And your favorite Beethoven Symphony is?

I like the ones that don't suck.

One and eight. And nine, not so much because I think it's the best, but I really take an inexplicable liking to composers' last symphonies.

The fifth of course.

7th, by far, followed by the 3rd.

I had heard bits and pieces of his incomplete 10th symphony. If anyone has heard this and knows of a good reconstruction of it... id be very interested in listening.

I like his 5th, one movement out of the 6th, entire 7th and the awesome powers of his 9th.

I find myself listening to the 3th most often, the 5th and 9th are exciting too but not extremely interesting to me.

And I just decided to listen to 4th again : ), haven't heard it in ages.

All of them

All of them

If all of them are your favorite you win at life.

Thus I fail at life.

I have to say the 9th.

I like the 4th movement (as cliche as that is)....but I LOVE the 3rd movement, and the opening of the 1st, they are just so...AWESOME! :)

I second the 4th - it has the best orchestration by far. I also like the third, especially the stravinskyesque moments in the development.

Hmmmm, if Beethoven was before Stravinsky then wouldn't the Stravinsky actually be Beethoveneque rather then the Beethoven being more Stravinskyesque?

Anyway, my favorite Beethoven Symphony is either the 5th or the 9th. It is a tie. There are amazing things about both.

I have to say the 9th.

I like the 4th movement (as cliche as that is)....but I LOVE the 3rd movement, and the opening of the 1st, they are just so...AWESOME! :)

The 2nd movement is my favorite, well after all that insanity in the 4th.

I'm a huge fan of the 7th and 8th. The 7th is rockin' and the 8th is so concise and tight, whatever that means to anyone else.

I'd have to say either the 1st or the 7th.

I love how the 1st begins on a C7 chord resolving on F-Major; Beethoven's experimentation and way of saying, "listen folks, I'm about to switch the game up."

Hmmmm, if Beethoven was before Stravinsky then wouldn't the Stravinsky actually be Beethoveneque rather then the Beethoven being more Stravinskyesque?

Anyway, my favorite Beethoven Symphony is either the 4th or the 9th. It is a tie. There are amazing things about both.

No. Stravinsky was so awesome that Beethoven built a time machine to see Stravinsky's works in the future then totally plagiarize him.

7 and 5.

:hmmm:

Well, 9 is my favorite to hear in person.

Like 83.6 % of the posters in this thread, I'd also name a few rather than one. 3rd and 4th are the ones that come most often to mind.

I'm trying to decide over His 5th or his 9th.

I have to go with the 7th. The second movement is just amazing.