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A symphony is a large-scale orchestral work typically composed in multiple movements, representing the pinnacle of Western classical music composition from the 18th century onward. These pieces showcase the full range and power of the orchestra, often exploring profound emotional journeys from intimate reflection to triumphant grandeur. The form evolved from courtly entertainment into a vehicle for personal expression and philosophical depth.

100 chronological releases

Place	Cover	Date	Artist	Album	Tags	Other places
6		1948	Arthur Honegger	Honegger: Symphony No. 3, 'Liturgique' / Pacific 231 / Rugby
23		1961-09-08	The Royal Mozart Symphony	Musica Clasica - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	classical orchestral
97		1967	Antonín Dvořák	Symphony no.9 New World	classical	czech # 64 czech classical # 86 classical # 92
53		1968	Bedřich Smetana	SMETANA: Festive Symphony	classical symphony
38		1971	Antonín Dvořák	Sinfonie Nr. 7 d-Moll, op. 70		czech classical # 96 late romantic # 96
39		1973	Ravi Shankar	Shankar: Symphony	classical fusion india indian indian classical sitar symphony traditional	indian classical # 14 traditional # 19 india # 21 sitar # 56
91		1974	Gustav Mahler	Mahler: Symphony No. 5	classical	orchestral # 33 classical # 39
40		1974	Carl Nielsen	Nielsen: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4	classical symphony
71		1974	Carl Nielsen	6 Symphonies	symphony
62		1977	Bedřich Smetana	Má Vlast (My Fatherland)	classical orchestra symphony	orchestra # 57
51		1977	Johannes Brahms	Sinfonia 3 en fa mayor Op 90	classical
84		1977	Johannes Brahms	Symphonie #3 / Symphonie #4 /	classical
89		1977	Johannes Brahms	Sinfonia 2 en re mayor Op 73	classical
96		1977-02	Gustav Mahler	Symphony No. 1 in D	classical
57		1978	Leoš Janáček	Sinfonietta (Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Karel Ančerl)		classical composer # 76 czech classical # 85
56		1978	Ludwig van Beethoven	Hall Of Fame 2000	symphony
99		1978	Franz Schubert	Symphony No. 5	symphony classical
3		1979	Johannes Brahms	Symphony No. 4	symphony
27		1981	Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra	Japanese Orchestral Favourites	classical contemporary classical symphony
88		1983	Gustav Mahler	Mahler: Symphony No. 3	symphony
34		1986	Alan Hovhaness	HOVHANESS: Symphonies Nos. 4, 20 and 53		american classical # 83
19		1987	Various Artists	Brahms: Symphony No. 2	classical orchestral symphony
65		1989	Ludwig van Beethoven	Beethoven Symphony No. 5 & No. 6	beethoven classical	beethoven # 98
66		1989	Antonín Dvořák	Symphony No.9 "From the New World" (Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, cond.Karel Ančerl)		late romantic # 46 czech classical # 59 classical composer # 93
69		1989	Ludwig van Beethoven	Symphony No.9	classical symphony
26		1989-12-05	Ludwig van Beethoven	Symphony No. 9	classical
29		1990	Ludwig van Beethoven	Beethoven: Symphony No.5 & Egm	classical	beethoven # 65
48		1990	Ludwig van Beethoven	Symphony No. 9 "Choral"	classical	classical # 76 beethoven # 95
4		1990	Ludwig van Beethoven	Complete Works CD 002 - Symphonies Nos.2&7	classical symphony
9		1990	London Symphony Orchestra	Respighi: Fountains / Pines of Rome / Feste Romane	classical symphony
13		1990	Anton Bruckner	Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 "Romantic"	classical orchestral symphony
55		1990	Johannes Brahms	Brahms: Symphonies	classical symphony
75		1991	Anton Bruckner	Bruckner: Symphony No. 3, Wab 103 (1877 and 1889 Versions)
49		1992	Herbert von Karajan	Symphonies Nos.8 & 9	classical symphony
74		1992	Ludwig van Beethoven	Great Composers - Beethoven	classical
68		1993	Miloslav Kabeláč	Symphony no.8	classical contemporary classical symphony	czech classical # 78 classical composer # 78
21		1993	Johannes Brahms	Symphony No.2; Claudio Abbado	classical
36		1993	Philip Glass	Symphony No. 2: Interlude From Orphee; Concerto For Saxophone Quartet & Orchestra	classical contemporary classical minimalism symphony
100		1994	Gustav Mahler	Mahler: Symphony No. 2	orchestra orchestral symphony	orchestral # 87 orchestra # 97
46		1994	Jean Sibelius	SIBELIUS: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 6	symphony
77		1994	Jean Sibelius	Symphony No.1 & Karelia Suite	classical
78		1994	Gustav Mahler	MAHLER: Symphony No. 8, "Symphony of a Thousand"
98		1995	Richard Wagner	Great Overtures	orchestra symphony	orchestra # 94
80		1995	Olivier Messiaen	Messiaen: Turangalîla Symphony	symphony
87		1995	Anton Bruckner	Symphony No.9 in D minor / Eugen Jochum	symphony
1		1996	James Horner & The London Symphony Orchestra	Braveheart	classical
41		1996	Henryk Górecki	GORECKI: Symphony No. 3 / Three Olden Style Pieces	contemporary classical classical
92		1996	Sergei Rachmaninoff	RACHMANINOV: Symphony No. 2	classical
93		1997	Franz Joseph Haydn	London Symphonies No.99-104	classical	classical # 86
