Has anyone else seen this ridiculous Top 10 list from Gramophone?
http://www.gramophone.co.uk/feature/top-10-symphonies?utm_content=Top%2010%20Symphonies&utm_campaign=Gramophone%20newsletter%2014.04.14&utm_source=Gramophone&utm_medium=adestra_email&utm_term=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gramophone.co.uk%2Ffeature%2Ftop-10-symphonies
(http://www.gramophone.co.uk/feature/top-10-symphonies?utm_content=Top%2010%20Symphonies&utm_campaign=Gramophone%20newsletter%2014.04.14&utm_source=Gramophone&utm_medium=adestra_email&utm_term=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gramophone.co.uk%2Ffeature%2Ftop-10-symphonies)
2. Beethoven 5 - seriously? Over 3? Or 9?
5. Bruckner 5 - over 4? 7? 8?
6. Mahler 5 - rather than 2 or 9? And the Rattle recording?
8. Copland 3 - this one just baffles me. So they had to get one American symphony? I hate this work.
10. Shostakovich 10 - I'd put 5 there before the 10th.
All these lists are silly, but I really can't understand how a "leading" classical mag could make a list of the top 10 symphonies and omit the likes of Schubert, Schumann, Elgar, Vaughan Williams, Berlioz over Copland or even Bruckner. Maybe a list of the top 10 really isn't possible. Copland? Jeez...
It is best not to look at lists, they only make the blood boil.
Only a few minutes ago, I saw a list of the top 5 pianists of all time published by a group of experts in a Toronto newspaper. Almost dropped me beer.
Thal
Who's surprised? Certainly not me.
Anyway, this isn't really a topic for UC. For one thing, it's about sung composers, and for another it stretches beyond our remit. Sorry....