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  Stefano90

  27 aug 11

  Perhaps I would raise Shostakovich's Tenth... And maybe I would also add the Fifteenth. But perhaps...

   

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  Felo

  17 nov 11

  Beautiful is Shostakovich's Tenth, it conveys unease.

   

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  Raphael Vrbinas

  17 nov 11

  Bruckner's Seventh is a fabulous thing. That first movement with a beautiful opening theme and then the introduction of a second theme that is original like few others. The use of strings at that moment I consider one of the best solutions ever... the second movement, another absolute gem (at the time it was immediately described as the best thing written since the death of Beethoven).

   

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  j&r

  17 nov 11

  ..Bruckner's Seventh is truly wonderful..the first movement is beautiful, but the second is something absolutely divine..Richard Wagner, who knew a thing or two about music, said that Bruckner was the greatest symphony writer after Beethoven's death..I’m not sure if that's entirely accurate, as Brahms, Schumann, Berlioz, Liszt, Mendelssohn wrote outstanding symphonies, but the music he composed for his Seventh is an "absolute gem"..

   

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  Raphael Vrbinas

  17 nov 11

  I agree. It's hard to say who the best "symphonist" was after Beethoven. By the way, I always have the regret of Schubert's eighth. The Unfinished. That first movement captivated me from the very first listen. What a shame...

   

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  Raphael Vrbinas

  17 nov 11

  not to mention, of course, Dvořák's triptych (seventh, eighth, and the ninth (my favorite by Dvořák))... but even the bucolic pieces as a first leap in quality are pretty good too.

   

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  j&r

  17 nov 11

  ..well, as you can see from the ranking, Dvořák is my favorite symphonist after "obviously" Beethoven... and then the Great and the Unfinished by Schubert are sublime.. particularly, I adore the first movement of the Great.. every time I listen to it, it sends chills down my spine, and of course, I also love the first movement of the Unfinished.... other symphonies that I particularly love, even more than the others, are Schumann's Rhein, Mendelssohn's Scottish (how beautiful it is!) and Brahms' first, referred to as Beethoven's Tenth..

   

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  Raphael Vrbinas

  17 nov 11

  I have a somewhat strange relationship with Schumann. I appreciate many things (just look at that beautiful fourth movement), while there are other passages that convince me less. Still, it's excellent music. Brahms has always maintained consistent levels with his symphonies; they were his main taboo early in his career... he always took their composition very seriously. I have a preference for the fourth, with the third right after, but the first two are also good. Mendelssohn's third is richly varied in every movement, with a wonderful density of musical ideas even within the same movement.

   

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  j&r

  18 nov 11

  I also have a bit of a strange relationship with Schumann's Rhenish… I used to listen to it (with my great unknowing joy) almost every day at the age of five; it’s clear that when I hear it again nowadays, it’s always a great emotion… I love everything by Brahms, of course including the third and fourth symphonies, the latter even more splendid under the great Kleiber... Brahms' sextets are amazing, as well as the Clarinet Quintet Op. 115, the Piano Quintet Op. 34, and then the great concertos… the second for piano and orchestra, the one for violin, and the stunning double concerto!

   

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