"A symphony must be like the world. It must contain everything" - Gustav Mahler
Here is a list of my favorite symphonies, try listening to all or some of them. There's the uplifting and emotional symphonies by Beethoven; Shostakovich's haunting and macbre Soviet era Symphony No. 5. Dvorak wrote his ninth symphony based on American folk music. Haydn is considered the father of the symphony with over one-hundred beautiful compositions. The boy genius, Mozart, started writing symphonies when he was still in single digits. And Beethoven wrote his magus opus, the Ninth, when he was 100% deaf. Try Rachmaninoff's 2nd, it contains some of the most beautiful and innate music you have ever heard!
Enjoy!!
Shostakovich
Symphony No. 5
Mahler
Symphony No. 1 (Titian)
Symphony No. 2
Symphony No. 6
Mozart
Symphony No. 40
Symphony No. 41 (Jupiter)
Beethoven
Symphony No. 3 (Eroica)
Symphony No. 5 (Fate)
Symphony No. 6 (Pastoral)
Symphony No. 7
Symphony No. 9 (Choral / Ode to Joy)
Debussy
La Mer
Rachmaninoff
Symphony No. 2
Brahms
Symphony No. 3
Symphony No. 4
Dvorak
Symphony No. 9 (The New World Symp.)
Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 6 (Pathetique)
Haydn
Symphony 94 (Surprise)
Symphony 95
Next month:
Favorite Piano Concertos!!
