Are you Beethoven or Mozart?

Beethoven by some margin for me. Especially his piano sonatas and piano trios. On occasions his symphonies. I lean to the odd numbered ones, especially 5 and 7. 

Almarg, pain and suffering in Beethoven? I must have missed it, but then I've been conditioned by Mahler. :-)

@newbee My comment about pain and suffering was of course in reference to what was said in the OP, which in turn had been concluded with a smiley :-)  

Best regards,
-- Al

Mozart.  I concur completely with Nicolas Slonimsky who, in his biographical dictionary of musicians, describes Mozart as the "supreme genius of music whose works in every genre are unsurpassed in lyric beauty, rhythmic variety, and effortless melodic invention."

Bach all the way.

I love Beethoven, bit Mozart is my guy.  It is all a matter of taste, just like in the middle 60’s, were you a Beatles guy or Stones.

No right answer, just good music from both sides in each case.