GMG's Favorite Symphonies

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

Amfortas, if I have understood the rules - when a work is deleted, you have to add a new one when the list contains fewer than 25. In this case, you have removed two... So two points got to two new works of your choosing, which leaves only two points for either Prok 3 or Tchaik (or one point each)...

[Wanderer]

After: Amfortas

+3 Magnard
+1 Bruckner 1
-1 Prokofiev 3
-1 Prokofiev 5


14 Magnard, Symphony No. 4 in C sharp minor, Op. 21
11 Schmidt: Symphony No. 1
08 Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 In Bb Major, Op. 100
08 Prokofiev: Symphony No. 3
07 Szymanowski: Symphony No. 3, Song of the Night op.27
04 Hartmann, Symphony No. 6
03 Borodin: Symphony No. 2 in B minor
03 Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony in B minor, Op. 58
02 Bruckner: Symphony No. 1 in C minor
01 RVW: Symphony No. 2, A London Symphony

[mszczuj]

After: Wanderer

+3 Bruckner: Symphony No. 1 in C minor
+1 Bruckner: Symphony in D minor "Die Nullte"
-2 Magnard: Symphony No. 4 in C sharp minor, Op. 21 (trying it again today - it sounds nicely in 2nd part but is for me still a great disappointment after his marvelous and profound chamber music and without any doubts not so interesting as Tournemire, Casella or Vermeulen symphonies)

12 Magnard, Symphony No. 4 in C sharp minor, Op. 21
11 Schmidt: Symphony No. 1
08 Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 In Bb Major, Op. 100
08 Prokofiev: Symphony No. 3
07 Szymanowski: Symphony No. 3, Song of the Night op.27
05 Bruckner: Symphony No. 1 in C minor
04 Hartmann, Symphony No. 6
03 Borodin: Symphony No. 2 in B minor
03 Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony in B minor, Op. 58
01 Bruckner: Symphony in D minor "Die Nullte"
01 Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 2, A London Symphony

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

Dear mszczuj, which performance of Magnard's Fourth are you listening to? Plasson, Ossonce or Sanderling? Ossonce and Sanderling do the work full justice, with Sanderling brilliant in movements 1-3 and Ossonce in the final movement. I know Vermeulen's symphonies (I prefer 1, 2, 3 and 5), and I am getting to know Tournemire's symphonies (I like what I hear). Casella is still only a name.


I think Magnard's Fourth is the best French symphony after Franck's Symphony in D minor and Debussy's La Mer and before Roussel's Third. That's why I want this symphony on the list!

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

After: mszczuj

+3 Magnard
+1 Bruckner 1
-2 Schmidt

15 Magnard, Symphony No. 4 in C sharp minor, Op. 21
09 Schmidt: Symphony No. 1
08 Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 In Bb Major, Op. 100
08 Prokofiev: Symphony No. 3
07 Szymanowski: Symphony No. 3, Song of the Night op.27
06 Bruckner: Symphony No. 1 in C minor
04 Hartmann, Symphony No. 6
03 Borodin: Symphony No. 2 in B minor
03 Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony in B minor, Op. 58
01 Bruckner: Symphony in D minor "Die Nullte"
01 Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 2, A London Symphony

[mszczuj]

Dear mszczuj, which performance of Magnard's Fourth are you listening to? Plasson, Ossonce or Sanderling?

Sanderling.

I think Magnard's Fourth is the best French symphony after Franck's Symphony in D minor and Debussy's La Mer and before Roussel's Third. That's why I want this symphony on the list!

Roussel Third is not on the list. May be you should rather vote for it. We can choose only six symphonies more now. And there are such symphonies missing like Shostakovich 6th, 7th, 8th, Saint-Saens 3rd, Nielsen 3rd and 4th, Ives 2nd and 3rd, Zemlinsky Lyrische Symphonie, Dvorak 5th, Scriabin 3rd, Janacek Sinfonietta, Schoenberg Chamber Symphonies, Messiaen Turangalila, Hindemith Mathis der Maler - to name only popular. And we have nothing of Glazunov, Miaskovsky, Martinu, Lutosławski, Honegger...

[Wanderer]

After: J. Z. Herrenberg

+2 Magnard - elevated
+1 Schmidt
+1 Bruckner 1
-1 Prokofiev 3
-1 Prokofiev 5


17 Magnard, Symphony No. 4 in C sharp minor, Op. 21 - elevated

10 Schmidt: Symphony No. 1
07 Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 In Bb Major, Op. 100
07 Prokofiev: Symphony No. 3
07 Szymanowski: Symphony No. 3, Song of the Night op.27
07 Bruckner: Symphony No. 1 in C minor
04 Hartmann, Symphony No. 6
03 Borodin: Symphony No. 2 in B minor
03 Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony in B minor, Op. 58
01 Bruckner: Symphony in D minor "Die Nullte"
01 Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 2, A London Symphony

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

Magnard has made it!!

