TDCM: Review of the "R" Composers

 

Listening Through The Dictionary of Composers and Their Music 

List, Stats, Curiosities of the "R" Composers

1. Sergei Rachmaninoff
2. Joachim Raff
3. Priaulx Rainier
4. Jean-Philippe Rameau
5. Maurice Ravel
6. Alan Rawsthorne
7. Max Reger
8. Steve Reich
9. Ottorino Respighi
10. Wallingford Riegger
11. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
12. Leroy Robertson
13. George Rochberg
14. Joaquin Rodrigo
15. Bernard Rogers
16. Joseph-Guy Ropartz
17. Gioachino Rossini
18. Albert Roussel
19. Edmund Rubbra
20. Anton Rubinstein
21. Carl Ruggles
    

Nationalities

American 6
French 4
English 3
Russian 3
Italian 2
German 1
Spanish 1
Swiss 1
South African 1

Earliest

Composer - Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764)
Composition - Rossini's Sinfonia al conventello (1806)*

*Earliest dated composition

Latest
Composer - Steve Reich (b. 1936)
Composition - Reich's Electric Counterpoint (2017)

Total Compositions Sampled - 110

Top 10 Ranked "R" Composers

Ranked on a purely subjective personal enjoyment scale

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (10/10)

Russian, 1844-1908

Scheherazade

 

 

Sergei Rachmaninoff (10/10)

Russian, 1873-1943

Piano Concerto No. 2

Maurice Ravel (10/10)

French, 1875-1937

 

 

Le tombeau de Couperin

Anton Rubinstein (10/10)

Russian, 1829-1894

Symphony No. 1

Edmund Rubbra (10/10)

English, 1901-1986

Symphony No. 6

Joaquin Rodrigo (10/10)

Spanish, 1901-1999

Concierto Andaluz

Joachim Raff (10/10)

Swiss, 1822-1882

Symphony No. 1

Ottorino Respighi (10/10)

Italian, 1879-1936

Roman Trilogy

Steve Reich (9/10)

American, b. 1936

Music for 18 Musicians

Gioachino Rossini (8/10)

Italian, 1792-1868

The William Tell Overture