Six favourite last symphonies.

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arpeggio

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May 28, 2020, 04:16:53 PM Last Edit: June 03, 2020, 04:28:03 PM by arpeggio
Most of the time when I see one of these lists I have trouble coming up with just the number of works requested.

For this list I could only come up with three:

Beethoven Ninth
Dvorak Ninth
Tchaikovsky Sixth

For all three of these composers their last symphonies are my favorite.

Oops.  I forgot the Schubert Ninth.

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#101
May 28, 2020, 04:21:28 PM
Today's picks...

Shostakovich 15
Sibelius 7
Myaskovsky 27
Martinů 6
Copland 3
Schmidt 4

relm1

#102
May 28, 2020, 04:30:09 PM
Mahler 10
Shostakovitch 15
Bruckner 9
Vaughan Williams 9
Sibelius 7
Prokofiev 7

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#103
May 28, 2020, 05:45:30 PM
Glière
Mahler (9)
Nielsen
Shostakovich
Sibelius
Tubin (10)
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Uhor

#104
May 28, 2020, 07:22:03 PM
Mahler 10
Sibelius 7
Bruckner 9
Brahms 4
Prokofiev 7
Beethoven 9

Christo

#105
June 03, 2020, 01:16:41 PM
Today:

Shostakovich 15
Vaughan Williams 9
Arnold 9
Bruckner 9
Nielsen 6
Schmidt 4
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vandermolen

#106
June 05, 2020, 09:19:26 PM Last Edit: June 05, 2020, 09:22:37 PM by vandermolen
Quote from: Christo on June 03, 2020, 01:16:41 PM
Today:

Shostakovich 15
Vaughan Williams 9
Arnold 9
Bruckner 9
Nielsen 6
Schmidt 4
This could be my list as well. I've noted how popular the Shostakovich is on this thread, also Sibelius Symphony No.7 although I note that you are not a Sibelius fan (Kullervo being an exception?)

OK, let's have another go:

VW No.9
Bax No.7
Miaskovsky No.27
Shebalin No.5
Bruckner No.9
Kabalevsky No.4
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Wanderer

#107
June 06, 2020, 12:04:47 AM
Quote from: Wanderer on December 02, 2016, 02:06:24 AM
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9
Bruckner: Symphony No. 9
Brahms: Symphony No. 4
Sibelius: Symphony No. 7
Mahler: Symphony No. 10
Schubert: Symphony No. 9

Same choices, but I think ten is a more appropriate number. Not in order:

Beethoven: Symphony No. 9
Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 (with finale - always!)
Brahms: Symphony No. 4
Sibelius: Symphony No. 7
Mahler: Symphony No. 10
Schubert: Symphony No. 9
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 9
Schumann: Symphony No. 3 (1850) or No. 4 (1841, revised in 1851)
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3, "Scottish"
Mozart: Symphony No. 41



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