|
I think the thing about the first few symphonies (barring the 3rd) was not that Beethoven was boring; he was just moddeling his symphonies after what was expected. It was the 3rd and 5th that really revolutionized the form of the symphony, and the ones following that are Beethoven continuing to expand into this new form of the symphony.
So, it's not that Beethoven's first symphonies are bad; it is that they are based upon the classical symphony. They are still beethoven, they are simply the products of his first period(s).
|