Classical Music Composers From Baroque to Ragtime, Bach to Scott Joplin. Whatever you want to say about the classical composers. "Classical" is very inclusive, for our purpose here, but does not include Rock 'n Roll or Hip Hop or Rap. But includes 20th century composers like Irving Berlin, Philip Glass, Gustav Holst, etc. For now I will mainly focus on producing a long list of composers, from A-Z, as an easy reference guide to all the famous composers (and eventually maybe a few not-so-famous ones). But anyone who likes "classical" music is welcome to post anything you want to say on this general topic. (Edited by Lumpenproletariat) Â Ê Î Ô Û Ŵ Ŷ Á É Í Ï â ê î ô û ŵ ŷ á é í ï Ä Ö Õ Ü ä ö õ ü GREAT COMPOSERS LISTING from A-Z ____________________________________ Simple listing of famous composers. Scroll down. Are there names missing which should be included? Probably many more will be added. alphabetically: 1904 - 1977 -- ADDINSELL, Richard (English) ----- b. London England, Jan 13 1904 ----- d. Brighton (60 miles E. of Brighton) England, Nov. 14 1977 1671 - 1751 -- ALBINONI, Tomaso (Italian) ----- b. Venice Italy, June 8 1671 ----- d. Venice Italy, Jan. 17 1751 1872 - 1960 -- ALFVEN, Hugo (Swedish) ----- b. Stockholm Sweden, May 1 1872 ----- d. Falun (220 km NW from Stockholm) Sweden, May 8 1960 1582 - 1652 -- ALLEGRI, Gregorio (Italian) ----- b. Rome Italy, Jan. 14 1582 ----- d. Rome Italy, Feb. 17 1652 1908 - 1975 -- ANDERSON, Leroy (American) ----- b. Cambridge MA, June 29 1908 ----- d. Woodbury CN, May 18 1975 1685 - 1750 -- BACH, Johann Sebastian (German) ----- b. Eisenach Germany, March 31 1685 ----- d. Leipzig Germany, July 28 1750 1714 - 1788 -- BACH, Carl Phillipp Emmanuel (German) ----- b. Weimar Germany, March 8 1714 ----- d. Hamburg Germany, Dec. 14 1788 1735 - 1782 -- BACH, Johann Christian (German) ----- b. Leipzig Germany, Sept. 5 1735 ----- d. London England, Jan. 1 1782 1837 - 1910 -- BALAKIREV, Mily (Russian) ----- b. Nizhny Novgorod (440 km E. of Moscow) Russia, Jan. 2 1837 ----- d. St. Petersburg Russia, May 29 1910 1910 - 1981 -- BARBER, Samuel (American) ----- b. West Chester PA, March 9 1910 ----- d. New York NY, Jan. 23 1981 1881 - 1945 -- BARTOK, Bela (Hungarian) ----- b. Sânnicolau Mare (at Serbian & Hungarian borders) Romania, March 25 1881 ----- d. New York NY, Sept. 26 1945 1770 - 1827 -- van BEETHOVEN, Ludwig (German) ----- b. Bonn Germany, Dec. 16 1770 ----- d. Vienna Austria, March 26 1827 1803 - 1869 -- BERLIOZ, Hector (French) ----- b. La Côte-Saint-André (70 km SE of Lyon) France, Dec. 11 1803 ----- d. Paris France, March 8 1869 1796 - 1868 -- BERWALD, Franz (Swedish) ----- b. Stockholm Sweden, July 23 1796 ----- d. Stockholm Sweden, April 3 1868 1838 - 1875 -- BIZET, Georges (French) ----- b. Paris France, Oct. 25 1838 ----- d. Bougival (20 km W. of Paris) France, June 3 1875 1833 - 1887 -- BORODIN, Alexander (Russian) ----- b. St. Petersburg Russia, Nov. 12 1833 ----- d. St. Petersburg, Feb. 27 1887 1833 - 1897 -- BRAHMS, Johannes (German) ----- b. Hamburg Germany, May 7 1833 ----- d. Vienna Austria, April 3 1897 1838 - 1920 -- BRUCH, Max (German) ----- b. Cologne Germany, Jan. 6 1838 ----- d. Berlin Germany, Oct. 2 1920 1824 - 1896 -- BRUCKNER, Anton (Austrian) ----- b. Ansfelden (14 km S. from Linz) Austria, Sept. 24 1824 ----- d. Vienna Austria, Oct. 11 1896 1637 - 1707 -- BUXTEHUDE, Dieterich (Danish) ----- b. Helsingborg (50 km N. of Copenhagen) Sweden, 1637 ----- d. Lübeck Germany, May 9 1707 1841 - 1894 -- CHABRIER, Emmanuel (French) ----- b. Ambert (130 km W. of Lyon) France, Jan. 18 1841 ----- d. Paris France, Sept. 13 1894 1855 - 1899 -- CHAUSSON, Ernest (French) ----- b. Paris France, Jan. 20 1855 ----- d. Limay (56 km from Paris) France, June 10 1899 1810 - 1849 -- CHOPIN, Frederich (Polish) ----- b. Zelazola Wola (60 km W. of Warsaw) Poland, March 1 1810 ----- d. Paris France, Oct. 17 1849 1900 - 1990 -- COPLAND, Aaron (American) ----- b. Brooklyn NY, Nov. 14 1900 ----- d. Sleepy Hollow (30 miles N. of New York City) NY, Dec. 2 1990 1653 - 1713 -- CORELLI, Arcangelo (Italian) ----- b. Fusignano (30 km W. of Ravenna) Italy, Feb. 17 1653 ----- d. Rome Italy, Jan. 8 1713 1862 - 1918 -- DEBUSSY, Claude (French) ----- b. Saint-Germaine-en-Laye France, August 22, 1862 ----- d. Paris France, March 25 1918 1836 - 1892 -- DELIBES, Leo (French) ----- b. La Fleche (75 km W. of Tours) France, Feb. 21 1836 ----- d. Paris France, Jan. 16 1892 1862 - 1934 -- DELIUS, Frederick (English) ----- b. Bradford (40 miles NE from Manchester) England, Jan. 29 1862 ----- d. Grez-sur-Loing (80 km S. of Paris) France, June 10 1934 1877 - 1960 -- DOHNÁNYI, Ernő (Hungarian) ----- b. Pozsony, Kingdom of Hungary (today Bratislava, Slovakia), July 27 1877 ----- d. New York NY, Feb. 9 1960 1563 - 1626 -- DOWLAND, John (English) ----- b. London England, Jan. 2 1563 ----- d. London England, Feb. 2 1626 1865 - 1935 -- DUKAS, Paul (French) ----- b. Paris France, Oct. 1 1865 ----- d. Paris France, May 17 1935 1841 - 1904 -- DVORAK, Antonin (Czech) ----- b. Nelahozeves (35 km N. of Prague) Bohemia, Sept. 8 1841 ----- d. Prague Bohemia, May 1 1904 1857 - 1934 -- ELGAR, Edgar (English) ----- b. Broadheath (8 miles SW from Manchester) England, June 2 1857 ----- d. Worcester (30 miles SW from Birmingham) England, Feb. 23 1934 1845 - 1924 -- FAURÉ, Gabriel (French) ----- b. Pamiers (75 km S. of Toulouse) France, May 12 1845 ----- d. Paris France, Nov. 4 1924 1850 - 1900 -- FIBICH, Zdeněk (Czech) ----- b. Všebořice (95 km N. of Prague) Bohemia, Dec. 21 1850 ----- d. Prague Czechia, Oct. 15 1900 1822 - 1890 -- FRANCK, Cesar (Belgian) ----- b. Liege Belgium, Dec. 10 1822 ----- d. Paris France, Nov. 8 1890 1898 - 1937 -- GERSHWIN, George (American) ----- b. Brooklyn NY, Sept 26 1898 ----- d. Los Angeles CA, July 11 1937 1937 - ........... GLASS, Philip (American) ----- b. Baltimore MD, Jan. 31 1937 ----- as of 2025 residing in New York NY 1865 - 1936 -- GLAZUNOV, Alexander (Russian) ----- b. St. Petersburg, August 10 1865 ----- d. Nuilley-sur-Seine (9 km W. of Paris) France, March 21 1936 1875 - 1956 -- GLIÈRE, Reinhold (Russian) ----- b. Kyiv Ukraine, Jan. 11 1875 ----- d. Moscow Russia, June 23 1956 1804 - 1857 -- GLINKA, Mikhail (Russian) ----- b. Novospasskoe (5 km from Moscow) Russia, June 1804 ----- d. Berlin Germany, Feb. 15 1857 1714 - 1787 -- Von GLUCK, Christoph Willibald (German) ----- b. Erasbach (50 km SE from Nuremberg) Germany, July 2 1714 ----- d. Vienna Austria, Nov. 15 1787 