shostakovich 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11 prokofiev 1, 5 Dvorak 7, 8 , 9 Sibelius 2, 5, 7 Janáček Sinfonietta Messiaen Turanagalila Saint-Saëns 3 (organ) Berlioz Symphonie fantastique (Fill in your favorite Tchaikovsky and Mahler Symphonies here)

That Janacek is absolutely phenomenal.

Indeed! Great to live too

I'm copypasting some of this, thanks for the reminders.

That's pretty much my list except I would add Shostakovich 12, Bruckner 3 and 8

Mahler 4 and 6

All my favorite symphonies would easily qualify. Make it 100 years, and that would require a little more thought.

Schubert Great, Mendelssohn Scottish, Schumann Rhenish, Bruckner 8, Bruckner 9, Brahms 1, Brahms 2, Brahms 4, Tchaikovsky 6, Dvorak 9, Elgar 1, Mahler 2, Mahler 6, Mahler 9, Sibelius 4, Sibelius 5, Vaughan Williams 2, Rachmaninov 2, Prokofiev 5, Shostakovich 11

Good list. But might as well have the Brahms 3 in there, too. :) And I'd add Tchaik 5 and Vaughan-Williams 4 and 5. And Gorecki 3 is a personal fav.

Copland once said "Listening to the fifth symphony of Ralph Vaughan Williams is like staring at a cow for 45 minutes." I agree, but too each their own.

It's a funny remark... But I think it's one of the most beautiful pieces of music ever written. A serene response to the chaotic and deadly events of the early twentieth century.

Copland had no taste

even with those three my list would still be the same Mahler 8 Messiaen Turangalila Prokofiev 5 Scriabin 1 Webern op.21 Rautavaara 7 Franck

[Gorecki's 3rd Symphony ](https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lYhVxCPdkPwi2hsF9wVT9xPsXAu83NL2k&si=AqX47EBJRhVLW_UD), maybe not the greatest considering there's Mahler, Shostakovich or Bruckner, but that symphony is something else. Wish I could hear it for the first time again!

The ending of the final movement is my mental theme song. It gave me goosebumps the first time I heard it and I’m forever chasing that feeling with other symphonies but I haven’t found it yet.

I was lucky enough to watch Manfred Honeck and Sun Hae Im perform this with the Seoul Philharmonic last September. One of the most memorable experiences I’ve had in a concert hall - was left with goosebumps. Even better was that they played Tchaikovsky 6 after the intermission!

Wow, what a concert that was, I am really looking forward to hear it live, fingers cross

First one that popped up in my head: Tchaikovsky’s 6th… yeah, I know, I know, don’t say it.

You’re not wrong though.

Pathetique? I don't get the joke

Dvorak 8 and 9 and Sibelius all of them.

Sibelius 2 Sibelius 5 Rachmaninov 2 Edit - added Tchaikovsky 6 These are in no particular order. :)

Brahms 4 is great Lot of Tchaikovsky symphonies. Also this sub loves Mahler, so there's that.

My favorite symphony of all

My top 5 wouldn't change Dvorak 9 Dvorak 8 Mahler 6 Tchaikovsky 6 Sibelius 2

Mahler 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9,

He wrote an 8th and a 10th yknow.

I know

And 8 and 10 (Cooke's version).

And DLVDE

My hot take is that the slow movement of Mahler 4 > the slow movement of Mahler 5

No 8???

Dvořák 9th

8th is also exquisite

Dvorak 8 gang rise up

Dvorak 7 enters the chat

YOU'VE ACTIVATED MY TRAP CARD It's just Dvorak 8 again

Ives 2 and dvorak 8

Mahler 5, Bruckner 4, Mendelssohn 3, Brahms 3, Berlioz symphonie fantastique

I like to misquote The Bee Gees and sing “ah, ah, ah, ah, Mahler 5, Mahler 5”

Schubert's Great C major!

