GMG's Favorite Symphonies

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

After: Wanderer

+3 Liszt Faust - elevated
+1 Magnard
-1 VW 9
-1 Mahler 8


20 Liszt: Eine Faust-Symphonie in drei Charakterbildern (nach Goethe), S.108

13 Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 9 in E minor
13 Mahler: Symphony No. 8
10 Borodin: Symphony No. 2 in B minor
09 Nielsen: Symphony No. 5, Op. 50
09 Schumann: Symphony No. 1 in B flat major, op.38 "Frühlingssinfonie"
08 Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony in B minor, Op. 58
04 Mahler: Symphony No. 7
03 Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 In Bb Major, Op. 100
03 Prokofiev: Symphony No. 3
03 Magnard, Symphony No. 4 in C sharp minor, Op. 21
02 Haydn: Symphony No. 101
02 Szymanowski: Symphony No. 3, Song of the Night op.27
01 Schmidt: Symphony No. 1
01 Bruckner: Symphony No. 6 in A major
00 Raff: Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 153 "Im Walde"
00 Arriaga: Symphony in D

[Wanderer]

After: J. Z. Herrenberg

+3 Mahler 8
+1 Schumann 1
-2 VW 9


16 Mahler: Symphony No. 8
11 Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 9 in E minor
10 Schumann: Symphony No. 1 in B flat major, op.38 "Frühlingssinfonie"
10 Borodin: Symphony No. 2 in B minor
09 Nielsen: Symphony No. 5, Op. 50
08 Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony in B minor, Op. 58
04 Mahler: Symphony No. 7
03 Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 In Bb Major, Op. 100
03 Prokofiev: Symphony No. 3
03 Magnard, Symphony No. 4 in C sharp minor, Op. 21
02 Haydn: Symphony No. 101
02 Szymanowski: Symphony No. 3, Song of the Night op.27
01 Schmidt: Symphony No. 1
01 Bruckner: Symphony No. 6 in A major
00 Raff: Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 153 "Im Walde"
00 Arriaga: Symphony in D

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

After: Wanderer

+1 Mahler 8 - elevated
+3 Magnard
-2 Vaughan Williams


17 Mahler: Symphony No. 8 - elevated


10 Schumann: Symphony No. 1 in B flat major, op.38 "Frühlingssinfonie"
10 Borodin: Symphony No. 2 in B minor
09 Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 9 in E minor
09 Nielsen: Symphony No. 5, Op. 50
08 Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony in B minor, Op. 58
06 Magnard, Symphony No. 4 in C sharp minor, Op. 21
04 Mahler: Symphony No. 7
03 Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 In Bb Major, Op. 100
03 Prokofiev: Symphony No. 3
02 Haydn: Symphony No. 101
02 Szymanowski: Symphony No. 3, Song of the Night op.27
01 Schmidt: Symphony No. 1
01 Bruckner: Symphony No. 6 in A major
00 Raff: Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 153 "Im Walde"
00 Arriaga: Symphony in D

[Wanderer]

After: J. Z. Herrenberg

+3 Schumann 1
+1 Bruckner 6
-2 Borodin 2


13 Schumann: Symphony No. 1 in B flat major, op.38 "Frühlingssinfonie"
09 Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 9 in E minor
09 Nielsen: Symphony No. 5, Op. 50
08 Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony in B minor, Op. 58
08 Borodin: Symphony No. 2 in B minor
06 Magnard, Symphony No. 4 in C sharp minor, Op. 21
04 Mahler: Symphony No. 7
03 Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 In Bb Major, Op. 100
03 Prokofiev: Symphony No. 3
02 Bruckner: Symphony No. 6 in A major
02 Haydn: Symphony No. 101
02 Szymanowski: Symphony No. 3, Song of the Night op.27
01 Schmidt: Symphony No. 1
00 Raff: Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 153 "Im Walde"
00 Arriaga: Symphony in D

