Top10 compositions that you don't like but everyone else does

[Mahlerian]

If it's any consolation the Sarge – who is as devoted a fan of Dmitri Dmitryevich as any of us – has trouble with the e minor symphony.

I like the first movement quite well, actually.  That second theme is very incisive and a highlight of Shostakovich's symphonies.  I just find the rest of it too much for my taste.

[nodogen]

The 10 most loved operas.

[Karl Henning]

The 10 most loved operas.

That's . . . an interesting question.

[springrite]

Schubert Quintet

Stravinsky: Les Noces

Bruckner 8

Schubert 9

Shostakovich 7 and 8

Myaskovsky symphonies (all of them except 1, 5, 10, 11 and 13)

[nodogen]

That's . . . an interesting question.

Actually, it's a statement. 😜

[Karl Henning]

;^)

[Brian]

1. Beethoven's Violin Concerto
2. Brahms' First Piano Concerto
3. Brahms' First Symphony
4. Mahler's Fifth (except the adagietto, best heard separately or arranged as a choral work on that one Accentus CD)
5. Bach's St John Passion
6. Debussy's Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
TIE-7. Bartok's six string quartets

Three years and I still don't like any of these. Might as well add a few more:

8. Schumann's Piano Concerto
9. Brahms' Second Piano Concerto
10. Rachmaninov's Second Piano Concerto

Also I hate Für Elise.

[Christo]

Also I hate Für Elise.

That's personal and should be discussed under The Diner.

[SymphonicAddict]

This is the first time I've seen anyone say that liking these is more popular than disliking them.  I mean, I think they're the best quartets of the 20th century, but I thought that was an unpopular opinion.

As for myself?

I don't like Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade much, or Shostakovich's Tenth Symphony.

At first I thought of writing that in "unpopular opinions", but it's true, they do not grab me. On the contrary, I do like Scheherezade and the Shostakovich's. That's the good thing about these forums, since there are huge variety of tastes

[SymphonicAddict]

Most music I am just indifferent to, very little I actively dislike but among composers I like:

Stravinsky - Les Noces (sounds like someone's crazy idea of bad chinese music)
Ligeti - Violin Concerto (such a plodding piece on a mediocre faux folk tune)
Henze - Symphonies 6 and 9 (just a mess)
Brahms - String Quartets op 51(dull, dull, dull)

I agree about the Brahms's 

BUT Les Noces is just amazing 

[Karl Henning]

Actually, it's a statement. 😜

Oh, but practically everything is a question, you know.

[Karl Henning]

Most music I am just indifferent to, very little I actively dislike but among composers I like:

Stravinsky - Les Noces (sounds like someone's crazy idea of bad chinese music)

That is about exactly what I felt about the piece, the first time I listened to it.  As much and as deeply as I appreciated so many Stravinsky works, my ears were not ready for something so apparently impenetrable as Les noces.

But now, I don't know what my problem can have been with the piece.

[nodogen]

Oh, but practically everything is a question, you know.

That's an interesting question. 😉

[Karl Henning]

[vandermolen]

Anything performed in the 'New Year's Day Concert' from Vienna - a charming tradition started under the Third Reich. I make an exception for 'The Blue Danube' because of its imaginative use in '2001: A Space Odyssey.'

[Christo]

Anything performed in the 'New Year's Day Concert' from Vienna - a charming tradition started under the Third Reich. I make an exception for 'The Blue Danube' because of its imaginative use in '2001: A Space Odyssey.'

Agree, but beg to disagree a little too: once in a while there's an excursion into some music, e.g. when one of the rousing Von Suppé Overtures is played, or even some Von Rezniček.

[Daverz]

2. Brahms' First Piano Concerto
3. Brahms' First Symphony

There's a certain portentousness in Brahms's "serious" orchestral music that can be annoying.

[springrite]

There's a certain portentousness in Brahms's "serious" orchestral music that can be annoying.

I find this statement extremely pretentious. 

[vandermolen]

Agree, but beg to disagree a little too: once in a while there's an excursion into some music, e.g. when one of the rousing Von Suppé Overtures is played, or even some Von Rezniček.

Fair enough.

[Christo]

At first I thought of writing that in "unpopular opinions", but it's true, they do not grab me. On the contrary, I do like Scheherezade and the Shostakovich's. That's the good thing about these forums, since there are huge variety of tastes

Agreed with all - three - points. :-)