http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvy3VYxvv-Q

Ungcsertezs

My Top Ten Classical Composers

1.Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
2.Ludwig Van Beethoven
3.Johann Strauss Jr
4.Georg Friedrich Handel
5.Gioachino Rossini
6.Franz Schubert
7.Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
8.Georges Bizet
9.Franz Joseph Haydn
10.Henry Purcell

Just missing out. William Byrd and Antonio Vivaldi

Top musical artists would be:

Glenn Miller
Tony Bennett
Frank Sinatra
Herb Albert/Tijuana Brass
Beatles
Moody Blues
Bee Gees
Joe Jackson
Genesis
R.E.M.

Oh yes, 'Knights in White Satin'...I forgot about the Moody Blues...I loved their music when I was a teenager.

Alice

Diak,

Interesting choice, Ravi Shankar. I have 1 or 2 of his CDs, but not enough of his music that I can place him in my top 10.

But I love the Indian music.

One of my prize possessions is a rare CD of George Harrison's Wonderwall Music soundtrack, which has some extremely interesting Indian & Western music in it.

Lance

Dan the Man ! Those are some classics !

-- John

I'd have to put Rachmaninov is there somewhere. He's clearly the best classical mind of the 20th Century. Maybe even the best musical figure of the 20th century, of course Miles Davis is up there too. Depends what kind of day you catch me on as to which one I would pick.

Monomakh

Here are some of my favorites.

Eastern Europe:
Lenka Dusilova and Lenka Dusilova on Wikipedia

Middle East:
Ofra Haza

Old School Rock:
Talking Heads (especially the cd, "Remain in Light")

Old School Soul:
Earth, Wind, Fire

Neo Soul:
It''s a tie between
Erykah Badu (very strong jazz influence, especially the songs "Orange Moon" and "Time's a-Wasting'")
and
Leela James (especially "No Tears")


Just Overall AWESOME:
Roxy Music
(especially the songs, "Love is the Drug" and "Mother of Pearl")


Happy Listening !

-- John

When in Rome do as the Romans do

Here is my list of favorites. I do this clearly realizing that later tonight I'll be paging through my CDs and say, "How could I forget this one!"

- Miles Davis (reinvented jazz 5 times, enough said)
- Sergei Rachmaninov (can listen to his music forever, great choral arrangements as well)
- Mark Eitzel (Greatest living songwriter, yes that includes Dylan)
- Morrissey (guy comes up with the craziest lyrics, i.e. what was he thinking of when he wrote 'Girlfriend in a Coma'?)
- Radiohead (even when I don't like their album, I give them credit for trying something new and not the same old)
- Verve / Richard Ashcroft (just got back together, could be interesting)
- Black Crowes (the ultimate anti-commercial band today)
- Social Distortion (I think I started listening to them 20 years ago, just saw them in concert recently, ears are still ringing)
- Judybats (Jeff Heiskell may be the 2nd best songwriter alive)
- The Cure (it was great in the 80s when they had no radio play, no videos, and yet could get 50,000 in a stadium)


There's ten for now, I'll post with the others I can't think of right now



Monomakh

Well, it is neat to see that the members here have some VERY good taste in music!

I listen to lots of different types of music. Besides Orthodox chant in Slavonic, Greek, Romanian or English, I like (in no particular order):

* Evanescence
* Jet
* Soundgarden
* Default
* Renee Olstead
* Nickelback
* Garbage
* The 5 Browns
* Puddle of Mudd
* Daughtry
* Kelly Clarkson
* The Beatles

Tim

Ofra Haza


She had such a beautiful voice and her end was so sad. If you like her music you should listen to Savina Yannatou. She sings in Ladino (The Sephardic equivalent to the Aschenazic Yiddish). Her voice has some similar qualities to Haza but is also much more subdued. You should also give Chava Alberstein a listen to as well, she is very different from Haza and Yannatou but still very good.

Shalom

H. Green

I think the song is in Ladino, I may be wrong as I am Ashkenazic and am only familiar with Yiddish (in the form of arguments at Pesach).

I don't listen to nearly enough classical music. Usually, it's when I'm driving and I tune in the local public radio station. I did like to listen to Bach back in college . . . especially the Brandenberg concertos. Very mathematical; it's like listening to algebra come alive in joy.

-- John

Yes indeed: her voice was so beautiful (God be praised!) and her end was so sad (AIDS, Lord have mercy!)




Thank you for the recommendations ! I will start looking into them immediately.

Be well.

-- John

Ohhhh, Alice. I used to have such high regard for you!

My top 10 (only 10, only 10, only 10....)

The Beatles
Beethoven
J.S. Bach
Johnny Cash
The Boston Byzantine Choir
Willie Nelson
Kris Kristofferson
Joan Baez
Verdi
Simon and Garfunkel

Jeez, it's hard to keep the list to 10! So I won't...

Gloria Estefan
Placido Domingo
Julian Bream
Patsy Cline
Ruben Gonzalez
Ry Cooder
Peter, Paul, and Mary
Chicago
Tina Turner ... Dang, I should put her in my top 10
Neil Diamond's early years (before he got all drippy and sang with Barbra Streisand, who gives me the hives)
G.F. Handel
P.D.Q. Bach

This is a fun distraction. Thanks.