i dont think he quite grasps how to use a forum...

Did you notice he's posting like 5 threads on the same topic? :rofl:

yeah lmao, i tryed to tell him to bear in mind lots of people from different timezones use the forum, & would be best to wait till tomorrow etc, to give others a chance to listen..
but the threads got deleted i think :laughing:
all his posts were wan or two words!

Messaien's Turangalila Symphonie is utterly amazing - but he was a bit of an oddball, and much of his output is hard work.

Also recommended; Penderecki's "Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima" - it'll freak you out, but the only other piece he wrote that is as outstanding is his "St Luke Passion", which is kinda more of the same.

I completely disagree that Mozart is only for new classical listeners - his music has such profound depth that even experienced listeners can get something from it. Some of his later music particularly transcends even Bach. He was a geniusses genius.

A french composer named Erik Satie is my favorite. Not only is his life and the stories surrounding him fascinating and hilarious, his music style seems very unique (then again I dont know much about classical) and beautiful imo. Gymnopedies is probably his most critically acclaimed. Also Ive heard his compositions are hard to interpret, so they sound pretty different from performer to performer.

I wish I knew more composers like him.

I like rachmaninoff (rachmaninov). especially no. 3.

Bach: 1052-> d-minor keyboard concertos or Mozart's "Great" C-minor Mass
A must have for every classical lovers.

Check out Glenn Gould - props for my great grandpa :P

He played alot of Bach.

I agree with the guy who said Gustav Holst. There's a cool version of him conducting The Plannets along with a marching song called "Holst Conducts Holst". It sounds nothing like what modern composers do with the piece (it feels like he's conducting it at like, four beats a second, god) so it's got mixed reviews but I personally love it.

Edward Elgar is also pretty cool. Check out "The Enigma Variations".

Eh, I'm a sucker for the modern era.

Isaac Albéniz. As an example, his most famous composition (originally for piano), played by John Williams: