100 Greatest Classical Music Symphonies

Ludwig van Beethoven and Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky
Criteria: Classical Music Symphonies are ranked for their innovation and influence, as well as their aesthetic importance, historical significance and lasting popularity.

Last Updated: 2017-04-22
1. Symphony No. 9 in D minor "Choral" - Ludwig van Beethoven
2. Symphony No. 5 in C minor - Ludwig van Beethoven
3. Symphony No. 3 in E flat major "Eroica" - Ludwig van Beethoven
4. Symphony No. 6 in B minor "Pathetique" - Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
5. Symphony No. 41 in C major "Jupiter" - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
6. Symphony No. 9 in E minor "From The New World" - Antonín Dvořák
7. Symphony No. 6 in F major "Pastorale" - Ludwig van Beethoven
8. Symphony No. 40 in G minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
9. Symphony No. 4 in E minor - Johannes Brahms
10. Symphony No. 9 in C major "The Great" - Franz Schubert
11. Symphonie Fantastique - Hector Berlioz
12. Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor - Gustav Mahler
13. Symphony No. 8 in B minor "Unfinished" - Franz Schubert
14. Symphony No. 2 in D major - Jean Sibelius
15. Symphony No. 7 in A major - Ludwig van Beethoven
16. Symphony No. 2 in C minor "Resurrection" - Gustav Mahler
17. Symphony No. 10 in E minor - Dmitri Shostakovich
18. Symphony No. 5 in D minor - Dmitri Shostakovich
19. Symphony No. 3 in F major - Johannes Brahms
20. Symphony No. 39 in E flat major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
21. Symphony No. 7 in E major "Lyric" - Anton Bruckner
22. Symphony No. 4 in F minor - Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
23. Symphony No. 1 in C minor - Johannes Brahms
24. Symphony No. 9 in D major - Gustav Mahler
25. Symphony No. 4 in E flat major "Romantic" - Anton Bruckner
26. Symphony No. 4 in A major "Italian" - Felix Mendelssohn
27. Symphony No. 38 in D major "Prague" - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
28. Symphony No. 3 in C minor "Organ" - Camille Saint Saens
29. Symphony No. 94 in G major "Surprise" - Joseph Haydn
30. Symphony No. 101 in D major "The Clock" - Joseph Haydn
31. Symphony No. 5 in B flat major - Serge Prokofiev
32. Symphony No. 5 in E minor - Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
33. Symphony No. 104 in D major "London" - Joseph Haydn
34. Symphony No. 9 in D minor - Anton Bruckner
35. Symphony No. 5 in E flat major - Jean Sibelius
36. Mathis der Maler - Paul Hindemith
37. Symphony No. 1 in D major "Classical" - Serge Prokofiev
38. Symphony No. 8 in C minor - Anton Bruckner
39. Symphony No. 8 in G major - Antonín Dvořák
40. Symphony No. 7 in D minor - Antonín Dvořák
41. Symphony No. 2 in D major - Johannes Brahms
42. Symphony No. 3 in E flat major "Rhenish" - Robert Schumann
43. Symphony No. 2 in E minor - Sergei Rachmaninoff
44. Symphony No. 4 in B flat major - Ludwig van Beethoven
45. Symphony in D minor - Cesar Franck
46. Symphony No. 100 in G major "Military" - Joseph Haydn
47. Symphony No. 4 in D major - Gustav Mahler
48. Symphony No. 8 in E flat major "Symphony Of A Thousand" - Gustav Mahler
49. Symphony No. 2 in G major "London" - Ralph Vaughan Williams
50. Symphony No. 1 "Titan" in D major - Gustav Mahler
51. Symphony No. 103 in E flat major "Drum Roll" - Joseph Haydn
52. Symphony No. 8 in F major - Ludwig van Beethoven
53. Symphony No. 5 - Carl Nielsen
54. Symphony No. 5 in D major - Ralph Vaughan Williams
55. Symphony No. 3 in A minor "Scottish" - Felix Mendelssohn
56. Symphony No. 1 in F minor - Dmitri Shostakovich
57. Symphony No. 7 in C major - Jean Sibelius
58. Symphony No. 4 in F minor - Ralph Vaughan Williams
59. Symphony No. 1 in B flat major "Spring" - Robert Schumann
60. Symphony No. 45 in F sharp minor "Farewell" - Joseph Haydn
61. Symphony No. 3 in D minor - Gustav Mahler
62. Symphony No. 92 in G major "Oxford" - Joseph Haydn
63. Symphony No. 3 "The Camp Meeting" - Charles Ives
64. Symphony No. 35 in D major "Haffner" - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
65. Symphony No. 1 in E minor - Jean Sibelius
66. Symphony No. 4 in A minor - Jean Sibelius
67. Symphony No. 88 in G major - Joseph Haydn
68. Symphony No. 1 in A flat major - Edward Elgar
69. Symphony No. 6 in A minor "Tragic" - Gustav Mahler
70. Symphony No. 7 in E minor "Song of the Night" - Gustav Mahler
71. Symphony No. 4 - Charles Ives
72. Symphony No. 4 in D minor - Robert Schumann
73. Symphony No. 3 - Aaron Copland
74. Symphony No. 29 in A major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
75. Symphony No. 4 "Inextinguishable" - Carl Nielsen
76. Symphony in Three Movements - Igor Stravinsky
77. Symphony No. 5 in B flat major - Franz Schubert
78. Symphony No. 36 in C major "Linzer" - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
79. Symphony No. 1 in B flat minor - William Walton
80. Turangalila Symphony - Oliver Messiaen
81. Symphony No. 102 in B flat major - Joseph Haydn
82. Symphony No. 3 "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs" - Henryk Gorecki
83. Harold en Italie - Hector Berlioz
84. Symphony No. 5 in B flat major - Anton Bruckner
85. Symphony No. 2 in C major - Robert Schumann
86. Faust Symphony - Franz Liszt
87. Symphony in C major - Georges Bizet
88. Symphony No. 3 "Sinfonia Espansiva" - Carl Nielsen
89. Symphony No. 4 in C major "Poem of Ecstasy" - Alexander Scriabin
90. Symphony No. 2 - Charles Ives
91. Symphony No. 2 in D major - Ludwig van Beethoven
92. Symphony No. 1 in C major - Ludwig van Beethoven
93. Symphony No. 2 in B minor - Alexander Borodin
94. Symphony No. 3 for soprano or tenor & orchestra "Pastoral" - Ralph Vaughan Williams
95. Symphony No. 7 in C major "Leningrad" - Dmitri Shostakovich
96. Symphony No. 6 in E minor - Ralph Vaughan Williams
97. Chamber Symphony No. 1 in E major - Arnold Schoenberg
98. Symphony No. 2 in E flat major - Edward Elgar
99. Symphony No. 8 in C minor "Stalingrad" - Dmitri Shostakovich
100. Symphony No. 99 in E flat major - Joseph Haydn

