i like J.S.Bach most!! i think he was the most successful musician in the world. it is because his played the music very wonderful. his songs in violin and piano are very well. which i like him so much.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (I just love him)
J.S. Bach
Beethoven
IlaiyaRaaja (http://www.raaja.com/)
(An Indian composer who has done heavy fusion of Indian and Western Classical music)
Vivaldi

Rachmaninoff <3
Liszt <3
Joplin <3
Beethoven (etc, etc)

That pretty much sums up who I love. I definitely love many others... just can't be bothered naming them all...

Mozart
Einaudi
Maksim
Beethoven

My top 5...
Mozart
Scarlatti (D)
Bach (CPE)
Mendelsohn
Gershwin

My Top 5 ....

Chopin
Beethoven
Mozart
Czerny
Haydn

Joy

My top 6 (can't get it down to 5 ):

Ravel
JS Bach
Shostakovich
Beethoven
Prokofiev
Debussy

There's so many!! Top 5:

Chopin
Einaudi
Mozart
Debussy
Gershwin

My top 5: Mozart, Shostakovich, J.S. Bach, Gershwin, Mahler

Top 5: Mozart, Bach, Einaudi, Chopin, Joplin.

Johnny Lydon !

Favourite composers:

1) Mozart
2) Chopin
3) Tchaikovsky
4) Grieg
5) Mendelssohn

Favourite modern musician is Martha Argerich.

Dangermouse has strong leanings toward Ravel

J. S. Bach
Beethoven
Carl Maria von Weber

J S Bach
Thomas Tallis
Haydn
Schubert
Vaughan-Williams

Chopin
Shostakovich
JS Bach

*nods*

ooo! Debussy is my favourite. I love most romantic musicians!

Favourite composers - Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Mahler, Tchaikovsky

Favourite pianist - Alfred Brendel

Maksim he's my piano hero!

and as for composers it's, Tchaikovsky, Mozart

top 5:

Joe Hisaishi
Einaudi
Beethoven
JS Bach
Mozart

my favourite is Telemann!!! but i love
Liszt
Chopin
Rachmaninov
Schumann
Mozart
Beethoven
Vivaldi
Debussy
Tchaikovsky
Corelli
Poulenc
Paganini
Vieuxtemps

Chopin, Debussy, Gershwin, Mayerl, Beethoven, Liszt, Rachmaninov, Albeniz, Ravel, that's 9 composers, and for no 10, the pianist Artur Rubinstein for his performances of Chopin's music. that's my top 10.

i think i should get out and buy/hear more music....

Is he related to the Nikolay Rubinstein who became a huge fan of Tchaikovsky piano concerto no.1 after originally slating it?

Nikolay Rubinstein was the brother of Anton Rubinstein (1829-1894), the pianist and composer. Nikolay set up a conservatoire in moscow.

Artur Rubinstein wasn't born until 1887 and as far as i know is completely unrelated to the two brothers. artur rubinstein was polish while the rubinstein brothers were (to my memory) russian.

the only sheet music i have to anton rubinstein is one "Melody in F".
artur rubinstein never composed or taught, but he was a very famous concert pianist for almost all his life. listen to some of his recordings- i'd recommend him

Composers:
Bach, Beethoven, Mozart (of course who can live without them?)
Shostakovich, Bartok, Britten.....well everyone really!

Pianists:
Argarich, Barenboim, Lang Lang, Kissin

Violinists:
Vengerov , Znaider, Repin

Cellists:
Rostropovich, Wispelwey, Han-Na Chang

Quartets:
Lindsays (enjoy your well earned retirelment guys!), Emerson, Chilingirian

Think I'll stop there

Chopin, Liszt, Rachmaninov, and Yann Tiersen

Robert Zimmerman

Yeah....I remember him from my youth in the 60s and he's still performing isn't he???

I would say
Beethoven,
Tchaikovsky
and Scott Joplin

Yes he's on tour here in November.

Do you think anyone else here knows who he is ?

I do.

I borrowed a Maksim's CD in the library today. The sounds are very well.

Mostly people on this thread seem to be listing composers,
Surely this thread is about musicians ie people who actually play the music.
There can't really be anyone on this forum that has heard Beethoven, Chopin and Debussy actually play an instrument ?

Wow here in November. Now that's tempting!

Joplin was AWESOME!! <3 Love Allie xoxox

15 Nov Tue Nottingham Nottingham Arena
16 Nov Wed Manchester MEN Arena
17 Nov Thu Glasgow SE & CC
18 Nov Fri Birmingham NEC
20 Nov Sun London Brixton Academy
21 Nov Mon London Brixton Academy
22 Nov Tue London Brixton Academy
23 Nov Wed London Brixton Academy
24 Nov Thu London Brixton Academy

I'm not sure if you want us to answer with composer or musician so ..

Top 5 Composers:

Malcom Arnold
John Williams
Shostakovich
Mahler
Andrew Llyod Webber

Top 5 Musicians:
Flook (irish trad band)
Andreas Schiff (pianist)
Mark O'Keefe (trumpeter, Scottish National Orchestra I think)
Rolf Loveland - from Secret Garden, both composer and musician
I'd need to think about the rest .....

Pianists- Martha Argerich, Lang Lang, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Evgeny Kissin

Guitarists- Allan Holdsworth, John Schofield, John McLaughlin

Just to be different...

Dr. John
Albert Ammons
Pete Johnson
Jools Holland

Basically any blues/boogie pianists.

Shelton

My fav composers are:

1 - Mozart
2 - Beethoven
3 - Andrew Webber
4 - Bach
5 - Vivaldi

PR

How on earth did ALW get on that list...or did you mean Anton Webern?

Hey Nottingham.......

For Composers I like

Mozart, Schubert, Chopin, Mendelssohn and Grieg

For Pianists I like

Glenn Gould, Leif Ove Adsnes, Afred Brendel and Vladimir Arkenazy.

Woohoo ditto! They are my current top 5 in my (ever changing) list of favourites.

Ah, great... although you have Tchaikovsky instead of Schubert...I like him as well any way.

Joplin
Gershwin
Ella Fitzgerald
Louis Armstrong
Oscar Peterson
Diana Krall
Jack Johnson

and most of all, my piano teacher because he is incredible

Although I do have a copy of Rachmaninoff plays Rachmaninoff and Bela Bartok plays Bela Bartok

That's a real nice thought

i like chopin, beethoven, bach, debussy, grieg, handel, lloyd webber, joplin and loads of others!!