#1 "Hits"

[Bogey]

Bloch's 1st Piano quintet. And if you'd like an extra #1, the first movement itself.

Top of the world, ma.

Great Cagney take.  Print it!

[Daverz]

Gade Symphony 1.  He didn't seem to be able to rise to that level again.

Also Echoes of Ossian is his opus 1 and one of his finest works.

[kyjo]

Gade Symphony 1.  He didn't seem to be able to rise to that level again.

Also Echoes of Ossian is his opus 1 and one of his finest works.

Wholeheartedly agreed. There's energy and passion in these works that isn't always found in his later works.

[DavidW]

Shostakovich - String Quartet No. 1

Mahler - Symphony No. 1 (really, nobody's mentioned this?)

Prokofiev - Symphony No. 1

Do you honestly prefer Shostakovich's String Quartet #1 over all others in the cycle?  And Mahler's 1st?  Mahler's 1st symphony is fine, but it stands deeply in the shadow of the other eight for me.

Now Prokofiev's 1st is an almost for me, it's my second favorite.  The 5th is my favorite.  I honestly tried and tried and tried to think of a #1 that I prefer over others in the sequence, and simply couldn't.

[Opus106]

Do you honestly prefer Shostakovich's String Quartet #1 over all others in the cycle?  And Mahler's 1st?  Mahler's 1st symphony is fine, but it stands deeply in the shadow of the other eight for me.

This a thread of favourites "firsts", and not about whether the "first" is in anyway better than the seconds, thirds et c. of specific sets.

[DavidW]

I missed the word "maybe" in the original post.  Thanks Navneeth, I thought everyone here was crazy!  Now that I understand it, I'll think of my own list.

[DavidW]

Beethoven's 1st Symphony
Brahms' Piano Concerto #1
Prokofiev's Piano Concerto #1
Bach's Orchestral Suite #1
Bach's Brandenburg Concerto #1
Vaughan Williams Sea Symphony BEHOLD THE SEA ITSELF!
Mendelssohn's String Quintet #1
Bach's Cantata #1

[Mirror Image]

Shostakovich's Violin Concerto No. 1 should get a special mention here. Truly a masterpiece and continues to be a staple of the violin concert repertoire.

[Bogey]

Beethoven's 1st Symphony

Attaboy, David.  Hope teaching is going fine.

[DavidW]

Attaboy, David.  Hope teaching is going fine.

Great group this year, but too much time grading!!!!!

Beethoven and Brahms are always good for a #1.

[Karl Henning]

Beethoven and Brahms are always good for a #1.

They stood on the shoulders of giants.

[jochanaan]

They stood on the shoulders of giants.

Don't we all?