Haydn Sonatas vs. Mozart Sonatas

[lisztisforkids]

Haydn all the way...

[gonzalo]

I voted for both.  I think that Haydn was more conservative than Mozart,while he experimented more with the piano.
If it is a matter of Classicisim Sonatas ,Clementi's are much better than Mozart's.

[sauergrandson]

I'm pretty glad with this poll. I believed I was a monster, for prefering Haydn above Mozart.

(But Mozart's  klavierkonzerte are the best of the best of the world!!!!!!   

[kghayesh]

Mozart is just so expected. You can expect what is coming next. Mozart's beauty is in his concertos.
I think Haydn is more dramatic and more deep.

[crazy for ivan moravec]

I voted for both.  I think that Haydn was more conservative than Mozart,while he experimented more with the piano.

i think it's the other way around. haydn did much more experimenting.

[steve jones]

I have kind of a love / hate relationship with the Mozart sonatas. I dont get much out of them musically, but they are very clever and I love studying them.

SJ

[crazy for ivan moravec]

I have kind of a love / hate relationship with the Mozart sonatas. I dont get much out of them musically, but they are very clever and I love studying them.

SJ

same here.. and true, they're clever, but at the same time innocent? now how is that?

[palika dunno]

Did you know that Richter prefered Haydn to Mozart?

[026497]

Mozart for sure!
Haydn's sonatas are too 'dramatic' for me.

(maybe Haydn is only for adults, Mozart is for kids! ) 

[mcgillcomposer]

Mozart is just so expected. You can expect what is coming next. Mozart's beauty is in his concertos.
I think Haydn is more dramatic and more deep.

Why do we continue to ask such irrelevant questions? Moreover, why is there a continuous influx of replies that use a lot of flowery adjectives, but essentially mean nothing at all.  What the hell..."more dramatic" and "more deep"?!?!  Firstly, it's "deeper" not "more deep", and secondly, this means nothing. For drama, both composers' sonatas exhibit Sturm und Drang, as for the comment "more deep"...well this means nothing at all.

- A guy who would like others to reach into their intellectual selves and back me up on this one...seriously...we are artists,not 'poser' philosophers.