Top Ten Symphonies

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

It's all very well, this voting for music of previous centuries, but would it be more interesting to see a list of favourite music written this century?
Last night's Here & Now did this for ten R3 presenters, with musical extracts of course. I found I could see a link between the presenters' temperements and the music they chose.
Probably best to exclude soloists, songs, or pure choral pieces, for now.
Should a new thread be started, or have I missed an existing one?

CallMePaul initiated such an idea on the relevant Hear & Now Thread - which I'm sure met with the approval of the seven or eight regulars there.

I shall use his suggestions to start a new Thread in which Forumistas can name their own favourite pieces from the "Western Classical Traditions" written/created in the last ten years.

[verismissimo]

… written/created in the last ten years.

Oh dear …

Jessie J
Ariana Grande
All Time Low

Oh, and Alissa Firsova

Norra lorra symphonies between them.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Oh dear …

Jessie J
Ariana Grande
All Time Low

Oh, and Alissa Firsova

Norra lorra symphonies between them.

Stick 'em - and the representative works - on't relevant Thread, would you, verism

[cloughie]

As a ReMoaner I think we can beefers and I’d love to know where cloughers and others stand now ........

Be up with it dreckly, anton!

[cloughie]

With the wealth of choice around how do you choose
Here's 10.....
Rachmaninov 2
Tchaik 4
Tchaik Manfred
Schubert 5
Elgar 1
Mahler 2
Mozart 39
Schumann 2
Bruckner 5
Berlioz SF

Here's 10 more.......
VW2
Prokofiev 5
Shostakovich 10
Borodin 2
Sibelius 5
Brahms 2
Beethoven 3
Dvorak 8
Bizet
Saint-Saens 3
but then that misses out...... and........ and

Back then that was me.

Not much has changed

A top 10

Rachmaninov 2
Tchaik 4
Tchaik Manfred
Schubert 5
Elgar 1
Mahler 2
Mozart 39
Schumann 2
Saint-Saens 3
Berlioz SF

Not in any particular order.

[antongould]

Back then that was me.

......

I never knew that ........doh

[Nick Armstrong]

I never knew that ........doh

Nor did I (not sure any 'doh' is called for!)

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

nut for me, too, if there are any left; I had no idea,

[jayne lee wilson]

Today’s Top 10+x2 20thC Symphonies

Earlier….

Suk Asrael
Magnard 4
Martinu 3 & 4
Nielsen 4 & 5
Sibelius 6 & 7
Szymanowski 4
Stravinsky Symphony in 3 Movements
DSCH 4, 7


Later…

Honegger 3
Martinu 6
Dutilleux 1 & 2
DSCH 15
Schnittke 5
Nørgård 7 & 8
Max Davies 1&10

[edashtav]

Current Top 10 x 20th century symphonies

Myaskovsky 6
Martinu 4
Sibelius 4
DSCH 15
Honegger 5
Dutilleux 2
Schnittke 4
Panufnik Sinfonia Rustica
Stravinsky In 3 M
Tippett 2

[Edgy 2]

Vaughan Williams 5 and 9 (on any given day I could quite easily choose all 9 plus 1 other as my 10)
Elgar 1 and 2
Mahler 9
Brahms 1
Shostakovich 10
Bruckner 8
Mozart Prague
Beethoven 3

Blimey Bruckner and Mahler have been relegated,current hit parade here is

RVW 9
Arnold 9
Elgar 2
Mozart 38
DSCH 7
Weinberg 3
Bax 2
Beethoven 3
Rubbra 4
Brahms 1

[Dave2002]

What did I write last time? I'm guessing.

Let's see what it could be today.

1. Beethoven 7 (could also be 3 - do they count separately or are we only allowed one per composer?)
2. Mozart 41 (almost certainly wasn't that one before)
3. Brahms 1
4. Schumann 3
5. Sibelius 7
6. Mendelssohn Scottish
7. Shostakovich 10
8. Mahler 3
9. Stravinsky Symphony in Three Movements
10. Schubert 9

About the selection - I could paraphrase a well known comedian and suggest that these might be roughly the right pieces, but not necessarily in that order.

I assume I did contribute years ago, so now it should be possible to compare today's with the previous set. Though sneaking a look at JLW's I wonder how to get Nielsen 4 in the list - what should I kick out?

See msg 16,- http://www.for3.org/forums/showthrea...8034#post38034 - and note - blast - that I left Tchaikovsky and Dvorak out this time, but I've tried to sneak Nielsen in both times. I might still want to squeeze Bruckner in - perhaps number 7.