Steve Schwartz:

>>I can count my list of great composers for the keyboard on my fingers,
>>with no necessity to resort to my toes: Bach, Scarlatti, Beethoven,
>>Chopin, Liszt, Brahms, Debussy, Ravel, Gershwin, and Bartok.  Your list
>>will probably differ from mine.

Jim Tobin replied:

>Right.  I would add Mozart, Schumann, Satie, Poulenc and Prokofiev.
>Brahms I have reservations about, except for his Handel Variations.

To which I would add Alkan and perhaps CPE Bach.  Ives should be considered
just on the basis of the Concord Sonata.

Bernard Chasan