Wherein We Elect Our Favourite Classical Compositions of… the 1800s (the decade, that is. Also, this is Totally-Not-a-Middle-Period-Beethoven-Poll)

Waldstein vs Symphony 5 atm

I've been listening to the 1954 Stokowski recording of Pastoral on NML. A really pleasant listen.

will give these a fair listen but I gotta say symphony no 5 is gonna be hard to beat

I ended up going with the so-called 'Kreutzer' sonata (with Kremer/Argerich in mind) because it, too, deserves our love.

I'll mainly be listening and reading during this period, but I don't need much excuse to make a playlist and hurriedly created this one before bed last night. (pomenitul's recommendations where I could find them, but kinda arbitrary otherwise.)

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2EYlQf53HQG7HmGpmCwmw0

― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Saturday, November 2, 2019 3:41 AM (two days ago) bookmarkflaglink

Thankig u! <3

Would you prefer two weeks instead of one for the remaining polls or is the current pace fine? Let me know.

I think this poll series is absolutely awesome but I just don’t have the time to seriously listen to even a tenth of this list or of the rock/metal tracks poll going on :(

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Ludwig van Beethoven - Cello Sonata No. 3 in A major, Op. 69 (1808)

this is really good - thanks, Spotify playlist

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aw man i forgot to vote. Symphony No. 5 for me.

Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 (1807-1808) 2
Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55 (1805) 1
Ludwig van Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 27/2 (1801) 1

c'mon y'all!!

I did vote for Symphony 5 in the end. As much of a cliché as it has become, it is a perfect composition imo.

Heh, I didn't expect Hummel to make a dent out of all the non-Beethoven selections, but I'm glad there was at least one exception to the rule.

Onwards to part 2:

Wherein We Vote for Our Favourite Classical Compositions of… the 1810s