EyeShotFirst said:

^Classical was my first love. My parents had a CD a month kind of a deal with The Musical Heritage Society, so I got a lot of great recordings from the more popular composers.

Very interesting, I wonder if anything like that still exists? Yes, I still use CDs, but that shouldn't be surprising around here where Laserdiscs are the norm.

I think I listened to the Amadeus Soundtrack hundreds of times.

Me too! Amadeus changed the way I listen to music. I can't even listen to things I used to be able to tolerate anymore.

I have listened to classical as far back as I can remember. I have memories of being a toddler sitting in front of my parents floor model stereo console for hours. I'd come down stairs on a Saturday morning and start up the music.

My parents listened to classical music all the time in my young childhood, perhaps that had an impact on me to this day?

Now my classical collection has become huge. I didn't become obsessed with the collection of the albums, it was more a collection of sounds. Mozart is probably my favorite composer, as far as sheer volume of works. I really love the Russian composers from Tchaikovsky to Stravinsky. Beethoven is pretty much tied with Mozart in quality, but Mozart edges him out in quantity.

Compared to you, I haven't listened to near as much as I want to. I haven't even heard Stravinsky, but the Russian composers certainly contribute their own twist on music that I can't help but love. As for Beethoven v. Mozart, I think many of Beethoven's works have been so overused in movies, commercials, etc. that I can barely listen to them as much as Mozart. I know that sounds terrible, but I can't help it. Mozart is my favorite of the two.