1829 - 1869 -- GOTTSCHALK, Louis Moreau (American) ----- b. New Orleans Louisianna U.S. ----- d. Rio de Janeiro Brazil, Dec. 18 1869 1818 - 1893 -- GOUNOD, Charles (French) ----- b. Paris France, June 17 1818 ----- d. Saint-Cloud (10 km NE of Versailles) France, Oct 18 1893 1843 - 1907 -- GRIEG, Edvard (Norwegian) ----- b. Bergen Norway, June 15 1843 ----- d. Bergen Norway, Sept. 4 1907 1685 - 1759 -- HANDEL, George Frideric (German-English) ----- b. Halle (Saale) Germany, Feb. 23 1685 ----- d. London England, April 14 1759 1732 - 1809 -- HAYDN, Franz Joseph (Austrian) ----- b. Rohrau (48 miles E from Vienna) Austria, March 31 1732 ----- d. Vienna Austria, May 31 1809 1895 - 1963 -- HINDEMITH, Paul (German) ----- b. Hanau Germany, Nov. 16 1895 ----- d. Frankfurt am Main Germany, Dec. 28 1963 1874 - 1934 -- HOLST, Gustav (English) ----- b. Cheltenham (60 miles S. of Birmingham) England, Sept. 21 1874 ----- d. London England, May 25 1934 1911 - 2000 -- HOVHANESS, Alan (American) ----- b. Somerville (5 miles NW of Boston) MA, March 8 1911 ----- d. Seattle WA, June 21 2000 1854 - 1921 -- HUMPERDINCK, Engelbert (German) ----- b. Siegburg (16 km NE of Bonn) Germany, Sept. 1 1854 ----- d. Neustrelitz (115 km N. of Berlin) Germany, Sept. 27 1921 1851 - 1931 -- d'INDY, Vincent (French) ----- b. Paris France, March 27 1851 ----- d. Paris France, Dec. 2 1931 1859 - 1935 -- IPPOLITOV-IVANOV, michail (Russian) ----- b. Gatchina (45 km S. of St. Petersburg) Russia, Nov. 19 1859 ----- d. Moscow Russia, Jan. 28 1935 1874 - 1954 -- IVES, Charles (American) ----- b. Danbury CN, Oct. 20 1874 ----- d. New York NY, May 19 1954 1854 - 1928 -- JANÁCEK, Leoš (Czech) ----- b. Hukvaldy (350 km E. of Prague) Czechia, July 30 1954 ----- d. Ostrava (350 km E. of Prague) Czechia, August 12 1928 1868 - 1917 -- JOPLIN, Scott (American) ----- b. Texarkana Texas, Nov. 24 1868 ----- d. New York NY, April 1 1917 1904 - 1987 -- KABALEVSKY, Dmitri (Russian) ----- b. St. Petersburg Russia (Dec. 30 1904) ----- d. Moscow Russia (Feb. 14 1987) 1866 - 1901 -- KALINNIKOV, Vasily (Russian) ----- b. Oryol (360 km S. of Moscow) Russia, Jan. 13 1866 ----- d. Yalta (Crimea, near Sevastopol) Russia, Jan. 11 1901 1903 - 1978 -- KHACHATURIAN, Aram (Soviet Armenian) ----- b. Tbilisi Georgia, June 6 1903 ----- d. Moscow Russia, May 1 1978 1823 - 1892 -- LALO, Edouard (French) ----- b. Lille France, Jan. 27 1823 ----- d. Paris France, April 22 1892 1870 - 1948 -- LEHAR, Franz (Austro-Hungarian) ----- b. Komárom (90 km W. of Budapest) Hungary, April 30 1870 ----- d. Bad Ischi (55 km E. of Salzburg) Austria, Oct 24 1948 1811 - 1886 -- LISZT, Franz (Hungarian) ----- b. Raiding (130 miles S. of Vienna) Austria, Oct. 22 1811 ----- d. Bayreuth Germany, July 31 1886 1860 - 1908 -- MacDOWELL, Edward (American) ----- b. New York NY, Dec. 18 1860 ----- d. New York, Jan. 23 1908 1860 - 1911 -- MAHLER, Gustav (Austro-Bohemian) ----- b. Kaliste (100 km SE from Prague) Bohemia, July 7 1860 ----- d. Vienna Austria, May 18 1911 1842 - 1912 -- MASSENET, Jules (French) ----- b. Montaud (20 km N. of Montpellier) France, May 12 1842 ----- d. Paris France, August 13 1912 1808 - 1847 -- MENDELSSOHN, Felix (German) ----- b. Hamburg Germany, Feb. 3 1809 ----- d. Leipzig