Monthly Archives: January 2011

Top Ten Greatest Composers, Part II

The envelope please! I’ve run the numbers, and come up with the top 10 composers of all time. As a reminder, I restricted the pool of eligible composers to those active roughly between 1650 – 1950, and set up four … Continue reading

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The Top Ten Greatest Composers

Anthony Tommasini, the New York Times classical music critic, has just concluded an effort to identify the top composers of all time. I like the idea, and I would like to undertake a similar effort, based on my own methodology. … Continue reading

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Desert Island Recordings

What if I were shipwrecked on the proverbial desert island with a CD player, some solar power cells and the choice of 10 CDs or CD sets? What would I choose? The 10 selections below are my “desert island recordings.” … Continue reading

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