Mozart or Beethoven

[hermanberntzen]

Mozart and Beethoven

Witch of these composer do you like most to play pieces from , witch of these two do you enjoy best to play , and why ?

[larapool]

I love both.  Personally, though, I lean slightly more towards Beethoven simply because there's an emotional energy in his music that Mozart doesn't have.  Not to say that Mozart's music isn't emotional, but the romantic quality of Beethoven's music really connects with me and it's absolutely brilliant.  Mozart has a much more stiff, sophisticated, almost royal sound, in my opinion.

Can't go wrong with either, though.   

[hermanberntzen]

I'm agree , in Beethovens Pathetique Sonata and Moonlight Sonata there are much more emotions running through than for example Mozart k545 Sonata , witch is slighty more happy !
But i enjoy that Sonata too , i find Mozart hard to play sometimes beacause it's very technical if that's the right word !

Thanks for the post

[healdie]

Even though I think Beethoven's are better in terms of their expressive qualities I prefer playing Mozart, I enjoy listening to the Beethoven sonatas but I don't really get on with playing them

[heatherlindsey]

*Which   
I prefer to play Mozart because I find it more of a challenge, but for listening pleasure I too enjoy Beethoven because of the passion in the music.

[hermanberntzen]

I like Mozart's Symphonies and piano concertos more than Beethoven's , and he's requiem Lacrimosa and Confutatis is very beautifull !
I like Beethoven's Sonatas better than Mozart's , im more comfortable with playing Beethoven , I don't ussaly finish a Mozart piece.
Besides Beethoven music im more interested in him as a person than Mozart afterall , Though the Amadeus movie is amazing and the documentary series of Beethoven '' The Genius of Beethoven ''
is also very nice.
But Beethoven's Sonata movement 1. is like a song without words , it's hypnotic !

Anyone have any good suggestion of any Mozart piece i can play besides Turkish March that i really never got right .. Some pieces i just can't play fast enough and some i can even if they are the same grade.. Probaly Mozart are to techincal for me !

[tonalharmony]

Mozart and Beethoven

Witch of these composer do you like most to play pieces from , witch of these two do you enjoy best to play , and why ?

I love both. I really like Mozart. I have played his concerto No. 21 the first movement, and am getting ready to play No.21 movement 3. Soon I hope to play Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata