In Reply to: BBC surveys 151 conductors - Beethoven Sym. No 3 chosen as the greatest symphony posted by John C. - Aussie on August 19, 2016 at 18:25:15:
I'd put Symphony of Psalms in there. And at least one Shostakovich.Plus Brahms 2 is my favourite.....
I really can't take Mahler seriously - overblown, pretentious, full of quasi-gravitas.... And don't start me on Bruckner...
I'd love to put La Mer in the on the basis of "Symphonic Sketches"....
Incidentally - can anyone post the rest of the top 20?
Edits: 08/20/16
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- No Stravinsky or Shostakovich? Not a Mahler fan... - andy evans 03:50:56 08/20/16 (12)
- RE: No Stravinsky or Shostakovich? Not a Mahler fan... - Chris from Lafayette 09:15:39 08/20/16 (11)
- I don't often listen to Mahler or Shostakovich - Jay Buridan 22:42:41 07/17/17 (0)
- Interesting to see - TGR 17:04:32 08/20/16 (1)
- Yes - that's unexpected - I give the conductors a "well done!" for that choice! [nt] ;-) - Chris from Lafayette 00:02:55 08/21/16 (0)
- Shostakovich has better endings than Mahler... - andy evans 11:13:25 08/20/16 (2)
- Hold the front page..... - andy evans 13:37:48 08/20/16 (1)
- To each his own, but I don't hear "flatulent excesses" in Bernstein/NYP (Col.) 4th and/or 5th. - Rick W 15:54:15 08/20/16 (0)
- "[Y]ou have to read the book[s] to be informed!" - rbolaw 10:57:42 08/20/16 (1)
- Sorry - I've read those books (in English anyway!) - Chris from Lafayette 23:59:55 08/20/16 (0)
- Sighhh.... (nt) - MWE 10:53:20 08/20/16 (0)
- RE: No Stravinsky or Shostakovich? Not a Mahler fan... - vahe 10:10:49 08/20/16 (1)
- Decca CD - I'm not aware of an SACD incarnation of it {nt] - Chris from Lafayette 23:56:57 08/20/16 (0)