Your top 2 two-movement symphonies ;)

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June 20, 2007, 03:05:47 PM Last Edit: June 20, 2007, 03:25:41 PM by edward
Hartmann 6
Nielsen 5
"I don't at all mind actively disliking a piece of contemporary music, but in order to feel happy about it I must consciously understand why I dislike it. Otherwise it remains in my mind as unfinished business."
-- Aaron Copland, The Pleasures of Music

Mark

#1
June 20, 2007, 03:18:48 PM
Saint-Saens: Third Symphony (yes, it's actually scored as two, not four movements ;))

Er ... okay, I'm stuck. ;D

Solitary Wanderer

#2
June 20, 2007, 03:32:34 PM
Wagner ~ Symphony in E Major

It was 'unfinished' as was...

Schubert ~ Symphony #8

Both two movement symphonies :)
'I lingered round them, under that benign sky: watched the moths fluttering among the heath and harebells, listened to the soft wind breathing through the grass, and wondered how any one could ever imagine unquiet slumbers for the sleepers in that quiet earth.' ~ Emily Bronte

springrite

#3
June 20, 2007, 03:44:41 PM
The Rite of Spring

OK, so it is not a symphony, but I still think it qualifies.

jochanaan

#4
June 20, 2007, 03:57:35 PM
Mahler 8! :D
Imagination + discipline = creativity

BachQ

#5
June 20, 2007, 04:02:16 PM
Schubert 8
Elgar 1 (I listen to only 2 movements)

PerfectWagnerite

#6
June 20, 2007, 04:32:38 PM
Webern: Symphony

Bonehelm

#7
June 20, 2007, 05:22:30 PM
Mahler 8 for sure.  :D

techniquest

#8
June 20, 2007, 11:22:59 PM
Mahler 8 without a doubt.
Runners up, but still a long way behind: Nielsen 5; Gorecki 2.

Christo

#9
June 21, 2007, 12:59:42 AM
Holmboe 6
Tubin 9
... music is not only an 'entertainment', nor a mere luxury, but a necessity of the spiritual if not of the physical life, an opening of those magic casements through which we can catch a glimpse of that country where ultimate reality will be found.    RVW, 1948

val

#10
June 21, 2007, 01:04:19 AM
SCHUBERT: 8th Symphony

WEBERN: Symphony opus 21

quintett op.57

#11
June 21, 2007, 01:26:50 AM
Schubert    :  Unfinished
Pettersson  :  8

Symphonien

#12
June 21, 2007, 02:46:57 AM
Quote from: val on June 21, 2007, 01:04:19 AM
SCHUBERT: 8th Symphony

WEBERN: Symphony opus 21

Maciek

#13
June 21, 2007, 04:14:22 PM
Lutoslawski 4th (yes it is!)
Schubert 8th

Christo

#14
June 21, 2007, 04:31:46 PM
Two-movement symphonies - a phenomenon we never discussed before, I guess, nor spent any special thought on. And for that reason, it takes some times before we realize that some of our favourite symphonies might actually be in two movements. Like, e.g.

Nielsen 5
Saint-Saëns 3 (or 5, if you prefer that count)
Tippett 3
Braga Santos 6
Alwyn 2
... music is not only an 'entertainment', nor a mere luxury, but a necessity of the spiritual if not of the physical life, an opening of those magic casements through which we can catch a glimpse of that country where ultimate reality will be found.    RVW, 1948

Choo Choo

#15
June 21, 2007, 05:36:51 PM
Nielsen #5
Nosyrev #4

greg

#16
June 22, 2007, 06:05:07 AM
Webern
Schubert 8

(with Mahler 8 close behind)

karlhenning

#17
June 22, 2007, 06:09:45 AM
Nielsen Symphony No. 5, Opus 50
Prokofiev Symphony No. 2 in D Minor, Opus 40

karlhenning

#18
June 22, 2007, 06:22:33 AM
Quote from: George on June 22, 2007, 06:19:16 AM
The Unfinished Symphony and....

George, lad! You've got to get musically out more!  :)

Mark G. Simon

#19
June 22, 2007, 06:50:21 AM
There are so many great 2-movement symphonies! Whodathunk?

I'll tell you which came to mind first (rather than which I consider the "top"):

Schoenberg -- Chamber Symphony no. 2 in E flat minor, op. 38
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