That One Symphony That You Never Get Tired Of....

[Bogey]

Mozart's 39th Symphony . . . . . . can withstand everyday listening . . . . .

Add Bruckner's 4th and LvB's 3rd and 5th for me as well.

[Iago]

I would probably include Brahms 4th, with Carlos Kleiber and the BPO as well.

It's interesting that you like what doesn't exist.
Carlos Kleiber never recorded the Brahms 4th with the Berlin Philharmonic.
It's with the Vienna Philharmonic.

[val]

BRUCKNER'S 8th and 9th. I know them for 30 years and my passion remains intact.

[vandermolen]

Walton and Barber's first symphonies. Shostakovich's 10th.

I agree+Vaughan Williams Symphony 6 and 9, Moeran's Symphony, Rubbra Symphony 5, Copland and Diamond Symphony 3, Bernstein "Jeremiah", Miaskovsky 6 and 21.

[Choo Choo]

Nielsen #1.

Love all Nielsen - but #1 especially can withstand daily listening.

[Harry Collier]

Vaughan Williams: Third symphony
Beethoven: Third Symphony (first two movements)
Sibelius: Sixth Symphony
Mozart: Symphony No.40

The last three have been part of my life now for 50 years.

[Haffner]

Mozart's Jupiter never fails to astound me.

[Haffner]

Mozart 40 (I am not kidding ) under the right person and Bruckner 5th.

Whom conducts your favorite 40th, Hautbois?

[Endymion]

Schubert's 8th (Unfinished)

[Sergeant Rock]

I've never tired of any symphony actually save the Franck. There came a point when I thought I'd never want to hear it again. After a ten year hiatus, Giulini and Vienna sparked my interest again.

Sarge

[Xenophanes]

Beethoven's Symphony No. 6, the Pastorale, certainly qualifies.  Usually Leibowit/RPO, Suitner/Staatskapelle Berlin, Ansermet/SRO or sometimes Boult/BBC SO. Of course, Nos. 3, 4, 7, and 9 are favorites, too. I don't usually much like No. 5.

I always like Mozart's Nos. 35 (esp. Krips/RPO) and 41 (Leibowitz/RPO, Davis/Staatskapelle Dresden, and Howgwood Pinnock for HIP).

I have a fondness for Schubert's No. 9, too (Suitner, Staatskapelle Berlin is the favorite).

When I'm in the mood, which is often enough, there are also Brahms Nos. 1 (Walter) and 4 (Reiner/RPO).

I've liked Rachmaninoff's No. 2 since I was a child, and while the favorite is Ormandy, there are also Previn and Annissimov.

I like Sibelius's Nos. 2 (Davis, Barbirolli) and No. 5 (Maazel), and listen to them fairly often, too.

[Todd]

Following Don's usefully more expansive idea, I must say that I never tire of Beethoven's piano sonatas.  To the specific thread topic:

Beethoven - Eroica
Schubert - 3
Mahler - 4, 9
Brahms - 2
Szymanowski - 3
Haydn - 82, 104
Bartok - Concerto for Orchestra (not a symphony, but I will include it)

[Hector]

This too was on my tongue when I read the topic of this thread. Easily my most listened to symphony from the High-Classical Period.

I would probably include Brahms 4th, with Carlos Kleiber and the BPO as well.

Where can I find that disc?

Schubert's 6th, 8th and 9th.

Beethoven's 3rd, 6th and 9th.

Berlioz' Symphonie Fantastique.

Schumann's 3rd.

Mendelssohn's 5th.

Mahler's 6th, 7th and 9th.

Shostakovich's 4th, 7, 11 and 15th.

Elgar's 2nd.

Saint-Saens 3rd.

Sibelius' 4th, 6th and 7th.

Nielsen's 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th.

Mozart's 41st.

Haydn's 88, 94, 96, 102, 103 and a lot more besides.

Sorry, life is to short and I could not think of one and one only...

...and Widor's 3rd and Roussel's as well!

[mahlertitan]

come to think of it, Bizet's roma symphony, i guess it's because it's new to me

[Steve]

Mahler's Third with Bernstein, legendary

[mahlertitan]

Mahler's Third with Bernstein, legendary

i have that! I got tired of it though

[RebLem]

Haydn 100 "Military"
Mozart 40
Beethoven 6, 7, & 9.
Mendelssohn 4 "Italian"
Brahms 1 & 4
Dvorak 9 "New World"
Sibelius 2
Mahler 2 "Resurrection"
Prokofiev 1 "Classical"
Shostakovich 15

[Michel]

I nearly killed all Bruckner's late symphonies, and almost did in the first move of Mahler's 9th, which I listened to on repeat for 46 straight hours when writing my final year dissertation.

After learning this lesson, and broadening my tastes, I suppose I could add all of the above in the never tire category. As long as you don't listen to them all the blummin time, they are special when you go back to them. Others:

Sibelius 4
Tchaikovsky 5
Beethoven 7
Mahler 6
Shostakovich 5 and 8

[Christo]

Vaughan Williams: Third symphony

A Pastoral Symphony (RVW's World War I 'Requiem') gets my vote too.

Other contenders would be:

Vaughan Williams 5, 6, 8, 9
Holmboe 6, 7, 8
Brian 1 ('Gothic')
Tubin 4, 6, 8
Mendelssohn Bartholdy 4
Braga Santos 3, 4
Andriessen 3
Nielsen 5
Bruckner 8,5
Englund 4
Tchaikovsky 6
Diamond 3
Beethoven 3 ('Erotica')
Gibbs 3 ('Westmorland')
Shostakovich 15
Simpson 9
Haydn 105
Moeran 2
Saint-Saëns 3
Goossens 1
Dvorak 9
Arnold 9
Vermeulen 2
Arnell 3
Mahler 6

[SimonGodders]

The Eroica for me. It was the first symphony that 'clicked' years ago, a real Eureka! moment that took me to a kind of transcendental state, convincing me of the greatness of classical music, but more importantly the genius of Ludwig.