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I love the Western classical, and came to India and her music later in life, so I am still acquiring an ear and a taste for it. I can feel this piece “working” on me at multiple levels. Keep posting!

I must say I was raised with Western classical music, and I know of no higher form of musical perfection than that of the Western tradition. Eastern traditional music may be more sophisticated an creative in the rhythms of the music, but Western music has expanded the scope of musical art to include harmony and polyphony, both of which are absent in eastern musical traditions. For this reason, my favorite musicians of the past centuries are Western. Certainly Mozart, Ludwig, and Bach are foremost in my mind, but there are many others. Among contemporary classic musicians I admire Russians and French composers the most (and I must include Delius, a German/British composer whose music most closely expresses natural and bucolic feelings, somewhat like the Pastoral of Ludwig). Rachmaninov’s piano concertos and symphonies (esp. #2), Beethoven’s piano sonatas and symphonies, and Bach’s sublime and unparalleled works (worth of a mathematician’s taste), as well as other contemporary composers unknown to most (such as Ernest Chausson) are among my favorites.