Although I love Dvorak, I don't think the 9th takes a high place among his works. The Schubert is a lovely work, but Beethoven's is the only contender as far as I'm concerned.

This has become the greatest Wednesday ever, thank you!!!!

Frank from LES
I couldn't agree more. The programing here has become so depressing for me.

enjoy your dvorak, i'm tuning out.

Play the Titan!!!! Play Beethoven's Ninth Symphony!!!! Thank you.

Dvorak! I expect Beethoven to win though, as his 9th always seems to be the most popular with WQXR's listeners.

Dvorak's 9th is a wonder...and inspired by his visit to the USA

beethoven would uplift anyone with a heart or a brain through this dreary weather we're having, and the till fellner bach rendition currently being played is just a prelude to the 9th.

Beethoven is my vote.

Beethoven's 9th. The other are Very good. Beethoven's 9th one of the top three pieces ever written.

Many thanks for the wonderful music!!! It was Dvorak music that inspired me to continue my piano studies.
Best regars,
Richard "corazon-de-leon" Lushington
LUV YA

I Love You. Scubert's 9th is my vote. Is this where I vote?

These decisions would be so much easier if you told which performance you intend to play! But nothing clears the skies like the Beethoven. When I was a music student in the distant past, we turned the speakers out the dorm window during a thunderstorm, the old Schmidt-Isserstedt recording with Sutherland, Horne, King and Talvela. As the fourth movement began the clouds slowly began to part and blue skies and sunbeams showed through. A student in the quad who had been listening shouted "God one, God!" We shouted "Amen and Beethoven, too!"

I want to vote for Dvorak's Ninth, but sorry, cannot find your voting booth.
Thanks for the superb music.

Go Ludwig Van!

Is "Beethoven's Ninth Symphony" the greatest piece of music that's ever been written? Well, that is the opinion of an awful lot of people. So, if it isn't, it comes pretty close, doesn't it? Of course, the absolutely amazing thing is that Beethoven himself was totally deaf when he wrote this world-famous piece. And he brought "voices" into instrumentation, too. What a piece of musical majesty for "noontime magic" on a gloomy, rainy Wednesday.

Most definitely, Schubert. First, because it's Schubert, and second, because we need Schubert to lighten today's rainy gloom.

I voted earlier today for Beethoven by clicking on the blue bar. I'm not sure if the vote was tallied because the last time that I voted on something, I believe a notice popped up indicating that the vote was accepted. I dare not try to vote again in the event that my earlier vote actually was tallied. The other composers are great, too, but Beethoven is BEETHOVEN, after all.

Beethoven please. It's in a class by itself. IT HAS THE FAMOUS ODE TO JOY IN THE LAST MOVEMENT

THE SCHUBERT!! THE GEORGE SZELL, CLEVELAND RECORDING WAS THE BEST.

I vote for Dvoràk. He never ceases to astound me with the diversity of his body of work. Each and every composition touches the most human and personal aspects of ourselves. His Symphony # 9 is magical.

Why choose? I want all three. Add in Bruckner, Mahler and Shostakovich's 9th symphonies and you'd make my day!

Beethoven please. It's in a class by itself.

I would prefer to hear the Bruckner Ninth, but since it is not one of the choices, I voted for Beethoven. Would it really be so difficult for you to occasionally play Bruckner's music? It is a shame that it is so unfairly neglected.

Although I love all 3 of them, I want to hear the Dvorak today.

The Great Symphony is not called "great" for nothing. I go with Schubert

I've sung the Beethoven twice and it's a thrilling work, but today I'm in the mood for Dvorak. I adore the way it ends with a diminuendo!

Dvorak, please. It's such a beautiful piece.

It's Luddy for me. My classical music teeth were cut on all 9 symphonies and I will be forever grateful. The 9th lifts my spirits and compels me to "conduct" in the privacy of my room. Oh, the joy!

Beethoven all the way. Must hear his "alle menchen...". Thank you.

I'm a great fan of Ludwig but I don't get to hear Dvorak as much. I say we Showdown with Dvorak, listen to Brahms at 2pm and cap off the 3 o'clock hour with Beethoven's 9th. Oh what a glorious day that would be!

It's a no-contest matter. Schubert's and Dvorak's are beautiful, but Beethoven's is the definition of symphony.

Paint the town "red": BEETHOVEN!

Nothing....Nothing....can lift you out of your chair and get your heart racing like Beethoven's Ninth.

I hear that last movement and get the urge to invade a small country!!!

Give me Ludwig!

I first heard the Schubert 9th when it was the 7th and still think it's the best of the bunch.

Beethoven's 9th is great but I have to say I like Dvorak's 9th, From The New World, better. The second movement is just so beautiful. It is a great piece of music, the 2nd movement, to just to empty my mind of what is going on in this world. This section is just so peaceful and calming.

If the 9th is the epitome of all music, how could it be overexposed?

Let's hear the Beethoven.

Marcelo, true, but it's also overexposed. So is the Dvorak. What about Bruckner's Ninth? Or how about Vaughan Williams or Roy Harris? Even Mahler's is not quite so obvious. This is another case of classical radio going down the "top 40" route in an effort to pander to listeners.

LvB's ninth is the epitome of music, the pinnacle of art, the highest achievement of humankind.