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A Symphonies Game

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« Reply #30 on: January 14, 2015, 11:51:24 am »

And the reluctance to exclude composers I get allot of pleasure from! So where can I fit Spohr? He's not a particularly deep composer,but I think his orchestration (at it's best) is gorgeous. No's 7 & 8 I find athletic and bracing,they cheer me up! But now I've got to leave Beethoven out! Spohr instead of Beethoven? He would have been up there himself once,of course! And late last night I started listening through Mahler's symphonies again. I really do like Roussel's No1.But instead of Mahler !?!! I like both,but........!!!!!
Tournemire got in mainly because I was struggling to come up with another no 8! For some reason,apart from the Dvorak and Daniel Jones,I don't really have any real favourites with that number. I do like the Vaughan Williams,but I don't think it's the most consistent of the cycle,although it has some very striking ideas. I bought the Haitink recording of 8 & 9 recently,which may change my mind?! The Tournemire is  consistent in it's invention,however,so in it went! Rather impressive. Strange music! His Seventh is seriously wierd,but I'm not sure if it hangs together. His Sixth is imho a knockout! But then I'd have to boot out Arnold and Piston! Confession time! I don't play the Tournemire that much to really justify including it! A job for Timpani,though! (Although as far as I can make out they're uninterested. I hope I'm wrong!)

But having to leave out Mahler 2,3 & 6!!! All the other Beethoven symphonies! Bax's third and fifth?! And then there are lesser symphonies that seem to suddenly grab you for some apparent reason,justified or not,and become a sort of 'flavour of the month'! I recently got hold of a s/h musicassette of George Lloyd's Seventh,which has been the subject of some discussion at the GMG,recently. Not sure if I'd want to dump Sibelius,Beethoven or VW in favour of George Lloyd (or that I should?!) but I DO rather like this one at the moment!

No Don Gillis symphonies I'm afraid!! ;D

I was also tempted to include a Rued Langgaard! No 9 "From Queen Dagmar's City",believe it or not?! I think this is an absolute peach of a symphony. Although it's more of a suite. If it hadn't been for Dvorak,Beethoven and VW it might actually have got in! Funny how such a screwed up miserable man could produce music as lovely,happy and carefree as this. No 3 is another example. His escape from a personal hell,I suppose?!

I bought the BIS Tubin and Holmboe cycle a few months ago,but I haven't yet got to the stage where I would feel I have to include one. Maybe No 2,which I have known (along with No 6) for years,via a still functional 25 year old cassette tape!


I wonder what Dundonnell and kyjo would have chosen?!!
 
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