[Iceroid]

Saint-Saens - Symphony 3

 

[Henry Flower]

Looks like we're all getting away with multiple picks, so:
Shostakovich 8, 10 and 13
Sibelius 5 and 7

 

[calaf]

mmhhh symphonies are not my cup of tea, but let me play nonetheless...
Beethoven 7th
Bruckner 9th
Haydn "Clock"
Schubert "Unfinished"

 

[milkweg]

Most of my favorites have already been picked so I will throw in "Brahms - Symphony No. 4" to the mix.

 

[robm321]

Beethoven's 9th of course.

I don't listen to it much anymore (heard it so much), but of all the symphony's, it's still gotta be pinnacle - Mozart's 40th too.

That being said, I listen more often to Mahler and Shosty's.

 

[Masonjar]

Quote:

Originally Posted by DavidMahler /img/forum/go_quote.gif Pick your favorite symphony. I have lots and lots of favorites but my ultimate favorite is......Mahler's 9th.

Ditto!

If I were to pick a movement, then I would say the First movement of the M9 was my favorite.

-jar

 

[vcoheda]

some not mentioned, but toward the top of my list

- elgar 1
- mendelssohn 3 or 4
- sibelius 2
- gorecki 3
- rachmaniov 2
- schumann 1

 

[vcoheda]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Masonjar /img/forum/go_quote.gif Ditto! If I were to pick a movement, then I would say the First movement of the M9 was my favorite. -jar

i much prefer 2 and 8 and even 3 over 9, but for 9, the last movement is my favorite.

 

[Caribou679]

Cesar Frank, Symp in D minor, Monteux conducting on Living Stereo,

 

[DrBenway]

Beethoven 3rd "Eroica"

Sort of surprised no one has mentioned this one yet.

 

[ozz]

beethoven's 9th

 

[mbhaub]

Elgar 2, esp. with Boult or Barbirolli.

 

[Blueiz]

Beethoven 7th

 

[drarthurwells]

I would have to list 50 symphonies from about 15 to 20 composers, and then say my favorite was the one I listened to last. That would be Shostakovich's symphony number 11.

 

[FalconP]

If there can be only one (impossible, as you well know) then Shostakovich 10. I cannot imagine living without:

-- Mahler 3
-- Brahms 2, 4
-- Mendelssohn 3 (Scottish)
-- Beethoven 6, 7
-- Mozart 40
-- Sibelius 5
-- Tchaikovsky 5
-- Vaughan Williams 3
-- Spring Symphony by Britten

On the other side: famous symphonies that, so far, have not yet spoken to me:

-- Mahler 8
-- The two by Elgar
-- All Bruckner, except maybe B8