A New Year List of favourites, symphonies 1 to 9

[salymap]

As Anton loves lists I thought this might work...

State your favourite Symphonies from one to nine. They must all be by different composers and that's about it.One for each number and no cheating...........

Best wishes to all.

[Tony Halstead]

1) Sibelius
2) Brahms
3) Nielsen
4) Bax
5) Vaughan Williams
6) Mahler
7) Dvorak
8) Bruckner
9) Beethoven

[Ferretfancy]

Sticky choice for No. 9 as I'm not that keen on Mahler, so it's 12 minutes worth of Haydn in C major. What a pity we were not asked to go up to 104!

No on second thought it has to be Shosters.
1) Brahms
2) Borodin
3) Nielsen
4( Vaughan Williams
5) Schubert
8) Sibelius
7) Beethoven
8) Dvorak
9) Shostakovich

[EdgeleyRob]

So I can't have RVW 1 to 9 then ,oh well.

1) Walton
2) Elgar
3) Alwyn
4) Lloyd
5) Parry
6) Rubbra
7) Stanford
8) Arnold
9) RVW

[Sir Velo]

8) Sibelius

You heard the 8th before it was destroyed? If you could notate it it could make you a very rich man.

[Serial_Apologist]

Nobody's named their actual favourite symphonies - salymap's requirements make the job easier for me!

Not in any particular order of personal merit then:

Gerhardt 1
Henze 7
Mahler 10
Borodin 2
Vaughan Williams Sea Symphony
Bax 6
Honegger 4
Koechlin 2
Stravinsky Symphony in Three Movements

[Dave2002]

Today's selection

1. Tchaikovsky
2. Mahler
3. Beethoven
4. Bruckner
5. Sibelius
6. Vaughan Williams
7. Prokofiev
8. Bruckner
9. Dvorak

Wot, no Brahms? Haydn, Mozart etc?

[Dave2002]

Nobody's named their actual favourite symphonies - salymap's requirements make the job easier for me!

Not in any particular order of personal merit then:

Gerhardt 1
Henze 7
Mahler 10
Borodin 2
Vaughan Williams Sea Symphony
Bax 6
Honegger 4
Koechlin 2
Stravinsky Symphony in Three Movements

Double dose of RVW?

OK - I see it's been changed. Stravinsky's don't have numbers! Maybe that's allowed.

[Demetrius]

Nobody's named their actual favourite symphonies - salymap's requirements make the job easier for me!

Not in any particular order of personal merit then:

Gerhardt 1
Henze 7
Mahler 10
Borodin 2
Vaughan Williams Sea Symphony
Bax 6
Honegger 4
Koechlin 2
Stravinsky Symphony in Three Movements

wasn't it supposed to be one 1st, one second, one third etc?

[Serial_Apologist]

wasn't it supposed to be one 1st, one second, one third etc?

Hmmm , maybe.

I can't comply then, because I like 'em all equally, for different things they offer in each case.

[salymap]

Only waldhorn and ferret seem to understand the rules. They will explain to you kids, back to my visitors.

[Nick Armstrong]

Only waldhorn and ferret seem to understand the rules. They will explain to you kids, back to my visitors.

[Roehre]

1. Vermeulen
2. Pijper
3. Vaughan Williams' Pastoral
4. Brahms
5. Parry
6. Tchaikovsky
7. Beethoven
8. Bruckner
9. Mahler

[cloughie]

1. Elgar
2. Mahler
3. Mendelssohn
4. Tchaikovsky
5. Schubert
6. Beethoven
7. Bruckner
8. Dvorak
39. Mozart

More difficult task that I first thought as many composer run out after 4 or 5 and there are few 9ths I like so I cheated! - would have considered Schubert or Dvorak but Schubert 5 and Dvorak 8 must haves. With restrictions no room there for Brahms 2, Rachmaninov 2 and Beethoven 3. Also Saly I think for a 10th we should add an unnumbered symphony Berlioz Fantastique would be mine!

I'd be interested in suffolk coastal's list!

[amateur51]

Also Saly I think for a 10th we should add an unnumbered symphony

There'll be smacked legs all round when the visitors have gorn, cloughie