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

After: Wanderer

+3 Magnard
+1 Schumann
-2 Tchaikovsky


14 Schumann: Symphony No. 1 in B flat major, op.38 "Frühlingssinfonie"
09 Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 9 in E minor
09 Nielsen: Symphony No. 5, Op. 50
09 Magnard, Symphony No. 4 in C sharp minor, Op. 21
08 Borodin: Symphony No. 2 in B minor
06 Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony in B minor, Op. 58
04 Mahler: Symphony No. 7
03 Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 In Bb Major, Op. 100
03 Prokofiev: Symphony No. 3
02 Bruckner: Symphony No. 6 in A major
02 Haydn: Symphony No. 101
02 Szymanowski: Symphony No. 3, Song of the Night op.27
01 Schmidt: Symphony No. 1
00 Raff: Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 153 "Im Walde"
00 Arriaga: Symphony in D

[DavidRoss]

Hmmm...where's the list of those that have been elevated to godliness so far?

[kishnevi]

Hmmm...where's the list of those that have been elevated to godliness so far?

The 88 (to date) Olympians can be found as reply no 2 of this thread, same as the other "GMG Favorite".  The most recent was Mahler 8. 

Be aware that fast tracking will not be allowed when the list hits 90--ie, two more to go--if you do want to join in.

[Conor71]

After J. Z. Herrenberg


Schumann +2 (elevated)
Prokofiev 5 +2
Mahler -1
Szymanowski -1

16 Schumann: Symphony No. 1 in B flat major, op.38 "Frühlingssinfonie"
09 Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 9 in E minor
09 Nielsen: Symphony No. 5, Op. 50
09 Magnard, Symphony No. 4 in C sharp minor, Op. 21
08 Borodin: Symphony No. 2 in B minor
06 Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony in B minor, Op. 58
05 Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 In Bb Major, Op. 100
03 Mahler: Symphony No. 7
03 Prokofiev: Symphony No. 3
02 Bruckner: Symphony No. 6 in A major
02 Haydn: Symphony No. 101
01 Szymanowski: Symphony No. 3, Song of the Night op.27
01 Schmidt: Symphony No. 1
00 Raff: Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 153 "Im Walde"
00 Arriaga: Symphony in D

[mszczuj]

After: Conor71

+3 Szymanowski: Symphony No. 3, Song of the Night op.27
+1 Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde
-1 Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 9 in E minor
-1 Magnard, Symphony No. 4 in C sharp minor, Op. 21 (I love Magnard chamber music but find his symphonies not so interesting)

09 Nielsen: Symphony No. 5, Op. 50
08 Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 9 in E minor
08 Magnard, Symphony No. 4 in C sharp minor, Op. 21
08 Borodin: Symphony No. 2 in B minor
06 Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony in B minor, Op. 58
05 Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 In Bb Major, Op. 100
04 Szymanowski: Symphony No. 3, Song of the Night op.27
03 Mahler: Symphony No. 7
03 Prokofiev: Symphony No. 3
02 Bruckner: Symphony No. 6 in A major
02 Haydn: Symphony No. 101
01 Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde
01 Schmidt: Symphony No. 1
00 Raff: Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 153 "Im Walde"
00 Arriaga: Symphony in D

[Wanderer]

After: mszczuj

+3 VW 9
+1 Bruckner 6
-1 Nielsen 5
-1 Borodin 2


11 Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 9 in E minor
08 Nielsen: Symphony No. 5, Op. 50
08 Magnard, Symphony No. 4 in C sharp minor, Op. 21
07 Borodin: Symphony No. 2 in B minor
06 Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony in B minor, Op. 58
05 Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 In Bb Major, Op. 100
04 Szymanowski: Symphony No. 3, Song of the Night op.27
03 Mahler: Symphony No. 7
03 Prokofiev: Symphony No. 3
03 Bruckner: Symphony No. 6 in A major
02 Haydn: Symphony No. 101
01 Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde
01 Schmidt: Symphony No. 1
00 Raff: Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 153 "Im Walde"
00 Arriaga: Symphony in D

