Hi all,
Do you find that no matter how big your classical music collection is, there's that one symphony that you keep going back to over and over?
For me, it's got to be Mahler 1. I just can't get enough of it. I'm at the point where I'm listening to it almost daily. It's that one piece that I find I really connect with....To me it tells such a great musical story. Every movement is perfect in order and every note is perfect in placement.
Now, I'm at a point where I listen to other composer's interpretations of it and yet I still think of Bernstein's as the benchmark. Of course, there are lots of great symphonies out there but for me Mahler 1 is the one that I never get tired of. I'm still anxious to see it performed live but unfortunately nothing yet in my area.
What symphonic piece does it for you and why? I'm very curious to hear your choice!
no, even for mahler's 1st, (which i named my Login after) after a few years it became tiresome. Take time, and enough repeated listening, anything can be tiresome.
Mozart's 39th Symphony . . . . . . can withstand everyday listening . . . . .
Austrians : Haydn 96 - Bruckner 5
Both are perfect from beginning to end.
They're very different but belong to the same tradition.
The science of adagios of both composers is fascinating.
But Haydn has also this fabulous way of using rythms in faster movements.
For me these symphonies and composers are symbolic of precision, harmonies, great counterpoints and development.
Bruckner 5 is the perfect exemple of the pleasure you can get out of a very sober work.
Haydn's is more exuberant and shows more differences between the atmospheres.
But in many ways there of the same "blood".
They're both specialists for using a theme and transforming it all along a movement or even all along a work regarding Bruckner.
They're not my only 2 favourites but they're very precious to me, sure.
Mahler 1 is a work I love, but not as much.
I have a few- Mahler's third, Bruckner's seventh, Mozart's 35th and Beethoven's seventh.
Those are mye favorite symphonies, and I have listened to them every week for as long as I can remember, and I still love them as much as 20 years ago.
But there are many symphonies that I haven't had the time to get to know yet. I am beginning to get into the symphonies of Shostakovich, and there are many masterwoks among them. Especially the 15th, which I have grown very fond of.
No..................certain pieces I never tire of, but symphonies aren't included in that package.
Quote from: Danny on April 19, 2007, 01:50:34 PM
No..................certain pieces I never tire of, but symphonies aren't included in that package.
Same here, and I see no reason to restrict this topic to symphonies (so I won't)
I have many thousands of discs, but I always keep coming back to Bach's Goldbergs, WTC, and the organ works. Emotionally, Bach is my home.
Sibelius 7, Bruckner 9, Bruckner 3, Brahms 4, and possibly Beethoven 7 (though if played enough I could possibly tire of the allegretto movement). I could name many other symphonies which I love that I can listen too excessively, but these are the only symphonies which I truly never seem to tire of. Principally due to the emotion they convey to me that surpasses almost all symphonies.
Quote from: Don on April 19, 2007, 02:06:56 PM
Same here, and I see no reason to restrict this topic to symphonies (so I won't)
I have many thousands of discs, but I always keep coming back to Bach's Goldbergs, WTC, and the organ works. Emotionally, Bach is my home.
I definitely love the Goldberg Variations and all of the keyboard work by Bach. In fact, I think that music for the piano/organ/harpsichord is where I return to most (be it by any composer).
The symphonies I never tire of:
Beethoven's 7th and 9th.
Berlioz - Sym. Fantastique
Shostakovich - 4th, 5th, 7th, 8th, 10th, 13th, 15th
Bruckner - 9th
Mahler - 4th
V. Williams - 9th
Mozart 40 (I am not kidding ;D) under the right person and Bruckner 5th.
Quote from: D Minor on April 19, 2007, 10:45:49 AM
Mozart's 39th Symphony . . . . . . can withstand everyday listening . . . . .
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.
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Brahms First
Dvorak's New World.
I know its overplayed but I don't care. I've loved it for decades and never get tired of it.
I've listened to Beethoven's 9th every Sunday morning without fail since October, 1995. I have about 15 different performances. I'm not tired of it yet, and don't look to be. Last Sunday, it was the Royal Concertgebouw / Haitink. This Sunday, it will be the Minnesota Symphony / Vänskä. But I think the Sunday after, it will be Cyprien Katsaris. :)
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Walton and Barber's first symphonies. Shostakovich's 10th.
