Alastair Taylor's List

1. Dmitri Shostakovich - 1906-1975
2. John Tavener - 1944-Present
3. Gustav Mahler - 1860-1911
4. Hector Berlioz - 1803-1869
5. Frederic Chopin - 1810-1849
6. Sergei Prokofiev - 1891-1953
7. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - 1756-1791
8. Johann Sebastian Bach - 1685-1750
9. Antonin Dvorak - 1841-1904
10. Camille Saint-Saens - 1835-1921

Lucy O'Meara's List

1. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - 1756-1791
2. Antonio Vivaldi - 1678-1741
3. Pytor Ilyich Tchaikovsky - 1840-1893
4. Frederic Chopin - 1810-1849
5. Gustav Holst - 1874-1934
6. Richard Strauss - 1864-1949
7. Giacomo Puccini - 1858-1924
8. Johann Sebastian Bach - 1685-1750
9. Giuseppe Verdi - 1813-1901
10. Franz Joseph Haydn - 1732-1809

Mhairidh Lumsden's List

1. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - 1756-1791
2. JS Bach - 1685-1750
3. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - 1844-1908
4. Sergei Prokofiev - 1891-1953
5. Edvard Grieg - 1843-1907
6. Sergei Rachmaninov - 1873-1943
7. Frederic Chopin - 1810-1849
8. Robert Schumann - 1810-1856
9. Ludwig van Beethoven - 1770-1827
10. Aaron Copland - 1900-1990

More Top Ten Composers to follow...

Please submit your lists