[Aggie Mama]

Well, although I don't want to get into a musical pissing match, I have to respectfully disagree. I love the Brandenburg concertos and the cello suites (I'm a cellist), but to me, for pure emotion, nothing comes close to Mozart. I took my husband to an opera for the first time last year "Cosi fan Tutte" and he loved it. He said he had no idea that opera could be funny. I guess that's why I love Mozart, his music runs the gamut from playful, to ponderous, to passionate.

[aruanan]

I love the Brandenburg concertos and the cello suites (I'm a cellist), but to me, for pure emotion, nothing comes close to Mozart.

Ha ha. I remember my brother in 7th grade practicing the cello part to 3rd B.C.. I didn't mean to say that Mozart isn't emotional. His music is very emotional. It just appears to be facing a different direction than the music of Bach. Mozart appears to be expertly conveying everything the sun reveals as it illuminates for him the musical landscape. Bach appears to be looking directly into the sun. In some ways the result is less beautiful at the same time it is more sublime.

[cornelis]

I guess that's why I love Mozart

Bach was in the tragic mode.