We can all agree that Carl's favourite composer is Tchaikovsky

"a nightmare for performers and conductors" I feel like Stravinsky would have been half flattered by that

"One Spontaneous Key Change doesn't make your music epic" I feel personally attacked.

chopin didn’t need orchestra, chopin had piano.

Apparently we all missed out; we remember Verdi as a composer, but his wife said his true gift was his risotto alla milanese

The fact that the only complaint about Chopin is his orchestration just says how incredible he is. The Grieg slander just hurt as well😂

As a proud Liszt fan, I loved the burn "where do I even start", because in reality, he never stuck to conventional norms of composition and always did things different. Liszt always experimented new things with his music, so it kind of rings true, lol. 😂

The Brahms one is entirely counterfactual; in reality, she was expecting him to marry her after Robert died, as they were both in love with each other. However, he chose to remain espoused to his music over marrying her. Conclusion: he was the exact opposite of a simp.

As a Vivaldi fan, I don’t feel like that was even a really good burn. He wrote over 400 concertos and because one of them happens to be beloved by a random suckass talent show, that’s all he’s remembered for. He _invented_ the modern concerto and all he is remembered for is Summer.

Congrats dude you actually managed to piss me of with every single one of them 🤣

Liszt is quite misunderstood, but his music and legacy is incredibly important

In case u want to jump to ur fav composer 0:00 - Bach: B minor mass, Gloria in excelsis Deo 0:03 - Beethoven: 5th symphony 0:08 - Mozart: 40th symphony 0:16 - Mahler: 3rd symphony 0:28 - Bruckner: 7th symphony 0:43 - Brahms: 4th symphony 0:53 - Schubert: "Unfinished" symphony 1:05 - Schumann: 3rd symphony, mov.IV 1:20 - Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances 1:30 - Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe, Lever du jour 1:42 - Stravinsky: Rite of Spring, The Augurs of Spring 1:51 - Liszt: Spanish Rhapsody 2:04 - Strauss: Vier letzte Lieder 2:14 - Chopin: Ballade no. 1 2:25 - Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker ♡ 2:33 - Wagner: Tristan und Isolde 2:45 - Verdi: Nabucco 3:00 - Puccini: La Boheme, Musetta's Waltz 3:14 - Haydn: 87th symphony 3:23 - Händel: Music for the Royal Fireworks 3:35 - Debussy: La Mer 3:48 - Mendelssohn: 4th symphony 4:02 - Shostakovich: 5th symphony 4:16 - Schönberg: 2nd chamber symphony LOL 4:23 - Sibelius: 5th symphony 4:36 - Dvorak: 9th symphony 4:50 - Bartok: The Miraculous Mandarin 5:02 - Prokofiev: 6th piano sonata 5:14 - C. Schumann: 3 romances 5:24 - Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique 5:34 - Vivaldi: "Summer" violin concerto, mov.III 5:42 - Saint-Säens: Allegro Appassionato op.70 5:48 - Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis, mov.IV 5:59 - Korsakov: Scheherazade 6:08 - Grieg: Peer Gynt suite no. 1 6:18 - outro - Ravel: string quartet in F, mov.II (little help to @BlueMeeple 's comment)

List of excerpts (mostly 1st movements or preludes etc.) Bach: B minor mass, Gloria in excelsis Deo Beethoven: 5th symphony Mozart: 40th symphony Mahler: 3rd symphony Bruckner: 7th symphony Brahms: 4th symphony Schubert: "Unfinished" symphony Schumann: 3rd symphony, mov.IV Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe, Lever du jour Stravinsky: Rite of Spring, The Augurs of Spring Liszt: Spanish Rhapsody Strauss: Vier letzte Lieder Chopin: Ballade no. 1 Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Wagner: Tristan und Isolde Verdi: Nabucco Puccini: La Boheme, Musetta's Waltz Haydn: 87th symphony Händel: Music for the Royal Fireworks Debussy: La Mer Mendelssohn: 4th symphony Shostakovich: 5th symphony Schönberg: 2nd chamber symphony Sibelius: 5th symphony Dvorak: 9th symphony Bartok: The Miraculous Mandarin Prokofiev: 6th piano sonata C.Schumann: 3 romances Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique Vivaldi: "Summer" violin concerto, mov.III Saint-Säens: Allegro Appassionato op.70 Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis, mov.IV Korsakov: Scheherazade Grieg: Peer Gynt suite no. 1 (outro - Ravel: string quartet, mov.II)

Tchaikovsky is a great melodist, but when it comes to orchestration, no one is better than Ravel.

5:14 During Rob's lifetime it was exactly the opposite. She was a Europe-renowned piano virtuoso and he was barely known outside Germany. When they came to Russia someone asked "Who is that guy near you? Ah, your husband? Does he even compose or what?"

Handel is indeed seriously underrated, but I don't think that was his fault.

Once heard the joke that you can count everything Stravinsky wrote in single beats. One, one, one, accented one, soft one, one rest, one, one, slightly longer one, one…. Etc.

