symphonies

I love classical music, especially symphonic works. I have a preference towards works composed in the late-classical or romantic eras, but really I enjoy anything! Here, I provide a loose ranking of symphonies of which I have a good familiarity with. Please feel to email me any recommendations, at mahler@mit.edu!

  1. Mahler. Symphony No. 2
  2. Beethoven. Symphony No. 9
  3. Beethoven. Symphony No. 3
  4. Shostakovich. Symphony No. 11
  5. Mahler. Symphony No. 3
  6. Mahler. Symphony No. 9
  7. Tchaikovsky. Symphony No. 6
  8. Mahler. Symphony No. 7
  9. Mahler. Symphony No. 6
  10. Mahler. Symphony No. 1
  11. Bruckner. Symphony No. 8
  12. Tchaikovsky. Symphony No. 5
  13. Berlioz. Symphonie Fantastique
  14. Sibelius. Symphony No. 5
  15. Shostakovich. Symphony No. 5
  16. Mahler. Symphony No. 4
  17. Sibelius. Symphony No. 2
  18. Copland. Symphony No. 3
  19. Shostakovich. Symphony No. 10
  20. Beethoven. Symphony No. 7
  21. Dvorak. Symphony No. 9
  22. Rachmaninoff. Symphony No. 2
  23. Brahms. Symphony No. 4
  24. Mahler. Symphony No. 5
  25. Saint-Saëns. Symphony No. 3
  26. Tchaikovsky. Symphony No. 4
  27. Dvorak. Symphony No. 7
  28. Brahms. Symphony No. 3
  29. Beethoven. Symphony No. 6
  30. Mahler. Das Lied von der Erde
  31. Dvorak. Symphony No. 8
  32. Shostakovich. Symphony No. 9
  33. Mendelssohn. Symphony No. 4
  34. Mozart. Symphony No. 39
  35. Mozart. Symphony No. 40
  36. Haydn. Symphony No. 94
  37. Beethoven. Symphony No. 5
  38. Haydn. Symphony No. 96
  39. Mozart. Symphony No. 25