Favourite Dvorak symphony!!

Started by madaboutmahler, January 27, 2014, 09:56:10 AM

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1 in C Minor 'The Bells of Zlonice'
3 (4.8%)
2 in Bb major
1 (1.6%)
3 in Eb major
2 (3.2%)
4 in D Minor
3 (4.8%)
5 in F Major
4 (6.5%)
6 in D Major
7 (11.3%)
7 in D minor
21 (33.9%)
8 in G Major
23 (37.1%)
9 in E Minor
30 (48.4%)

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madaboutmahler

January 27, 2014, 09:56:10 AM
You have two votes!

Mine without doubt are 5 and 7. Love both so much. :)
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— Ludwig van Beethoven

Lisztianwagner

#1
January 27, 2014, 10:09:18 AM
I vote for No. 7 and No.9.
"You cannot expect the Form before the Idea, for they will come into being together." - Arnold Schönberg

amw

#2
January 27, 2014, 12:07:23 PM
No. 5 holds a special place in my heart, being the first one I ever listened to.

For second place, "the last one I listened to" is usually a safe bet. Right now I'll go with No. 2.

Brian

#3
January 27, 2014, 03:03:54 PM
Favorite to least: 8, 7, 3, 6, 2, 9, 5, 4, 1

No. 8 is one of my favorite symphonies from anybody and maybe one of the purest symphonic expressions of joy since Mozart and Haydn. No. 3 is one I like a lot more than "consensus" would hold; most of it is pretty darn amazing, and it's probably the best and most interesting of his "early" symphonies. I also have a big soft spot for No. 2, except the slow movement. I'm not nearly as big a fan of the New World symphony as most people are. It's one of the symphonies I'm least likely to play.

Archaic Torso of Apollo

#4
January 27, 2014, 03:13:53 PM
6 & 7 for me. I over-listened to 9 during my formative listening years, and would be OK with never hearing it again. 8 is terrific, but I feel that 6 & 7 have a bit more depth.
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TheGSMoeller

#5
January 27, 2014, 03:24:33 PM
No. 8 is my favorite. Glorious, joyful, filled with memorable melodies, and of course the amazing horn trill of the finale!
Next is the 6th, what I find to have Dvorak's best third movement Scherzo. The adagio is also quite special. And the finale always has me on the edge of my seat.

Wanderer

#6
January 28, 2014, 03:08:16 AM
That's easy. Nos. 8 & 3.

mc ukrneal

#7
January 28, 2014, 03:19:09 AM
6 and 1...oh wait...
8 and 9...errr, no....
1 and 7...shoot that's not it...
2 and 6...not quite there...
5 and 7...doh, I forgot...
2 and 4...no wait, can't be...
9 and 3...oh man...

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Sergeant Rock

#9
January 28, 2014, 04:20:16 AM
No. 7 and No. 8. Mrs. Rock's favorites are the two D minors.

Sarge
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Sergeant Rock

#10
January 28, 2014, 04:32:04 AM
It's nice to see the first four getting some love  8)


Sarge
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"hey, they made a movie about
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Brian

#11
January 28, 2014, 08:20:21 AM
Quote from: Wanderer on January 28, 2014, 03:08:16 AM
That's easy. Nos. 8 & 3.
I kind of wish I had voted this way.

PaulR

#12
January 28, 2014, 08:27:22 AM
No. 7 + No. 8

madaboutmahler

#13
January 28, 2014, 10:31:35 AM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on January 28, 2014, 03:19:09 AM
5 and 7...doh, I forgot...

Can I get back to you this?!?!?!

I'd say to go with that one!!  :P

Quote from: TheGSMoeller on January 27, 2014, 03:24:33 PM
No. 8 is my favorite. Glorious, joyful, filled with memorable melodies, and of course the amazing horn trill of the finale!

Some of my earliest memories of music are being addicted to those horn trills, Greg! Absolutely brilliant, especially to see live! :D
"Music is ... A higher revelation than all Wisdom & Philosophy"
— Ludwig van Beethoven

Ken B

#14
February 15, 2014, 08:17:41 AM
Confession time. I hate 8. Oh for a while it was my clear favourite. And then it began to annoy me. I have no idea why. So I went for the standard picks, 7 , 9

springrite

#15
February 15, 2014, 08:19:32 AM
7 and 8
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Willow Pattern

#17
March 19, 2014, 01:26:33 AM
I got some milage out of the Dvorak Symphonies this week - my favourites are 3 and 7

not edward

#18
March 20, 2014, 03:53:34 PM
Quote from: Velimir on January 27, 2014, 03:13:53 PM
6 & 7 for me. I over-listened to 9 during my formative listening years, and would be OK with never hearing it again. 8 is terrific, but I feel that 6 & 7 have a bit more depth.
+1
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TheGSMoeller

#19
March 20, 2014, 03:55:56 PM
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on January 27, 2014, 03:24:33 PM
No. 8 is my favorite. Glorious, joyful, filled with memorable melodies, and of course the amazing horn trill of the finale!
Next is the 6th, what I find to have Dvorak's best third movement Scherzo. The adagio is also quite special. And the finale always has me on the edge of my seat.

+1  ;D
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