Quote from: Gurn Blanston on April 19, 2007, 04:03:55 PM
I've listened to Beethoven's 9th every Sunday morning without fail since October, 1995. I have about 15 different performances. I'm not tired of it yet, and don't look to be. Last Sunday, it was the Royal Concertgebouw / Haitink. This Sunday, it will be the Minnesota Symphony / Vänskä. But I think the Sunday after, it will be Cyprien Katsaris. :)
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Have you tried the Mackerras/Royal Liverpool with Bryn Terfel as one of the soloists? Very good.
Also I enjoy the live performance with Zubin Mehta/NY Phil from 1983.
Not many, but the following fit the bill:
Franck Symphony in D minor
Mahler 1, 3, 9
Vaughan William's 8th.
Another vote for Dvorak's ~ 9th
Quote from: D Minor on April 19, 2007, 10:45:49 AM
Mozart's 39th Symphony . . . . . . can withstand everyday listening . . . . .
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Add Bruckner's 4th and LvB's 3rd and 5th for me as well.
Quote from: Steve on April 19, 2007, 03:29:17 PM
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.
BRUCKNER'S 8th and 9th. I know them for 30 years and my passion remains intact.
Quote from: Guido on April 19, 2007, 04:22:04 PM
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.
Nielsen #1.
Love all Nielsen - but #1 especially can withstand daily listening.
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.
Mozart's Jupiter never fails to astound me.
Quote from: hautbois on April 19, 2007, 03:18:56 PM
Mozart 40 (I am not kidding ;D) under the right person and Bruckner 5th.
Whom conducts your favorite 40th,
Hautbois?
Schubert's 8th (Unfinished)
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
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.
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)
Quote from: Steve on April 19, 2007, 03:29:17 PM
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!
come to think of it, Bizet's roma symphony, i guess it's because it's new to me
Mahler's Third with Bernstein, legendary
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Quote from: Steve on April 20, 2007, 08:12:07 AM
Mahler's Third with Bernstein, legendary
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i have that! I got tired of it though :-\
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
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
Quote from: Harry Collier on April 20, 2007, 02:49:58 AM
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
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.
It's not a symphony but it's certainly symphonic:
That murmuring, gyrating intro to Rheingold.
it has to be Mahler's 7th symphony second movement, just this movement, the rest i am tired of already.
Quote from: donwyn on April 21, 2007, 06:52:01 PM
It's not a symphony but it's certainly symphonic:
That murmuring, gyrating intro to Rheingold.
Agree, always get caught up in the excitement of that moment as it build and builds...and then the Rhine-maidens! Lovely stuff...
Bruckner 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9 -- these are the most monumental of all symphonies
Schubert 8 ("The Unfinished") -- and this is the most emotional
Mozart 39 -- this is the most exciting of Mozart symphonies
Sibelius 1, 3, 6 --- none of his symphonies resemble each other
Saint-Saëns 3 --- popular, exciting and entertaining
Quote from: SimonGodders on April 21, 2007, 11:18:49 PM
Agree, always get caught up in the excitement of that moment as it build and builds...and then the Rhine-maidens! Lovely stuff...
SimonGodders, I love the arpeggios too, but am guilty on occasion of switching off when the Rhine-maidens come on though.
Beethoven's third immediately comes to mind.
Quote from: donwyn on April 21, 2007, 06:52:01 PM
It's not a symphony but it's certainly symphonic:
That murmuring, gyrating intro to Rheingold.
JA! True bliss...I love
Siegfried's Rhine Journey almost as much.
Hello.
I discovered Sibelius' third symphony about 4 years ago, and it has yet to wear on me. It is one of those perfect "February Night" symphonies - cold, crisp and very, very Sibelius.
Quote from: donwyn on April 21, 2007, 06:52:01 PM
It's not a symphony but it's certainly symphonic:
That murmuring, gyrating intro to Rheingold.
There is the birth of minimalism.
I don't feel I can contribute to the thread; there are a good many more than one 0:)
Quote from: George K on April 22, 2007, 05:05:16 AM
Hello.
I discovered Sibelius' third symphony about 4 years ago, and it has yet to wear on me. It is one of those perfect "February Night" symphonies - cold, crisp and very, very Sibelius.
What a terrible avatar you have there.
I am horrified. :(
Quote from: Harry on April 22, 2007, 05:59:17 AM
What a terrible avatar you have there.
I am horrified. :(
Better?
Quote from: Bill on April 22, 2007, 06:12:52 AM
Actually, my wife and I think it's a riot.