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

After: Wanderer

+2 Nielsen
+2 Magnard
-1 Raff
-1 Arriaga


11 Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 9 in E minor
10 Nielsen: Symphony No. 5, Op. 50
10 Magnard, Symphony No. 4 in C sharp minor, Op. 21
07 Borodin: Symphony No. 2 in B minor
06 Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony in B minor, Op. 58
05 Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 In Bb Major, Op. 100
04 Szymanowski: Symphony No. 3, Song of the Night op.27
03 Mahler: Symphony No. 7
03 Prokofiev: Symphony No. 3
03 Bruckner: Symphony No. 6 in A major
02 Haydn: Symphony No. 101
01 Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde
01 Schmidt: Symphony No. 1
-1 Raff: Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 153 "Im Walde"
-1 Arriaga: Symphony in D

[Wanderer]

After: J. Z. Herrenberg

+3 VW 9
+1 Bruckner 6
-2 Tchaikovsky


14 Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 9 in E minor
10 Nielsen: Symphony No. 5, Op. 50
10 Magnard, Symphony No. 4 in C sharp minor, Op. 21
07 Borodin: Symphony No. 2 in B minor
05 Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 In Bb Major, Op. 100
04 Bruckner: Symphony No. 6 in A major
04 Szymanowski: Symphony No. 3, Song of the Night op.27
04 Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony in B minor, Op. 58
03 Mahler: Symphony No. 7
03 Prokofiev: Symphony No. 3
02 Haydn: Symphony No. 101
01 Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde
01 Schmidt: Symphony No. 1
-1 Raff: Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 153 "Im Walde"
-1 Arriaga: Symphony in D

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

After: Wanderer

+3 VW 9 - elevated
+1 Bruckner 6
-2 Haydn


17 Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 9 in E minor

10 Nielsen: Symphony No. 5, Op. 50
10 Magnard, Symphony No. 4 in C sharp minor, Op. 21
07 Borodin: Symphony No. 2 in B minor
05 Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 In Bb Major, Op. 100
05 Bruckner: Symphony No. 6 in A major
04 Szymanowski: Symphony No. 3, Song of the Night op.27
04 Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony in B minor, Op. 58
03 Mahler: Symphony No. 7
03 Prokofiev: Symphony No. 3
01 Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde
01 Schmidt: Symphony No. 1
00 Haydn: Symphony No. 101
-1 Raff: Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 153 "Im Walde"
-1 Arriaga: Symphony in D

[DavidRoss]

Fast tracking--hmmm, one left.  Looks as if all my favorites are there, except Mahler 7... Prokofiev 5 ... Bruckner 6 ... RVW 2 ... and 6.

I know!  DLVDE! (Please fast track it.)

[DavidRoss]

Hmmm...having reread and nearly digested the rules, I'm not sure my fast track choice will count. Say "la vee." But I can still play--yay!

After Johann:

+3 Mahler 7
+1 Prokofiev 5
-2 Magnard

Edit:  Whoops!  I failed to post the updated list:

10 Nielsen: Symphony No. 5, Op. 50
08 Magnard, Symphony No. 4 in C sharp minor, Op. 21
07 Borodin: Symphony No. 2 in B minor
06 Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 In Bb Major, Op. 100
06 Mahler: Symphony No. 7
05 Bruckner: Symphony No. 6 in A major
04 Szymanowski: Symphony No. 3, Song of the Night op.27
04 Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony in B minor, Op. 58
03 Prokofiev: Symphony No. 3
01 Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde
01 Schmidt: Symphony No. 1
00 Haydn: Symphony No. 101
-1 Raff: Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 153 "Im Walde"
-1 Arriaga: Symphony in D

[kishnevi]

David--DLvdE counts, and since it's your fast track choice it gets in under the wire.  Actually, I ought not do it somce VW 9 was the 90th work on The List, but since I hadn't posted the current updated list yet, and it is DLvdE after all.... You can nominate your other preferences in the standard way--there's plenty of room on the list of nominees, although whether you can get them voted up in time to make the cut is obviously a good question.

No more fast tracks allowed, since the list has passed the 90 mark.

Only nine more to go.

