Mine is probably...um...Lang Lang (partly also because I'm Chinese) and Glenn Gould...(his playing style....well you could call it "unorthodox", but his sound is the best!)

mozart
kreisler
perahia (very mesmerising mozart!)

I don't know. It depends on the era of music. Like the PEter abd the Wolf by Profiev.

Einaudi and Maksim lol

Maksim is pretty darn cool. Will he ever tour the UK?

i have no idea- i think i will say, in terms of classical music my favourite is prokofiev, simply because the montagues and capulets is an all time fav of mine

QUOTE (oddy @ Jan 16 2005, 09:02 PM)

heh i just had a mental image of cuffing rhapsodins ear and telling him to play nice . would work so much better if he wasn't represented in my head by my brother

lol........

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i have no idea- i think i will say, in terms of classical music my favourite is prokofiev, simply because the montagues and capulets is an all time fav of mine  :D

I'm not sure I could chose ONE musician, but I see what you mean with that piece, it's great.

QUOTE (Rhapsodin @ Jan 16 2005, 11:36 PM)

( }< . . . (me offering a conciliatory hug)

that's a smilie? if I turn my head sideways it lokes really cross.... maybe it's me...

-

QUOTE (Rhapsodin @ Jan 17 2005, 07:39 AM)

No. Methinks I'll edit it all out. I'm not being very useful on these boards at the moment. Not a good time.

(((Rhapsodin)))

*muack* to Maksim!
He's talented AND good-looking ..*faints*

QUOTE (davidyko @ Jan 16 2005, 05:40 PM)

Mine is probably...um...Lang Lang

me too..... also...Anne-Sophie Mutter....and loads more...

Maxim Vengerov is my fav, his playing is mesmerising.

Hey...

Well I like playing music by Mozart.......but

My fav musician would have to be....Adam Levine...the lead singer of Maroon5 .....so hot...so talented!

Luv Teabag

xxxx

SCOTT JOPLIN lol

QUOTE (Piano_Lady @ Jan 17 2005, 08:49 AM)

SCOTT JOPLIN lol

lol

I have so many musicians that I admire greatly, but if I had to decide on just one, then probably Al Jolson.

I don't think I can choose from piano, there's too much. But Van Cliburn's playing is great. I also love Yo Yo Ma for cello.

I love Mozart.

misspojo

me too misspojo!

Fave changes according to mood and what I'm listening to. Yesterday it was Paul Creston. Today it's Delius, tomorrow it might be Strawberry Switchblade.

V

wynton marsalis - probably the best trumpet player in the world!

Andre Rieu, probably one the best music entertainers in the world. His Violin and Orchestra is incredible, if you get the chance to see him go - you will not be disappointed. I like Summer and I think Katherine Jenkins is marvellous.

Craig

!!!

david pyatt and michael thompson - horn players. absolutely amazing players.

would have loved to have heard hindemith play viola when he was alive. especially the premiere of the Walton Viola Concerto.

QUOTE (violinist @ Jan 17 2005, 03:45 PM)

Maxim Vengerov is my fav, his playing is mesmerising.

ooooooooooooh yes!!! I saw him at verbier music festival recently! Hes amazing. Get him playing pagganini(sp!?) his balance is amazing.
Im also a major fan of gershwin. (again sp!?)

QUOTE (jonscott14 @ Jan 19 2005, 12:34 PM)

wynton marsalis - probably the best trumpet player in the world!

I jst saw this!!! I agree!!

Sir Simon Rattle, the late, great Sir Thomas Beecham and Emmanuel Pahud, but not necessarily in that order.

QUOTE (woodwind @ Jan 27 2005, 09:00 PM)

Sir Simon Rattle, the late, great Sir Thomas Beecham and Emmanuel Pahud, but not necessarily in that order.

can't disagree with any of those....

One of my favourites is Paul Sartin, superb oboe player, (plus violin and voice) and chorister at Christchurch, Oxford, (heard singing the sig music for Mr Bean and the Vicar of Dibley.)

Paul has also moved into folk music, playing with Paul Hutchinson as Balshazzar's Feast, the as part of Doctor Faustus, and I will be hearing him soon as part of a new prize winning band Bellowhead.

Versatility at its best.