Six favourite eighth symphonies

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Karl Henning

#40
December 14, 2015, 09:45:33 AM
The usual suspects, I suspect:

LvB
Dvořák
Langgaard
RVW
ДШ
Holmboe
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Archaic Torso of Apollo

#41
December 14, 2015, 11:03:35 AM
Wow, RVW 8 is really burning up the charts.

I'm glad to see it, it's a terrific piece. (I just missed a chance to hear it live a couple of years ago, sadly.)

Good to see the Holmboe up there too.
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Karl Henning

#42
December 14, 2015, 11:27:42 AM
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on November 27, 2015, 04:01:49 PM
Haydn
Beethoven
Bruckner
Schnittke
Glass

And of course... Mahler! His 8th is a gorgeous masterpiece.

Dadgummit, I ought to have considered Schnittke.
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[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

Wieland

#43
December 14, 2015, 12:29:27 PM
Bruckner
Schostakowitsch
Pettersson
Dvorak
Glasunow
Rautavaara

vandermolen

#44
December 14, 2015, 12:58:33 PM
Quote from: Wieland on December 14, 2015, 12:29:27 PM
Bruckner
Schostakowitsch
Pettersson
Dvorak
Glasunow
Rautavaara
Great choices.
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

vandermolen

#45
March 26, 2021, 12:39:08 AM Last Edit: March 26, 2021, 12:45:50 AM by vandermolen
Quote from: vandermolen on November 27, 2015, 07:36:24 AM
Did I do this already?    ::)

Vaughan Williams
Rautavaara 'The Journey'
Rubbra
Atterberg
Pettersson
Glazunov

It's amazing how little my tastes have changed  8)

NOW EIGHT ARE ALLOWED

Let's see though:

Vaughan Williams
Rautavaara 'The Journey'
Pettersson
Havergal Brian
Tournemire 'The Triumph of Death'
Shostakovich
Soderlind 'In Memory Jean Sibelius' (You Tube only unfortunately)
Bruckner
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

steve ridgway

#46
March 26, 2021, 06:51:10 AM
I only have two and they are Penderecki and Schnittke.

vandermolen

#47
March 26, 2021, 06:56:13 AM
Quote from: steve ridgway on March 26, 2021, 06:51:10 AM
I only have two and they are Penderecki and Schnittke.
Oh, the Schnittke is excellent - thanks for reminding me of it.
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

Wanderer

#48
March 26, 2021, 07:29:58 AM
Beethoven
Schubert
Bruckner
Mahler
Dvořák
Vaughan Williams
Langgaard
Sibelius (if only!)

DavidW

#49
March 26, 2021, 07:30:17 AM
Schubert
Beethoven
Bruckner
Shostakovich
Dvorak

I don't think that there is any other 8th that I enjoy nearly as much as those five so I'm not going to bother with a sixth.

Brahmsian

#50
March 26, 2021, 07:47:10 AM
Quote from: DavidW on March 26, 2021, 07:30:17 AM
Schubert
Beethoven
Bruckner
Shostakovich
Dvorak

I don't think that there is any other 8th that I enjoy nearly as much as those five so I'm not going to bother with a sixth.

This would be my list too, minus the Beethoven.

vandermolen

#51
March 26, 2021, 02:13:24 PM
Dvorak's is my favourite of his cycle and thumbs up for Schubert as well.
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

Daverz

#52
March 26, 2021, 03:10:36 PM Last Edit: March 26, 2021, 03:12:31 PM by Daverz
Shouldn't it be 8 favorite eighth symphonies?

Dvorak
Haydn
Beethoven
Schubert
Brian
Vaughan Williams
Shostakovich
K. A. Hartmann

I don't recall it, but I bet Villa Lobos's No. 8 is really good.

Symphonic Addict

#53
March 26, 2021, 05:10:41 PM
Will be mentioning some off-the-beaten-path instances I consider worth listening:

Dvorak
Shostakovich
Holmboe
Rautavaara
Glazunov
Frankel
Sulek
Vaughan Williams

Bruckner, Beethoven, Atterberg, Arnold and Brian would come then. Here on this particular poll the choices are not as obvious as on other similar threads, methinks.
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Karl Henning

#54
March 26, 2021, 08:06:59 PM Last Edit: March 27, 2021, 05:29:37 AM by k a rl h e nn i ng
Holmboe
Kabeláč
Mennin
Schnittke
Schuman
Shostakovich
Tubin
Wuorinen
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

vandermolen

#55
March 27, 2021, 02:12:48 AM
Quote from: Daverz on March 26, 2021, 03:10:36 PM
Shouldn't it be 8 favorite eighth symphonies?

Dvorak
Haydn
Beethoven
Schubert
Brian
Vaughan Williams
Shostakovich
K. A. Hartmann

I don't recall it, but I bet Villa Lobos's No. 8 is really good.
Yes, but I unilaterally changed the rules - I'm the boss of this thread  ;D
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

Christo

#56
March 27, 2021, 08:15:27 AM
Quote from: Archaic Torso of Apollo on December 14, 2015, 11:03:35 AM
Wow, RVW 8 is really burning up the charts.

I'm glad to see it, it's a terrific piece. (I just missed a chance to hear it live a couple of years ago, sadly.)

Good to see the Holmboe up there too.
Two of my absolute favourites, great that you think the same!  :)
... music is not only an 'entertainment', nor a mere luxury, but a necessity of the spiritual if not of the physical life, an opening of those magic casements through which we can catch a glimpse of that country where ultimate reality will be found.    RVW, 1948

vandermolen

#57
March 27, 2021, 01:00:00 PM Last Edit: March 27, 2021, 01:01:38 PM by vandermolen
Quote from: Christo on March 27, 2021, 08:15:27 AM
Two of my absolute favourites, great that you think the same!  :)
Holmboe should have been on my list as well - my favourite of his symphonies and the one that I first discovered on LP:
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

Daverz

#58
March 27, 2021, 02:36:01 PM
Quote from: vandermolen on March 27, 2021, 01:00:00 PM
Holmboe should have been on my list as well - my favourite of his symphonies and the one that I first discovered on LP:

:o Forgot that one!

vandermolen

#59
March 28, 2021, 12:12:43 AM
Quote from: Daverz on March 27, 2021, 02:36:01 PM
:o Forgot that one!
Why? Do you mean the symphony itself or the performance?
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).
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