Germany, Nov. 4 1847 1791 - 1864 -- MEYERBEER, Giacomo (German) ----- b. Berlin Germany, Sept. 5 1791 ----- d. Paris France, May 2 1864 1892 - 1974 -- MILHAUD, Darius (French) ----- b. Marseille France, Sept 4 1892 ----- d. Geneva Switzerland, June 22 1974 1794 - 1870 -- MOSCHELES, Ignaz (Bohemian) ----- b. Prague Czechia, May 23 1794 ----- d. Leipzig Germany, March 10 1870 1756 - 1791 -- MOZART, Wolfgang Amadeus (Austrian) ----- b. Salzburg Austria, Jan. 27 1756 ----- d. Vienna Austria, Dec. 5 1791 1819 - 1880 -- OFFENBACH, Jacques (French) ----- b. Cologne Germany, June 20 1819 ----- d. Paris France, Oct. 5 1880 1895 - 1982 -- ORFF, Karl (German) ----- b. Munich Germany, July 10 1895 ----- d. Munich Germany, March 29 1982 1653 - 1706 -- PACHELBEL, Johann (German) ----- b. Nuremburg Germany, Sept 1 1653 ----- d. Nuremburg Germany, March 3 1706 1860 - 1941 -- PADEREWSKI, Ignacy Jan (Polish) ----- b. Kurylivka (1500 km E. of Krakow) Poland, Nov. 18 1860 ----- d. New York NY, June 29 1941 1782 - 1840 -- PAGANINI, Niccolò (Italian) ----- b. Genoa Italy, Oct. 27 1782 ----- d. Nice France, May 27 1840 1525 - 1594 -- Da PALESTRINA, Giovanni Pierluigi (Italian) ----- b. Palestrina Italy, Dec. 17 1525 ----- d. Rome Italy, Feb. 2 1594 1848 - 1918 -- PARRY, Hubert (English) ----- b. Bournemouth (30 miles SW of Southampton) England, Feb. 27 1848 ----- d. Rustington (45 miles E. of Southampton) England, Oct. 7 1918 1894 - 1972 -- PISTON, Walter (American) ----- b. Rockland (60 miles S. of Bangor) ME, Jan. 20 1894 ----- d. Belmont (6 miles NW of Boston) MA, Nov. 12 1976 1891 - 1953 -- PROKOFIEV, Sergei (Russian) ----- b. Sontsivka (60 km W. of Donetsk) Ukraine, April 23 1891 ----- d. Moscow Russia, March 5 1953 1858 - 1924 -- PUCCINI, Giacomo (Italian) ----- b. Lucca (20 km NE of Pisa) Italy, Dec. 22 1858 ----- d. Brussels Belgium, Nov. 29 1924 1659 - 1695 -- PURCELL, Henry (English) ----- b. London England, Sept. 10 1659 ----- d. London England, Nov. 21 1695 1873 - 1943 -- RACHMANINOFF, Sergei (Russian) ----- b. Staraya Russa (300 km S. of St. Petersburg) Russia, April 1 1873 ----- d. Beverly Hills California, March 28 1943 1875 - 1937 -- RAVEL, Maurice (French) ------ b. Ciboure (400 km W. of Andorra) France, March 7 1875 ------ d. Paris France, Dec. 28 1937 1860 - 1945 -- Von REZNICEK, Emil (Austrian) ----- b. Vienna Austria, May 4 1860 ----- d. Berlin Germany, Aug. 2 1945 1844 - 1908 -- RIMSKY-KORSAKOV, Nicholai (Russian) ----- b. Tikhvin (260 km E. of St. Petersburg Russia), March 18 1884 ----- d. Liubensk (300 km S. of St. Petersburg Russia), June 21 1908 1792 - 1868 -- ROSSINI, Gioachino (Italian) ----- b. Pesaro (55 km E. of San Marino) Italy, Feb. 29 1792 ----- d. Paris France, Nov. 13 1868 1835 - 1921 -- SAINT-SAENS, Camille (French) ----- b. Paris France, Oct. 9 1835 ----- d. Algiers Algeria, Dec. 16 1921 1866 - 1925 -- SATIE, Eric (French) ----- b. Honfleur France, May 17 1866 ----- d. Paris France, July 1 1925 1685 - 1757 -- SCARLATTI, Domenico (Italian) ----- b. Naples Italy, Oct. 16 1685 ----- d. Madrid Spain, July 23 1757 1660 - 1725 -- SCARLATTI, Alessandro (Italian) ----- b. Sicily Italy, May 2 1660 ----- d. Naples Italy, Oct. 25 1725 1874 - 1951 -- SCHOENBERG, Arnold (Austrian-American) ----- b. Vienna