05-22-2016, 07:25 PM
(05-22-2016, 12:12 PM)Kinser79 Wrote: I find Mozart to be somewhat stiff. Grieg and Tchaikovsky are both passionate. I would argue that if one wants to listen to the most refined expression of sound ever created by humans Beethoven would be it. He has the passion of the Romantics and the formality of the Classics.
I mostly agree with this, though I personally put Bach on top. I like Shostakovitch, too.