Your Four Favorite Shostakovich Symphonies

Started by karlhenning, May 16, 2007, 05:20:08 AM

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Which four could you absolutely, positively not go on, without?

№ 1 in F Minor, Opus 10
4 (14.8%)
№ 2 in B Major 'To October', Opus 14
3 (11.1%)
№ 3 in E-flat Major 'First of May', Opus 20
2 (7.4%)
№ 4 in C Minor, Opus 43
12 (44.4%)
№ 5 in D Minor, Opus 47
24 (88.9%)
№ 6 in B Minor, Opus 54
6 (22.2%)
№ 7 in C Major 'Leningrad', Opus 60
10 (37%)
№ 8 in C Minor, Opus 65
17 (63%)
№ 9 in E-flat Major, Opus 70
2 (7.4%)
№ 10 in E Minor, Opus 93
20 (74.1%)
№ 11 in G Minor '1905', Opus 103
10 (37%)
№ 12 in D Minor '1917', Opus 112
4 (14.8%)
№ 13 in B-flat Minor 'Babi Yar', Opus 113
10 (37%)
№ 14 for soprano, bass, strings & percussion, Opus 135
11 (40.7%)
№ 15 in A Major, Opus 141
10 (37%)

Total Members Voted: 27

Voting closed: May 31, 2007, 05:20:08 AM

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dtwilbanks

#40
May 16, 2007, 10:58:01 AM
Quote from: George on May 16, 2007, 10:56:54 AM
This is the boat that I am currently in, but I'm looking to transfer.  ;D

Oh, and I have that one you suggested a while back, George. Was it the 11th with Mravinsky?

I'm not sure when I'll get back to DSCH.

George

#41
May 16, 2007, 11:45:07 AM
Quote from: dtwilbanks on May 16, 2007, 10:58:01 AM
Oh, and I have that one you suggested a while back, George. Was it the 11th with Mravinsky?

I'm not sure when I'll get back to DSCH.

'Twas the 11th.

The bone chiller.  :D

Danny

#42
May 16, 2007, 12:19:57 PM
Quote from: D Minor on May 16, 2007, 10:22:52 AM
Thank you for noticing . . . . . . Those are, actually, my least favorite!  >:D  >:D   >:D

And I loooooooooooove the 12th.  Serioulsy--that finale raaawks.

BachQ

#43
May 16, 2007, 03:53:07 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on May 16, 2007, 08:51:00 AM
Come to think of it, the Ninth gets played more in my house than any other Shostakovich symphony.

Ergo, the 9th is your favorite . . . . . .

BachQ

#44
May 16, 2007, 03:55:02 PM
Quote from: Danny on May 16, 2007, 12:19:57 PM
And I loooooooooooove the 12th.  Serioulsy--that finale raaawks.

Cool.  The 12th (in d minor) deserves a listen tonight . . . . . . toward rethinking its ranking . . . . . .

BachQ

#45
May 16, 2007, 04:04:16 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on May 16, 2007, 05:57:30 AM
One more, David. Come on , dude, go for it!

Sarge

David is constipated at the moment . . . . . .

DavidW

#46
May 16, 2007, 04:21:38 PM
Quote from: karlhenning on May 16, 2007, 05:51:40 AM
As preamble, the symphonies which it (especially) pained me to omit (chronological order):  Nos. 5, 6, 7, 9 & 15

My votes:  Nos. 4, 10, 8 & 14

That was my initial thought, but then I went and voted for 4,8,10,11.

Dancing Divertimentian

#47
May 16, 2007, 09:29:47 PM Last Edit: May 16, 2007, 09:52:43 PM by donwyn
Quote from: karlhenning on May 16, 2007, 08:02:33 AM
You can live without "O Delvig! Delvig!" ? ? ?

8)

And the surrounding movements pack a punch, too!