Austria, Sept. 13 1874 ----- d. Los Angeles CA, July 13 1951 1797 - 1828 -- SCHUBERT, Franz (Austrian) ----- b. Vienna Austria, Jan. 31 1797 ----- d. Vienna, Nov. 19 1828 1819 - 1896 -- SCHUMANN, Clara (German) ----- b. Leipzig Germany, Sept. 13 1819 ----- d. Frankfurt am Main Germany, May 20 1896 1810 - 1856 -- SCHUMANN, Robert (German) ----- b. Zwickau Germany, June 8 1810 ----- d. Bonn Germany, July 29 1856 1585 - 1672 -- SCHÜTZ, Heinrich (German) ----- b. Bad Köstritz (38 km W. of Jena) Germany, Oct. 18 1585 ----- d. Dresden Germany, Nov. 6 1672 1872 - 1915 -- SCRIABIN, Alexander (Russian) ----- b. Moscow Russia, Jan. 6 1872 ----- d. Moscow Russia, April 27 1915 1906 - 1975 -- SHOSTAKOVITCH, Dmitri (Russian) ----- b. St. Petersburg Russia, Sept. 25 1906 ----- d. Moscow Russia, August 9 1975 1865 - 1957 -- SIBELIUS, Jean (Finnish) ----- b. Hämeenlinna (60 km N. of Helsinki) Finland, Dec. 8 1865 ----- d. Järvenpää (30 miles N. of Helsinki) Finland, Sept 20 1957 1824 - 1884 -- SMETANA, Bedrich (Czech) ----- b. Lytomysl (160 km E. of Prague) Bohemia, March 2 1824 ----- d. Prague Bohemia, May 12 1884 1854 - 1932 -- SOUSA, John Philip (American) ----- b. Washington DC, Nov. 6 1854 ----- d. Reading PA, March 6 1932 1835 - 1916 -- STRAUSS, Eduard (Austrian) ----- b. Vienna Austria, March 15 1835 ----- d. Vienna Austria, Dec. 28 1916 1825 - 1899 -- STRAUSS, Johann II (Austrian) ----- b. Vienna Austria, Oct. 25 1825 ----- d. Vienna Austria, June 3 1899 1827 - 1870 -- STRAUSS, Josef (Austrian) ----- b. Vienna Austria, August 20 1827 ----- d. Vienna Austria, July 22 1870 1864 - 1949 -- STRAUSS, Richard (German) ----- b. Munich Germany, June 11 1864 ----- d. Garmisch-Partenkirchen (Bavaria) W. Germany, Sept 8 1949 1882 - 1971 -- STRAVINSKY, Igor (Russian) ----- b. St. Petersburg Russia, June 17 1882 ----- d. New York NY, April 6 1971 1874 - 1935 -- SUK, Josef (Czech) ----- b. Křečovice (65 km S. of Prague) Czechia, Jan 4 1874 ----- d. Benešov (45 km S. of Prague) Czechia, May 29 1935 1819 - 1895 -- SUPPÉ, Franz von (Austrian) ----- b. Split (100 miles W. of Sarajevo) Croatia, April 18 1819 ----- d. Vienna Austria, May 21 1895 1852 - 1909 -- TÁRREGA, Francisco (Spanish) ----- b. Villareal (60 km N. of Valencia) Spain, Nov. 21 1852 ----- d. Barcelona Spain, Dec. 15 1909 1840 - 1893 -- TCHAIKOVSKY, Pyotr Ilyich (Russian) ----- b. Votkinsk (1300 km E. of Moscow) Russia, May 7 1840 ----- d. St. Petersburg Russia, Nov 6 1893 1872 - 1958 -- VAUGHAN WILLIAMS, Ralph (English) ----- b. Down Ampney (80 miles south of Birmingham) England, Oct. 12 1872 ----- d. London England, August 26 1958 1813 - 1913 -- VERDI, Giuseppe (Italian) ----- b. le Roncole (30 km S. of Cremona) Italy, Oct. 10 1813 ----- d. Milan Italy, Jan. 27 1901 1678 - 1741 -- VIVALDI, Antonio (Italian) ----- b. Venice Italy, March 4 1678 ----- d. Vienna Austria, July 28 1741 1837 - 1915 -- WALDTEUFEL, Émile (French) ----- b. Strasbourg France, Dec. 9 1837 ----- d. Paris France, Feb. 12 1915 1902 - 1983 -- WALTON, William (English) ----- b. Oldham (9 miles E. of Manchester) England, March 29 1902 ----- d. Forio (50 km W. of Naples) Italy, March 8 1983 1786 - 1826 -- von WEBER (German) ----- b. Eutin (40 km N. of Lübeck) Germany, Nov. 18 1786 ----- d. London