What is/are your the most favourite composer s ?


...not neccesarily classical but the ones that just blasting song after song, I just mean a serious one i.e. with sophistication level certainly higher than a 12-bar blues.

I nominate the following in no particular order:

Irmin Schmidt,
Astor Piazzolla,
Rachmaninoff,
Prokofiev.
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From 30 plus years of listenning: J.S.Bach Ravel - complete piano works Debussy- ditto Grieg- Lyric pieces Brahms Rachmoninoff Poulenc,Satie, Barber, Puccini, Charles Griffes, Chopin,Edward McDowell AND ! current new find Gavin Bryars
In no particular order, and not complete: Bach (& sons), Vivaldi, Copeland, Stravinsky, Vaugh Williams, Ravel, Handel, Tchaikovsky, Sibelius, Gershwin, Debussy, R. Strauss...

Really, I wish I knew much more than I do about 'classical' music. I'm not as big on Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, etc., or piano music or opera, as I am on early music and 'modern' (20th century) music, but most of what you hear is high classical and romantic period warhorses. I'm not much of a concerto guy either - I like chamber or full orchestral pieces better. I enjoy listening to Minnesota Public Radio's "Music Through the Night" on my local NPR classical station for less often heard fare.