Which Beethoven's symphony do you like the best?

The comments about Mozart leave out what are certainly HIS greatest masterpieces: his OPERAS !!!
Opera is one place where Beethoven cannot be classified in the same league as Mozart.
I cannot praise Mozart's operas enough!!!

Tubegroover, I think all it comes to personal taste. I perfer Mozart's 35/36th over Jupitor. To me, 35 and 36 are more "Mozart". More nature sounding as Mozart's style. If I overplay Jupitor, maybe I will remember more melody. But the music never push me strongly enough to overplay it (I may have 3 different Jupitor recordings). But even then, I will not put them over Beethoven, Mahler, Bramhs,... I am talking about symphony. I love Mozart's opera too. But we are talking about symphony, aren't we?

Eldartford, Beethoven's Symphonies overrated?!! LOL...it's like if you told a jazz expert/lover Kind of Blue is overrated. haha

Kkursula, you said "Beethoven was great, but was depressed most of his life for not "being" Mozart"...quite interesting YOUR theory, I have never seen this in any of Beethoven's biographies I've read.

3rd symphony (1st,2nd and 4th movements), 5th symphony (1st and 4th movements), 6th symphony (1st, 2nd and 5th movements), 7th symphony (the whole symphony), 8th symphony (the whole symphony) and 9th symphony (the whole symphony!!!). What can I say...AMAZING MUSIC!

Happy listening.

My my...

For me, the 9th is tied with numbers 1 and 2 as my least favorites. I'm an unabashed Romantic. I love #3, 5, 6, and 7. Numbers 4 and 8 are a little lite-weight for me.

I like them all played strongly and not fast...no Toscanini for me!

I think this is a funny thread. Beethoven overrated. So was Plato, Da Vinci, Newton, Lincoln, Edison, Marx (Groucho of course), and I could go on and on.

Go listen to some music.

btw, I love all 9 symphonies. Hard to pick a favorite.