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

edcyn Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,876 posts 03-10-2021 at 07:58pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete I love my Benjamin Britten. He was also a heck of a fine conductor. His recordings of Mozart's Symphonies 25 & 29 on London Decca are constantly on my 'table. String tone to die for, as well.
dweller Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 3,742 posts 03-10-2021 at 07:59pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete All of the "Fifths" are great but the music I heard atop Mt. Olympus was created by Alan Hovhaness.
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 2,454 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 15,824 posts 03-10-2021 at 09:38pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete +1 Benjamin Britten.