Favourite Classical Composers
by morales_gus | created - 29 Jul 2017 | updated - 29 Oct 2017 | Public
1. Frédéric Chopin
Soundtrack | The Avengers
Frédéric François Chopin was born Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin, on March 1, 1810, in Zelazowa Wola, Masovia region, Duchy of Warsaw, Poland. His father, named Mikolaj (Nicolas) Chopin, was a Frenchman who came to Poland from Lorraine, and eventually became professor at Warsaw Lyceum. His mother, ...
Nocturne op.9 No.2 Heroic Polonaise Grand Valse Brillante Fantaisie Impromptu Waltz nº 2 Opus 64 Revolutionary Etude Mazurka in B Flat No. 1 Nocturne in C sharp Minor (No.20) Prelude in C Minor Prelude in E-Minor (op.28 no. 4) Piano Sonata No 2 in B flat minor, Funeral March Raindrop Prelude Spring Waltz
2. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Soundtrack | Smurfs
Pyotr (Peter) Ilyich Tchaikovsky was born on May 7, 1840, in Votkinsk, Vyatka region, Russia. He was the second of six children (five brothers and one sister). His father, named Ilya Chaikovsky, was a mining business executive in Votkinsk. His father's ancestors were from Ukraine and Poland. His ...
Swan Lake - Scene from Act 2 Swan Lake - Dance of the Swans Swan Lake - Waltz in A Major The Nutcracker Op. 71 - Dance of the Sugarplum Fairy The Nutcracker Op. 71 - Waltz of the Flowers Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Minor Op. 23 - Allegro non troppo
3. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart grew up in Salzburg under the regulation of his strict father Leopold who also was a famous composer of his time. His abilities in music were obvious even when Mozart was still young so that in 1762 at the age of six, his father took him with his elder sister on a concert ...
Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550: I. Molto allegro Requiem for a Dream The Magic Flute - Queen of the Night Aria Eine kleine Nachtmusik in G Major, K. 525: I. Allegro Eine Kleine Nachtmusik in G Major, K. 525: II. Romanza. Andante Piano Sonata nº 16 The Marriage of Figaro Violin Concerto No3 In G Major, k216 (Allegro) Alla Turca
4. Ludwig van Beethoven
Soundtrack | Elysium
Beethoven was the child of a Flamian musician family and became a member of the electoral orchestra of Bonn in 1783. In 1787 he studied at Mozart's in Vienna and in 1792 he moved all to Vienna becoming a student of Joseph Haydn. The Vienna High Society loved him as a piano player as well as as ...
Moonlight Sonata Fur Elise Ode to Joy 9ª Symphony Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67: I. Allegro con brio Turkish March from Ruins of Athens Waldstein
5. Johann Sebastian Bach
Soundtrack | Minority Report
Johann Sebastian Bach was born on March 21, 1685, in Eisenach, Thuringia, Germany, into a large and distinguished family of professional musicians. His father, named Johann Ambrosius Bach, was a violinist and trumpeter, employed by the city of Eisenach. His uncles were church organists, court ...
Toccata And Fugue In D Minor Air Jesus bleibet meine Freude Ave Maria Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 (Allegro-Adagio) Fugue 2 Invention in F
6. Antonio Vivaldi
Soundtrack | Runaway Train
Being the son of a violinist Vivaldi started playing the violin himself early in his life. In 1703 he became priest and in 1716 the director of a conservatory of the church in Venice. Being a famous violinist he gave concerts all over Europe also composing a lot of violin concerts and other string ...
Four Seasons: SPRING Concerto No.1 in E, Op.8 - Allegro SPRING Concerto No.1 in E, Op.8 - Allegro Pastorale SUMMER Concerto No.2 in g, Op.8 - Allegro SUMMER Concerto No.2 in g, Op.8 - Presto AUTUMN Concerto No.3 in F, Op.8 - Allegro WINTER Concerto No.4 in f, Op.8 - Allegro non molto WINTER Concerto No.4 in f, Op.8 - Largo
7. Claude Debussy
Soundtrack | Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Claude Debussy was born in St. Germain-en-Laye, near Paris, France. His father was a salesman and kept a china shop. His mother was a seamstress. Some traumatizing events in his childhood caused him a depression and he never spoke about his early years. Later he could not compose without having his...
Clair de Lune
8. Gioachino Rossini
Soundtrack | Logan
As a son of a horn player and a singer Rossini was taught instruments early in his life. When he was older he went to the conservatory of Bologna for lessons. His first opera was such a big success that a lot of people wanted him to write more pieces. But nevertheless in 1816 his masterpiece "The ...
The Barber of Seville - Figaro's Aria
9. Richard Wagner
Soundtrack | Watchmen
Richard Wagner was a German composer best known for his operas, primarily the monumental four-opera cycle "Der Ring des Nibelungen". He was born Wilhelm Richard Wagner on May 22, 1813, in Leipzig, Germany. He was the ninth child in the family of Carl Wagner, a police clerk. Richard was only six ...
Ride Of The Valkyries Lohengrin: Bridal Chorus (Here Comes The Bride)
10. Georges Bizet
Soundtrack | Match Point
Georges Bizet was a child prodigy. Entering the Paris Conservatory at the age of nine, he counted among his teachers Antoine Marmontel, François Benoist and Jacques Halévy. At nineteen Bizet won a Prix de Rome. That same year he wrote his first opera, 'Le Docteur Miracle', a one-act comedy. After ...
Carmen - Toreador
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