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Maurice Ravel

Maurice Ravel was a French composer associated with Impressionism, globally celebrated for his orchestral masterpiece "B...

Ballet French Orchestration Impressionist

9.0 Excellent

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Olivier Messiaen

Olivier Messiaen was a French composer and organist whose highly distinctive modernist works famously incorporated recor...

Modern French Orchestral Religious

8.8 Great

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Tōru Takemitsu

Japanese composer (1930–1996) renowned for blending Eastern and Western aesthetics in works like November Steps (1967).

Modern Japanese Film Orchestral

8.4 Great

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Gabriel Fauré

Late 19th-century French composer and organist whose refined melodies and harmonies profoundly influenced modern French...

Romantic French Song Chamber

8.3 Great

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Francis Poulenc

Francis Poulenc was a French composer and member of Les Six, celebrated for his distinct blend of neoclassicism, charm,...

Modern French Song Chamber

7.9 Good

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Paul Hindemith

Paul Hindemith was a German composer, violist, and conductor whose substantial body of work includes the famous symphony...

German Modern Neoclassical Orchestral

7.8 Good

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George Benjamin

British composer (born 1960) whose opera Written on Skin (2012) has been widely performed and acclaimed internationally.

Opera Contemporary Orchestral Chamber

7.8 Good

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Alexandre Desplat

French composer who won Academy Awards for The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) and The Shape of Water (2017), among the most...

French Contemporary Film Orchestral

7.8 Good

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Georg Philipp Telemann

German Baroque composer considered among the most prolific in history, producing over 3,000 works across virtually every...

German Baroque Orchestral Chamber

7.8 Good

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Gérard Grisey

Gérard Grisey (1946–1998) was a French composer and founding figure of spectral music, which derives musical structure f...

French Contemporary Orchestral Chamber

7.7 Good

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Magnus Lindberg

Finnish composer (born 1958) known for dense, complex orchestral works such as Kraft (1985) and his tenure with the New...

Contemporary Modernist Orchestral Chamber

7.6 Good

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Marin Marais

Marin Marais (1656–1728) was a French viola da gamba virtuoso and composer at the court of Louis XIV, celebrated for his...

Baroque Opera French Chamber

7.6 Good

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Giya Kancheli

Giya Kancheli (1935–2019) was a Georgian composer noted for his hauntingly atmospheric post-Soviet orchestral works and...

Contemporary Orchestral Chamber Spiritual

7.6 Good

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Jan Dismas Zelenka

Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679–1745) was a Czech Baroque composer renowned for his masses and complex contrapuntal writing at...

Baroque Orchestral Chamber Sacred

7.5 Good

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Tristan Murail

Tristan Murail (b. 1947) is a French composer and co-founder of the spectral music movement, known for computer-assisted...

French Contemporary Electronic Orchestral

7.5 Good

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Elliott Carter

Elliott Carter was an American composer whose highly complex modernist works pioneered the use of metric modulation and...

Modern American Avant Garde Orchestral

7.4 Good

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Toshio Hosokawa

Japanese composer (born 1955) known for works inspired by calligraphy and Zen aesthetics, including the opera Hanjo (200...

Contemporary Japanese Orchestral Chamber

7.3 Good

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Edison Denisov

Edison Denisov (1929–1996) was a leading Russian avant-garde composer who explored serialism and spectral techniques des...

Russian Modern Avant Garde Orchestral

7.3 Good

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Isang Yun

Isang Yun (1917–1995) was a Korean-born German composer who fused traditional Korean musical elements with European avan...

Modern Orchestral Chamber East West

7.3 Good

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Tigran Mansurian

Armenian composer (born 1939) whose works blend Armenian folk idioms with contemporary classical techniques and poetic s...

Contemporary Orchestral Chamber Sacred

7.2 Good