Favorite Symphonies Quiz

@jdane: I too would have picked Mahler for all positions in the list if it were allowed. But you omit Mahler’s Eighth? The night in 2009 that I spent listening to the San Francisco Symphony and Chorus perform Mahler’s Eighth was one of the most memorable evenings I have ever spent at a concert.

https://youtu.be/MAjmM7lcb1c

PC--  I realize I'm in the minority on M8.  I've never liked it, and I only heard it live once.  LAPhil (forget who was conducting--prob. Dudamel during one of the Mahler cycles here) in the cavernous Shrine, easily the worst music venue in the world.  Now I love both the LAPhil and the LAChorale, but all that went through my mind the entire night was PLEASE! Get on with The Eternal Feminine so we can get the f. out of here!   (And meanwhile, let me put in another plug for the Gorecki 4th!)

1. Elgar
2. Mahler
3. Scriabin
4. Beethoven
5. Sibelius
6. Tchaikovsky
7. Atterberg
8. Dvorak
9. Bruckner

+1 phomchick on all Mahler
The LB cycle.
Or all of Cookie's recordings of Tilson Thomas with the SFS

The curse of the 9 symphonies.