Symphony Essential masterworks
The ones you know or you must know.
Other renowned works
1928 - An American in Paris George Gershwin
1896 - Symphony No. 1 in D major, “Titan” Gustav Mahler
1893 - Symphony No. 6 in B minor, “Pathétique” Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
1888 - Symphony No. 5 in E minor Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
1877 - Symphony No. 2 in D major Johannes Brahms
1877 - Symphony No. 4 in F minor Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
1874 - Symphony No. 4 in E-flat major Anton Bruckner
1833 - Symphony No. 4 in A major, “Italienische” Felix Mendelssohn
1816 - Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major Franz Schubert
1791 - Symphony No. 94 in G major Joseph Haydn
This selection of works is not the result of personal preferences or artistic opinion. Selected works come from an exclusive data analysis method developed by soclassiq.
The dating of the works can be precise or sometimes approximate. It may correspond to the premiere date or publication year or completion of the composition (that can be several years after its first public execution).
1770 .. 1910 : the essential composers
1756-1791 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart °
1770-1827 Ludwig van Beethoven °
1810-1849 Frédéric Chopin °
1882-1971 Igor Stravinsky °
1833-1897 Johannes Brahms °
1732-1809 Joseph Haydn °
1860-1911 Gustav Mahler °
1797-1828 Franz Schubert °
1840-1893 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky °
1843-1907 Edvard Grieg °
1813-1883 Richard Wagner °
1838-1875 Georges Bizet °
° : Masterpieces listed
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Meet the greatest works of classical music
Currently, 25000+ works are listed for a small selection of 101 composers among thousands listed here. Many composers are missing of which some are essential: J. Rodriguo, C. Franck, H. Gorecki, C. Nielsen, J.Corigliano, P. Hindemith, C. Ives, A. Webern ... New catalogues will be processed later to complete this experience of the discovery of the classical music masterpieces. Thus this selection of works will be updated.
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The purpose of these pages is to point out few relevant works only among tens of thousands and to provide some chronological references.