Sanderling.

If Sanderling doesn't convince you, the work is clearly not for you. Fair enough.

Roussel Third is not on the list. May be you should rather vote for it. We can choose only six symphonies more now. And there are such symphonies missing like Shostakovich 6th, 7th, 8th, Saint-Saens 3rd, Nielsen 3rd and 4th, Ives 2nd and 3rd, Zemlinsky Lyrische Symphonie, Dvorak 5th, Scriabin 3rd, Janacek Sinfonietta, Schoenberg Chamber Symphonies, Messiaen Turangalila, Hindemith Mathis der Maler - to name only popular. And we have nothing of Glazunov, Miaskovsky, Martinu, Lutosławski, Honegger...

Several of the symphonies you mention are among my favourites, too, and I love Miaskovsky, Martinu and Honegger. But you can add and vote for only so many deserving works and composers. It's a pity too few people have joined in.

[mszczuj]

After: Wanderer

+3 Bruckner: Symphony No. 1 in C minor
+1 Bruckner: Symphony in D minor "Die Nullte"
-2 Schmidt: Symphony No. 1

10 Bruckner: Symphony No. 1 in C minor
08 Schmidt: Symphony No. 1
07 Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 In Bb Major, Op. 100
07 Prokofiev: Symphony No. 3
07 Szymanowski: Symphony No. 3, Song of the Night op.27
04 Hartmann, Symphony No. 6
03 Borodin: Symphony No. 2 in B minor
03 Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony in B minor, Op. 58
02 Bruckner: Symphony in D minor "Die Nullte"
01 Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 2, A London Symphony

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

After: mszczuj

+3 Bruckner: Symphony No. 1 in C minor
+1 Hartmann
-1 Borodin
-1 Tchaikovsky

13 Bruckner: Symphony No. 1 in C minor
08 Schmidt: Symphony No. 1
07 Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 In Bb Major, Op. 100
07 Prokofiev: Symphony No. 3
07 Szymanowski: Symphony No. 3, Song of the Night op.27
05 Hartmann, Symphony No. 6
02 Borodin: Symphony No. 2 in B minor
02 Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony in B minor, Op. 58
02 Bruckner: Symphony in D minor "Die Nullte"
01 Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 2, A London Symphony

[Amfortas]

After J.Z.

Prok 3 +3

Bruckner 0 -1
Hartmann 6 -1
ADD: Nielsen 4 +1

13 Bruckner: Symphony No. 1 in C minor
09 Prokofiev: Symphony No. 3
08 Schmidt: Symphony No. 1
07 Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 In Bb Major, Op. 100
07 Szymanowski: Symphony No. 3, Song of the Night op.27
04 Hartmann, Symphony No. 6
02 Borodin: Symphony No. 2 in B minor
02 Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony in B minor, Op. 58
01 Nielsen: Symphony no.4, "The Inextinguishable"
01 Bruckner: Symphony in D minor "Die Nullte"
01 Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 2, A London Symphony

[kishnevi]

Roussel Third is not on the list. May be you should rather vote for it. We can choose only six symphonies more now. And there are such symphonies missing like Shostakovich 6th, 7th, 8th, Saint-Saens 3rd, Nielsen 3rd and 4th, Ives 2nd and 3rd, Zemlinsky Lyrische Symphonie, Dvorak 5th, Scriabin 3rd, Janacek Sinfonietta, Schoenberg Chamber Symphonies, Messiaen Turangalila, Hindemith Mathis der Maler - to name only popular. And we have nothing of Glazunov, Miaskovsky, Martinu, Lutosławski, Honegger...

All those works can still be nominated, and at least in theory voted to the top of the list before we reach the 100 mark.  Or do you think (going by your most recent votes) that Bruckner 0 and Bruckner 1 are actually superior to them all?

At any rate, there are five slots left to fill, and plenty of spaced on the list of nominees if you wish to add more.

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

All those works can still be nominated, and at least in theory voted to the top of the list before we reach the 100 mark.  Or do you think (going by your most recent votes) that Bruckner 0 and Bruckner 1 are actually superior to them all?

At any rate, there are five slots left to fill, and plenty of spaced on the list of nominees if you wish to add more.

The 100 we'll end up with will be filled with canonical works and those which people here on GMG think deserve to be in the canon. It's clear, though, that 100 symphonies are not enough to do justice to the extant literature. I miss many favourites, too. So be it.