Scotty: He's gone completely
bonzo with his avatars, Captain!
Captain: Got...to...try...to...understand...can't...quite...feel...the camel...
Quote from: Haffner on April 22, 2007, 06:15:06 AM
Scotty: He's gone completely bonzo with his avatars, Captain!
Captain: Got...to...try...to...understand...can't...quite...feel...the camel...
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Spock: Actually Captain, that is a
Giraffa camelopardalis, or what you Earth people refer to as simply a giraffe.
The species name camelopardalis (camelopard) is derived from its early Roman name, where it was described as having characteristics of both a camel and a leopard. There is where may lie your confusion. ;) ;D
Welp, didn't take long for this n00b to kill an otherwise nice thread. My apologies.
Quote from: George K on April 22, 2007, 07:18:23 AM
Welp, didn't take long for this n00b to kill an otherwise nice thread. My apologies.
My fault George K....and my apologies. Back to the topic:
With very little hesitation I would add to my previous list Sibelius's Symphony No. 1 and Shostakovich's No. 11.
Quote from: Bill on April 22, 2007, 07:13:43 AM
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Spock: Actually Captain, that is a Giraffa camelopardalis, or what you Earth people refer to as simply a giraffe. The species name camelopardalis (camelopard) is derived from its early Roman name, where it was described as having characteristics of both a camel and a leopard. There is where may lie your confusion. ;) ;D
Dammit,
BillSpock, I'm
only a middle-aged guitar teacher from Burlington, Vermont!
Quote from: Gurn Blanston on April 19, 2007, 04:03:55 PM
I've listened to Beethoven's 9th every Sunday morning without fail since October, 1995. I have about 15 different performances. I'm not tired of it yet, and don't look to be. Last Sunday, it was the Royal Concertgebouw / Haitink. This Sunday, it will be the Minnesota Symphony / Vänskä. But I think the Sunday after, it will be Cyprien Katsaris. :)
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That's quite a nice idea. I might try it - maybe not for quite as long, though.
One symphony I never tire of? Brahms' Third. Or Saint-Saens' Third. Or Beethoven's Third. Or ...
While there are symphonies that I consider currently not to my liking, there are none that I am "tired" of. Given the right mood, there is nothing in my collection that I will not go back and listen to, sometimes with the repeat button on.
Bruckner's 5th, for some reason, i keep listening to it over and over again.
Quote from: Iago on April 19, 2007, 10:56:05 PM
It's interesting that you like what doesn't exist.
Carlos Kleiber never recorded the Brahms 4th with the Berlin Philharmonic.
Prove to us that this recording doesn't exist ..........
Indeed, Mark: many a symphony I never tire of.
I'd have to say Mahler's Fourth. I love many pieces, and with Mahler's symphonies in particular I come and go in phases of which one I listen to most often. The Fourth, however, always puts me in a good mood and helps distract me from whatever stresses are in my own life. It's one I haven't gone through a phase of listening to a huge number of times in a short period, but it's one I listen to often in regular intervals.
Quote from: Mahlered on July 31, 2007, 03:04:56 PM
I'd have to say Mahler's Fourth. I love many pieces, and with Mahler's symphonies in particular I come and go in phases of which one I listen to most often. The Fourth, however, always puts me in a good mood and helps distract me from whatever stresses are in my own life. It's one I haven't gone through a phase of listening to a huge number of times in a short period, but it's one I listen to often in regular intervals.
I partially agree, the 4th is indeed the "lightest" of the 9, but the symphony that put me in a good mood is the first symphony, the ending is so powerful that it can bring you out of a depression.
Mahler 1
Beethoven 5
Tchaikovsky 6
Mozart 40
The 2 in the middle are too emotionally overwhelming for repeated listening over a short period of time, however.
Prokofiev 6th. Just listening to it: the SNO with one of the most gifted sight-readers in the world. :D
Quote from: matti on August 01, 2007, 08:57:24 AM
Prokofiev 6th. Just listening to it: the SNO with one of the most gifted sight-readers in the world. :D
Wait till you hear it under Mravinsky. ;)
Quote from: matti on August 01, 2007, 08:57:24 AM
Prokofiev 6th. Just listening to it: the SNO with one of the most gifted sight-readers in the world. :D
Ooh! You're wicked!
Welcome back,
Matti! :D
Thank you, Karl. :)
I can't reduce it to one. I have to include at least nine; I won't mention the composer, but his initials are LvB. ;D Or was that GM, or AB? ;D
Quote from: jochanaan on August 01, 2007, 12:09:26 PM
I can't reduce it to one. Or was that ..... AB? ;D
Alban Berg?
