Brahms | Ian Sidden

10 Greatest Composers

At the New York Times, music critic Anthony Tommasini is compiling a list of the ten greatest composers. Here’s my list and my reasons. Who would be in yours and how would you do it?

Here is another selection from my upcoming recital. This is “A Last Song”, which is somewhat ironically the first song in Barber’s cycle Despite and Still. Phoebe Joy and I performed this on March 9 here at New Mexico State along with “Von ewiger Liebe” by Brahms (which will be posted on

10 Greatest Composers

“A Last Song” Recording