethoven: 6th symphony (I don`t normally even like symphonies, I`m more into chamber music)
:Piano Trios, particularly the one after the 2nd symphony and the clarinet trio
Bartok: Anything except his "Concerto for Orchestra"
Spohr: Clarinet Concerti, particularly #2
Ignaz Pleyel: Clarinet Concerto in Bb
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto
Rossini: Introduction, Theme and Variations
Weber: 2nd Clarinet Concerto, Clarinet Quintet
Myself: Trio #1 for clarinet, cello and piano

I forgot Mendelsohn!!
I like everything of his except the incidental music to "A Midsummer Night`s Dream"; that annoys the hell out of me.

I love George Gershwin especially rhapsody in blue i dont play piano but the clarinet i just love that piece. if you can get it for 1st clarinet please email it to me
thnx

I love George Gershwin especially rhapsody in blue i dont play piano but the clarinet i just love that piece. if you can get it for 1st clarinet please email it to me
thnx
i can listen to it for hrs its that great