Wagner finally appears on this list, with an honorable mention, for his opera, Tristan und Isolde. Wagner is deserving of the attention for what he did with this opera right
Wagner finally appears on this list, with an honorable mention, for his opera, Tristan und Isolde. Wagner is deserving of the attention for what he did with this opera right
How can I not include at least one of the Star Wars film scores in my Top 50 Favorite/Best Classical music of all time? John Williams’s music is phenomenal in
This is my first entry for Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, my favorite composer. I won’t get into the more historical details until later. There are several pieces of his in my
Time/Life had a series out in the 70s and 80s called “Great Men of Music.” I forget when and how I got several of the series, but sometime in the
Tomorrow I’m going to continue by diving into the Top 25 Favorite/Best Classical, but I wanted to get into a brief summary of what I’ve noticed so far and what’s
John Williams is the Gustav Mahler or Ludwig van Beethoven of our day. His music is universally known, catchy, savvy and brilliant. He’s a great composer known mostly for his
Leonard Bernstein appears one last time on my Top 50 Favorite/Best Classical music with the amazing West Side Story. This musical came about firstly from the mind of Jerome Robbins
I’m not as big of a fan of Italian opera; it’s just never struck me the same as other styles. Puccini has several good operas, including Tosca. Turandot has a
I’ve known about George Enescu since high school, having listened to his Romanian Rhapsody No. 1 and liking it back then. As a Romanian, I love seeing Romanian composers out
I have to give Arnold Schoenberg an honorable mention for his magnificent, and very tonal piece, Verklärte Nacht. I first heard this piece in late 1993 as I was branching