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

erik_squires Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 16,123 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 5,628 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 ...
hezagenius Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 11 posts 03-11-2021 at 02:41am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Get rid of Brahms. I'll take Tchaikovsky and Handel.
edcyn Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,876 posts 03-11-2021 at 02:47am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Sing a lullaby to Brahms. Maybe he'll enjoy a snooze.