101. Symphony No. 6 in D minor - Antonín Dvořák
102. Symphony No. 5 in D minor "Reformation" - Felix Mendelssohn
103. Symphony in C - Igor Stravinsky
104. Symphony No. 96 in D major "Miracle" - Joseph Haydn
105. Symphony No. 3 - Roy Harris
106. Symphony No. 14 for soprano, bass, strings, and percussion - Dmitri Shostakovich
107. Symphony No. 2 "The Age of Anxiety" - Leonard Bernstein
108. Symphony in B flat major - Ernest Chausson
109. Symphony No. 6 "Fantaisies symphoniques" - Bohuslav Martinu
110. Symphony No. 2 - Michael Tippett
111. Symphony No. 3 in A minor - Sergei Rachmaninoff
112. Symphony No. 3 "Symphonie liturgique" - Arthur Honegger
113. Symphony No. 83 in G minor "Poule" - Joseph Haydn
114. Symphony No. 2 "Romantic" - Howard Hanson
115. Symphony for Chamber Orchestra - Anton Webern
116. Symphony No. 6 in A major - Anton Bruckner
117. Symphony No. 3 in C major - Jean Sibelius
118. Symphony No. 6 in E flat minor - Serge Prokofiev
119. Symphony No. 3 in G minor - Albert Roussel
120. Symphony No. 3 in C minor "Le Divin Poeme" - Alexander Scriabin
composer Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven

composer Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

composer Antonín Dvořák
Antonín Dvořák

composer Johannes Brahms
Johannes Brahms

composer Joseph Haydn
Joseph Haydn


The Greatest Composers of Symphonies

  1. Ludwig van Beethoven
  2. Gustav Mahler
  3. Johannes Brahms
  4. Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  5. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  6. Joseph Haydn
  7. Dmitri Shostakovich
  8. Anton Bruckner
  9. Franz Schubert
10. Antonín Dvořák
11. Jean Sibelius
12. Ralph Vaughan Williams
13. Felix Mendelssohn
14. Robert Schumann
15. Serge Prokofiev








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