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Franz Schubert

Franz Schubert was an Austrian composer primarily active during the late Classical and early Romantic periods. He is par...

Symphony Romantic Austrian Chamber

9.3 Excellent

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Alfred Garrievich Schnittke

Alfred Garrievich Schnittke was a significant Russian composer of the late 20th century. He is known for his innovative...

Symphony Russian Contemporary Chamber

8.9 Great

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Jean Sibelius

Jean Sibelius was a prominent Finnish composer active from the late Romantic to the early modern eras. His orchestral wo...

Music Symphony Romantic Orchestral

8.7 Great

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Antonín Dvořák

Antonín Dvořák was a prominent Czech composer of the late Romantic period. He is recognized for blending classical techn...

Symphony Romantic Chamber Czech

8.7 Great

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Benjamin Britten

Benjamin Britten was a prominent 20th-century composer known primarily for his operas and choral works. His compositions...

Opera Modern Chamber English

8.7 Great

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Henryk Mikołaj Górecki

Henryk Mikołaj Górecki was a Polish composer primarily known for his deeply spiritual and minimalist compositions. His w...

Symphony Polish Contemporary Minimalist

8.7 Great

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Felix Mendelssohn

Felix Mendelssohn was a prominent German composer during the early Romantic era. His significant contributions include n...

German Symphony Romantic Chamber

8.5 Great

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Caroline Shaw

Caroline Shaw is an American composer, singer, and violinist awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 2013 for her a capp...

American Contemporary Vocal Chamber

8.5 Great

9

Einojuhani Rautavaara

Einojuhani Rautavaara was a highly productive Finnish composer of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. His extensive...

Symphony Romantic Contemporary Mystical

8.4 Great

10

Kaija Saariaho

Kaija Saariaho was a Finnish composer (1952–2023) celebrated for her innovative approach to opera and music. Her composi...

Opera Contemporary Electronics Spectral

8.2 Great

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George Benjamin

George Benjamin is a British composer and conductor born in 1960. He studied composition with Olivier Messiaen and Alexa...

Music Opera Contemporary Orchestral

7.8 Good

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Missy Mazzoli

Missy Mazzoli is an American composer recognized for her contributions to contemporary classical music, particularly in...

Opera American Contemporary Accessible

7.8 Good

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Magnus Lindberg

Magnus Lindberg (born 1958) is a Finnish composer recognized for his vivid orchestration and intricate, dense musical te...

Music Contemporary Modernist Orchestral

7.6 Good

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Kalevi Aho

Kalevi Aho is a Finnish composer whose catalog includes symphonies, concertos, operas, chamber music, and works for solo...

Symphony Contemporary Chamber Finnish

7.6 Good

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Jörg Widmann

Jörg Widmann is a German composer, clarinetist, and conductor born in 1973. His catalog includes orchestral, chamber, vo...

German Opera Contemporary Chamber

7.4 Good

16

Zhou Long

Zhou Long is a Chinese-American composer born in 1953 whose output includes opera, orchestral music, chamber works, and...

Opera Contemporary Chamber Cross Cultural

7.1 Good

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Pawel Mykietyn

Paweł Mykietyn is a Polish composer of contemporary classical music. His output includes chamber music, orchestral works...

Opera Polish Contemporary Film

6.4 Fair

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Luca Francesconi

Luca Francesconi is an Italian composer of contemporary classical music, born in Milan in 1956. He studied with Azio Cor...

Music Opera Italian Contemporary

5.9 Mediocre

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Beat Furrer

Beat Furrer is a Swiss-Austrian composer known for contemporary music that explores complex textures, spatial placement,...

Austrian Opera Complex Contemporary

5.8 Mediocre

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David T. Little

David T. Little is an American contemporary composer whose work includes opera, chamber music, and music that draws on r...

Opera American Contemporary Chamber

5.4 Mediocre