England, June 5 1826 1896 - 1967 -- WEINBERGER, Jaromir (American) ----- b. Prague Czechia, Jan. 8 1896 ----- d. St. Petersburg FL, August 8 1967 1932 - ........... WILLIAMS, John (American) ----- b. Flushing NY, Feb. 8 1932 ----- as of 2025 residing in Los Angeles CA __________________________________ Probably more will be added to this list. (Edited by Lumpenproletariat) I listen to YouTube for music, but I hate the commercials that barge in. I have to develop tricks to avoid that. By going to "Bing" instead, I can avoid the commercials a little better. revision 4/27/25 Just found a website which might be better than YouTube or Bing. Internet Archive --- definitely has much of the good classical music. One drawback though: Some of the recordings are very old, probably recorded from LPs, and there are some scratches, pops, etc. Even so, I'd rather put up with a little of that noise than the obscene commercials breaking in on me in YouTube/Bing. But I'll keep checking around for more music sources without commercials. I could pay a small monthly price, but not $10 -- too much. (Edited by Lumpenproletariat) GOOD MUSIC ONLINE, FREE, NON-COMMERCIAL Maybe there's a general lack of this, for much good music. I.e., you either have to subscribe to a "platform" like YouTube and pay the $10 or more per month in order to get the good music you want, or you have to put up with obnoxious commercials, which often barge in on your music, loud, shouting voices which insult you and detract you from the good music you really want. BUT, there are ways to find some good music which is free and without any commercials. I will give here some examples of what I have found. I'll add much to this list, as I find more examples. So far, the best hope for this is what I've found in Internet Archive. Here there is the problem that much of the recordings are very old and seem to be taken from the LP records back in the 60s, and some are even in mono rather than stereo, and this is a major difference in the quality of the music. So in my suggestions I will list only the good quality recordings, without the "snap crackle pop" noises. I first found that Internet Archive (I.A.) had the Schubert symphonies all together in one place, and I could listen to any I wanted, but for this group there were some of those hideous noises from the bad quality. It seems most of I.A. recordings go back to the 50s and 60s. But the next composer I checked is Bruckner, and here I.A. has a much better collection -- all 9 Bruckner symphonies, all good quality, good stereo, no noises, and you can easily navigate from one symphony to another, pick out the one you want to listen to. https://archive.org/details/5-01-symphony-no.-5-in-b-flat-major/1-01+Symphony+No.1+in+C+Minor%2C+WAB+1.mp3 --- if need be, copy and paste this into your address box. This gets you to the page which has all 9 Bruckner symphonies listed, and you can click which one you want to listen to. I'll add more to this as I check I.A. more and more for music. I.A. must be a good source for works of music and movies and literature etc. Occasionally they also have good versions of old movies, probably some movie "classics" they thought needed to be preserved. I'm listening to the