What is your favorite symphony no 5 ?

[Henri]

me

Bruckner sym no 5
1. Jochum / CO / 1964

YOU ?

[val]

BRUCKNER's 5th Symphony.

Then, Beethoven and Dvorak.

[Christo]

An easy one. Nielsen, Vaughan Williams, Shostakovich, Holmboe - he should have been included instead of Alfvén, imho. 

But also Martinů, Englund, Honegger, Arnold, Sibelius, Mahler, Tchaikovsky and an old guy called Beethoven wrote fine Fifths. 

[secondwind]

Shostakovich for me.

[hornteacher]

Its criminal to make me choose between Beethoven and Shostakovich, but I gotta go with Louie, with DSCH a very close second, followed by Dvorak and Schubert and Mendelssohn.

[mc ukrneal]

Finally, an easy poll!  Without a doubt Tchaikovsky 5.  And thanks to the poll creator for writing 'favorite' instead of 'best'.

[Lethevich]

At the moment it's a tie between RVW and Beethoven, both on 3.

I think I can hear Josquin weeping

[abidoful]

hahaa, funny thread 
ubeliavable, Sibelius got only one (mine...?) vote?!

wich one is the Mendelssohn fifth? If the Italian, then this is tricky... Also the Schubert fifth is sooooo charming and cute

[Keemun]

Mahler (for now). 

[DavidW]

wich one is the Mendelssohn fifth? If the Italian, then this is tricky... Also the Schubert fifth is sooooo charming and cute

No I think it's that one with the chorus.  You know the one that only Karl and Saul listen to... <ducks!>

[Gurn Blanston]

No I think it's that one with the chorus.  You know the one that only Karl and Saul listen to... <ducks!>

No, that's #2. The 5th is the one without the chorus (that only Karl & Saul listen to).



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[DavidW]

Well if it doesn't have a chorus perhaps I should give Mozart and Haydn a break and give it a fresh listen, it's been a few years... I can join Karl and Saul's club!

[abidoful]

No I think it's that one with the chorus.  You know the one that only Karl and Saul listen to... <ducks!>

No, that's #2. The 5th is the one without the chorus (that only Karl & Saul listen to).

Well if it doesn't have a chorus perhaps I should give Mozart and Haydn a break and give it a fresh listen, it's been a few years... I can join Karl and Saul's club!

You guys didn't help me at all- i'm still left without that knowlidge about the numbering of the "Italian"

[Lethevich]

Can I vote for Mendy's real number 5 - the Scottish?

[Bogey]

LvB....the bridge between the 3 and 4th movement is sublime (below the green lemon).

[Wanderer]

No, that's #2. The 5th is the one without the chorus (that only Karl & Saul listen to).

I resent that comment; I listen to both, too! 

However, with dear old Ludwig among the contesters, I couldn't possibly vote for anything else. My second vote would go to Bruckner.

[flyingdutchman]

Tchaikovsky.

[DavidW]

You guys didn't help me at all- i'm still left without that knowlidge about the numbering of the "Italian"

Oh you wanted to know that?  It's the fourth.

[greg]

Too hard to decide between Prokofiev and Mahler... but I ended up choosing Prokofiev because I think the whole symphony is strong, whereas with Mahler, I only listen to the first two movements.

Bruckner, Tchaikovsky, and Atterberg are also good ones...

[springrite]

Between Beethoven, Nielsen and Sibelius, I finally chose Beethoven.