The Mahler one made me burst out laughing. Especially since I read the letters Alma wrote about him and in one of the early ones she describes how he cried in her arms, apologizing for coming too early the first time they ever had sex. ;)

Although Stravinsky represents at first a considerable challenge for conductors because of his unique bar system and internal elements in the music... it's the most addictive drug once you get used to it and internalise his "game". As a student, I think Histoire du Soldat it's an impassable step in a conductor's education!

love how the first time Saint-Saëns is acknowledged on your channel is for the "Why your favorite composer sucks!" video, that's fair I guess lmao

Beethoven’s harmonies are simple at times, but many of these instances stand to hold an important meaning within the overall structure of the piece. An example I’ve seen people sight is an instance in the 4th movement of his 5th symphony where he stays on the I C major chord for several measures to pound in the cadence on the first section. I believe this over the top emphasis is there as a means to contrast the much more somber returning theme from the 3rd movement. I would argue his harmonies are not necessarily boring, but more overtly simplistic at times.

Tchaikovsky a better orchestrator than Ravel? Them’s fightin’ words.

As a Shostakovich Fan, I can confirm that we all like him because his music was inspired by war and oppression.

Tchaikovsky for ever✌🏻 The only composer who wrote 2 hours long ballets and you can listen to the whole thing of every single one of them finding every moment beautiful end exciting, not to mention his other full length works I do not understand why he hates Rachmaninoff that much lol😂

I think the thing about Bach that can make his music a little difficult to listen to is that you are never given a break, seldom much contrast in a single movement, and in his pieces start very suddenly and drammatically, which are not bad things but can get overwhelming very quickly, especially with his fugues. Bach in my mind will always be my favourite composer because I can never get bored of him but once in awhile I need a break from his intense and rigorous counterpoint for something lighter, which often ironically involves a bigger orchestra.

Ravel is pinnacle of orchestration and Prokofiev is well-known for many recognizable works, piano sonatas (dunno if you are just a violinist or anything), Romeo and Juliet, piano concertos, etc etc.

About Mahler, it's worth saying that at some point he sought Freud's services to "solve stuff" so yeah, there's that. Although on the other hand, he was almost 40 years old when he met his wife who was barely 18 at the time, and all his and Alma Schindler biographers account that whatever happened between them was wild and instantaneous, so yeah.

I was watching this in aggressive anticipation to see what you had to say about Tchaikovsky. Left surprisingly satisfied.

0:56 Schubert was great at writing melodies. It is a quality in itself. I can live with that.

as a Tchaikovsky/Debussy fan, I got off easy and the most fucking striking thing is that I've been told I look a lot like Dicaprio by entirely different random people a great number of times

I wish there was more representation with composers such as Albéniz, de Falla, Gottschalk, Granados, etc. Their music is so great and deserves to be known more!

all in favor of changing his name to CHADkovsky, say I

Prokofiev is so flawless you had to lie in order to find a defect ☠️

4:07 WOW I have a lot to say about this: Lady Macbeth, the Nose, cello sonata, Symphony 1, Symphony 15, Piano Trio 2, Piano Concerto 2, Jazz Suites are all counter arguments.

In college we all wrote a term paper on a Haydn piece. It required listening to it over and over... Doing lengthy analysis of the score. The Monday it was due we're all handing in the papers I go, "I'm sorry, but that was pretty boring. I'm not a fan." Everyone in the room laughed, including the professor.

Man, this is amazing! It made me laugh so much! Great sense of humor! :)

This channel represents another fundamental step in recognizing that nobody actually gives a shit about Satie, which is interesting, considering that neither did his contemporaries

What a low blow for Chopin! He may not have orchestrated most of his pieces, but there is orchestral quality counterpoint in his pieces! Can you tell that Chopin is my favourite composer?

I am a proud Wagnerian. He wrote very complex and long works, and you have to be really into there to feel all of the greatness. And when you've reached it, it is simply the best for you. And you also get the superpower not to get tired while listening to his operas))

Tchaikovsky: does not suck at all His boyfriend: ._.

Now we all know Carl is a total nutcracker nerd

NONO the fact that there isn’t a melody with Debussy is WHY ITS SO GOOD

Alkan: "Who the hell are you? And stop beating the piano, aren't 20 minutes enough?" Sorabji: "If you write 5-hour-long piano pieces with 4 staves it doesn't make your music automatically epic" La Monte Young: "Tune your piano m8" Delibes, Minkus: "I'm not a ballet dancer so your music doesn't make sense to me" C. P. E. Bach: "Stop modulating between movements"

2:17 the piano is already an orchestra

4:36 Sibelius violin concerto : why am I still here? Just to suffer

Bruh tchaikovsky was an alright orchestrater Ravel was a literal god

“Tchaikovsky: does not suck at all” Oh the irony…

2:30 Well from what we know, he certainly sucked...

