Favourite Beethoven Symphonies

Coileach dearg

What are your favourite Beethoven Symphonies in order?
Here are mine:

Symphony #3
Symphony #9
Symphony #7
Symphony #5
Symphony #6
Symphony #8
Symphony #1
Symphony #2
Symphony #4

Treebeard

For me it would be

No. 6
No. 3
No. 9
No. 8
No. 5
No. 4
No. 7
No. 1
No. 2

Calina

Number 7

cornbb

I've only heard 9 and 5 tbh But I think the Clockwork Orange/Moog synth rendition of Symphony no. 9 is amazing..

funky penguin

I know its rather like "Pop Classic", but I love those 8 notes that open No. 5.

When played right, of course.

God I've heard some truely dire interpretations.

Then......

9
6
3
7
2
1
8
4

I will stress that this does not mean I dislike No. 4.

cula bula

as i read somewhere, the odd numbers are best for power and passion, where as the even numbered symphonies are more settled and sedate affairs.

suppose i'm an odd person, so.

motormouthmable

number 7 - for the 2nd movement. otherwise Beethoven doesn't give me that much.

But isn't it funny that the odd-numbered symphonies are more popular then the even-numbered?

Coileach dearg

motormouthmable wrote:

number 7 - for the 2nd movement.

A truly brilliant, moving piece of music. Has anybody seen the film Zardoz with Sean Connery in it(one of his early movies) where Beethovens' 7th - 2nd movement is being played while someone recites Cill Aodain by Antaine Ó Raifteirí, interesting!!

bluto63

9th, 7th and 5th are my favorites. Havn't heard the first 4 but I intend to soon

Civilian_Target

(bump)

7 is great. Particularly the first movement. Can't we have a poll?

banquo

3 is my own personal favorite, speaks to me much, much more than the others.

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3
9
5
6
7
8
4
2
1

cerulean

Odds again.

The 3rd has always been my favourite. After years of hearing it, it still sounds radical and innovative; you can imagine the shock to audiences brought up on Haydn.

Then 7 and 5 - both with terrific energy and drive.

Then 9 - probably heresy to say so, but I've never been convinced by the finale.

After that, maybe 4, 8, 2.

Then 6 (pleasant, but rather static) and 1.

banquo

cerulean wrote:

Then 9 - probably heresy to say so, but I've never been convinced by the finale.

Heresy! But your favorite is the 3rd, so I'll let you off.

Ah the third, I could fill hours talking about it.

Sandwich

6 (Gardiner)
5 (Kleiber)
4 (Norrington)
7 (Norrington)
8
3
2
9
1

Never thought much of no.9.

banquo

The Zagreb Philharmonic do a fantastic 9th. Didn't like Norrington's 9th. Liked his 3rd.