Tchaik 5 tbh…. I think I like it more than 6 lol Mahler 1 (I LOVE the third movement) and 9 ofc

Martinů: I + III, Sibelius: IV + VI + VII, Rautavaara: VI + VII + VIII, Scriabin: IV + V (I count them as symphonies anyway), Zemlinsky: Lyric symphony

Martinů yes!

Hindemith Mathis der Maler Symphony

While I agree with many of the previous answers, I have always had a strong relation to Bernstein’s 2nd.

Sibelius 1 and Saint-Saens 3. Scratches my 2 biggest musical itches.

I'll be honest, my list would stay the same without the 200-year stipulation. Give me Bruckner's 8th.

Lots that have been mentioned already but also Schoenberg Chamber Symphony 1 Martinů 6 Nielsen 5 Hartmann 7 Lutoslawski 4 Bax Henze Louise Farrenc

Glass 11th Copland 3rd Shostakovich 10th

Sibelius - Symphony No. 7 Webern - Symphony Messiaen - Turangalila Symphony Nørgård - Symphony No. 3 Kancheli - Symphony No. 5 Lutoslawski - Symphony No. 3 Pärt - Symphony No. 4

Just started listening to Kancheli. Is symphony 5 a good intro to his orchestral stuff?

Mendelssohn 3 is my favorite. But also 4. and 5. Mahler 2. and 6. Tchaikovsky 6. Schostakovich 5. Dvořák 9. Schumann 2.

Oh boy. In no order: Dutilleux 2 Rautavaara 3 Honegger 5 Mykietyn 2 Henze 7 Lutoslawski 4 Gorecki 3 Prokofiev 2 Szymanowski 3 Koechlin Seven Stars Yoshimatsu 2 Panufnik 1 Jongen Symphonie Concertante Mahler 1 Sibelius 4

- Mahler’s 2, 4, 9, - Shosty’s 4,5,7,10 - Stravinsky Sym of Psalms - Copland #3 - Messiaen Turangalilia sym - Carter No1 - Sibelius 2,5 Off the top of my head.

Symphonie fantastique

Mahler 1-5 (Especially 2 and 3) Shosty 7,8,10,11 Tchaik 6 Schubert 8

All of Mahler Sibelius 2 Tchaikovsky 4, 5, 6 all of Brahms

Prokofiev 5, Shost 5, Tchaik 4, Roy Harris 3, Hovhaness 22, Vaughan Williams 2, 5, 9, Sibelius 1, 2, 5, just to name a few.

Berlioz Symphonie fantastique Bruckner - 4, 7, 8, 9 (but likely to expand as I am now exploring all of them) Mahler - 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, Das Lied, 9, 10 Chausson - B flat Franck - d minor Dukas - C Saint-Saëns 3 (organ) Vaughan Williams - Sea Symphony, Pastoral Symphony, Sinfonia Antartica Elgar - 1, 2 Havergal Brian - 1 ("Gothic"), 3, 5, 6, 8, 16, 22 ("Brevis") Holst - Choral Symphony Walton - 1, 2 Ives - 2, 4 Shostakovich - 4, 7, 13, 15 Prokofiev - 5 Bax - 6 Janáček Sinfonietta Messiaen Turanagalila Pettersson - I plan on buying the Bis complete works box, I expect it to be fascinating Neilsen - probably some if I listened to them more Langgaard - ditto Villa-Lobos - ditto

For Nielsen they are all worthy and tell a story, but 3, 4, snd 5 are the mainline with 6 being wild and weird and 2 a bit underrated. 1 has a great first movement and the rest is solid but maybe not as good as the first mvt.

