5 Favourite Shostakovich Symphonies - poll

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What are your (can pick up to 5) favourite Shostakovich symphonies, currently?

1 in F minor, Op.10
2 in B major, Op.14
3 in E flat major, Op.20
4 in C minor, Op.43
5 in D minor, Op.47
6 in B minor, Op.54
7 in C major, Op.60 'Leningrad'
8 in C minor, Op.65
9 in E flat major, Op.70
10 in E minor, Op.93
11 in G minor, Op.103 'The Year 1905'
12 in D minor, Op.112 'The Year 1917 - To the memory of Lenin'
13 in B flat minor, Op.113 'Babi Yar'
14 - Op.135
15 in A major, Op.141
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Brahmsian

July 21, 2011, 11:32:30 AM
Commence your votes.  You can chose up to 5, max.  After a year or so, I can reset it to zero and see if things change.

DavidW

#1
July 21, 2011, 11:34:06 AM
4, 5, 8 and 10 for me. :)

springrite

#2
July 21, 2011, 11:35:09 AM
1,4,5,11,13

Not sure about the order, but these are the five.
Do what I must do, and let what must happen happen.

Brahmsian

#3
July 21, 2011, 11:39:04 AM
In numerical order:  5, 8, 10, 11, 12

springrite

#5
July 21, 2011, 11:42:10 AM
I am waiting for someone to eventually vote for 2 and 3...
Do what I must do, and let what must happen happen.

J.Z. Herrenberg

#6
July 21, 2011, 11:42:22 AM
1, 4, 5, 6, 10.
Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything. -- Plato

Wanderer

#7
July 21, 2011, 11:46:11 AM
1, 5, 7, 10, 11.

DavidW

#8
July 21, 2011, 11:47:22 AM
Quote from: ChamberNut on July 21, 2011, 11:39:37 AM
Only four picks, David?  ;D

Those are the top tier.  Second tier is 7, 9, 11, 13, 14, 15.  Third tier is 1, 6, 12 and fourth tier is 2, 3. :)

springrite

#9
July 21, 2011, 11:48:19 AM
Quote from: DavidW on July 21, 2011, 11:47:22 AM
... and fourth tier is 2, 3. :)

Down there it is no longer called "tier" but basement.
Do what I must do, and let what must happen happen.

Brahmsian

#10
July 21, 2011, 11:59:43 AM
Quote from: DavidW on July 21, 2011, 11:47:22 AM
Those are the top tier.  Second tier is 7, 9, 11, 13, 14, 15.  Third tier is 1, 6, 12 and fourth tier is 2, 3. :)

2nd tier - 4, 6, 7, 9, 15

3rd tier - 1, 2, 3, 13, 14

mszczuj

#11
July 21, 2011, 12:06:47 PM
4,5,6,7,8

DavidW

#12
July 21, 2011, 12:37:46 PM
Quote from: springrite on July 21, 2011, 11:48:19 AM
Down there it is no longer called "tier" but basement.

:D  True. ;D

vandermolen

#13
July 21, 2011, 12:46:09 PM
4,8,10,11,15 - but I'd have liked to have selected 7 and then 1 also.
"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).

Brahmsian

#14
July 21, 2011, 12:47:23 PM
Quote from: vandermolen on July 21, 2011, 12:46:09 PM
4,8,10,11,15 - but I'd have liked to have selected 7 and then 1 also.

Yes, I could have set the vote at 12, but that wouldn't make it very interesting.  :D

springrite

#15
July 21, 2011, 12:51:19 PM
Quote from: ChamberNut on July 21, 2011, 12:47:23 PM
Yes, I could have set the vote at 12, but that wouldn't make it very interesting.  :D

Yes, it would. We will find out which symphony will be left in the company of #2 and #3.  ;D
Do what I must do, and let what must happen happen.

Brahmsian

#16
July 21, 2011, 12:54:27 PM
Quote from: springrite on July 21, 2011, 12:51:19 PM
Yes, it would. We will find out which symphony will be left in the company of #2 and #3.  ;D

Well, right now that looks to be the 9th.  That is too bad, I really like this one (it's in my 2nd tier).  Yet, it is so overshadowed by the the surrounding 7, 8, 10 and 11.

It is the Greek Maiden between 4 Norse Gods.  Like Beethoven's 4th is between the 5th and 6th.  :D

mgendron

#17
July 21, 2011, 02:17:56 PM
1-5-7-10-13. Specially the 13 so dark.

AllegroVivace

#18
July 21, 2011, 02:53:16 PM
4, 5, 10

But what's that thing doing there - F minor, B major, Eb major, etc ? Did Shostakovich really spell out key signatures for all his symphonies?
I thought they had already gotten over that practice during Shostakovich's time.

I know, once in a while you get a modern composer do that too. When I see a key signature after a title of a modern piece, about 75% of my interest to listen to it immediately disappears.
Richard

PaulR

#19
July 21, 2011, 03:23:53 PM
In order:  10-4-7-13-5
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