Wherein We Elect Our Favourite Classical Compositions of… the 1820s

After much deliberation, it could only really be Exercices très faciles in the end.

Seriously, I think I have to vote for Winterreise. As awe-inspiring as Beethoven's 14th quartet (op. 131) is, I can't lie that I've just spent more time with the Schubert in my life so far.

That 14th lvb quartet is my choice

I caved to sentiment and voted for the 15th quartet, which got me into Beethoven's late style in the first place.

^ Yeah, that was my first as well. I read something about the third movement and decided I had to hear it. That pretty much started me on classical music.

I went with the 12th quartet, though.

Muss es sein? Es muss sein!

Well, it's not the right one, but you catch my drift.

Incidentally, I messed up by not subtitling this poll 'der schwer gefaßte Entschluß'.

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

Pssh, Symphony No. 9, so not epic.

I'm mildly shocked that no one voted for the 'Unfinished' Symphony or for the 'Death and the Maiden' Quartet but you can't argue with Beethoven's 9th.

27 votes though, that's heartening!

True!

I do want to stress once again that everyone is welcome to vote and shoot the shit in these threads – classical music needn't be forbidding.

Oh god dammit I got it in my head that I voted but seeing the 0 votes for the Schubert trio I clearly didn’t. Argh.

A spectral vote – the 28th, to boot – is perfectly fine as far as I'm concerned. :)

Mvt 1 of Death and the Maiden is all time. The competition was just formidable.

I hard choice between the 9th and Wintereise for me I think I gave it to the 9th because I gave it to Erlkonig in the last poll.

I’d be interested in knowing which recordings people like of the Schubert Lieder. Dietrich Fischer-Diskau is pretty unfickwithable and I like Ian Bostrich as well.

Christian Gerhaher is really great in lieder

Very much seconded.