Mozart was THAT GUY who was always trying to cram too many notes on a line!!
Arg! I can see his virtuosity, but the overriding issue with him is the neuroticism. It just throws this heavy TARP of notes over everything. I'm like everyone else in that I like his "magic flute" stuff, but beyond that? He loses my interest quickly. Same thing with Beethoven -- he's like listening to an erratic heartbeat. I imagine his crazy-haired stone-deaf self pounding away on my brain like he did with his piano.
Sort of like Pat Methany and his deconstructed jazz. Yuck.