Veit Bach-a baker who found his greatest pleasure in a little cittern which he took with him even into the mill and played while the grinding was going on. In this way he had a chance to have the rhythm drilled into him. And this was the beginning of a musical inclination in his descendants. JS Bach

Dancing Divertimentian

#48
May 16, 2007, 09:32:26 PM
For me:

4, 14, 10, 11.




Veit Bach-a baker who found his greatest pleasure in a little cittern which he took with him even into the mill and played while the grinding was going on. In this way he had a chance to have the rhythm drilled into him. And this was the beginning of a musical inclination in his descendants. JS Bach

Sergeant Rock

#49
May 17, 2007, 02:33:13 AM
Quote from: D Minor on May 16, 2007, 03:53:07 PM
Ergo, the 9th is your favorite . . . . . .

That would seem to be the logical conclusion, yes. Except it isn't my favorite. I guess I'm illogical.

Sarge
the phone rings and somebody says,
"hey, they made a movie about
Mahler, you ought to go see it.
he was as f*cked-up as you are."
                               --Charles Bukowski, "Mahler"

johnQpublic

#50
May 17, 2007, 02:33:53 AM
After much mulling over I went with 5, 6, 10 & 14....I kept waffling with 6 vs 13. I eventually went with the happy ending one.  :)

George

#51
May 17, 2007, 03:09:07 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on May 17, 2007, 02:33:13 AM
That would seem to be the logical conclusion, yes. Except it isn't my favorite. I guess I'm illogical.

Sarge

I fully understand. I have plenty of CD's of all genres that I consciously don't listen to all the time, just so that they remain fresh for me.

BachQ

#52
May 17, 2007, 04:00:05 AM
Quote from: George on May 17, 2007, 03:09:07 AM
I fully understand. I have plenty of CD's of all genres that I consciously don't listen to all the time, just so that they remain fresh for me.
I guess that makes sense . . . . . . but for me, it's a subconscious activity . . . . . . . .

greg

#53
May 17, 2007, 05:46:47 AM
1, 2, 13, 14

man, such a tough choice...... i haven't heard the 12th yet

if only i could take one movement out and attach it to another symphony and make custom symphonies, that'd be cool  8)

Dancing Divertimentian

#55
May 17, 2007, 08:57:06 AM
There are some interesting comments about 4th symphony in a couple of the review mags this month (Fanfare and ARG).

In reviewing Bychkov's new recording of the 4th each mag's respective reviewers offer something like a reappraisal of the work, turning on its head the seemingly prevailing notion of the work as comparatively 'inferior'.

About time! ;D

I admit to being a great fan of this particular symphony. In fact, early to middle DS (before the crackdown) has always held a fascination for me. Very "Berg-like" in some places (The Nose, for example) and experimental.



Veit Bach-a baker who found his greatest pleasure in a little cittern which he took with him even into the mill and played while the grinding was going on. In this way he had a chance to have the rhythm drilled into him. And this was the beginning of a musical inclination in his descendants. JS Bach

karlhenning

#56
May 17, 2007, 09:10:13 AM
Quote from: donwyn on May 17, 2007, 08:57:06 AM
. . . the seemingly prevailing notion of the [Fourth Symphony] as comparatively 'inferior'.

Argh!

Dancing Divertimentian

#57
May 17, 2007, 09:34:52 AM
Veit Bach-a baker who found his greatest pleasure in a little cittern which he took with him even into the mill and played while the grinding was going on. In this way he had a chance to have the rhythm drilled into him. And this was the beginning of a musical inclination in his descendants. JS Bach

not edward

#58
May 17, 2007, 09:45:56 AM
Quote from: donwyn on May 17, 2007, 09:34:52 AM
Can we ever forgive them? ;D
I'll pity them instead.
"I don't at all mind actively disliking a piece of contemporary music, but in order to feel happy about it I must consciously understand why I dislike it. Otherwise it remains in my mind as unfinished business."
-- Aaron Copland, The Pleasures of Music

The new erato

#59
May 17, 2007, 10:37:09 AM
I like "The Nose" a lot myself and think it strange we don't get more recordings of it.
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