Top Ten Symphonies

[Suffolkcoastal]

If I must then Eine Alpensinfonie here's my 100 at the moment.

Arnold 5 & 7
Barber 1 & 2
Bax 2, 3 & 6
Beethoven 3, 7, 8, 9
Bernstein 1
Borodin 2
Brahms 1
Bruckner 5, 7 & 9
Copland 2 & 3
Corigliano 1
Diamond 2,3 & 4
Dvorak 6, 7 & 9
Elgar 1 & 2 & Elgar/Payne 3
Glazunov 1 & 7
Hanson 2 & 4
R Harris 3, 5, 6, 7, 9 & 11
F J Haydn 88 & 102
Hindemith Mathis der Maler
Holmboe 8 & 11
Holst Choral Symphony
Honegger 3
Hovhaness 50
Kalliwoda 3
Kozeluch 3
Koppel 4
L Kozeluch Symphony in G minor
Lilburn 2
Martinu 1 & 3
Mendelssohn 3
Mennin 5 & 9
Miaskovsky 17 & 22
Moeran Symphony in G minor
Nielsen 5
Parry 3 & 4
Piston 2, 4 & 6
Popov 1
Prokofiev 5 & 6
Rachmaninov 2
Rubbra 6 & 8
Schubert 9
W Schuman 3, 5 & 9
Schumann 2
Shostakovich 4, 8 & 15
Sibelius 3, 4 & 6
R Simpson 4 & 9
Stanford 4
Stravinsky Symphony in 3 movements
Tchaikovsky 2, 3 & 6
Tippett 2
Tubin 4 & 7
Vaughan Williams 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 9
Walton 1

That took some thought, but there is a 'core' of about 80 that will probably always be there. With about 1,750 symphonies in my collection I suppose you could say I'm something of a symphony freak. The symphony, its development, the different solutions each composer brings to symphonic form and how they apply their own style and individuality to the form is totally fascinating!

[EdgeleyRob]

What next?

Bags me first go at "What's Your Favourite Sandwich?"

Really it couldn't be much dafter, could it?

Could it?

Corned beef and branston pickle

[antongould]

[Suffolkcoastal
The symphony, its development, the different solutions each composer brings to symphonic form and how they apply their own style and individuality to the form is totally fascinating![/QUOTE]

Well my thanks at least to you and Eine Alpensinphonie for taking the time and trouble to make your centuries. The main reason I started the thread was not to find the top of the pops but to open new vistas. Your original 10 has already brought me Mr. Harris who I find a real, to me previously hidden, master.

[salymap]

I suppose the 10 favourite overtures doesn't carry the same weight but I'm very fond of them. One of each composer and something new if possible. Any takers ?

[antongould]

You'll get into trouble from some but I'm game I will away and ponder!

[antongould]

Overtures sadly nothing new and terribly predictable

Beethoven Leonore
Elgar Cockaigne
Glinka Ruslan and Ludmilla
Mendelssohn Hebrides
Rossini Thieving Magpie
Schumann Manfred
Suppe Light Cavalry
Tchaikovsky 1812
Von Reznicek Donna Diana
Wagner Rienzi

[salymap]

Overtures then Anton. Harder than I thought

Arnold Beckus the Dandipratt
Balakirev Overture on 3 Russian Themes
Berlioz King Lear
Dvorak In Nature's Realm
Elgar Froissart
Ireland London Overture
Mendelssohn Fair Melusine
Mozart Magic Flute
Sullivan Patience
Wagner Das Liebesverbot

[antongould]

As they say "like two peas in a pod"!

[salymap]

Err do you think you/we should have started a new thread? No-one will know it's now OVERTURES.]

[antongould]

Yes I think you should then we can both re-post if we can work out how!

[Suffolkcoastal]

I'm glad to have introduced Harris to you Anton. Harris is a special interest of mine and I have a large proportion of his output in recordings including over 25 works that have never been commercially recorded. I just realised that I left Rautavaara's 3rd & 5th symphonies out of my 100, I knew it would be a difficult task! I agree that looking at what other mb's listen to and enjoy can highlight composers that one has never heard of before and/or never got round to trying and can inspire one to try them out. I'm currently in the process, over a few weeks, of downloading from itune the symphonies of the Swiss composer Hans Huber and yesterday was listening to the two symphonies of Ludvig Norman, the first (1858) of which seemed to occasionally foreshadow Elgar, though I think the influence of Schumann is the connecting factor here.

Top 10 overtures will need some thought. Top 10 concertos anyone?

[Dave2002]

Concertos!

Mozart piano 24
Beethoven violin
Brahms violin
Mendelssohn violin
Sibelius violin
Bartok violin no 2
Prokofiev piano 1
Tippett piano
Elgar cello
Dvorak cello

Probably need to copy to another thread.

As with the others, tomorrow the numbers at least might change.

[Dave2002]

PS: Since couldn't scroll down with my iPad, could sneak in Nielsen with his flute concerto, or Rodrigo, also with a flute concerto - but that would have to wait for tomorrow.

[Dave2002]

PPS: Would Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante count? Also Brahms double and Beethoven triple, and Bach double violin concerto, and I guess Harold in Italy too!
What about Lalo Symphonie Espagnole - where would that go?

[Petrushka]

Top 10 Overtures

Why don't we get these as often in concert programmes as we once did? They are all superb openers.

Wagner: Die Meistersinger
Strauss: Die Fledermaus
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Herold: Zampa
Suppe: Light Cavalry
Rossini: William Tell
Glinka: Ruslan and Ludmilla
Berlioz: The Corsair
Shostakovich: Festive Overture
Borodin: Prince Igor