My point wasn't to say that their music sounded similar, but rather that the playfulness and percieved lack of depth that you see in Mozart, I see just as prevalent, if not more so, in for example Tchaikovsky. That's why I thought it seemed contradictory to not (at least seemingly) hold him up to the same standards as you do with Mozart.

Don't get me wrong though, I have nothing against Tchaikovsky, but "profound" or "deep" are not among the first words I would use to describe his music.

oh, yeah. That might actually be true..
He's not the most deep guy there is,
but I love Tchaikovsky, I can't explain why.
might be the charm of russian classic ;)

My top 1 is definitely Rachmaninoff. Is there anyone else who likes him?
Check Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 18 I. Moderato
It is really inspiring.

how about brand new classical composers. ones that were born in the last 50 years.. are there any of those?

John Zorn, Gavin Bryars, Jon Hassell, John Oliver, and Phillip Glass to name a few, even though some of them were born more than 50 years ago.

Franz lizst is the greatest pianist to ever play

Moondog

lol @ moondog. He's good though.

Bach
Beethoven
Mozart
Ravel
Debussy
Bruckner
Bartok
Copland
Handel
Tallis

Please visit our website
 

Dear customer,

Please visit our website : musicainstrument dot com

1. Igor Stravinsky
2. G. F. Haas
3. Maurice Ravel
4. Heinryck Górecki
5. Tristain Murail