hi. Just wondered who of these two was your favourite...
Personally mines is Beethoven fo rhis great sonatas...
David.

definately Beethoven

Mozart....

Beethoven

Beethoven - purely because of how he was moving more towards Romantic than Classical. I prefer Romantic. Also he used piccolos!!!

My preference is for Beethoven but I love Mozart as well. It takes a special kind of musician to play Mozart well.

My favourite composer:

Mondays - Haydn
Tuesdays - Mozart
Wednesdays - Beethoven
Thursdays - Liszt
Fridays - Debussy or Schumann
Saturdays - Scriabin, Prokofiev or Rachmananinoff
Sundays - Bach or Scarlatti

<- Mr. Decisive

Beethoven every time ! So much more mature considering he was born only 14 yrs later.

Beethoven's Symphonies are more breath taking (although Mozart has the requiem and Don Giovanni). Mozart works I find neater, and plus it makes me smile most of the time so I am going to go for Mozart (Beethoven does too but not as often).

Neither is my "favourite" but between the two, Beethoven hands down, though I do love many of the later Mozart pieces, especially the minor key ones (e.g. A minor Rondo, C minor Fantasy, B minor Adagio) and of course Don Giovanni

i'd prefer beethoven's music, i love his piano sonatas

Mozart as there's more vocal stuff.

But I've now ordered one of the Big Boys' Box of Beethoven, to go with my Mozart and Bach sets - that will come to about 400 CDs in three boxes.

Beethoven I think!! I love his Romanticy stuff!!

Mozart........ Not much pedalling to do in the piano music (I don't like pedalling)..... and he wrote great clarinet music....

I like both - depends what mood I'm in which I listen to. Beethoven is more exuberant, but give me Mozart to induce that feeling of utter peacefulness so soothing at the end of a busy day.

I think I prefer Beethoven... I always feel that he has more... 'flair'...

Beethoven. Lots of lovely melodies, but also real gutsy music at the same time

I think it's well known who I prefer!!

(I do love Mozarts' Mass in C Minor though )

Despite my Forum name, Beethoven.

Think I may be in the minority here, but for me, it's Mozart every time.

I'll join you in the minority. Piano music (and choral) is what I'd listen to most, so I can't comment much on the rest, but I have to admit, as a pianist, that I find a lot of Beethoven's work heavy going. Some of it I love, but if I had to choose an evening's worth of listening material, it'd be Mozart every time.

Want to join the party in the cafe, Dulciana? We could do with a few more! And there's Mozart playing!

Mozart clarinet concerto makes me cry and reminds me of my grandmother for no good reason. I shall have the slow movement played at my funeral.

And for my lighter moments, Pastoral Symphony always raises a smile.

For playing satisfaction, the Beethoven Piano Sonatas.

Me too!!!

Mozart, everytime

Mozart!

I like the clarinet concerto too

Mozart for me too. Makes me laugh at times and cry at other times, and for me it can't get better than that.

I can't choose.well, if i have to, it'll probably be Mozart though



I love mozart sonatas, oboe/clarinet/flute and harp concertos etc..., but I love beethoven as well

For orchestral music I prefer Mozart, but for piano music I prefer Beethoven

Mozart wins for me, everytime

It seems Mozart fans are no longer a minority.

Personally, I prefer Beethoven. It can be thundering and passionate, and then suddenly turn into a beautiful floating melody.

But I do like Mozart as well. I love his piano sonatas.

Mozart

So do I. Never tire of perfoming it.

I sometimes just get sick to death of Mozart. I swear to god, in certain moods I wish he'd never picked up that stupid pencil to write his first concerto. Of course that is just in some moods. Sometimes I love him with a sickly passion. However Beethoven is consistently mediocre.

Beethoven all the way!!

mozart is a bit too neat and well-behaved for me

i find beethoven has a bit more depth

ALTHOUGH mozart's violin concerto in G major is luuurrrrverrlyyyy

I just heard Mozart's 2nd movt of the Flute and Harp concerto on YouTube. If angels existed, then this is what I could imagine them playing.