1- Franz Liszt. I love how visionary his music was, from his exceptional technique on the piano, his ability to write some beautiful pieces in different styles and his opening towards the impressionism style at the end of his life.
His piece: Hungarian Rhapsody no.2. No I have not discovered this piece through Tom and Jerry, but rather it was the piece that made me interested in classical music during my teenage years. Since then I have listened to it probably a million times!
2- Claude Debussy. The master of tone colours. Every time I listen to him I found inspiration and my imagination gets filled by beautiful landscapes of nature. His music to me his very visual and absolutely stunning.
His piece: I was hesitating between a few of his pieces, but I must say Rêverie has something almost magical every time I hear it (even though apparently he did not like this piece after all!)
3 - Jacob Collier. Yep big leap in time… I just love his excitement and passion about music, and all the new theories and ways of composing and making music he’s bringing on the table. Such an incredible musician and composer… I had the chance to saw him perform last month and it was just incredible seeing him play. I am actually pretty keen to see what else his mind will offer, as he is still early in his career!!
His piece: I got to say, his version of Moon River is just something. His harmonies are just so rich I feel dazed by its complexity and beauty.
Oof, that was a tough one! Feel free to share yours guys, would love to hear all about it!
WoW! Challenging question!, I feel bad for picking ‘just’ four
Andrew Lloyd Webber, I have always been and I will always be in love with the rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar. The music is just outstanding, full of emotions and always when I hear it, it inspires me.
Jaroslav Jezek, Bugatti Step… fun to listen, fun to play (although superhard) and the song literaly makes me happy Plus! He was Czech like me, even with the same surname (no family relation tho)
Antonio Vivaldi, The Four Seasons, all of them.
Mike Oldfield, not possible to name just one piece, but here the variety goes… Portsmouth, Summit Day, Nuclear, and more.
Here’s my list and I really liked the other composers you guys mentioned and in particular Jacob Collier!
Frédéric Chopin
I am an avid fan of Chopin and his music, and I love listening to different interpretations of his pieces, and I find it to be amazing in his short life that he managed to create such a great amount of amazing pieces. When I listen to Chopin, I can feel his melancholy, his despair, and I do not have a favourite piece but I’ll give you a less-known étude, the Etude Op10 n6 (listen to the Pollini version in my opinion he plays most études beautifully) , which is unique in so many ways.
Beethoven
Now Beethoven brings something else with his ‘Sturm und Drang’ (Storm and Passion). My favourite piece by him is the Symphony 7, particurlary the 2nd movement, or the piano sonata #21 in C op63 Allegro con Brio which is less known.
Franz Liszt
A friend of Chopin, he was more of a showman than his contemporary and I really love the ‘Libestraum’ that is magnificent.
This list may have a small bias towards solo pianists…
Plus! He was Czech like me, even with the same surname (no family relation tho) 