I’m very new to the world of classical music and I want to know more composers that i like…
I love ‘minimal music’ made by Steve Reich, Philip Glass, Terry Riley, La Monte Young, Simeon ten Holt.
Now listening and reading about Claude Debussy.
My flute background pushes me to love Debussy, and Messiaen with him, whose work is equally wonderful and has been inspired both harmonically and spiritually by Debussy’s. In this era, time and space (space being France), while I’m at it, I’d also add André Jolivet and Albert Roussel, who, while being “smaller” composer, I think wrote a few very intriguing and inventive pieces. But yeah, Debussy forever, and ever.
hard for me to delineate classical and ambient because they do the same thing to my head…here are some composers and groups i listen to (i can mention specific pieces if you like)
toru takemitsu
duncan o’halloran
tristan perich
miguel atwood-ferguson
charlemagne palestine
clint mansell @marcus_fischer
uakti
max richter
stars of the lid
slow six
danny clay
erik satie
Actually I did play some Hindemith! Completeley forgot about him so thanks for reminding me, I did like his work when I played it. Some of my favorite pieces for flute though (both to play and listen) are as follow:
Syrinx - Claude Debussy (an unbeatable classic)
Le Merle Noir - Messiaen
Sonate pour flute et piano - Poulenc
Sonata in D Major for flute and piano - Prokofiev
Density 21.5 - Edgar Varèse (for the sonic texture and inovative way to use flute even though it’s super hard to acheive without breaking everyone’s ears)
Fantasie pour flute - Gabriel Fauré
Now that i think about it I could go on and on so I’ll just leave it there!