Your composers A-Z?

[Mark Antony Owen]

Are there any letters of the alphabet not represented in your collection? By which I mean, of course, composers whose names begin with these letters?

For me, only 'I', 'Q', 'U' and 'X' aren't represented at all.

How about you?

[Ralph]

Are there any letters of the alphabet not represented in your collection? By which I mean, of course, composers whose names begin with these letters?

For me, only 'I', 'Q', 'U' and 'X' aren't represented at all.

How about you?

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I am shocked you have no works by IVES! Get thee hence to Tower!

[Heck148]

Are there any letters of the alphabet not represented in your collection? By which I mean, of course, composers whose names begin with these letters?

For me, only 'I', 'Q', 'U' and 'X' aren't represented at all.

How about you?

Quantz, Ussachevsky and Xenakis are awaiting your attentions!!

[RebLem]

Are there any letters of the alphabet not represented in your collection? By which I mean, of course, composers whose names begin with these letters?

For me, only 'I', 'Q', 'U' and 'X' aren't represented at all.

How about you?

Quantz, Ussachevsky and Xenakis are awaiting your attentions!!

U and X are unrepresented in my collection; I do have one Quantz CD and all the other letters are represented. I is represented by Ibert, d'Indy, & Ives, & I'm surprised I have no Ippolitov-Ivanov. I'll have to get to work on that, as well as Ussachevsky. Forget about Xenakis. You don't need him.

[Mark Antony Owen]

Oh, if d'Indy is 'I' and not 'D', then that letter's covered, too!

[Lark Ascending]

Plenty of gaps in mine as I have nothing by composers whose names begin with A, I, J, L, O, Q, U, W, X, Y and Z.

[GK]

I'm missing all of Shadowritten's plus Y.

[val]

The U is the only not represented.

The I has several composers of value: Ives, Isaac, d'Indy ...

The X has only one composer: Xenakis.

The Q only one work of one composer: Quantz.

The same with the Y: Ysaye.

[MahlerSnob]

I would suggest Ullmann to those people missing U's.

[rogch]

I hope nobody is missing the B... Xenakis is the only composer i know beginning with X. But he should of course be part of every serious record collection. But who am i to talk, i miss I, which means i don't have any Ives. (Yes, i know, not good at all). I also miss J, Y and Z. Or is Frank Zappa acknowledged as a classical composer nowadays?

[Febnyc]

Nothing under "J?"

There are many - but the most obvious one is Janacek - one of the twentieth century greats.

As for "Y" - Naxos helps us here, having included in their series on Japanese composers a couple of very interesting discs of music by Yamada and Yashiro.

And there's also Richard Yardumian, a long-time Philadelphia resident, who is represented on CD by his Symphony 2 and Armenian Suite (at least - I think there may be a recording of his Violin Concerto, too). Yardumian sounds like a more straightforward Hovhaness - not so exotic, but using lots of Armenian folk tunes.

Can we sneak in Victor Young, because of his glorious film music?

As far as "Z" is concerned - you are missing out if you don't have any Zemlinsky or Zelenka. The former, from the last century, wrote lush orchestral and vocal works, as well as a few excellent operas (also string quartets). The latter, Zelenka, lived from 1679-1745, and is well-recorded, his unusual and individualistic music brilliantly composed.

[Jack Kelso]

As far as "Z" is concerned - you are missing out if you don't have any Zemlinsky or Zelenka. The former, from the last century, wrote lush orchestral and vocal works, as well as a few excellent operas (also string quartets). The latter, Zelenka, lived from 1679-1745, and is well-recorded, his unusual and individualistic music brilliantly composed.

Two more "Z"'s: Karl Zeller, Viennese composer of wonderful 19th-century operettas....and Hans Zender, great and imaginative contemporary German composer and conductor (still living).

Jack