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your 10 favourite symphonies

vuk

vuk

\o/ choose anarchy
not necessarily what you think is the greatest, but what you really like to listen to (please include favourite performance too, if possible).

1- beethoven 3rd (e. kleiber - DECCA) -i own about 30 versions of this
1- bruckner 8th (jochum - DG) OR (wand - RCA, for ear candy)
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3- mozart 35th (mackerras - telarc)
4- mahler 8th (abaddo - DG)
5- haydn 101st (hogwood - l'oiseau lyre)
6- beethoven 5th (furtwängler - music&arts, THE wartime performance)
7- brahms 1st (horenstein - chesky)
8- bruckner 7th (chailly - DECCA)
9- shostakovich 15th (haitink - DECCA)
10- schubert 2nd (harnoncourt - teldec)


vuk.
 
1 - Dvorak 8 (C.Davis/Concertgebouw)
2 - Bruckner 5 (Chailly/Concertgebouw)
3 - Shostakovich 15 (M.Shostakovich/Moscow RSO)
4 - Sibelius 7 (Vanska/Lahti SO)
5 - Bruckner 9 (Wand/NDR SO Lubeck)
6 - Mahler 4 (Maazel/VPO)
7 - Brahms 4 (Carlos Kleiber/VPO)
8 - Beethoven 7 (Still can't find the right one!)
9 - Nielsen 5 (Bernstein/NYPO)
10- Schubert 9 (Abbado/COE)
 
Mahler 2 - Klaus Tennstedt/LPO
Brahms 1 - Josef Krips/VPO
Schubert 9 - Josef Krips/LSO
Sibelius 2 - Alexander Gibson SNO
Shostakovitch 10 - Herbert von Karajan/BPO
Beethoven 3 - Erich Kleiber
Elgar 2 - John Barbirolli/Hallé Orchestra
Dvorak 8 - Herbert von Karajan/VPO
Beethoven 9 - Otto Klemperer/Philharmonia
Tchaikovsky 6 - Yevgeny Mravinsky/LPO
 
Did all of the composers just stick a number after their name?
I can see the thought process: "Right, I've done 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, so what should I call my next work? I know - 6!"
 
vuk said:
you like this one better than giulini and walter?

vuk.
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Yes... I've got about a dozen Bruckner 9ths and I've never got what the fuss is about Walter's, to me it seems underplayed and soft. Guilini was my favourite for a long time until I listened to the Wand in Lubeck again a few months ago. The Guilini recording is still a great one.

Last night I heard a new contender - Jaap van Zweden & Netherlands RSO on Japanese label Exton SACD, very good indeed plus gorgeous sound.
 
1. Dvorak 6, 7 and 9 - Kubelik, Berlin Philharmonic
2. Schubert 9 - Solti, Vienna Philharmonic
3. Bruckner 8 - Schuricht, Vienna Philharmonic
4. Bruckner 9 - Giulini, Vienna Philharmonic
5. Sibelius 2, 4, 5, 6 and 7 - Vanska, Lahti Symphony Orchestra
6. Mahler 5 - Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic
7. Mahler 6 - Bernstein, Vienna Philharmonic
8. Mozart 36 - Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic
9. Brahms 2 - Chailly, Concertgebouw
10. Brahms 1, 3 and 4 - Abbado, Berlin Philharmonic

Okay, that's a lot more than 10. I cheated.
 
hey ross.

have you heard bruno walter (sorry to keep bringing the guy up) doing mozart's 36th on sony (a CBS re-issue)? it's part of a set of the late symphonies and includes disc of the lintz rehearsal. anyhow, it's a 36th i'm very fond of.

those abbado brahms performances are great. i like #2 best so i'll have to try the chailly you prefer.

guys.

what's with all this dvorak and sibelius?

vuk.
 
Beethoven 3 & 5 Ferenc Friskay
Beethoven 9 Sir Charles Mackerras
Mahler 1 Georg Solti
Mahler 5 Sir John Barbirolli
Schubert 8 Sir Colin Davis
Brahms 1-4 Gunter Wand
 
Some things I spun lately

Brahms 4 symphonies Szell Cleveland CBS
Mozart Last 6 Walter Columbia CBS
Mahler 2 Klemperer Philharmonia EMI
Mahler 6 Barbirolli New PO London EMI
Mahler 8 Solti Chicago Decca
Bruckner 8 Klemperer New PO EMI
Beethoven 3 Furtwängler Vienna HMV
Beethoven 5 Kleiber Concertgebouw Decca
Tchaikovsky 4-6 Karajan Berliner DG
Haydn 1-48 Dorati Philharmonica Hungarica Decca

Carl
 
vuk said:
hey ross.

have you heard bruno walter (sorry to keep bringing the guy up) doing mozart's 36th on sony (a CBS re-issue)? it's part of a set of the late symphonies and includes disc of the lintz rehearsal. anyhow, it's a 36th i'm very fond of.

those abbado brahms performances are great. i like #2 best so i'll have to try the chailly you prefer.

guys.

what's with all this dvorak and sibelius?

vuk.
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Yes, I do have that Walter Mozart disc somewhere, as well as his Brahms, and his Bruckner 9. All are very good and I rate them very highly.

You may prefer the Abbado Brahms 2 to Chailly, since Abbado produces a much more muscular orchestral sound (which I know you like). The Chailly version is softer and more pastoral, which I prefer for this symphony. Let me know if you like it.

Dvorak and Sibelius were both great composers, and their symphonies are definitely at the top of the favourites list if ranked by frequency of playing.
 
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