Arnold Bax?
Quote from: Iago on April 19, 2007, 11:56:05 PM
"It's interesting that you like what doesn't exist.
Carlos Kleiber never recorded the Brahms 4th with the Berlin Philharmonic".
D Minor then said,
"Prove to us that this recording doesn't exist .........."
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Aren't you allowed to be wrong? You are in this case. The commercial recording on DG of Kleiber conducting the Brahms 4th is with the VIENNA PHILHARMONIC. If you have one with the BPO, it is certainly an unauthorized recording. And considering just how INfrequently Kleiber conducted the BPO, I doubt if it exists.
I would say (some have already been mentioned by others):
Barber 1
Prokofiev 6
Prokofiev 3 (esp. Riccardo Muti's)
Saint Saens 3
Dvorak 9
Myaskovsky 27
Hovhaness 50
Mahler 9
William Schuman 3
Vaughan Williams 6
Strauss Alpine Symphony
Antheil Jazz Symphony (not really a symphony, but...)
Schnittke #3
Andrew
Wagner ~ #1
QuoteAren't you allowed to be wrong? You are in this case. The commercial recording on DG of Kleiber conducting the Brahms 4th is with the VIENNA PHILHARMONIC. If you have one with the BPO, it is certainly an unauthorized recording. And considering just how INfrequently Kleiber conducted the BPO, I doubt if it exists.
An unauthorized recording does exist: 28 June 1994, Berlin Phil.
I have the Memories CD-ME 1013 (2004).
A symphony I never tire of ?
Mendelssohn's Scottish Symphony.
This symphony touches the deepest part of my soul....
Vaughan Williams 7
Beethoven 8
Hovhaness 2
Mahler 9
Beethoven 9
Hard to name just one, so I'll name a handful that I certainly never tire of hearing:
Mozart's 40th
Beethoven's 3rd
Brahms' 1st
Mendelssohn's 5th Reformation
Mozart Sym no. 37 .......
I've NEVER tired of it ...........
Quote from: Dm on January 11, 2008, 07:40:44 PM
Mozart Sym no. 37 .......
I've NEVER tired of it ...........
;D
I can't join in: there are simply too many.
Quote from: Jezetha on January 12, 2008, 01:05:02 AM
;D
I can't join in: there are simply too many.
I have to agree dear friend....
Quote from: Jezetha on January 12, 2008, 01:05:02 AM
;D
I can't join in: there are simply too many.
What's your favorite Karajan recording of no. 37? Mine was Karajan with Berlin Philharmonic, but now it's Karajan with Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Turin.
Quote from: Dm on January 12, 2008, 02:52:48 AM
What's your favorite Karajan recording of no. 37? Mine was Karajan with Berlin Philharmonic, but now it's Karajan with Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Turin.
No Karajan for me in this particular piece. The historic Toscanini one is too fast, and Celibidache drags a bit. No, give me Klemperer with the Philharmonia (1962) any day.
It's a mystery why No. 37 isn't performed more often.
(Btw 'I can't join in' referred to this thread, not to performances of No. 37.)
Quote from: Jezetha on January 12, 2008, 03:16:37 AM
It's a mystery why No. 37 isn't performed more often.
I recently saw it on a double bill with Sibelius' 8th. The tension at the end of the concert was incredible! After the applause subsided, we were treated with an encore of Cage's 4'33. Some of the old farts in the audience who had obviously only come for the Mozart couldn't grasp it's post-modern aspect, however, and their deliberate coughing really ruined the performance for me.
Quote from: spaghetti on January 12, 2008, 08:26:43 AM
I recently saw it on a double bill with Sibelius' 8th. The tension at the end of the concert was incredible! After the applause subsided, we were treated with an encore of Cage's 4'33. Some of the old farts in the audience who had obviously only come for the Mozart couldn't grasp it's post-modern aspect, however, and their deliberate coughing really ruined the performance for me.
