Mr. Lebrecht is just as wrong this time as he was the last time he compared Mozart's piano concerti "ear candy" and the "muzak" of classical music. If you don't get it, you don't get it. And Mr. Lebrecht doesn't get it.

I think it was Jacques Barzun who noted that there will come a day when the music of Mozart doesn't speak to any human being. I have already met a number of young musicians for whom this is true. For myself, I think Mozart has a few works that move me deeply, but in general I much prefer Haydn among the 'classical' composers.

Not a musicologist, but Haydn's Op. 33 and beyond without Mozart Haydn Quartets? Beethoven's Fifth and beyond without the Jupiter? Mozart's use of key in his operas not even remotely seen until Wagner. No man should be worshipped, or pillored by silly minds with petty grudges.

"The inventors and energisers in music history were Bach, Haydn, Beethoven, Wagner, Mahler and Schoenberg; all else was entertainment." That's the silliest thing I've ever read. In particular, continuing to exalt the German musical tradition, in spite of the exclusion of Mozart, still smacks of Aryan supremacy. Further -- it is impossible to portray Mozart as conservative or conformist "to a fault" while putting Haydn forth as some sort of radical. On the contrary, Haydn's greatest works were written after Mozart's death and under his influence. Finally, is innovation really preferable to perfection?

The fact that the Nazis pushed Mozart means nothing. The Nazis invented, or pushed, the following: anti-smoking legislation; the Olympic torch; acronyms (e.g. Nazi, Gestapo); "mercy killing" of the "unfit" etc.

Once again, Lebrecht's fixation on the Nazis and Herbert von Karajan. It really has become tiresome. In my considered opinion, I am sure that two dozen "worthy" Mozart works understates the case by quite a lot. Even Haydn told Mozart's father that he believed Mozart to be the greatest composer he was aware of. And Mahler loved Mozart to the point that his name was on his lips as he died. Schoenberg lists Mozart as among those composers from whom he learned the most, and no composer worth his salt, aside from Boulez, has ever tried to make the case that he was overrated. Yes, there are those who speak of Mozart in absurd superlatives, but he is certainly not the only composer or artist of any kind accorded such a dubious honor, nor is he to blame for commentary about his music which came long after his death. So my advice is to ignore the hype and just listen to the music itself, as I think it more than adequately makes its case as richly deserving the praise it has received in the years since its composer's death.

Lebrecht wrote: "The inventors and energisers in music history were Bach, Haydn, Beethoven, Wagner, Mahler and Schoenberg" Excuse me but why is Debussy missing from that list??!!

Heart felt thanks.

The Complete Mozart edition is actually 180 CDs. (There are 45 themed volumes.)

Long after you and I are gone, the will still be Mozart.