Classical fav's

[R. Shackleferd]

Anyone got appreciation for classical stuff? Of course Segovia was a master, but how bout John Williams? Danny Elfman blows me away his themes too...brilliant and unique. I mean how classic is the Simpsons song right!?!? But he's got all kinds of stuff. Francisco Tarrega is my overall classical (guitar) composer though. Ya'll's?

[3rd_degreeburn]

listen to the masters like Bach, Chopin, Beethoven etc (you get the point)
Listening to Bach's Chaconne in D minor really changed my view on classical music. If you can play that song all the way through then you are pretty good at classical guitar.

[tehplatypus]

i listen to mostly prokofiev and rachmaninov as far as classical goes but also like beethoven, mahler, dankner, copland, bartok, dvorak, stravinsky, and some others.

no offense dude..but john williams steals a lot of his themes from older composers...he's the puff daddy of classical music...really not much to look up to. i love danny elfman but that's more because i'm a fan of his stuff with boingo...his movie compositions are more impressive because he doesn't know music at all and just composes it himself on his keyboard and his normal orchestrator is steve bartek from boingo.

[Jolly McJollyson]

Bach, Mozart, Stravinsky, Rachmaninov, Liszt, Chopin, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Vivaldi (when he's not repeating himself), Grieg, Sor, Tarrega, Bizet, Rossini, Puccini, Schubert, Schumann, the list goes on.

I'm not a big fan of the more boring composers like Paganini or Debussy.

[tehplatypus]

Bach, Mozart, Stravinsky, Rachmaninov, Liszt, Chopin, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Vivaldi (when he's not repeating himself), Grieg, Sor, Tarrega, Bizet, Rossini, Puccini, Schubert, Schumann, the list goes on.

I'm not a big fan of the more boring composers like Paganini or Debussy.


you listen to any berlioz? i like him too.

[MoonliteShred]

paganini, beethoven and mozart.