01-09-2013, 13:52
Ok. Here I go, although I would have done a top ten, if possible.
1. Monteverdi.
2. Palestrina
3. J.S. Bach
4. Vivaldi
5. Mozart.
But then, and not inferior to the others: Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin, Liszt, Brahms, Mendelssohn, Faure', Mahler, Richard Strauss, Wagner (even though he was one big....better not say), Prokofiev, Debussy, Ravel, Mussorgsky, Puccini, Verdi....pretty extensive. Fact is, in one way or another abernector, I appreciate them all. I mean, I can go even further back and name Giovanni and Andrea Gabrieli, Orlando di Lasso, Don Gesualdo di Venosa, and oh boy, the list doesn't end.
1. Monteverdi.
2. Palestrina
3. J.S. Bach
4. Vivaldi
5. Mozart.
But then, and not inferior to the others: Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin, Liszt, Brahms, Mendelssohn, Faure', Mahler, Richard Strauss, Wagner (even though he was one big....better not say), Prokofiev, Debussy, Ravel, Mussorgsky, Puccini, Verdi....pretty extensive. Fact is, in one way or another abernector, I appreciate them all. I mean, I can go even further back and name Giovanni and Andrea Gabrieli, Orlando di Lasso, Don Gesualdo di Venosa, and oh boy, the list doesn't end.
Cogito, ergo sum...