Joseph Sowa wrote: >Some will be dismayed at my exclusion of Mozart. I concede that his music >is _perfectly_ crafted. However, at the risk of sounding biased, very >little manages to go beyond the superficial level in terms of emotion. Oh, dear. The slow movement of the A major piano concerto K. 488 or the whole of the c minor piano concerto? The g minor quintet? The laments of the Countess or Pamina? Oh, well, there is no use multiplying instances when the list is almost endless. I suppose someone could be excused for confusing non-existence in music with what he can't hear if there's no one around to let him in on what he's missing. Hard to make that case here. Nick [log in to unmask]