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