1. Bartok
2. Ravel
3. Bach
4. Paganini
5. Haydn

1) Brahms
2) Hindemith


I'll have to think about the rest.

Top 5 great classical artists:
1. Chopin
2. Debussy
3. Ravel
4. Tchaikovsky
5. Liszt

but seriously, there are too many to have only a top 5.

1. Mozart
2. Pachelbel
3. JS Bach
4. Vivaldi
5. Beethoven

My Top 5
 

Schubert - cos of the Maiden quartet
Beethoven - cos of A Minor quartet
Bach - cos of Goldbergs
Brahms - fiddle concerto
Hayden - cos always painfully cheerful (the b&gger!)

Mozart
Bach
Vivaldi
Beethoven
Brahms

Impossible to name only five, let alone to rank them.
Vivaldi - Brahms - Boccherini - Chopin - Händel

Not easy, really not. So rather without some special order...

Mozart, Beethoven, Vivaldi, Antonín Dvořák, Telemann.

Vivaldi and Telemann are in list especially because as a flute player, I love their stuff for flutes.

Chopin, Verdi, G. F Haendel, Bach and Mozart.

I would say...

Haydn
Chopin
Paganini
Mozart
beats me

1.Mozart
2.Bach
3.Schubert
4.Beethoven
5.Vivaldi

For me:

1. Bach

2. Beethoven

3. Mozart

4. Chopin

5. Tchaikovsky

Not only were they all amazing composers but I would consider them genuine geniuses.

Here is my favorites:
Hector Berlioz
Weber
Ottorino Respighi
Joseph Haydn
Paul Hindemith

1.Mozart
2.Bach
3.Beethoven
4.Schubert
5.Skryabin

My favorite composers, with my favorite pieces by them (just for kicks):

Ludwig Van Beethoven, Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat major
Frederic Chopin, Prelude in E-Minor Op. 28
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Piano Concerto No. 3 in D-Minor (don't you just love those big fat chords?)
Franz Liszt, Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2
Edvard Greig, In The Hall Of The Mountain King - Peer Gynt Suite

Not in any order really.

I guess b classical, we mean classical music (not the era). In that case:

Mozart
Beethoven
Wagner
Hayden
Bach

I would say:

• Sergei Rachmaninoff
• Dmitri Shostakovich
• Claude Debussy
• Frederic Chopin
• Karol Szymanowski

But there is maaany more out there:)

I like both Beethoven and Tcahikovsky. Especially Mozart. I think, they're the greatest classical music player. Will you visit my new blog just looking for a while ? Thanks .. :band:

At the moment it would be, in no particular order:
Grieg
Stravinsky
Debussy
Mozart
JS Bach

in no particular order:

1. bartók (the string quartets)
2. zoltán kodály (the cello sonata, op. 8, played by rostropovich kills me every time)
3. rachmaninov (especially the sonata for cello and piano and the piano concertos)
4. mahler
5. bach (in particular the 6 cello suites)

i know it says top 5 but i also adore dvořák and debussy.

Well I am surprised at how many Bach fans there are. My top five composers are as follows :

1. Frederic Chopin
2. Wolgang Mozart
3. Tchaikovsky
4. Bethoven
5. Grieg

There are so many to choose from.

Being a classically trained pianist I'm a sucker for the Romantics - Schubert, Mendelssohn, Chopin etc.

One of my favourite has to be Poulenc - French composer

Brahms
Beethoven
Chopin
Rachmaninoff
Shostakovich
Done.

Beethoven
Stravinsky
Bach
Chopin
Vivaldi

Pretty standard, i s'pose:

1. W.A. Mozart
2. Frederic Chopin
3. Edward Grieg
4. Antonio Vivaldi
5. Pyotr Tchaikovsky

Not sure about top 5, but my favourites Tchaikovsky. The Nutcrackers gorgeous.

1. Albeniz
2. Rachmaninoff
3. Schumann
4. Debussy
5. Philip Glass
6. Mendelssohn

I've never been much of a Baroque person either

very difficult... just 5? I take it we're using "classical" in the general sense then

Maybe: - Bach
- Beethoven
- Stravinsky
- Bartok
- Charles Ives

honorable mentions: Purcell, Messiaen, Domenico Scarlatti, Sibelius, Mozart, Dumitrescu, Debussy, Scelsi, Respighi, Partch... gaargh and so many more!

In following is my top classical composer.

1) Szymanowski

2)Strauss

3)J. S. Bach

4)Serge Prokofiev

5)Liszt

1.Haydn
2.Beethoven, Bach, Tchaikovsky, Liszt

Ludwig Van B tops my classical charts without a doubt! Mozart and Bach follow closely behind, with Wagner and Tchaikovsky concluding the list. In truth though, these are the only classical musicians I really listen to. Need to broaden my horizons, I suppose. :bonkhead:

Tchaikovsky, Beethoven, Chopin, Mozart and Ludovico Einaudi :)

1. Mozart
2. Tchaikovsky
3. Beethoven
4. Liszt
5. Bach

.. Haha, I'm so mainstream.

Beethoven
Chopin

in no particular order

Modest Mussorgsky
Richard Wagner
Carl Orff
Antonín Dvořák
Gavin Bryars (the first time i heard Sinking of the Titanic....it pratically brought me to my knees....such an emotional piece of music)

1.Stravinsky
2.Oliver Messiaen
3. Elliot Carter
4. Anton Webern
5. Roger Sessions
6. Alban Berg


Honorable Mentions; Samuel Barber, Bartok, Prokofiev, Lutoslawski, Ligeti, Charles Ives, Frank Zappa.

Johann Sebastian Bach
Ludwig van Beethoven(1770-1827)
Pyotr Tchaikovsky(1840 – 1893)
Antonín Dvorak(1841 – 1904)
Sir Edward Elgar(1857 - 1934)

at the moment

Tchaikovsky
Dvorak
Brahms
Schubert
Beethoven

these could change at any time however;)

I can't pick out a top 5 because there's so many awesome composers out there!
But I'll try.

5. Mozart
4. Tchaikovsky
3. Beethoven
2. Rachmaninoff
1. Chopin

Honourable Mentions:
Dvorak, Von Weber

I like stuff that's not so common lol
1. Daniel Bukvich
2. John Rutter
3. Nobuo Uematsu
4. Micheal Sweeney
5. Robert Sheldon
I can't get into most stuff like Beethoven, it has to be more unique

EDIT: I forgot I also love Robert Russel Bennet because of the song Rose Variations if anyone has ever heard it.