Originally posted by Lateralthinking1
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A New Year List of favourites, symphonies 1 to 9
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I've been in the ADSL-free wilds of Cornwall so have only just read this thread. Not an easy task but, based on frequency of listening:
1. Tchaikovsky
2. Tippett
3. Vaughan-Williams
4. Shostakovich
5. Bruckner
6. Sibelius
7. Beethoven
8. Dvorak
9. Mahler
and, just to add a bit of flavour, my most-listened to recordings are:
1. Abbado/Chicago Symphony Orchestra
2. Davis/LSO
3. Previn/LSO, jointly with Hickox/LSO (it's the recording on my i-Phone, much listened to when on 'planes)
4. Kondrashin/Moscow PO, jointly with Wigglesworth/Netherlands Radio Philharmonic and Raiskin/Mainz & Rheinisch Orchestras
5. Haitink/Bavarian RSO
6. Davis/Concertgebouw
7. Immerseel/Anima Eterna
8. Ancerl/Concertgebouw
9. Haitink/Concertgebouw (the recent Blu-Ray)
and, to cheat, I'd slip in the Cooke et al reconstruction of Mahler's 10th where Daniel Harding and the Vienna Philharmonic might have lost the crown to Eliahu Inbal and the Concertgebouw.
The one-per-composer rule, coupled with one-per-number means that there is no Berwald, no Brahms, no Honegger, no Martinu and, above all, no Nielsen. But if it comes to a battle between 4ths (DSCH vs Nielsen) or 5ths (Bruckner vs Martinu vs Nielsen) .....
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Lateralthinking1
Those who chose something other than Mahler (and Tippett!!) for the 2nd might wish to note that there will be second symphonies in the Essential Choice slot on Essential Classics with Sarah Walker every day this week (Monday-Friday):
M - Sibelius
T - Brahms
W - Beethoven
T - Rachmaninov
F - Schumann
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Originally posted by Lateralthinking1 View PostThose who chose something other than Mahler (and Tippett!!) for the 2nd might wish to note that there will be second symphonies in the Essential Choice slot on Essential Classics with Sarah Walker every day this week (Monday-Friday):
M - Sibelius
T - Brahms
W - Beethoven
T - Rachmaninov
F - Schumann
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Assuming that this list is about your favourite numbered symphonies 1-9 but you use each comoser only once.
1 Elgar.
2 Brahms.
3 Mahler.
4 Shostakovich.
5 Tchaikovsky.
6 RVW
7 Beethoven.
8 Bruckner.
9 Dvorak.
Assuming it means your 9 favourite symphonies but you use each composer only once.
1. Bruckner 8.
2. Brahms 2.
3, Elgar 2.
4. Sibelius 2.
5. Beethoven 7.
6. Dvorak 9.
7. Mahler 9.
8. Tchaikovsky 5.
9. Berlioz 'Harold in Italy'.
Top 9 using a composer as many times as you like would be different again. (2 Mahler's and 2 Tchikovsky's included)
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Originally posted by EdgeleyRob View PostWhy not:
M - Rawsthorne
T - Parry
W - Alwyn
T - Arnold
F - Miaskovsky
Originally posted by Suffolkcoastal View PostThat would be very nice ER, or even something like.
Martinu
Kallinikov
Honegger
Piston
Fibich
The Sibelius had to be there for BaL I suppose. Then they could have followed it with four other Scandinavian 2nds, that would have shown greater enterprise.
Berwald
Atterberg
Stenhammar
Rangstrom
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