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

#40
July 22, 2011, 05:30:14 AM
Of course, there are the string symphonies too.  Although, I've never heard them before.  :)

DavidW

#41
July 22, 2011, 05:37:53 AM
Quote from: ChamberNut on July 22, 2011, 05:30:14 AM
Of course, there are the string symphonies too.  Although, I've never heard them before.  :)

You should change that. :)

Brahmsian

#42
July 22, 2011, 05:39:22 AM
Quote from: DavidW on July 22, 2011, 05:37:53 AM
You should change that. :)

Yes, that along with Mendelssohn's.  Which one should I try first (Dmitri's or Felix's)?  :D

Brian

#43
July 22, 2011, 05:47:50 AM
Have heard: 1, 5-7, 9-11
Have not heard: 2-4, 8, 12-15

Favorites so far: 6, 9, 10

DavidW

#44
July 22, 2011, 05:55:05 AM
Quote from: ChamberNut on July 22, 2011, 05:39:22 AM
Yes, that along with Mendelssohn's.  Which one should I try first (Dmitri's or Felix's)?  :D

Dmitri! :)  One of those chamber symphonies is from the 8th string quartet and it rocks. 8)

DavidW

#45
July 22, 2011, 05:56:32 AM
Quote from: Brian on July 22, 2011, 05:47:50 AM
Have heard: 1, 5-7, 9-11
Have not heard: 2-4, 8, 12-15

Favorites so far: 6, 9, 10

What Brian!?!  How could you let any DSCH symphony go unheard? :'(

Fix it now!! >:(

;D

Brian

#46
July 22, 2011, 06:04:01 AM
Quote from: DavidW on July 22, 2011, 05:56:32 AM
What Brian!?!  How could you let any DSCH symphony go unheard? :'(

Fix it now!! >:(

;D

Oops, just put on No 9. I'm young, I still have a lot of things to hear for the first time! :)

PaulR

#47
July 22, 2011, 06:08:55 AM
Quote from: Brian on July 22, 2011, 06:04:01 AM
Oops, just put on No 9. I'm young, I still have a lot of things to hear for the first time! :)
I'm only 23, and I've heard every Shostakovich symphony :P

......granted, I'm probably not the best example of a young person........ 8)

Brahmsian

#48
July 22, 2011, 06:15:46 AM
Quote from: Brian on July 22, 2011, 06:04:01 AM
Oops, just put on No 9. I'm young, I still have a lot of things to hear for the first time! :)

Hey, I'm 37 and I still haven't heard a lot of great music.  Both run of the mill standard classics, along with lesser known works.  I've yet to truly experience the Italian masters of Opera.

DavidW

#49
July 22, 2011, 06:27:25 AM
Quote from: Brian on July 22, 2011, 06:04:01 AM
Oops, just put on No 9. I'm young, I still have a lot of things to hear for the first time! :)

You know you want this... give in to the dark side... ;D

[asin]B003DQWPEM[/asin]

PaulR

#50
July 22, 2011, 06:30:28 AM
Quote from: DavidW on July 22, 2011, 06:27:25 AM
You know you want this... give in to the dark side... ;D

I want that.......but do I need it?  I already have 6.  Do I need a 7th?



......yes......

TheGSMoeller

#51
July 22, 2011, 07:56:02 AM
Quote from: paulrbass on July 22, 2011, 06:08:55 AM
I'm only 23, and I've heard every Shostakovich symphony :P

......granted, I'm probably not the best example of a young person........ 8)

I'd heard every Shostakovich symphony by the end of high school, and was proud of it.
You're a perfect example of a young person...you listen to great music!!  ;D

Lethevich

#52
July 22, 2011, 08:13:23 AM
At the moment it's 4, 5, 6, 9 and 15, but given how little I listen to the cycle, it is far from an informed decision :-\ My affection for the 6th is probably unchanging, though.
Peanut butter, flour and sugar do not make cookies. They make FIRE.

Conor71

#53
July 23, 2011, 01:11:38 AM
I enjoy all of Shosty's Cycle but my favourites are 5, 7, 8, 10 & 11 :)

Brian

#54
July 23, 2011, 01:22:59 AM
Quote from: DavidW on July 22, 2011, 06:27:25 AM
You know you want this... give in to the dark side... ;D

[asin]B003DQWPEM[/asin]

I have it! Just waiting for the right occasion, for some reason.

Brian

#55
July 23, 2011, 01:23:20 AM
Quote from: Lethe Dmitriyevich Shostakovich on July 22, 2011, 08:13:23 AMMy affection for the 6th is probably unchanging, though.

Ditto. 10 is my brain's favorite but 6 is my heart's :)

cassandra

#56
July 23, 2011, 02:31:12 AM
Hard to say, so I haven't voted. For a morbid depressive like myself, the 15th cannot be beaten (thanks to MTT & the LSO for an amazing concert that night). The ending of the 5th automatically puts it in my top rank of any music (again it is really pretty depressing empty music). The 11th and 13th are not particularly joyous so they are in my favourites - can you see a theme developing here? I am not a great fan of the 10th. Maybe I need to listen to my Barshai recordings all over again to decide!

eyeresist

#58
July 24, 2011, 04:11:34 PM
Quote from: ChamberNut on July 22, 2011, 05:30:14 AM
Of course, there are the string symphonies too.  Although, I've never heard them before.  :)

"Chamber symphonies" is the term, I believe. I have Barshai's Italian set rereleased on Brilliant, and it's one of my favourites. I'm not sure I'd think of them as symphonies, though, certainly not in the same way as his symphonies proper, which are much grander.

Brahmsian

#59
July 24, 2011, 04:12:44 PM
Quote from: eyeresist on July 24, 2011, 04:11:34 PM
"Chamber symphonies" is the term, I believe.

Oops, I think I did actually had meant to write that.   :) 
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