Classical Top Five

Apart from clearthinking's personal favorite could we provide short examples of your champion's works? Drill down to 3-8 minute segments that illustrate their genius and inspiration. (Brahms appears in need of an overhaul, another separate thread perhaps?)

I'm surprised no one favors Schubert.  So I will.

It's like this .The world's greatest  sport event  is the World Football 
Cup (yes, Americans) . For an analogy the the Winner is Bach.

Score , Bach 26
Runner up  8  

Devout Christian Music lovers,  love him because he makes us love God even more than anyone else can.

Music is God's greatest gift to mankind and if Bach was the ONLY
music in the world it would still be that .

" Music is God's greatest gift to mankind"
I hope you are wrong. In fact, I know you are wrong.

Good grief Schubert, everyone knows the world’s greatest sporting event is the Tour de France. Sheesh! But what do you expect from a guy so lost he doesn’t know the world football championship isn't a "cup" it's called the Super Bowl. Probably thinking of the one little kids play at, the one where everyone runs around maybe every once in a while somehow a point gets scored, or not, no one cares, everyone gets a participation trophy. Please if you are determined to be hopeless at least be like the others and stick with audiophile hopelessness, okay?