Top 10 Favorite Symphony Scherzi!

[kyjo]

That is a beast.  A leviathan of blazing sound, especially from the brass section.  It's almost shocking that it came from Bruckner.

I agree. Bruckner 9 is just a stunning work overall!

[Brian]

Oh, you're right! 
I've become quite rebellious lately and just make up my own rules, so...join me!

Congrats on your 6000th post!

[vandermolen]

Shostakovich Symphony 10
Parsadanian Symphony 1 'To the Memory of the 26 Commissars of Baku'
Bruckner Symphony 8
Vaughan Williams Symphony 6
Vaughan Williams Symphony 4
Shostakovich Symphony 8
Bruckner Symphony 9
Walton Symphony 1
Martinu Symphony 4
Havergal Brian 'Gothic Symphony'

[kyjo]

Shostakovich Symphony 10
Parsadanian Symphony 1 'To the Memory of the 26 Commissars of Baku'
Bruckner Symphony 8
Vaughan Williams Symphony 6
Vaughan Williams Symphony 4
Shostakovich Symphony 8
Bruckner Symphony 9
Walton Symphony 1
Martinu Symphony 4
Havergal Brian 'Gothic Symphony'

Again, a fine list! I'll definitely have to dig the Parsadanian out of my collection sometime. It's been a while since I've heard it. I do recall it being a rather stirring work.

[vandermolen]

Again, a fine list! I'll definitely have to dig the Parsadanian out of my collection sometime. It's been a while since I've heard it. I do recall it being a rather stirring work.

Thank you Kyle. The Parsadanian is invariably written-off as sub-Shostakovich soviet kitsch - but I like the work very much and find it rather moving with a very exciting second movement.

[kyjo]

The Parsadanian is invariably written-off as sub-Shostakovich soviet kitsch

.....as are many other Soviet works not written by Prokofiev or Shostakovich.

[Karl Henning]

Shostakovich Symphony 8

Which?