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Magister Michael Dilger M.Sc. | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 It is not Beethoven.  Beethoven was a hack.

Mozart then Bach.
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moizen | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Best hack we've had on those lands of music.
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gregor | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 He ask about fame, different than talent I suppose.
Skill wise I resent Mozart for his saccharinity.
I can live with Bach, but, probably embarrassingly, I suggest Scriabin or Rachmaninov.
I think Rachmaninov effectively concluded classical composition and fulfilled its premiss and potential.
Scriabin, while I heard some real drivel supposedly written by him, at his most successful sounds completely beyond, and unbound by conventional implements. I think he went to places that few people ever managed to bring something back from in any discipline.
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Magister Michael Dilger M.Sc. | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 If you want to talk about 'best' then yes, I love Scriabin and Chopin and Rachmaninov. I never get tired of Etude Op. 8 No. 12. even though it is only 3 minutes long.
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gregor | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Yep, and also yep, that etude with the clumsy title pretty much prompted me to write the latter half of my comment. I also hesitated between Chopin and Rachmaninov. I just liked remembering the later Romantics for a moment as I think they deserve more public recognition.