Too bad about the Cage, but you were lucky with the Mozart and the, also sadly-neglected, Sibelius 8th. Count your blessings, spaghetti! 0:)
A newbie's choices:
Shostakovich 8
Mozart 25 ("the other G minor")
Mendelssohn 4 (Italian)
Mahler 1 (double-teamed with "Songs of a Wayfarer")
Beethoven 9 (and 5 and 7 and... well all of them)
Messiaen Turangalila
Tchaikovsky 4 (especially the bluegrass movement)
Saint-Saens 3
QuoteThat One Symphony That You Never Get Tired Of....
too many to list, honestly ;D
Quote from: 僕はグレグ (Greg) on January 12, 2008, 04:53:23 PM
too many to list, honestly ;D
........ take a stab, Greg .........
I can temporarily tire of any music, but over the years I do find myself returning with pleasure and interest particularly to the symphonies of LvB, Bruckner, Mahler, and recently Pettersson. For instance, I can eagerly go back to Mahler's 3rd or 7th repeatedly despite having heard his canon many times over many years.
But ultimately, I generally prefer to hear unfamiliar symphonies since it's my favorite genre, and I've been pursuing a project to collect and hear the complete symphonic cycles of as many composers as possible.
Quote from: Dm on January 12, 2008, 05:02:10 PM
........ take a stab, Greg .........
well, there's always the complete symphonies by Stephen King, the 3rd and 7th by Tony Hawk, and the Symphony 66.6 by Johnny Depp. Now
that one is a killer!
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10
Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms
NEVER get tired of? Probably one of Beethoven's, perhaps the 7th. Mozart 39? Difficult choices. That is what is great about having a lot of CDs.
Quote from: GGGGRRREEG on January 13, 2008, 02:44:20 PM
well, there's always the complete symphonies by Stephen King, the 3rd and 7th by Tony Hawk, and the Symphony 66.6 by Johnny Depp. Now that one is a killer!
You entertain me.
You know, I don't seem to ever get tired of HvK's 1962 recording of LvB's 1st Symphony, as weird as that may sound. Also Bizet's Symphony in C.
Quote from: Chrone on January 12, 2008, 02:15:09 PM
A newbie's choices...Tchaikovsky 4 (especially the bluegrass movement)
;D :D ;D
Sarge
Quote from: Haffner on February 01, 2008, 09:20:12 AM
You know, I don't seem to ever get tired of HvK's 1962 recording of LvB's 1st Symphony, as weird as that may sound.
You're a weirdo
Quote from: Dm on February 01, 2008, 09:44:55 AM
You're a weirdo
I honestly try
not to be; it just comes out that way!
Quote from: Don on April 19, 2007, 02:06:56 PM
[...] but I always keep coming back to Bach's Goldbergs, WTC, and the organ works. Emotionally, Bach is my home.
Ditto.
Shostakovich's 10th, especially conducted by HVK from either the 50's or the later 80's one.
Tchaik 4 under the hands of HvK
Bruckner 8 under the hands of HvK
Beethoven 7 under hands of HvK
Mahler 5 under the hands of HvK
Is it just me or are we starting to see a pattern here... 8)
Quote from: Don on April 19, 2007, 02:33:56 PM
Beethoven's 7th and 9th.
Toss in the Brahms 4 and I think that's my answer.
Balafireff's first symphony. I just love it.
Bruckner's 4th ;)
The real Neverending Symphonic Story & Unfinished for me:
Ralph Vaughan Williams, A Pastoral Symphony (his World War I 'Requiem')
Some other options would be:
Vaughan Williams 5, 6, 8, 9
Tubin 4, 6, 8
Holmboe 6, 7, 8
Brian 1, 6, 8
Arnell 3, 4, 5
Mendelssohn Bartholdy 4
Braga Santos 3, 4
Andriessen 3
Nielsen 5
Bruckner 8.5
Englund 4
Tchaikovsky 6
Zweers 3
Diamond 3
Beethoven 3
Gibbs 3
Shostakovich 15
Wilms 6
Simpson 9
Vasks 2
Haydn 105
Moeran 2
Saint-Saëns 3
Goossens 1
Dvorak 9
Arnold 5, 7, 9
Vermeulen 2
Mahler 6
Haydn 102 must have been mentioned before so I will go for Hartmann 6. Utterly manic but also utterly compelling.
Quote from: MN Dave on January 31, 2008, 06:08:51 PM
You entertain me.
Scott Joplin wrote a piano piece about me 0:)
Quote from: Steve on February 04, 2008, 08:54:38 AM
Bruckner's 4th ;)
Under who, Steve? Have you tried Wand/MPO on Naxos? It's my desert island 4th. 8)
Mozart 37.
Wait, has this joke been done already?
Scroll on from here, Figaro...
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