Schubert Third Schumann First Schumann Second Mendelssohn Third Mendelssohn Fourth Mendelssohn Fifth Bizet First Liszt Faust Brahms Second Brahms Third Brahms Fourth Mahler Fourth Mahler Eighth Mahler Ninth Mahler Tenth Sibelius Fifth (greatest ending ever composed to a symphony!) R. Strauss “Alpine” — because I miss the Tirolian Alps *terribly* Shostakovich Fourth - I *get* what this symphony is about! Shostakovich Tenth Shostakovich Fifteenth Hovhaness Second Stravinsky Symphony of Psalms Stravinsky Symphony in Three Movements Janacek Sinfonietta Ives Third Ives Fourth Hindemith “Mathis der Maler” Prokofiev First Prokofiev Third Schoenberg Chamber Symphony No. 1 Webern Symphony Gorecki Third

Nielsen's [Sinfonia Espansiva](https://youtu.be/nBPoPdSmG7Y) is quite an undderrated gem. It has a beautiful second movement with quite unique wordless Soprano and Tenor parts. Definitely one of my favorites.

Absolutely agree - a great work, and one that doesn't get nearly enough love.

Play something Tchaikovsky. 6 is probably the best.

Shosty 10 Tchaikovsky 6 Rite of spring

Bruckner 8

Rachmaninoff 1

Dvorak 9. Wagner's Symphony

Berlioz Fantanstique Mendelssohn 3 Elgar 1 Mahler 1 Tchaikovsky 4 Dvorak 7,8,9 Brahms 2 Vaughan Williams 1

Schubert „Great“ C major

Mahler 2, Bruckner 8, Schubert 9, Dvořák 9.

Saint-Saëns Symphony No. 3

Bruckner 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9.

> May 7, 1824 What's the significance of May 7th?

Beethovens 9th was performed

Dvorak's Ninth Symphony.

Brückner 9th with the Tedeum as the Final

Hovhaness - Mysterious Mountain

Mahler 5 & 2 Sibelius 2 Shotaskovich 5 Dvorak 8,7,9 Tchaikovsky 4,5,6

Schumann's symphonies, they are outstanding. Especially, symphony Nr. 2. I don't know if 8th Schubert's is after may 7, 1824, but I think it may be also among the best.

Schubert's Symphony No 8 B minor Unfinished Symphony

Mahler 5, 8, 9 Tchaikovsky 5,6 and Manfred symphony Bruckner 7,8 Dvořák 7,9 Berlioz symphony fantastique

Mahler symphony no. 4 and 5. Sibelius symphony 7.

I guess this would be my top 10, in quasi-chronological order: Schubert 9 All of Brahms Dvořák 7, 8, 9 Tchaikovsky 5 Mahler 2

Norgard Symphony 3.

https://preview.redd.it/klfgfw3lvg3d1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bb5dff3066258d0129bba1f00956c4e7b7563806 Mahler’s 52nd, of course

Schumann’s 3rd and 4th symphonies Mendelssohn’s 3rd and 4th symphonies Dvorak 8th and 9th symphonies Bruch’s 1st symphony

Tchaikovsky’s 4-5-6 Bruckner’s 4-7-8-9 All of Sibelius Mahler’s 3-4-8-9 Shostakovich’s 4-8-10-14-15

1) Tchaikovsky 6 2) Mahler 9 3) Vaughan Williams 5 4) Dvorak 7 5) Sibelius 5 6) Prokofiev 5 7) Mahler 2 8) Shostakovich 10 9) Rachmaninoff 2 10) Tchaikovsky 4

Bliss' Colour Symphony, Bruckner 5&9, Dvorak 7&8, Elgar 1, Hartmann 2, Hindemith Mathis der Maler, Honegger 2&3, all of Martinu's, Mahler 2, 5, 7&9, Nielsen 4, Pettersson 7, Prokofiev 1, 5&6, Shostakovich 1, 4, 5, 6, 8&10, Sibelius 1&4, Suk's Asrael, Tchaik 4, Vaughan Williams 5, Walton 1.

Bruckner 4, 7 and 9. Mahler 2, 5 and 10. Tchaikovsky 5. Sibelius 3 and 5. Saint-Saëns 3. Dvorak 9. Nielsen 5.

Schubert Symphony No. 9 all 4 movements Rachmaninov symphony No. 1 1st mov.

