Favorite First Symphonies

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Wanderer

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August 10, 2016, 02:30:43 AM
Haydn
Beethoven
Brahms
Schumann
Schubert
Bruckner
Sibelius
Mahler
Shostakovich
Schmidt
Langgaard
Gade
Tchaikovsky
Vaughan Williams
Elgar
Scriabin
Korngold (Sinfonietta)
Berlioz (Symphonie fantastique)
Hindemith (Symphonie "Mathis der Maler")
Messiaen (Turangalîla-Symphonie)
Debussy (La mer)

Karl Henning

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August 10, 2016, 03:26:28 AM
Quote from: Wanderer on August 10, 2016, 02:30:43 AM
Haydn
Beethoven
Brahms
Schumann
Schubert
Bruckner
Sibelius
Mahler
Shostakovich
Schmidt
Langgaard
Gade
Tchaikovsky
Vaughan Williams
Elgar
Scriabin
Korngold (Sinfonietta)
Berlioz (Symphonie fantastique)
Hindemith (Symphonie "Mathis der Maler")
Messiaen (Turangalîla-Symphonie)
Debussy (La mer)

What?! Where is Рахманинов?!  ;)
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

hpowders

#42
September 17, 2016, 10:35:16 AM
My favorite first symphony is the Prokofiev Classical Symphony. This pithy, delightful work is simply one of Prokofiev's very greatest compositions.
"Why do so many of us try to explain the beauty of music thus depriving it of its mystery?" Leonard Bernstein. (Wait a minute!! Didn't Bernstein spend most of his life doing exactly that???)

Reckoner

#43
September 17, 2016, 10:44:33 AM
Mahler and Tchaikovsky, stand out for me.

The Рахманинов, among a few others, requires revisiting. ;)

Karl Henning

#44
September 17, 2016, 11:11:23 AM
Quote from: hpowders on September 17, 2016, 10:35:16 AM
My favorite first symphony is the Prokofiev Classical Symphony. This pithy, delightful work is simply one of Prokofiev's very greatest compositions.

Utterly charming.
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

hpowders

#45
September 17, 2016, 11:13:47 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on September 17, 2016, 11:11:23 AM
Utterly charming.

The perfect definition of "neo-classical", I would imagine.

I believe Haydn would have cracked a wide smile upon hearing it, once he adapted to the rather strange harmonies, which would have taken a genius like him around 47 seconds.
"Why do so many of us try to explain the beauty of music thus depriving it of its mystery?" Leonard Bernstein. (Wait a minute!! Didn't Bernstein spend most of his life doing exactly that???)
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