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