Conductor Poll: The 20 Greatest Symphonies
2016 BBC Music Magazine poll of the 20 best symphonies ever, as picked by 151 international conductors:
1. Beethoven # 3 "Eroica" (1805) Beethoven has 5 of the 20 best symphonies
2. Beethoven # 9 "Choral" (1824)
3. Mozart # 41 "Jupiter" (1788)
4. Mahler # 9 (1808-09) Gustav Mahler has 3 of the top 20.
5. Mahler # 2 "Resurrection" (1895)
6. Brahms # 4 (1885) Johannes Brahms has 4 of the top 20.
7. Berlioz "Symphonie Fantastique" (1830)
8. Brahms # 1 (1876)
9. Tchaikovsky # 6 "Pathetique" (1893)
10. Mahler # 3 (1896)
11. Beethoven # 5 (1808)
12. Brahms # 3 (1883)
13. Bruckner # 8 (1892)
14. Sibelius # 7 (1924)
15. Mozart # 40 (1788)
16. Beethoven # 7 (1813)
17. Shostakovitch # 5 (1937)
18. Brahms # 2 (1877)
19. Beethoven # 6 "Pastoral" (1808)
20. Bruckner # 7 (1884)
More, in descending order:
Sibelius # 5
Rachmaninoff # 2
Mahler # 5
Mahler # 8
Schumann # 2
Bruckner # 6
Dvorak # 9 "New World"
Shostakovitch # 4
Elgar # 1
Elgar # 2
Sibelius # 2
Mahler # 6
Prokofiev # 5
Beethoven # 4
Shostakovitch # 10
Shostakovich # 8
Mahler # 4
Sibelius # 4
Sibelius # 6
Messiaen Turangalila Symphony
Mahler # 1
Schubert # 8
Mozart # 29
Haydn # 94
Dvorak # 7
Bruckner # 5
Strauss Alpine Symphony
Tchaikovsky # 5
Nielsen # 4
Stravinsky Symphony in 3 Movements
Bartok Concerto for Orchestra
Vaughan Williams # 4
Lutoslawski # 4
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