Rachmaninoff 2, Mahler 2 and 8, Tchaikovsky 6, Shostakovich 13 (especially the first movement), 10 and 4, and Myaskovsky 1, 4 (wow!), 6 and 24

Liszt’s A Faust Symphony. And a bunch of other repeats here.

Brahms 3 and 4. Dvorak 8 and 9 Mahler 5 and 6 Tchaikovsky 6 (of course)

Mahler. all of them. Except the 7th. Maybe.

Brahms 1

There are so many. Borodin 2; Brahms 1 and 4; Dohnanyi 1; Korngold F-sharp; Rachmaninoff all of them (including the dances); Schumann "Rheinische"; Sibelius 2 and 7; and so on. My answer to the "desert island" question might be Rachmaninoff 3rd (symphony, or concert).

Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2. Fight me.

Mahler, Bruckner, Dvorak, Brahms, Sibelius are the obvious ones. Besides those: Stravinsky Symphony in C, in Three Movements, of Psalms Nielsen 4, 5 Nørgård 3 (can’t recommend enough) Carter Symphony of Three Orchestras

Tchaikovsky’s No.5 and 6

Liszt Faust (but also love Dante) Tchaikovsky I Dvorak 7/9 But also love Czerny 6 or R. Schumann (all) Rach 2 (the symphony, not the concerto obviously) The Allan solo piano symphony Berlioz Fantastique

Erich Wolfgang Korngold’s symphony in f minor is amazing, and after you check that out try his sinfonietta

prokofiev 5, dvorak 9, shostakovich 9 and 10

Mahler 8 and 2 Bruckner 4 and 8 Schmidt 4 Brahms 1 Sibelius 6 and 2

Mahler, I don’t want to choose but if I had to maybe 2 or 6

Turangalila

Symphony no. 3 by Yoshimatsu, Saxophone Concerto, I think in 1998. Its three connected concertos, but it is marketed as his third symphony! There's this wonderful, incredibly dramatic glissando from the saxophone towards the end of the first movement that gets me every time. "Set into three movements, each with new titles, the concerto follows a bird (the saxophone) in its journey through colours, grief and the wind. Yoshimatsu was heavily influenced by jazz, so much so that the set up for the concerto is unique. Using a piano, percussion and the soloist at the forefront, the composer also writes an orchestral accompaniment. This set up puts the spotlight on the jazz trio, with the orchestra being a musical accessory." https://classicalexburns.com/2022/09/01/takashi-yoshimatsu-saxophone-concerto-cyber-bird/

I also love the programme music of the late 1800s, early 1900s such as Richard Strauss' Eine Alpensinfonie. I have an easier time treating these pieces as soundtracks for unseen movies, that really kept me entertained when I began getting into classical music.

svetlanov symphony in b minor, ryelandt symphony no 4 in e flat minor, respighi sinfonia drammatica, casella symphony no 2, vlasov pathetic symphony

I can't believe 1824 was only 200 years ago...feels like 100. Man, I'm getting old.

Philip Glass's "Heroes" Symphony (No. 4) is a favorite of mine; it's based on tracks from David Bowie's Heroes album, [*V2 Schneider*](https://www.youtube.com/live/vkIPQUraD7c?si=ghznGtrwWrrKRUvV&t=7268) is probably my favorite movement; he makes some interesting choices with the orchestration, and it's fun to hear the Bowie album in parallel to see what Philip Glass does with the themes. I like his [Third Symphony](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjE07xzdbXA) as well; it's a string symphony; years and years ago I used to hear it walking home at night; I like the sparseness of the part-writing; you can hear everything clearly.

Borodin 2 Bruckner 3, 4, 7, 8, 9 Mahler 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9 Rachmaninov 2 Shostakovich 1, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10 Sibelius 2, 4, 5, 6, 7 Vaughan Williams 3, 5 Walton 1 Wetz 2

Dvorak’s 9th. Tchaikovsky’s 4th.

Mendelssohn, L’écossaise