Greatest Composers of All Time

I think a "lister" who would rank Wagner over Haydn or Schubert is highly suspect. Lizst either for that matter.

Chayro. well said and I agree almost totally, except I think paying for those who can't pay for themselves is a requirement of a civilized society.

Realizing that everything you have belongs to God and you reason for being is to help others makes you a beliver.
Bach said it and I belive it.

Giving it to corrupt goverment enities makes you a victim.
Bach said that to and I belive that as well.

True, but the standing witticism about Vivaldi is that he wrote the same concerto 500 times.

Bach
Mozart
Schubert
Beethoven
Haydn
Brahms
Telemann
Monteverdi
R. Strauss
Puccini

Tosta, not nearly as much as I once was, though I still listen
to perhaps 2-3 a week and have full sets of my faves, namely
Beethoven, Schubert, Haydn, Bartok. Shostakovich, Bartok and Villa Lobis .

I'm 78 and started record collecting about 50 years ago and for several decades chamber music was my main interest. Followed by periods when choral and then opera was my mainstay, but in
the last decade or so I've listened to Symphony more than anything else.
From what I've read this seems to be a reversal of the usual route most follow. Go figure.

Brownsfan, I couldn't agree more. All composers have their strengths and weaknesses, save Bach, who had it ALL.
IMHO his Cantatas are the high-point of all music.

BTW, I received my Totem Model 1 Sigs yesterday, listening to Live from Met on them right now, will post my early thoughts
on this post Monday.

The Germans don't call him Allmachtige(Allmighty)Bach for nothing.
Common opinion among educated Germans is that Bach is the greatest artist of all time in ANY genre.
Even above Shakespeare, who the Germans are freaky about to the extent that more of his plays are staged in Berlin than London most years.Actually, he translates better into modern German than modern English.