Bruckner symphonies right now (and in a moment the Thom Hartmann program begins), but later I'll also check on other composers, and I'll start a list here of good classics available on I.A. And I'll revise this post to keep adding more to it. (Edited by Lumpenproletariat) INTERNET ARCHIVE --- Good recordings of classical music All free, no commercials I'll just add to the list as I find more and more. Most of the I. A. recordings are too-low quality. But I'll just give a listing of good ones here. There's plenty. This is a good place to get lots of good music recordings free and without commercials. I'll just list these alphabetically by composer. Much more to add later --- this is just to start. The url is given, there's no "link" -- so just copy & paste the url into your address box. _______________________________________ Hugo Alfven Symphony 2 -- https://archive.org/details/2compleet _________________________________ Johannes Brahms Symphony 2 -- https://archive.org/details/lp_brahms-symphony-no-2_wiener-philharmoniker-pierre-monteux/disc1/02.03.+4th+Mov.mp3 ____________________________ Anton Bruckner The 9 Symphonies -- https://archive_.org/details/5-01-symphony-no.-5-in-b-flat-major _____________________________ Antonin Dvorak Serenade for Strings -- https://archive.org/details/06TchaikovskySerenadeForString/1-06+Tchaikovsky+-+Serenade+for+String.mp3 Symphony 6 -- https://archive.org/details/lp_symphony-no-6-in-d-major_antonn-dvok-the-czech-philharmonic-orchest/disc1/02.02.+Finale.+Allegro+Con+Spirito.mp3 _____________________ Franz Liszt Dante Symphony -- https://archive.org/details/piano-music-o-orchestral-works-o-concertos-o-choral-works-o-lieder-by-various-artists-cd-2-dvg Faust Symphony -- https://archive.org/details/pcast153 _______________________ Sergei Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto 1 and 4 Rhapsodie on a Theme of Paganini -- https://archive.org/details/rachmaninoff-piano-concertos-nos.-1-4-philippe-entremont-eugene-ormandy-dvg/(07)+Rachmaninoff+-+Rhapsody+on+a+Theme+of+Paganini%2C+Op.+43+(%E2%84%97+1958).flac Piano Concerto 2 -- https://archive.org/details/RachmaninoffPianoConcertoNo.2InCMinorOp.16/01Rachmaninov_PianoConcerto2InCMinorOp.18-1.Moderato.mp3 _____________________________________ Richard Strauss Also sprach Zarathustra -- https://archive.org/details/lp_also-sprach-zarathustra-op-30_richard-strauss-eugene-ormandy-the-philade/disc1/02.01.+Also+Sprach+Zarathustra%2C+Op.+30+(Conclusion).mp3 ___________________________________________________ Peter Tchaikovsky 1812 Overture Capriccio Italien Francesca da Rimini Manfred Symphony March Slav Nutcracker Ballet Piano Concertos 1-2 Romeo and Juliet Overture-Fantasy Sleeping Beauty Ballet Suites for Orchestra 1-4 Swan Lake Ballet Symphonies 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 (Symphony 3 is here, but it's difficult to find -- the title is not shown.) All the above -- https://archive.org/details/tchaikovskyeditioncd28 Serenade for Strings -- https://archive.org/details/06TchaikovskySerenadeForString/1-06+Tchaikovsky+-+Serenade+for+String.mp3 Symphony 3 -- https://archive.org/details/tchaikovsky3_svetlanov (Edited by Lumpenproletariat) | Music Chat Room 25 People Chatting Similar Conversations |
