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UndertheOcean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 10:38 PM Original message |
Poll question: What is the best Symphony ever written ? |
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UndertheOcean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 10:40 PM Response to Original message |
1. My vote goes to the Beethoven's 3rd , the "Eroica" |
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cemaphonic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 12:43 PM Response to Reply #1 |
17. Yeah, I'm tempted to go with the 5th, cliched as that is, |
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Lethe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 01:12 AM Response to Original message |
2. not an expert here |
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UndertheOcean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 06:23 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Dvorak is fine , and if it was possible to have more than 10 choices in a poll |
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charlie and algernon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 08:52 AM Response to Reply #2 |
10. I'm a big fan of the New World Symphony as well |
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Amerigo Vespucci (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 01:39 AM Response to Original message |
3. This one, and this CD offers the best performance of it I've heard |
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CBGLuthier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 07:09 AM Response to Original message |
5. Hard to top Beethoven's 9th for perfection |
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ipfilter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 08:14 AM Response to Original message |
6. Saw Beethoven's 9th performed live with a 200 voice choir. |
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charlie and algernon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 08:48 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. that must've been incredible |
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ipfilter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 10:29 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. I listened to the 9th many times before I saw it live |
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charlie and algernon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 12:53 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. I can imagine how chilling it was |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 08:29 AM Response to Original message |
7. You were close - it's Mahler's Second. |
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UndertheOcean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 08:44 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. From my perspective , No. 2 was just a warm up . |
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cemaphonic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 12:48 PM Response to Reply #7 |
18. Have you heard Berio's Sinfonia? |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 10:54 AM Response to Original message |
12. Hate to pile on, but I had to go with the 9th. |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
13. I voted for Beethoven's 9th, but... |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
14. The Mahler 1st n/t |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
15. the selections are bit pedestrian, nicht wahr? |
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UndertheOcean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 01:52 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. Well , those are what I like , and they might be famous for a reason after all |
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triguy46 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 08:21 PM Response to Reply #15 |
24. A very narrow list, imho. |
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Burma Jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
16. Best? There is no "best" |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
20. I'm a Tchaikovsky, girl, but I voted Beethoven's 9th here...nt |
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Capn Sunshine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
22. Where's Copeland? Gershwin? Grofe? |
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UndertheOcean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 08:17 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. I know , I know , but I had only ten spots. |
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david13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
25. All of the above. These are all in the top 100. |
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Doc_Technical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 09:50 PM Response to Original message |
26. "Symphony for blues" by Joseph Kuhn. |
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