Favourite Symphony 2

[North Star]

For the love of Shakespeare, when did English orthography/spelling have anything to do with how something is actually pronounced?   

Poppycock, according to misters Featherstonehaugh (pronounced "Fanshawe"), Cholmondeley (pronounced "Chumley"), Berkeley (pronounced "Barkly"), Mainwaring (pronounced "Mannering") and Belvoir (pronounced "Beaver").

[Cato]

I thought I had given my preferences: a good number have already been mentioned.  Still...a few new ones here quickly off the top:


Bruckner, Hartmann, Ives, Krenek, Mahler, Prokofiev, Rachmaninov, Rimsky-Korsakov, Schumann, Scriabin, Taneyev, Toch, Vermeulen

[Wanderer]

Now, that is the best possible argument for Spanish to me made Official Language for Planet Earth!

...or Greek. Its orthography may be difficult (ancient language and all) but there's only one way to pronounce what you read, based on very simple, straightforward rules.  0:)

Poppycock, according to misters Featherstonehaugh (pronounced "Fanshawe"), Cholmondeley (pronounced "Chumley"), Berkeley (pronounced "Barkly"), Mainwaring (pronounced "Mannering") and Belvoir (pronounced "Beaver").

"You Americans always butcher the French language!" 

And I know I'll be in trouble in Oregon whenever I make mention of the Willamette river.

[Jaakko Keskinen]

Either Brahms or Sibelius. Both are phenomenal.

Edit: Also, if it counts (and why shouldn't it?), Harold en Italie.

[Karl Henning]

And another.

Well, I see that I affirmed the Prokofiev, but without (I think) actually listing 6 choices of my own.

So let us try:

Prokofiev Op.40
Bernstein Age of Anxiety
Rakhmaninov Op.27
Elgar Op.63
Martinů
Sibelius Op.43

[Chronochromie]

Harold in Italie
Schumann
Bruckner
Mahler
Prokofiev
Stravinsky Symphony of Psalms

[Jay F]

Mahler

Sibelius

Brahms

[ritter]

Krenek's Symphony No.2...everybody seems to forget Krenek  .  A great piece IMHO...

[North Star]

Prokofiev
Sibelius
Mahler
Vaughan Williams
Nielsen
Brahms

[Ken B]

Krenek's Symphony No.2...everybody seems to forget Krenek  .  A great piece IMHO...

It IS a great piece, one of the best new symphonies I discovered in 2016. Won't be my pick here, but it's worth anyone's time to get to know.

[Ghost Sonata]

...or Greek. Its orthography may be difficult (ancient language and all) but there's only one way to pronounce what you read, based on very simple, straightforward rules.  0:)

"You Americans always butcher the French language!" 

And I know I'll be in trouble in Oregon whenever I make mention of the Willamette river.

Just remember: "It's Willamette, Damn' it!"

[Brian]

Just remember: "It's Willamette, Damn' it!"

I only found out a day before arriving there for the first time - luckily I asked a friend to make sure, before saying Will-uh-MET to someone in Oregon!

[Ghost Sonata]

I only found out a day before arriving there for the first time - luckily I asked a friend to make sure, before saying Will-uh-MET to someone in Oregon!

They're very proud and keen on their cheese, but my wife and I much prefer New England-based cheeses, speaking generally.  Still, it's a pretty place.

[Ken B]

They're very proud and keen on their cheese, but my wife and I much prefer New England-based cheeses, speaking generally.  Still, it's a pretty place.

Do not get me started on American cheddar!

[Ghost Sonata]

Do not get me started on American cheddar!

Why hold anything back? Let's have it!  (beats discussing symphony numbers, not into numerology of any kind; to me it's kinda bogus - with all due respect to op).

[Ken B]

Why hold anything back? Let's have it!  (beats discussing symphony numbers, not into numerology of any kind; to me it's kinda bogus - with all due respect to op).

No, no. With disaster impending tomorrow, to pile on would be cruel, and any comments about children's teething toys or rubber mouth-guards gratuitous.

[Ghost Sonata]

No, no. With disaster impending tomorrow, to pile on would be cruel, and any comments about children's teething toys or rubber mouth-guards gratuitous.

Well, you can count yourself fortunate indeed to be unfamiliar with this, provel cheese : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provel_cheese  Disgusting stuff.  (Sincerest apologies to those interested in #2 symphonies...)

[Karl Henning]

Do not get me started on American cheddar!

You don't like Cabot?

[Karl Henning]

You don't like Cabot?

I mean, perhaps you do not . . . though I find it hard to believe that anyone who does like cheddar, would not enjoy their "seriously sharp" cheddar . . . .

[Ken B]

You don't like Cabot?

I buy Cabot Extra Old regularly as easily the best available in these parts.