The List  (91)

Beethoven Symphony № 1 in C major Op.21
Beethoven Symphony № 2 in D major Op.36
Beethoven: Symphony no.3 in E flat major,Op. 55
Beethoven: Symphony № 4 in B flat major, op.60
Beethoven: Symphony no.5 in c minor, Op. 67
Beethoven: Symphony № 6 in F major, op.68 "Pastorale"
Beethoven: Symphony № 7 in A major, op.92
Beethoven: Symphony № 8 in F major op. 93
Beethoven: Symphony no.9 in d minor, Op. 125
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, Op. 14
Berlioz: Roméo et Juliette, Symphonie dramatique, op.17
Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in c minor, op. 68
Brahms: Symphony № 2 in D major, op.73
Brahms: Symphony No. 3 in F, op. 90
Brahms: Symphony № 4 in e minor, op.98
Brian: Symphony No. 1, "Gothic"
Brian: Symphony No. 8 in B flat minor
Bruckner: Symphony № 2 in C minor
Bruckner: Symphony No. 3 in d minor
Bruckner: Symphony № 4 in E flat major "Romantic"
Bruckner: Symphony № 5 in B flat major
Bruckner:  Symphony no. 7 in E major
Bruckner: Symphony no. 8 in c minor
Bruckner: Symphony № 9 in d minor
Copland: Symphony No. 3
Dvořák: Symphony № 6 in D major, op.60
Dvorak: Symphony No. 7 in D minor, Op. 70
Dvořák: Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88
Dvorak: Symphony no.9 in e minor, ("From the New World") Op. 95
Elgar: Symphony no. 1 in A flat major, Op. 55
Elgar: Symphony no. 2 in E flat major, Op. 63
Franck: Symphony in D minor, M48
Haydn: Symphony no. 92 in G major "Oxford" Hob: I:92
Haydn: Symphony № 102 in B flat major
Haydn: Symphony № 103 in E flat major
Haydn: Symphony № 104 in D major
Ives: Symphony No. 4
Kalinnikov: Symphony no. 1 in g minor
Kalinnikov: Symphony No. 2 in A major
Liszt: Eine Faust-Symphonie in drei Charakterbildern (nach Goethe), S.108
Liszt: Eine Symphonie zu Dantes "Divina Commedia", S.109
Mahler: Symphony no.1 in D major
Mahler: Symphony no. 2 in c minor ("Resurrection")
Mahler: Symphony no. 3 in d minor
Mahler: Symphony no. 4 in G major
Mahler: Symphony no. 5 in c sharp minor
Mahler: Symphony no. 6 in a minor ("Tragic")
Mahler: Symphony no. 8 in E flat major ("Symphony of a Thousand")
Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde
Mahler: Symphony no. 9 in D major
Mendelssohn Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 56, "Scottish"
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 in A major "Italian"
Mozart: Symphony No.38 "Prague" in D major, K.504
Mozart: Symphony № 39 in Es flat major, K.543
Mozart: Symphony № 40 in g minor, K.550
Mozart: Symphony № 41 in C major, K.551 "Jupiter"
Prokofiev: Symphony № 1 in D major, op.25 "Classical"
Prokofiev: Symphony № 2 in d minor, Op. 40
Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27
Schubert: Symphony no. 4 in c minor ("Tragic"), D.417
Schubert: Symphony no. 8 in b minor ("Unfinished") D.759
Schubert: Symphony no. 9 in C major, D. 944
Schumann: Symphony No. 1 in B flat major, op.38 "Frühlingssinfonie"
Schumann: Symphony № 2  op.61
Schumann: Symphony № 3, Op. 97 'Rheinische'
Schumann: Symphony No. 4 in D minor Op. 120
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 1 in F minor, Op.10
Shostakovich: Symphony no. 4 in c minor, Op.43
Shostakovich: Symphony no. 5 in d minor, Op. 47
Shostakovich: Symphony № 10 in e minor, op.93
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 15 in a minor, Op. 141
Sibelius Symphony №1 in e minor, Op. 39
Sibelius Symphony no.2 in D major, Op.43
Sibelius: Symphony no.3 in C major, Op.52
Sibelius: Symphony № 4 in a minor, Op. 63
Sibelius: Symphony no.5 in E flat major, Op.82
Sibelius: Symphony no. 6 in d minor, Op. 104
Sibelius: Symphony no. 7 in C major, Op. 105
R.Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie, op.64
Stravinsky: Symphonies of Wind Instruments
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 1 in g minor, "Winter Daydreams"
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 2 in c minor, Op. 17 "Little Russian"
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 3 in D major, Op. 29 'Polish'
Tchaikovsky: Symphony № 4 in f minor, Op. 36
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5 in e minor, Op. 64
Tchaikovsky: Symphony № 6 in b minor ("Pathétique"), Op.74
Vaughan Williams: Symphony № 1 "A Sea Symphony"
Vaughn Williams: Symphony No. 5 in D major
Vaughan Williams: Symphony № 7 "Sinfonia antartica"
Vaughan Williams: Symphony № 8 in D minor
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 9 in E minor

