Classical Top Five

If most will concede Beethoven, Bach, Mozart, and Brahms as " the given" top 4, who would you choose as number 5?

jpwarren5803-10-2021 3:16am

millercarbon Details Discussions Posts This discussion 12,531 posts 03-10-2021 at 06:54am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Silly audiophiles. Trick question. Of course Tchaikovsky is #1.
edcyn Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,876 posts 03-10-2021 at 09:07am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete millercarbon -- On further thought I have to agree. Now, where's that tube of hydrocortisone to cure my illy itch?
petg60 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,486 posts 03-10-2021 at 09:35am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Make it six with Tchaikovsky and Vivaldi. G
lowrider57 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 5,393 posts 03-10-2021 at 10:24am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Remove Brahms, insert Haydn. #5... Schubert. Later composers will be influenced by the top 5.
walt8489 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 11 posts 03-10-2021 at 10:39am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Sorry, but how can Mahler, Sibelius and Stravinsky be left out. So, have to remove Haydn and probably Brahms.