Top 10 Favorite Symphony Finales

[kyjo]

Can we extend it to finales in general?

Well, if you want to start your own thread on favorite finales in general, by all means, go ahead and do so. But I'd like to restrict this one to symphonies.

[Brahmsian]

Another great one I wanted to mention is the finale to Mendelssohn's 5th Symphony.  Love it!

[Opus106]

I don't have a list (yet), but if I did it would certainly include the final movement to Haydn's No. 100. So. Much. Fun! And cheeky. (And yet another G major hit!)

[Sef]

In no particular order:


Shostakovich 4
Bruckner 9
Pettersson 7
Mahler 9
Tchaikovsky 6
Sibelius 4

or then again ....

Shostakovich 5
Mahler 2
Tchaikovsky 4
Sibelius 2

[Brian]

Haydn Farewell
Haydn The Bear
Mozart 39
Mozart 41
Beethoven 7
Beethoven 8
Brahms 4
Dvorak 7
Atterberg 3
Sibelius 5

I could go on...

[Rinaldo]

Ixion!

[Wanderer]

Mahler 8
Shostakovich 11
Brahms 1
Bruckner 5
Sibelius 2 (and 7)
Elgar 1
Liszt "Dante"
Messiaen Turangalîla
Berlioz Roméo et Juliette
Korngold Sinfonietta

[dyn]

In no particular order:


Shostakovich 4
Bruckner 9
Pettersson 7
Mahler 9
Tchaikovsky 6
Sibelius 4

or then again ....

Shostakovich 5
Mahler 2
Tchaikovsky 4
Sibelius 2

Shostakovich 5 always struck me as more of a  ... or possibly a 

[madaboutmahler]

Again, cannot decide between the Mahlers, so please allow me to keep them as one vote! Absolute favourites would be 6, 7 and 9 though.

My other 9, one per composer:
Elgar 2
Shostakovich 5
Tchaikovsky 6
Berlioz Fantastique
Messiaen Turangulina
Bruckner 5
Tippett 1
Schubert 9
Saint-Saens 3

Will there be a thread for scherzi and slow movements, kyjo? What's your name by the way, if I may ask?

[kyjo]

Again, cannot decide between the Mahlers, so please allow me to keep them as one vote! Absolute favourites would be 6, 7 and 9 though.

My other 9, one per composer:
Elgar 2
Shostakovich 5
Tchaikovsky 6
Berlioz Fantastique
Messiaen Turangulina
Bruckner 5
Tippett 1
Schubert 9
Saint-Saens 3

Will there be a thread for scherzi and slow movements, kyjo? What's your name by the way, if I may ask?

Nice list, Daniel! I'll start scherzi and slow movement threads sometime in the near future. You can call me Kyle.

[madaboutmahler]

Nice list, Daniel! I'll start scherzi and slow movement threads sometime in the near future. You can call me Kyle.

Thanks, Kyle! And great, shall start thinking about my posts for those!

[vandermolen]

Vaughan Williams Symphony 6
Vaughan Williams Symphony 9
Tchaikovsky Pathetique
Arthur Butterworth Symphony 4
Nielsen 'Inextinguishable'
Honegger 'Liturgique'
Bax: Symphony 3
Shostakovich Symphony 4
Rubbra Symphony 7
Miaskovsky Symphony 6

[Lisztianwagner]

Mine could be:

Mahler (No.2, 6, 7 and 9 as one vote)
Beethoven 9
Rachmaninov 1
Tchaikovsky 4
Shostakovich 5
Dvořák 9
Brahms 3
Saint-Saëns 3
Bruckner 8
Haydn 'Farewell Symphony'
Melartin 4

[Christo]

Succesful finsles of a four movement symphony are relatively rare, but some of my faves are:

Saint-Saens 3
Tchaikovsky 6
Nielsen 4
Shosta 5
Vaughan Williams 6
Honegger 3

Have to think of more original examples. :-)

[vandermolen]

I could easily have included Atterberg Symphony 5, Shostakovich Symphony 11 (or 10 or 15) and Prokofiev, symphonies 5 and 6 in my own list.

[Keep Going]

Interesting one, since finales generally don't provide as many favourites as other movements. Well, for me anyway.

Lets see:

Beethoven 7
Bruckner 5
Bruckner 8
Glass 8
Mahler 9
Mendelssohn 4
Shostakovich 15
Shostakovich 4
Sibelius 7 
Tchaikovsky 6

Those in italics could be picked based on their codas alone. But the rest of those movements are, in any case, cool.

[Heck148]

Can't do it...too many, and it changes too often.