Your Top Four Brahms Symphonies

Started by Joe Barron, June 21, 2007, 03:16:03 PM

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OK, pick your favorites, in order

1-2-3-4
0 (0%)
1-2-4-3
2 (2.7%)
1-3-2-4
1 (1.3%)
1-3-4-2
2 (2.7%)
1-4-2-3
4 (5.3%)
1-4-3-2
3 (4%)
2-1-3-4
2 (2.7%)
2-1-4-3
2 (2.7%)
2-3-1-4
2 (2.7%)
2-3-4-1
3 (4%)
2-4-1-3
1 (1.3%)
2-4-3-1
2 (2.7%)
3-1-2-4
1 (1.3%)
3-1-4-2
3 (4%)
3-2-1-4
2 (2.7%)
3-2-4-1
1 (1.3%)
3-4-1-2
2 (2.7%)
3-4-2-1
8 (10.7%)
4-1-2-3
6 (8%)
4-1-3-2
5 (6.7%)
4-2-1-3
2 (2.7%)
4-2-3-1
2 (2.7%)
4-3-1-2
7 (9.3%)
4-3-2-1
12 (16%)

Total Members Voted: 62

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Florestan

#140
December 02, 2023, 04:27:02 AM
Quote from: DavidW on December 02, 2023, 03:58:17 AMI think that is what I would say if someone told me they loved country/western music! >:D

Hey, I like country/western music!  ;D
"Great music is that which penetrates the ear with facility and leaves the memory with difficulty. Magical music never leaves the memory." — Thomas Beecham

(poco) Sforzando

#141
December 02, 2023, 06:22:15 AM
Quote from: Florestan on December 02, 2023, 04:27:02 AMHey, I like country/western music!  ;D

Depends on the country.
"I don't know what sforzando means, though it clearly means something."

Florestan

#142
December 02, 2023, 06:25:12 AM Last Edit: December 02, 2023, 06:32:48 AM by Florestan
Quote from: (poco) Sforzando on December 02, 2023, 06:22:15 AMDepends on the country.

In my case, it's the USA. Kenny Rogers, Dolly Parton, stuff like that. I consider The Gambler and The Coward of the County as immortal masterpieces. And the Ray Charles / Willie Nelson combo singing Seven Spanish Angels never fails to bring tears in my eyes.
"Great music is that which penetrates the ear with facility and leaves the memory with difficulty. Magical music never leaves the memory." — Thomas Beecham

Opus131

#143
December 03, 2023, 05:04:46 AM Last Edit: December 03, 2023, 05:22:04 AM by Opus131
Quote from: Cato on November 30, 2023, 06:39:02 PMSchoenberg thought it needed an orchestra and that it did not work well as a piano quartet.

Schoenberg was a great admirer of Brahms.

I think the real question is how much he admired himself.

In that sense, i'm also a bit suspect of his supposed "admiration" for Brahms. That he liked his music i do not question, but there seems to be a bit of self-promotion hidden in there as well given he considered Brahms an important step towards his conception of "variation" in music.

I do not want to offend any Schoenberg admirer here, but i cannot help myself but see some ulterior ideological agenda in a lot of his utterances.

Opus131

#144
December 03, 2023, 05:14:36 AM Last Edit: December 03, 2023, 05:23:10 AM by Opus131
Anyway, i for one love the symphonies of Brahms and my vote is for the very vanilla 4-3-2-1.
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