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Geez, what a difficult question! I definitely cannot say what is the greatest, but I can name off my favorites in some genres.

With piano, I really like Liszt's B Minor Sonata. With concerti, I really like Busoni's Piano Concerto. With symphonies, I like Mahler's 8th. With piano duet, I'm really into Schubert's Fantasie in F Minor Op. 103.

There's only 2 kinds of music, music before Beethoven's 3rd symphony and music after the 3rd symphony.

Beethoven took an artform which was mainly reserved for the aristocracy and gave it to the people.

I heard a rehearsal of this symphiny conducted by James Levine. When it got to the place where the chorus sings acappela and very softly he said he thought it was one of th greatest moments in music.

That is an impossible, impossible question. I can't even attempt to answer it, it's impossible.

But, at the end of the day, it would probably be something Bach.. hahahah..

St. Matthew's Passion?

Oh boy, for me that piece is the "Emperor" Concerto from Beethoven

4'33. Obviously.

Bach's Chaconne is definitely one of the greatest of all time.

No contest. Sonata in Bm - Liszt.

In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida!!!

Here are my contenders for the greatest piece of all time:

Polonaise Op. 53 "Heroic" - Chopin
Ballade No. 1 Op. 23 - Chopin
Ballade No. 4 Op. 52 - Chopin
Barcarolle Op. 60 - Chopin
Scherzo No. 2 Op. 31 - Chopin
Sonata No. 3 Op. 58 - Chopin

If I had to pick just one of these, I'd go with the Ballade No. 4 Op. 52.

I go for:
Hungarian Rhapsody no. 2
The Grand Galop Chromatique
Chopin op10 no4
Flight of the bumblebee(Cziffra)
Moonlight Sonata movement 3

If it had to be only one of them, I would choose:
As a crowd pleaser: Flight
As a showy: Grand Galop
As a techinical marvel: Chopin op10 no4
As musicality: Hungarian Rhapsody no2

Random. I linked to this performance that I found because it's awesome.

BTW.....I didn't even check to see if Kreger is the pianist or the cellist.

Wanna tell us about him?

Go no further!

The Heroic Polonaise would be my runner-up.

I think I love you

Good one.

I agree. Some performances really give me that spine-tingling feeling / raise the hairs-on-your-neck-and goosebumps-all-over when the choirs enter pp singing "Alles Vergangliche..." and then it all just gets better and better up to the final fff passages with everybody singing their lungs out, the orchestra thundering away and to top it all off the extra brass choir sounding out the theme over everything else. Did you know the score includes a piano part as well as parts for organ, celeste, and harmonium? Although the organ part is fairly unexciting I've always wanted to be the organist for a performance. I sang in the choir years ago for a performance in Adelaide under Henry Krips and can still remember the bass part throughout. Has the version under James Levine been recorded and issued? THe Haitink version is my yardstick. We could have a whole thread on the 8th but this is a piano site after all so it would be a bit off-focus.

I just cannot make up my mind right now. There is so much music I love...

Come on guys , it's OBVIOUSLY Justin Bieber "Baby"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kffacxfA7G4