Another Quote by Krzysztof Penderecki

I like classical music of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and I adore Bach above all.

— Gregory Maguire

I think we have a lot in common with classical composers of the 19th century, although I'm not claiming to have their intelligence. They…

— Matt Bellamy

We consider Monteverdi the first composer of opera. There was someone before, but everything started with Monteverdi.

— Cecilia Bartoli

I think that if I were required to spend the rest of my life on a desert island, and to listen to or play…

— Glenn Gould

I think that if I were required to spend the rest of my life on a desert island, and to listen to or play…

— Glenn Gould

The three greatest composers are Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms. All the others are cretins.

— Hans von Bulow

My favorite composers are the ones that tell the story. I love Wagner. I love Mahler. Prokofiev. The programmatic music. I listen more to…

— Patti LuPone

I still the love classic period, but also the baroque period, and even 17th-Century music such as the music of Monteverdi. He's one of…

— Cecilia Bartoli

The thing I realised about composition is, we remember most composers for four bars of music. Four singable bars of music. Pretty much any…

— Bryce Dessner

You can't have Bach, Mozart and Beethoven as your favorite composers. They simply define what music is!

— Michael Tilson Thomas

I tend to listen to the classical composers: Rachmaninov, Satie.

— Enya

I have always loved composers who have been connected with folk traditions of popular music.

— Ludovico Einaudi