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Old 08-06-2013, 11:04 PM
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Originally Posted by bizzum [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]
You're a pussy! You listen to songs with words like Sugarplum and Fairies in it!!!

All that aside, Schubert's Impromptu #4 and Chopin Ballade #1 are some of my top favorites as well! Debussy's Children's Corner is also A+. Hard to pick out a favorite
I will have to agree for the most part. There is not much that Chopin does wrong. Schubert, I lean toward preference of his lieder. His settings of Goethe, Mueller, and Heine are some of the best.

Debussy is hit and miss with me. I love his experimentation with tonal colours, but some of his other works can be derivative. Items such as L 91 Nocturnes and Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune are among his best (and most popular). I find French music from the Romantic period to be hit and miss as a whole, however.

Mahler, on the other hand, ranks in my top three composers, as well as Wagner (though that should be no surprise [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] ).
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