[Wanderer]

After: Amfortas

+3 [new] Schreker: Chamber Symphony
+1 Schmidt
-2 Tchaikovsky

13 Bruckner: Symphony No. 1 in C minor
09 Prokofiev: Symphony No. 3
09 Schmidt: Symphony No. 1
07 Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 In Bb Major, Op. 100
07 Szymanowski: Symphony No. 3, Song of the Night op.27
04 Hartmann, Symphony No. 6
03 Schreker: Chamber Symphony
02 Borodin: Symphony No. 2 in B minor
01 Nielsen: Symphony no.4, "The Inextinguishable"
01 Bruckner: Symphony in D minor "Die Nullte"
01 Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 2, A London Symphony
00 Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony in B minor, Op. 58

[mszczuj]

After: Wanderer

+2 Bruckner: Symphony No. 1 in C minor (elevated)
+1 Szymanowski: Symphony No. 3, Song of the Night op.27
+1 Bruckner: Symphony in D minor "Die Nullte"
-1 Prokofiev: Symphony No. 3
-1 Schmidt: Symphony No. 1

15 Bruckner: Symphony No. 1 in C minor

08 Prokofiev: Symphony No. 3
08 Schmidt: Symphony No. 1
08 Szymanowski: Symphony No. 3, Song of the Night op.27
07 Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 In Bb Major, Op. 100
04 Hartmann, Symphony No. 6
03 Schreker: Chamber Symphony
02 Borodin: Symphony No. 2 in B minor
02 Bruckner: Symphony in D minor "Die Nullte"
01 Nielsen: Symphony no.4, "The Inextinguishable"
01 Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 2, A London Symphony
00 Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony in B minor, Op. 58

[mszczuj]

All those works can still be nominated, and at least in theory voted to the top of the list before we reach the 100 mark.  Or do you think (going by your most recent votes) that Bruckner 0 and Bruckner 1 are actually superior to them all?

I'm just voting for the works I have listened more frequently. I think it is not the worst measure.

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

After: mszczuj

+2 Vaughan Williams
+2 Hartmann
-2 Borodin


08 Prokofiev: Symphony No. 3
08 Schmidt: Symphony No. 1
08 Szymanowski: Symphony No. 3, Song of the Night op.27
07 Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 In Bb Major, Op. 100
06 Hartmann, Symphony No. 6
03 Schreker: Chamber Symphony
03 Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 2, A London Symphony
02 Bruckner: Symphony in D minor "Die Nullte"
01 Nielsen: Symphony no.4, "The Inextinguishable"
00 Borodin: Symphony No. 2 in B minor
00 Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony in B minor, Op. 58

[DavidRoss]

After: Johann

+2 Vaughan Williams
+1 Proky 5
+1 Hindemith, Mathis der Maler (new)
-2 Bruckner


08 Prokofiev: Symphony No. 3
08 Schmidt: Symphony No. 1
08 Szymanowski: Symphony No. 3, Song of the Night op.27
08 Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 In Bb Major, Op. 100
06 Hartmann, Symphony No. 6
05 Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 2, A London Symphony
03 Schreker: Chamber Symphony
01 Nielsen: Symphony no.4, "The Inextinguishable"
01 Hindemith, Mathis der Maler
00 Borodin: Symphony No. 2 in B minor
00 Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony in B minor, Op. 58
00 Bruckner: Symphony in D minor "Die Nullte"

[Conor71]

After David


Prokofiev 5 +3
VW 2 +1
Schmidt -1
Szymanowski -1



11 Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 In Bb Major, Op. 100
08 Prokofiev: Symphony No. 3
07 Schmidt: Symphony No. 1
07 Szymanowski: Symphony No. 3, Song of the Night op.27
06 Hartmann, Symphony No. 6
06 Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 2, A London Symphony
03 Schreker: Chamber Symphony
01 Nielsen: Symphony no.4, "The Inextinguishable"
01 Hindemith, Mathis der Maler
00 Borodin: Symphony No. 2 in B minor
00 Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony in B minor, Op. 58
00 Bruckner: Symphony in D minor "Die Nullte"

[Wanderer]

After: Conor71

+3 Schreker
+1 Hindemith
-2 VW 2


11 Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 In Bb Major, Op. 100
08 Prokofiev: Symphony No. 3
07 Schmidt: Symphony No. 1
07 Szymanowski: Symphony No. 3, Song of the Night op.27
06 Hartmann, Symphony No. 6
06 Schreker: Chamber Symphony
04 Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 2, A London Symphony
02 Hindemith: Mathis der Maler
01 Nielsen: Symphony no.4, "The Inextinguishable"
00 Borodin: Symphony No. 2 in B minor
00 Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony in B minor, Op. 58
00 Bruckner: Symphony in D minor "Die Nullte"