[kishnevi]

The list of nominees, since DLvdE was a fast track choice:

10 Nielsen: Symphony No. 5, Op. 50
08 Magnard, Symphony No. 4 in C sharp minor, Op. 21
07 Borodin: Symphony No. 2 in B minor
06 Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 In Bb Major, Op. 100
06 Mahler: Symphony No. 7
05 Bruckner: Symphony No. 6 in A major
04 Szymanowski: Symphony No. 3, Song of the Night op.27
04 Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony in B minor, Op. 58
03 Prokofiev: Symphony No. 3
01 Schmidt: Symphony No. 1
00 Haydn: Symphony No. 101
-1 Raff: Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 153 "Im Walde"
-1 Arriaga: Symphony in D

[Wanderer]

After: (revised)

+3 Bruckner 6
+1 Mahler 7
-2 Tchaikovsky



10 Nielsen: Symphony No. 5, Op. 50
08 Bruckner: Symphony No. 6 in A major
08 Magnard, Symphony No. 4 in C sharp minor, Op. 21
07 Mahler: Symphony No. 7
07 Borodin: Symphony No. 2 in B minor
06 Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 In Bb Major, Op. 100
04 Szymanowski: Symphony No. 3, Song of the Night op.27
03 Prokofiev: Symphony No. 3
02 Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony in B minor, Op. 58
01 Schmidt: Symphony No. 1
00 Haydn: Symphony No. 101
-1 Raff: Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 153 "Im Walde"
-1 Arriaga: Symphony in D

[Conor71]

After Wanderer


Nielsen +3
Prokofiev +1
Bruckner -1
Magnard -1



13 Nielsen: Symphony No. 5, Op. 50
07 Bruckner: Symphony No. 6 in A major
07 Magnard, Symphony No. 4 in C sharp minor, Op. 21
07 Mahler: Symphony No. 7
07 Borodin: Symphony No. 2 in B minor
07 Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 In Bb Major, Op. 100
04 Szymanowski: Symphony No. 3, Song of the Night op.27
03 Prokofiev: Symphony No. 3
02 Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony in B minor, Op. 58
01 Schmidt: Symphony No. 1
00 Haydn: Symphony No. 101
-1 Raff: Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 153 "Im Walde"
-1 Arriaga: Symphony in D

[Amfortas]

After Conor71

Prokofiev 3 +2
Tchaik Manfred +1
Mahler 7 +1
Haydn -1
Schmidt -1



13 Nielsen: Symphony No. 5, Op. 50
08 Mahler: Symphony No. 7
07 Bruckner: Symphony No. 6 in A major
07 Magnard, Symphony No. 4 in C sharp minor, Op. 21
07 Borodin: Symphony No. 2 in B minor
07 Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 In Bb Major, Op. 100
05 Prokofiev: Symphony No. 3
04 Szymanowski: Symphony No. 3, Song of the Night op.27
03 Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony in B minor, Op. 58
00 Schmidt: Symphony No. 1
-1 Haydn: Symphony No. 101
-1 Raff: Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 153 "Im Walde"
-1 Arriaga: Symphony in D