Music should not be mentally related with Chopin, Mozart, Scriabin, Horowitz, Karajan...
Why should we defend those names?
Names are only useful for a commercial reason (musicians have to eat too).
And probably, in some musicians, to increase their vanity.
Once composed, music is free.
Do you listen to music and think of a personality at the same time? (composer, performer, conductor)
If you do, you´re feeding yourself with other things, not music.
Conclusion, you are not searching only for music.
Music should be yours, not Bach´s.
Then you will sympathize with the sounds you´re listening. Not with a human being.
There are so much other resources to feel identificated with a person.
When Pies said not to understand why the fervor with Chopin´s music, all those who feel identificated began posting like if they were being attacked.
Again,
why should we defend those names?
Respect´s not the answer. In fact, it has no answer.
Names are only to identify that CD you´re buying, or that piece you´re playing.
Please, think with me, not against me. That´s to prevent those kind of posts like "How dare you? The Masters!!! .
I´m accustoming myself to think like that, and not defend composers, performers. It´s hard but it´ll be better to me and my listening related experiences.
Only my constructive thinking, please correct where you personally think I´m wrong.
Kind of statements like "X person said that..." are not allowed

I would like to hear yourselves elaborated conclusions. Not traditional folkloric answers.