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| Uematsu--video game composer. Better than Barber? |
Britain's "Classic FM" recently announced its listener favorites for the past year. Two Americans made the cut: Samuel Barber (Adagio for Strings) and George Gershwin (Rhapsody in Blue). The list follows:
1.Rachmaninov – Piano Concerto No. 2
2.Vaughan Williams – The Lark Ascending
3.Vaughan Williams – Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
4.Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 5 (’Emperor’)
5.Mealor – Wherever You Are
6.Mozart – Clarinet Concerto
7.Elgar – Enigma Variations
8.Beethoven – Symphony No. 6 (’Pastoral’)
9.Beethoven – Symphony No. 9 (’Choral’)
10.Elgar – Cello Concerto
11.Bruch – Violin Concerto No. 1
12.Jenkins – The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace
13.Allegri – Miserere
14.Holst – The Planets
15.Pachelbel – Canon
16.Uematsu - Final Fantasy VII
17.Barber - Adagio for Strings
18.Tchaikovsky – 1812 Overture
19.Vivaldi – Four Seasons
20.Dvorak – Symphony No. 9 (’From the New World’)
21.Saint-Saens – Symphony No. 3 (’Organ’)
22.Handel – Messiah
23.Mozart – Requiem
24.Beethoven – Symphony No. 7
25.Faure – Requiem
26.Sibelius – Finlandia
27.Grieg – Piano Concerto
28.Gershwin – Rhapsody in Blue
29.Beethoven – Piano Sonata No. 14 (’Moonlight’)
30.Mascagni – Cavalleria Rusticana
There seem to be all too few surprises here... (Who the heck is Uematsu?) And the Allegri Miserere? Please....
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