So happy how you are thinking about Tchaikovsky, my favorite composer, but he wouldn't be pleased that his bestie Grieg is called awful (; still, there's so much light and so much darkness close together. The Nutcracker overture may be sweet, but you will feel completely different with the one from Swan Lake - or ever tried The storm or The Oprichnik (; But forget all other composers, if you can have the Waltz of Flowers, the Final Scene of Swan Lake or whatever else (;

This made me laugh hysterically. and I thank you for it.

I actually love when the piano in an orchestra gets sole attention for a while. Everyone's at the edge of their seat in those moments

4:02 "All warfare is based" - Sun Tzu

I’ll have to assume since there was no mention of Percy Grainger or Scriabin, that my favorite composers are so indubitably excellent it wasn’t worth taking the time to include them in such a trivial list.

Not only Bruckner wrote 9 (11 with no. 0 and 00) symphonies, but he kept re-writing them, sometimes composing entire new movements. People still mess up with the editions.

proud Mozartian. love his Operas, Piano Concertos, late Symphonys and Choir Music

can't have the one hit wonder conversation without my boy pachelbel

Ravel is still superior, you'll understand one day. Also, Haydn wrote over 107 symphonies, 104 was just his last.

0:29 That's what one calls a dedication

What's with the hate towards Händel? Aside from Mozart and Prokofiev, he's the composer that got me into classical music. And I still like to listen to his works every now and then.

I have spent 10 years of my life listening Bach's fugues almost non-stop. Never gets old

Grieg's music is gorgeous, especially the Lyric Pieces but also the Piano Concerto and various other works. Ironically, all these samples drew my attention - they all wrote at least some good music.

When I was in school our Music History Prof said that Tchaikovsky wrote "meretricious " music and for that reason, we would not be studying him during her course. We were pissed...especially after we went to the Library and found out what meretricious meant.

Can someone tell me all the pieces used please?

4:48 because he's Bartok, and that's what Bartok does, and I love it!

I always thought that I wasn’t a classical music person. I’ve realized that the only classical I’ve been exposed to is Beethoven. And I don’t like Beethoven. So I’m going to take video and choose some cool seeming composers. Thanks for making this! I’m going to start with Ravel because I liked that excerpt you put In here and Shostakovich because I like war music.

"every piece is war inspired" Piano concerto no. 2 waltz for jazz orchestra 9th symphony 8th string quartet 9th piano trio I could go on...

As a poet, the one about Puccini really hit close to home...

What are the names of all the pieces in the video?

0:17 it's monday evening I've been studying calculus for hours and you hit me with that I lost it officially. thanks. that was hilarious I'm still having waves of chuckles I am in danger. you couldn't even insult his music you could give a joke about his height too but you chose the D minor you just love the drama.

Poor Grieg

Please list each piece of music with the composer in future videos. A few are recognizable but not all. Thanks.

5:49 name of piece? pls

Why did you choose ravel's string quartet as an ending piece?

what are the pieces by Brahms and Shumann called

Do you have a list of all the pieces? I’m ashamed to admit I only recognize a couple of them 😅

This was hysterically funny !!! One thing I think you have in reverse about the Schumanns: We would almost certainly not know Robbie had it not been for Clara.

Misconception with Bach... love his works for solo violin and also fugues. His music is divine.

3:25 That is not true. I like Handel. 😔

The accuracy of your descriptions 👏👏

When will we hear your compositions?

Brahms is not a simp, he just paying respect to his friends Robert and Clara

Welll the Prokofiev one is definitely not true for Prokofiev lovers but probably true for the rest of the world, but that 6th war sonata you put in its simpely amazing!!!

I'm sorry for the ignorance, but which work is Shostakovich's piece? I used shazam but he didn't work

1:12 does anybody know the name of this piece. Its just so incredibly beautiful

I loved every one of your jokes :D but how dare you mock Lord Bach's fugues! :D Well done!

What's the name of Bartòk piece?

Which piece is playing during Schumann?

I actually love Bach’s fugues especially on the organ :/

Fellow Tchaikovsky-enthusiast here. Your video did not disappoint. XD

1:53 What’s the name of this piece?

What is the piece played at 0:54

What's the name of the Liszt's piece? 1:52

Me anytime someone says something bad about Wagner's character: Yeah, he was a real douchebag Me anytime anyone says a single negative thing about his music: Listen here you little schieße...

pls can someone either make a list or tell me where the list is for the pieces in this 😭

Heyy Berlioz’s other stuff slaps too-Les nuits d’ete for instance is utterly gorgeous

Me, a butthurt Bruckner fanatic: "Seriously, where did we get the 'same symphony 9 times' thing??? Ugh. No one UNDERSTANDS Bruckner, which is why I am so special for worshipping him against his will!!!"

One simply does not mess with Chopin and Rachmaninoff. Period. Other than that, pretty accurate.

Where does this excerpt come from at 2:34 ?

Can someone help, what piece is it? 1:06

As Korean, Sad for Psy in 5:32