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Favourite Composer + Favourite Piece?

My favourite composer HAS to be Ludovico Einaudi.

Fav piece? Nightbook II

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BI8N2569jSg

Close seconds would be Yiruma, with River flows in you and Mozart with his piano concerto 22.


What are yours?

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Possibly Erik Satie. I mean this is just..

[video="youtube;oOTpQpoHHaw"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOTpQpoHHaw[/video]

Favourite piece not sure, maybe this right now.

Oh, and I love Einaudi's Una Mattina and I Giorni.
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Original post by TheOtherSide.
Possibly Erik Satie. I mean this is just..

Favourite piece not sure, maybe this right now.

Oh, and I love Einaudi's Una Mattina and I Giorni.


Oooh I like it, it has a very 1920's noir, detective feel to it, doesn't it?
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Oooh I like it, it has a very 1920's noir, detective feel to it, doesn't it?


Now that you mention it.. :lol:

Oh, and another one by him that doesn't have a detective feel. :rofl:

[video="youtube;S-Xm7s9eGxU"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-Xm7s9eGxU[/video]
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Now that you mention it.. :lol:

Oh, and another one by him that doesn't have a detective feel. :rofl:




Yess!! I've heard this before on Classic FM countless nights! I love it :biggrin:
Arioso by J H Fiocco on the Violin :yep:
Scottish Dance no. 3 - Grade 6 violin piece :tongue:
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Yess!! I've heard this before on Classic FM countless nights! I love it :biggrin:


Me too. :tongue:

Then there's also the one which I'm pretty sure everyone's heard at least once before:

[video="youtube;_NL8Xq_W_o0"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NL8Xq_W_o0[/video]

Oh, and what other composers do you like?
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Composers? Craig Armstrong, Hans Zimmer or Two Steps From Hell.
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Me too. :tongue:

Then there's also the one which I'm pretty sure everyone's heard at least once before:


Oh, and what other composers do you like?


Yann Tiersen has some pretty good pieces like Comptine d'un autre été which you would have definitely heard.

Hmm, I came to discover new composers haha!
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Yann Tiersen has some pretty good pieces like Comptine d'un autre été which you would have definitely heard.

Hmm, I came to discover new composers haha!


I've heard that one before. :rofl: I can play it too :awesome: though definitely not as well as Yann Tiersen himself. :hide:

You also reminded me of another piece which I like - you should definitely listen to Michael Nyman's compositions.

[video="youtube;rfpHj1lC5Yk"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfpHj1lC5Yk[/video]
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[video="youtube;bEL2GTtNPKE"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEL2GTtNPKE[/video]


I'll have a listen! Keep them coming! :biggrin:
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Call me mainstream, but Holst's Jupiter is my favourite piece of orchestral music - the "I Vow to Thee" section gives me goosebumps every time. (I Vow... should be our national anthem imo)
Can't believe I forgot Chopin. :eek4:

[video="youtube;9E6b3swbnWg"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9E6b3swbnWg[/video]
I know this is controversial considering the man himself, but I have to say Richard Wagner. His music goes beyond anything I have ever heard. It is monumental, devastatingly beautiful and rich in both depth and technique. I don't like the man, but I love his music.





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I CAN'T BELIEVE I FORGOT 2SFH AND HANS ZIMMER! LMAO

Thanks everyone thusfar!
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[video="youtube;ETNoPqYAIPI"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETNoPqYAIPI&t=31m30s[/video]
Antorin Dvorak is magnificent
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I really like a lot of composers: Dvorak, Beethoven, Debussy, Mozart - the well known guys. If I had to pick one composer, though, I would choose Karl Jenkins. He's not necessarily my favourite composer, but his works are pretty cool! I think a lot of people would recognise Palladio:
[video="youtube;Mqmbz8W1-tA"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mqmbz8W1-tA[/video]
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I know this is controversial considering the man himself, but I have to say Richard Wagner. His music goes beyond anything I have ever heard. It is monumental, devastatingly beautiful and rich in both depth and technique. I don't like the man, but I love his music.







Can't forget Ride of the Valkyries.

[video="youtube;V92OBNsQgxU"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V92OBNsQgxU[/video]
I forgot Shostakovich too. :facepalm:

[video="youtube;mmCnQDUSO4I"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmCnQDUSO4I[/video]
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Antonin Dvorak is magnificent
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Yes! Dvorak is amazing! We're doing one of his symphonies (no 8) in orchestra and although its hard enough to play, its absolutely magnificent when you stand at the back of the hall and just listen!

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