Lists of Bests: piano3646's "Important classical composers through our music history" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/50152 This list contains names of famous composers arranged in chronological order from Medieval to contemporary eras. Some are household names, while others are perhaps not so commonly heard. The CDs (and some scores) are examples of the composers' works, but not necessarily their most famous piece. It would be quite an achievement to listen to even ONE work by all of these composers! Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:54:19 GMT en-us 0 50 343 50 0 Hildegard von Bingen: Canticles of Ecstasy http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2134238 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2134238"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000001TYF.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Machaut: Messe de Notre Dame / The Hilliard Ensemble http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2189116 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2189116"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000002ZM7.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Guillaume de Machaut</div> Dufay: Missa Se la face ay pale http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3614135 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3614135"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/11veZjiaTIL.jpg" /></a></div> Johannes Ockeghem: Missa De plus en plus; Missa Fors seulement http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2326462 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2326462"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0000022BO.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056631222_.jpg" /></a></div> Alexander Agricola: Chansons http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3618619 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3618619"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/11B3RJ4HB0L.jpg" /></a></div> Josquin Desprez: Motets & Chansons http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2189484 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2189484"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000002SSH.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Josquin Desprez</div> Taverner: Missa Gloria tibi Trinitas http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3618625 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3618625"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/11UYLDvbDHL.jpg" /></a></div> Cristóbal de Morales: Requiem http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3618627 <div id="position">8</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Thomas Tallis: Sacred Choral Works http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3618280 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3618280"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/11XRZSY64FL.jpg" /></a></div> Palestrina: Missa Papae Marcelli, Missa Aeterna http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2346768 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2346768"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0000013U7.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1115745696_.jpg" /></a></div> The William Byrd Edition, Vol. 6: Music for Holy Week & Easter http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2600243 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2600243"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000058UUB.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V65929708_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William Byrd</div> Giulio Caccini: Le Nuove Musiche, Complete Madrigals and Arias, Volume 1 http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3618636 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3618636"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/11ZX72QH6BL.jpg" /></a></div> The Music of Thomas Morley http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3618649 <div id="position">13</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Sweelinck: The Complete Keyboard Works http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2136468 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2136468"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000065618.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Dowland: Complete Lute Works, Vol.1-5 http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2126983 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2126983"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0000007HU.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Gesualdo: Complete Sacred Music for Five Voices http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2192100 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2192100"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0000013XI.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1115719551_.jpg" /></a></div> Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine 1610/Venetian Vespers http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2338963 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2338963"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000031WJB.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1116089239_.jpg" /></a></div> Michael Prætorius: Pro Organico http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3618281 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3618281"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/11b47V8yKKL.jpg" /></a></div> Girolamo Frescobaldi: Harpsichord Works http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3618282 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3618282"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/11XF0DFSKDL.jpg" /></a></div> Music By Orlando Gibbons http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2299017 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2299017"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000003XC1.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1115808601_.jpg" /></a></div> Louis Couperin: Harpsichord Suites http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3618283 <div id="position">21</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> D'Anglebert: Complete Original Works for Harpsichord, vol. 2 http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3618284 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3618284"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/01KP3S76DZL.jpg" /></a></div> The World of Lully: Music of Jean-Baptiste Lully and his Followers http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3618285 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3618285"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/11nePvrI-fL.jpg" /></a></div> Buxtehude: Complete Organ Music http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2293105 <div id="position">24</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Bernardo Pasquini: Sonate per gravicembalo http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3618286 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3618286"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/110EV1AK7WL.jpg" /></a></div> Charpentier: Te Deum; Messe de Minuit de Noël http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2161122 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2161122"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005NPJ3.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Biber: The Rosary Sonatas http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2221024 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2221024"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0002JP5DG.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Corelli: 12 Concerti grossi, op. 6 http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2267845 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2267845"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00001IVOM.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1116058069_.jpg" /></a></div> Pachelbel's Greatest Hit: Canon in D http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2124418 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2124418"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000003F39.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Marin Marais: Pièces de Viole du Second Livre, 1701 http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2271181 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2271181"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00009OOIA.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Essential Purcell http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2124135 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2124135"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000002ZDU.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Henry Purcell</div> Alessandro Scarlatti: Concerti da Camera http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3618289 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3618289"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/118EGB6264L.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alessandro Scarlatti</div> Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer: Blumen Strauss - Complete Organ Works - Serge Schoonbroodt, Balthasar König Organ (1714), Niederehe http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3618290 <div id="position">33</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> François Couperin: Keyboard Music, Vol. 2 http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2626813 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2626813"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0001FYR2G.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1115654117_.jpg" /></a></div> Albinoni: 12 Concerti a cinque Op 5 /Collegium Musicum 90 · Standage http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3618291 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3618291"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/11DT7DMCWXL.jpg" /></a></div> Forqueray: Pièces de Clavecin http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3618292 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3618292"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/01BED0RPYQL.jpg" /></a></div> Vivaldi: Four Seasons, Concertos for Double Orchestra http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3618293 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3618293"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/11CE14NSWWL.jpg" /></a></div> Telemann: The Six Paris Quartets http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2215873 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2215873"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00004TQQX.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1116203346_.jpg" /></a></div> Dandrieu: Pièces pour Clavecin http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3618294 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3618294"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/01F4JHKSJ5L.jpg" /></a></div> Rameau: Harpsichord Music (Complete), Vol. 1 http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2312750 <div id="position">40</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2312750"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00000143L.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1115683378_.jpg" /></a></div> Domenico Scarlatti: Complete Keyboard Sonatas, Vol. 7 http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3618295 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3618295"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/11P3QS8N1TL.jpg" /></a></div> J.S Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2213764 <div id="position">42</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2213764"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000CRQZL4.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1141240849_.jpg" /></a></div> Handel: Water Music Suites for Orchestra No 1-3/ Music for the Royal Fireworks http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2376683 <div id="position">43</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by George Frideric Handel</div> Geminiani: Concerti Grossi (after Corelli Op 5) /AAM * Manze http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2291604 <div id="position">44</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2291604"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00004UFDB.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Francesco Geminiani</div> Francesco Maria Veracini: 5 Overtures http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3618656 <div id="position">45</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3618656"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/11ZDD9WQ4SL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Francesco Maria Veracini</div> Tartini - The Cello Concertos · The Flute Concertos / L'Arte dell'Arco · Guglielmo http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3618296 <div id="position">46</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Giuseppe Tartini</div> Locatelli: Concerti Grossi, Op. 1, Nos. 7-12 http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3618297 <div id="position">47</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3618297"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/01GZWV0HT7L.jpg" /></a></div> Johann Joaquim Quantz (1697-1773): Concertos for Flute(s) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3618666 <div id="position">48</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Leclair - The Complete Flute Sonatas / B & W. Kuijken · R. Kohnen http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3618298 <div id="position">49</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3618298"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/11SAQ0H6N0L.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jean-Marie Leclair</div> G. B. & G. Sammartini: Concerti & Sinfonie http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3618275 <div id="position">50</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3618275"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/11DXJKCJC8L.jpg" /></a></div>