LvB 8 vs. Schubert 8

[Lethevich]

A real competition! :3

[Opus106]

You just want to see Schubert win, don't you?

[MN Dave]

A real competition! :3

[bhodges]

You just want to see Schubert win, don't you?

   

--Bruce

[Lethevich]

You just want to see Schubert win, don't you?

It's the only coupling where he has a chance

[DavidW]

It's not even close, the Beethoven 8 is hands down the better symphony.

[Bulldog]

Not much of a choice, but I have to go with Schubert's 8th (the best of his symphonies).

[Brian]

As a Schubert purist who numbers the Unfinished "No 7" and the C major "No 8," I ............ vote for Schubert.

[Opus106]

It's not even close, the Beethoven 8 is hands down the better symphony.

You, sir, are simply a weirdo.

[Sergeant Rock]

The Schubert is only half a symphony    I vote for Beethoven. His Eighth is quirky and magnificent, and those one hundred pounding fortissimo bars in the first movement development sound like a Classical-era Le sacre.

Sarge

[WI Dan]

I think Franz would vote for Ludwig, here, and Ludwig would vote for Ludwig, too. 

Who am I to argue?! 

[Lilas Pastia]

It must be F Major. I hate this tonality. It's insufferably bright and annoying. In any case, this is Beehtoven at his 'dog chasing its tail' worst. No contest here. Next, please.

[Conor71]

LVB 8 is my least favourite of the cycle while Sch 8 is my favourite of his so this one is Schuberts! .

[Bunny]

I voted Humbug.  There's really no comparison here worth noting.

The fragment of Schubert's 8th is so beautiful, but it's a fragment.  Beethoven's 8th is complete, and while it's not the 5th or the 9th, it's still fluent, idiomatic Beethoven, and that speaks volumes.  What's next?  A comparison of Mozart's Requiem with Brahm's Ein Deutsches Requiem? 

Humbug!

[eyeresist]

I vote Brahms. 

[Gurn Blanston]

No doubt the Beethoven is a superior finished product. Wonderful work with everything a symphony needs to be great.

That said, the Schubert has the greatest, ear-catching theme and development in all of music-dom. I love the opening movement of "The Unfinished". Who knows what it could have been? More than it is, no doubt.

[MN Dave]

I'll have to listen to these works over the weekend. FUN! 

[Antoine Marchand]

No doubt the Beethoven is a superior finished product. Wonderful work with everything a symphony needs to be great.

That said, the Schubert has the greatest, ear-catching theme and development in all of music-dom. I love the opening movement of "The Unfinished". Who knows what it could have been? More than it is, no doubt.

Come-on, Gurn! Be brave as always you are. Just say the right name: Schubert.   

[Gurn Blanston]

Come-on, Gurn! Be brave as always you are. Just say the right name: Schubert.   

Well, it seems the question is asking about a complete symphony. Gotta be Beethoven. Best symphonic movement? First movement of Schubert 7 (or 8 ).   Not intentionally hedging, just sayin'...

[Wanderer]

Three more humbug voters and the poll can close!