Classical Top Five

" 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?

Chopin. No symphonies (that I know of), but two great concertos and endless piano pieces. 

Who did everything well? For my money Mozart and Haydn were the only two who wrote well no matter the genre whether it was chamber, orchestral, opera, church music etc. Haydn's opera's aren't well known as they were written for Esterhazy rather than the stages of Vienna. Bach is Bach, no opera's but I have to say the oratorios and the 200+ cantata's probably make up for it. Music for theatre or stage is where Beethoven and Schubert come up short for me, but I love them just the same. Surprised at no mention of Berlioz or better still, Purcell. Good call on Monteverdi, whoever it was who added him.