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

inna Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 7,132 posts 03-10-2021 at 08:34pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Doesn't matter. It's not important who wrote what, what is important is that it was written.
rvpiano Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 2,412 posts 03-10-2021 at 09:14pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Mahler, and dare I say..... Rachmaninoff, if he didn’t have to stop composing and conducting in order to make a living as the greatest all-time pianist. And, of course, Schubert and Haydn have to be mentioned.
erik_squires Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 15,620 posts 03-10-2021 at 09:38pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete +1 Benjamin Britten.
fuzztone Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 5,496 posts 03-10-2021 at 09:58pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Mahler
jdane Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 183 posts 03-11-2021 at 01:47am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Mahler and Haydn. Ditch the Brahms ... but ... well, you know, those damn trios ... then ... well, gotta include Dvorak, and then again there's Martinu and don't forget ... Damn! Chopin is probably the most influential of all, then ... well there's Wagner of course ... or Cavalli ... and Shostakovich, can't leave him out ... and ... and ...