33		1997	Dmitri Shostakovich	Symphony No. 5 - Symphony No. 9	classical
86		1997	The London Symphony Orchestra	Braveheart	symphony
32		1997	Franz Joseph Haydn	Symphonies 64, 45
82		1999	Luigi Boccherini	Luigi Boccherini: Symphonies	classical baroque	baroque # 54
5		1999	Sir Colin Davis	Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique	classical orchestral symphony
42		1999	Anton Bruckner	Symphony 5	classical
63		1999-09-22	Gustav Mahler	Symphony No. 7	symphony
22		2001	Various Artists	Rhapsody in Blue	jazz orchestral symphony
37		2001	Various Artists	The Godfather Trilogy	soundtrack
64		2001	Richard Strauss	Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie (An Alpine Symphony)	classical symphony
83		2001	Jean Sibelius	Sibelius: The Symphonies	symphony
94		2002-01-23	Gustav Mahler	Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection"	symphony
15		2003	Herbert von Karajan	Symphony No.9	beethoven symphony	beethoven # 46
31		2005	London Symphony Orchestra	The London Symphony Orchestra: The Top 100 of Classical Music	british classical instrumental soundtrack symphony
90		2005	Johannes Brahms	Sinfonia 4 en mi menor Op 98	classical
79		2006-06-30	Jesper Kyd	Hitman: Blood Money Original Soundtrack	classical instrumental orchestral symphony
7		2006-08-18	The Hardliner	something like bitter-bitter symphony	bitpop chiptune electronic lobit switzerland symphony	switzerland # 42 lobit # 89
58		2006-11-07	Dmitri Shostakovich	Shostakovich: Chamber Symphony In C Minor Op. 110a / Schostakowitsch: Kammersinfonie Op. 110a	contemporary classical orchestral russian symphony
11		2007	Ludwig van Beethoven	Complete Works CD 005 - Symphonies No.9	beethoven classical symphony	beethoven # 43
25		2007	Ludwig van Beethoven	Complete Works CD 001 - Symphonies Nos.1&3	beethoven classical orchestral symphony	beethoven # 49
59		2007	Sarah Brightman	Symphony	opera	opera # 99
45		2007	Karl Jenkins	Karl Jenkins: The Platinum Collection	classical contemporary classical symphony
47		2007	Ludwig van Beethoven	Beethoven: Symphony no.5	symphony
16		2007-01	Leo Ornstein	Leo Ornstein: Complete Works for Cello and Piano	classical opera orchestra piano symphony	orchestra # 9
52		2008	Nota Profana	Violent Whispers	metal symphony venezuela	venezuela # 68
81		2009	Leopold Stokowski And The Philadelphia Orchestra	Fantasia	instrumental soundtrack symphony
35		2010	Joachim Raff	Raff, J.: Symphony No. 3 / Italienische Suite
70		2010-03-09	Serj Tankian	Elect The Dead Symphony	symphonic rock	symphonic rock # 89
20		2012-05-29	Dmitri Shostakovich	Sergiu Celibidache ~ Shostakovich-Symphony No 7 'Leningrad'	contemporary classical russian symphony
28		2013	London Symphony Orchestra	Beethoven - Symphony No. 7 And Symphony No. 8	classical orchestral symphony
14		2013-09-14	Dzivia	Žniajar Mrojaŭ (Dream Reaper)	ambient belarus belarusian ethno folk instrumental orchestral soundtrack symphony	belarus # 41 belarusian # 41 ethno # 53
61		2013-12	Nobuo Uematsu	Final Fantasy VII Reunion Tracks	japanese soundtrack symphony
43		2014	Ralph Vaughan Williams	Symphony No. 5	contemporary classical classical
67		2014	Andante	The Complete Mozart Symphonies	symphony classical
76		2014	Gustav Mahler	Mahler: Symphony No. 9 in D Major	symphony
60		2014-08-04	Anton Webern	Complete Webern	lieder serialism symphony	lieder # 93 serialism # 94
30		2016	Henryk Górecki	GORECKI: Symphony No. 2 / Beatus vir	contemporary classical orchestral symphony
50		2016	Henryk Górecki	Symphony No. 3 Opus 36	contemporary classical orchestral symphony
73		2017	Anton Bruckner	Bruckner: The Complete Symphonies	classical symphony
17		2019	SWR Symphony Orchestra	The 99 Darkest Pieces of Classical Music	piano symphony
8		2019-06-26	td	first	ambient classical electronic electronica hard rock instrumental metal new age soundtrack symphony techno trance
95		2021-04-29	Gustav Mahler	Mahler: Symphony No. 4	classical conductor orchestral symphony	orchestral # 45 conductor # 98
54		2021-04-29	Gustav Mahler	Bruno Walter ~ Mahler-Symphony No. 9	symphony
2			Alexander Porfir'yevich Borodin	BORODIN: Symphonies Nos. 1, 2 and 3		late romantic # 94
18			Marzia Gaggioli	Classica n.9	baroque classical composer contemporary classical european instrumental italian opera sonata string quartet strings symphony	strings # 21 string quartet # 46 sonata # 88
72			Orchestra de Blonde	Navidad	orchestra composer ambient symphonic metal symphony	composer # 60 orchestra # 82
10			Czech Philharmonic Orchestra	BEETHOVEN: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 8 (conductor Paul Kletzki)	classical orchestral symphony instrumental
12			Allegro assai	The Complete Mozart Symphonies	classical orchestral symphony
24			Sofia Sinfonietta Orchestra	Commercial Breaks - The Top 30	symphony
44			Andante Con Moto	The Complete Mozart Symphonies	symphony
85			Дмитрий Шостакович	The Symphonies (8/11)	symphony

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