Best symphony no 9

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No you can't vote for Beethoven

Poll Results

Option	Votes
Mahler	4
Schubert	2
Dvorak	2
Bruckner	1
Shostakovich	0
Vaughan Williams	0
Henze	0
Simpson	0

― glumdalclitch, Saturday, 7 April 2012 05:23 (fourteen years ago)

Decided to leave off Schnitkke cos it's reconstructed

― glumdalclitch, Saturday, 7 April 2012 05:24 (fourteen years ago)

Schnittke

― glumdalclitch, Saturday, 7 April 2012 05:24 (fourteen years ago)

at the risk of repeating myself i'm voting Mahler again cos the Adagio alone murders everything else on this list

― red is hungry green is jawless (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 7 April 2012 07:57 (fourteen years ago)

For me it's Mahler too. The order in which I fell in love with the movements was: 4-1-2-3. The middle two movements may now be my favourite part of it all.

― glumdalclitch, Saturday, 7 April 2012 08:08 (fourteen years ago)

yeah it certainly isn't only about the 4th, but when it's done right it is still an incredible slow-burn that throws the rest of the symphony into shape for me

― red is hungry green is jawless (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 7 April 2012 08:09 (fourteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Friday, 13 April 2012 00:01 (fourteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― System, Saturday, 14 April 2012 00:01 (fourteen years ago)

Hm. Totally missed this poll. But I would have voted Mahler as well (Bruckner not far behind in 2nd place). My favorite movement of the Mahler has always been I. That 'faltering heartbeat' moment, ayyeeee.

― tales from endoscopic oceans (Jon Lewis), Saturday, 14 April 2012 00:17 (fourteen years ago)

Have you heard the Bruno Walyer 1938 recording Jon?
http://www.amazon.com/Mahler-Symphony-No-9-Gustav/dp/B00076ONU0

It's white-hot.

― glumdalclitch, Saturday, 14 April 2012 00:20 (fourteen years ago)

Walter

― glumdalclitch, Saturday, 14 April 2012 00:20 (fourteen years ago)

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