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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