Favorite composer @ favorite work?

Eldragon I hope you picked up the Decca Legends Bohm/VPO at mid price. This has long been the performance of choice for Bruckner 4th now remastered with great sound. My favorite composer is Tchaikovsky, a marytr of the romantic movement. His ballets are timeless, and which composer's very first piano concerto can compare to Tchaikovsky's 1st? Symphony's 3-6 are endlessly enjoyable. Only downside is he was not as prolific as other composers, and was not revolutionary like Mahler, but he is the culmination and brightest star of the romantic movement.

Mozart and Vivaldi are a joy to listen to...but, if I had to list just one..it would be Rhapsody in Blue by George Gershwin. Also, the work of Aaron Copland should not be overlooked

My current fav is Threnody for the victims of Hiroshima by Penderecki. Amazingly powerful, very unlike most classical though.

Megasam! Thanks for the recommendation ! Also, never accept Bruckner simphony, unless it bears the wording:"an Antonio Bruckner original"!

Megasam In answer to which composer's 1st can compare to Tchaikovsky's I would have to say Schuman's 1st and only in A minor which IMO is among the best of the genre in the Romantic era.