Just a bit of fun, really... but there are Rules! (there had to be rules, or it would get out of hand):
- nothing written before 1900 or after 1999!
- no more than 4 composers
- no more than 1 symphony per composer
- three should be acknowledged masterpieces, so we can see where you're coming from
- one must be an outsider whose music can stand comparison with your Big Three... please tell us why
My Big Three:
Sibelius 7
Britten Sinfonia da Requiem
Shostakovich 13
and my outsider: Rubbra 4
because it is beautiful and essentially serene, and does not yield its secrets at first hearing
What, no Mahler? No, because I think that his 3rd was his greatest...
- nothing written before 1900 or after 1999!
- no more than 4 composers
- no more than 1 symphony per composer
- three should be acknowledged masterpieces, so we can see where you're coming from
- one must be an outsider whose music can stand comparison with your Big Three... please tell us why
My Big Three:
Sibelius 7
Britten Sinfonia da Requiem
Shostakovich 13
and my outsider: Rubbra 4
because it is beautiful and essentially serene, and does not yield its secrets at first hearing
What, no Mahler? No, because I think that his 3rd was his greatest...