Six (now eight) favourite fourth symphonies

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vandermolen

March 17, 2015, 12:14:41 PM Last Edit: October 27, 2020, 04:56:09 AM by vandermolen
Shostakovich

Tubin

Vaughan Williams

Rubbra

Hanson

Stanley Bate
"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).

Wanderer

#1
March 17, 2015, 12:40:07 PM
Beethoven
Brahms
Bruckner
Schumann
Sibelius
Scriabin

vandermolen

#2
March 17, 2015, 12:42:57 PM
Quote from: Wanderer on March 17, 2015, 12:40:07 PM
Beethoven
Brahms
Bruckner
Schumann
Sibelius
Scriabin

Thanks. I should have chosen Sibelius - probably his greatest. I much prefer it to his more popular No. 5.
"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).

Sergeant Rock

#3
March 17, 2015, 12:54:16 PM
Mahler
Magnard
Lloyd
Schmidt
Vaughan Williams
Brahms
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"

vandermolen

#4
March 17, 2015, 12:56:54 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on March 17, 2015, 12:54:16 PM
Mahler
Magnard
Lloyd
Schmidt
Vaughan Williams
Brahms

Lloyd's greatest and the Magnard is very moving as is the Franz Schmidt. I should have made it eight choices.  ::)
"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).

Sergeant Rock

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March 17, 2015, 12:58:17 PM Last Edit: March 17, 2015, 01:02:48 PM by Sergeant Rock
Quote from: vandermolen on March 17, 2015, 12:56:54 PM
Lloyd's greatest and the Magnard is very moving as is the Franz Schmidt. I should have made it eight choices.  ::)

Six is incredibly limiting when contemplating favorite Fourths. There are so many.

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"

Brian

#6
March 17, 2015, 01:00:45 PM Last Edit: March 18, 2015, 04:31:26 AM by Brian
1. Brahms
2. Beethoven
3. Szymanowski
4. Tchaikovsky
5. Nielsen
6. Lloyd

EDIT: Aaaaagh forgot Nielsen!!!
EDIT 2: And Szymanowski!!!

vandermolen

#7
March 17, 2015, 01:21:14 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on March 17, 2015, 12:58:17 PM
Six is incredibly limiting when contemplating favorite Fourths. There are so many.

Sarge

If you want to include a longer list, say ten for example, please do.
"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).

Sergeant Rock

#8
March 17, 2015, 01:22:37 PM
Quote from: vandermolen on March 17, 2015, 01:21:14 PM
If you want to include a longer list, say ten for example, please do.

No, I'll play by the rules  ;)

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"

vandermolen

#9
March 17, 2015, 01:36:59 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on March 17, 2015, 01:22:37 PM
No, I'll play by the rules  ;)

Sarge

Presumably due to your military background  ;)
"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).

Wanderer

#10
March 17, 2015, 01:52:35 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on March 17, 2015, 12:54:16 PM
Mahler
Vaughan Williams

My first runners-up.

The new erato

#11
March 17, 2015, 02:23:02 PM
Nielsen
Nielsen
Nielsen
Sibelius
Vaughan Williams
Shostakovich

vandermolen

#12
March 17, 2015, 02:25:42 PM
Quote from: The new erato on March 17, 2015, 02:23:02 PM
Nielsen
Nielsen
Nielsen
Sibelius
Vaughan Williams
Shostakovich

What about Nielsen?  8)
"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).

Todd

#13
March 17, 2015, 02:53:37 PM
Beethoven
Mahler
Brahms
Schumann
Sibelius
Szymanowski
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North Star

#14
March 17, 2015, 06:35:32 PM
Sibelius
Brahms
Shostakovich
Tchaikovsky
Schumann
Nielsen
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#15
March 17, 2015, 06:49:51 PM
Six favorite fourth symphonies (in no particular order)

RVW
Sibelius
Mahler
Nielsen
Brahms
Bruckner

mc ukrneal

#16
March 17, 2015, 07:21:20 PM
Brahms
Schumann
Mendessohn
Tchaikovsky
Alfven
Ives
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Jo498

#17
March 18, 2015, 12:27:14 AM
Brahms
Schumann
Nielsen
Sibelius
Mendelssohn
Ives

Not too fond of Bruckner's. I certainly should revisit Magnard's and Schmidt's which I have in my shelves and have heard some time ago but do not remember much about. Also Shostakovich's which is so long and dark that I have not often found the mood and leisure to listen to it.
Tout le malheur des hommes vient d'une seule chose, qui est de ne savoir pas demeurer en repos, dans une chambre.
- Blaise Pascal

The new erato

#18
March 18, 2015, 01:18:49 AM
Quote from: vandermolen on March 17, 2015, 02:25:42 PM
What about Nielsen?  8)
I didn't understand how anybody could avoid mentioning that absolutely glorious symphony!

Jo498

#19
March 18, 2015, 01:46:11 AM
In such lists I usually also consider how much I like the piece compared to the other by the composer. Therefore no Beethoven but Sibelius because the 4th is my favorite among the latters symphonies. Similarly with Ives and Nielsen.
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- Blaise Pascal
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