A New Year List of favourites, symphonies 1 to 9

[cloughie]

Welcome, Sifaka. A really interesting selection, especially Beethoven at 2 and Shostakovich 4. I wonder if Lateralthinking1 can tell us whether this is the first outing for Weber in the thread?

Weber always full of good tunes

[Lateralthinking1]

Welcome, Sifaka. A really interesting selection, especially Beethoven at 2 and Shostakovich 4. I wonder if Lateralthinking1 can tell us whether this is the first outing for Weber in the thread?

I believe it is, yes. If I'm not mistaken.

Welcome Sifaka. A very sensible selection at 6.

Some might describe it as a Cinderella. In truth, all of the forum's most reliable statisticians have chosen it.

[sifaka]

Thank you all very much for your comments and support. Salymap, it will take me a while to
work out all the options/tags/photos etc.

[Boilk]

A really interesting selection, especially Beethoven at 2 and Shostakovich 4.

Actually, Shostakovich at 4 seems quite popular (and might be his best symphony according to the Sunday Sport's chief musical correspondent); in fact the composer is exceeded here only by his 8th I think.

As for Beethoven at 2 ... it's difficult to know how people have approached this list. Some may have been left with a few blanks, and therefore paid homage to great symphonists not listed elsewhere, due to the "one composer" rule.

[Op. XXXIX]

If I had to pick ONE work that might make me give up altogether and shoot myself it would be Franz Schmidt's 4th Symphony.

Isn't it rather humbling our (my) frequent inability to even begin to grasp a piece of music that others have long loved and appreciated?

Back to the drawing-board ... and, as a NY resolution, I shall give FS4 another spin.

Well then try the Schmidt 3rd, it is quite more optimistic.

Otherwise, I never have met any educated musician who loves Shostakovich 7. (But I love 6 & 8!)

Happy New Year!

[Op. XXXIX]

As for Beethoven at 2 ...

So problematic for me, and the finale is as tedious (if not as remotely stupid) as the finale of Schumann's 1st. Considering how often the latter comes up on the radio -more so than the Beethoven- one wonders what either 'they' have been smoking, or what 'I' have been.

If I have read silly claims for Schumann's 1st, I have read plenty about Beethoven's 2nd (including frat-boy interpretations of the finale), but I just don't think it matches the spontaneity and freshness of the 1st. IMO of course.

[Vile Consort]

1. Walton
2. Vaughan Williams
3. Pärt
4. Nielsen
5. Sibelius
6. Mahler
7. Tournemire
8. Bruckner
9. Simpson

[BBMmk2]

If I wereto do this again I forgot about Tippett's 3rd, Simpson ofcourse the 9th and Walton's 1. But I was toprn between him and Havergal Brian!

[Bryn]

If I wereto do this again I forgot about Tippett's 3rd, Simpson ofcourse the 9th and Walton's 1. But I was toprn between him and Havergal Brian!

You could have both Walton and Brian by going back to the original numbering of 'The Gothic', i.e. number 2.

[Hornspieler]

1) Walton
2) Brahms
3) Beethoven
4) Vaughan Williams
5) Sibelius
6) Tchaikowsky
7) Bruckner
8) Shostakovitch
9) Schubert


HS

[Thropplenoggin]

1) Walton
2) Brahms
3) Beethoven
4) Vaughan Williams
5) Sibelius
6) Tchaikowsky
7) Bruckner
8) Shostakovitch
9) Schubert


HS

Neophyte that I am to 20th Century classical, I only heard DSCH's 8th today (Haitink/Concertgebouw). After a single listen, I think it could easily slip into my list now. An astonishing symphony and a worthy work with which to break my January purchase hiatus

[teamsaint]

Neophyte that I am to 20th Century classical, I only heard DSCH's 8th today (Haitink/Concertgebouw). After a single listen, I think it could easily slip into my list now. An astonishing symphony and a worthy work with which to break my January purchase hiatus

your resistance finally broken 'Noggin? well nobody can say you didn't give it everything. An example to us all.

[Thropplenoggin]

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your resistance finally broken 'Noggin? well nobody can say you didn't give it everything. An example to us all.

[Nick Armstrong]

your resistance finally broken 'Noggin?

[makropulos]

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.

Lovely idea - here are tonight's choices...

1. Schumann No. 1
2. Elgar No. 2
3. Brahms No. 3
4. Beethoven No. 4
5. Vaughan Williams No. 5
6. Tchaikovsky No. 6
7. Dvorak No. 7
8. Bruckner No. 8
9. Mahler No. 9