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Top 50 Favorite/Best Classical – #4 Gershwin An American in Paris

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  • September 8, 2020September 8, 2020
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At #4 on my Top 50 Favorite/Best Classical is George Gershwin with his wonderful An American in Paris. George Gershwin composed Tin Pan Alley musicals in the early teens and

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Top 50 Favorite/Best Classical – #9 Rimsky-Korsakov Sheherazade, Op. 35

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  • August 22, 2020August 22, 2020
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov makes his first and only appearance on my Top 50 Favorite/Best Classical list at #9 for his symphonic suite, Sheherazade. Much like my enjoyment of Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and

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Top 50 Favorite/Best Classical – #11 Dvorak Serenade for Strings in E major, Op. 22

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  • August 17, 2020August 17, 2020
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Coming in at #11 on my Top 50 Favorite/Best Classical is Antonin Dvorak with his lovely, delightful Serenade for Strings in E major, Op. 22, which he composed in 1875

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Top 50 Favorite/Best Classical – #17 Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30

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  • August 1, 2020August 2, 2020
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Sergei Rachmaninoff composed his Piano Concerto No. 3 in 1909 as part of the tour of the United States he had planned for the fall of that year. He had

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Top 50 Favorite/Best Classical – #19 Liszt Les Preludes, S. 97

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  • July 26, 2020July 26, 2020
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Franz Liszt comes in at #19 on my Top 50 Favorite/Best Classical with Les Preludes, and with it the birth of the symphonic poem. He didn’t name it a symphonic

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Top 50 Favorite/Best Classical – #21 Tchaikovsky Swan Lake, Op. 20

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  • July 22, 2020July 22, 2020
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky appears once again on my list of Top 50 Favorite/Best Classical with his first attempt at a ballet, in 1876 with Swan Lake. I can’t say how

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Top 50 Favorite/Best Classical – #22 Mahler Symphony No. 2

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  • July 20, 2020July 20, 2020
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Gustav Mahler comes in at #22 on my Top 50 Favorite/Best Classical Music with his amazing Symphony No. 2 in C minor “Resurrection,” though Mahler was not the one who

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Top 50 Favorite/Best Classical – Honorable Mention – Tchaikovsky Serenade for Strings, Op. 48

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  • July 15, 2020July 15, 2020
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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

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Top 50 Favorite/Best Classical – #25 Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 in Eb major, Op. 73

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  • July 14, 2020July 14, 2020
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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

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Top 50 Favorite/Best Classical – #27 Enescu Octet for Strings in C major, Op. 7

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  • July 8, 2020July 8, 2020
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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

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