Moshed...misguided sole...
I never said all other musician, composers, etc... were not talented. There are many talented musicians and composers out there today, relatively speaking.
Jazz is probably the only forms of music that can stand on par with classical.
With the symphony you can't just spit on paper and 100 instruments will just magically sound good together. You have to know how to form voice. I am only marginally knowledgeable on the formings of classical pieces, enough to know that it takes skills beyond anything else accept maybe jazz. The times were different too. If you were a good composer that was your job, be it for a king/queen, or in freelance. You would know things about music that most musicians today have absolutely no clue.
To not recognize the superiority of the classical composer, and virtuoso musician, over other genres can only be explained by ignorance of the genre.
I am metal to the core. I love Slayer, DeathAngel, Possessed, Venom, Sabbatch, Maiden, Judas Priest...even Slipknot, and some of the new intense stuff. But I ventured out long ago and educated my ear on this "classical" stuff I heard about. Beethoven's 9th was the first classical CD I ever owned. Then Haydn. Then I found Paganinis 24 Caprices for Solo Violin in Am. Just pickup, or download, Paganini's 24 Caprices for Solo Violin. Absolutely astonishing composition unlike anything.
Come on...just listen to what's going on in this simple little piece. You can't argue:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXKkDt7cjQY