Essential Listening: Symphonic*
COMPOSER PIECE
Barber, Samuel Overture to "The School for Scandal"
Knoxville: Summer of 1915
Symphony No. 1
Symphony No. 2
Borodin, Alexander Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances
Symphony No. 2
Brahms, Johannes Symphony No. 1
Symphony No. 2
Symphony No. 3
Symphony No. 4
Mahler, Gustav Symphony No. 1
Symphony No. 4
Symphony No. 9
Mussorgsky, Modest Night on Bald Mountain
Pictures at an Exhibition
Prokofieff, Sergei Classical Symphony
Romeo and Juliet
Symphony No. 5
Rachmaninov, Sergei Symphony No. 1
Symphony No. 2
Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai Capriccio españole for Orchestra
Russian Easter Overture
Schéhérazade (symphonic suite)
Saint-Saëns, Camille Carnival of the Animals
Danse macabre for Orchestra
Sibelius, Jean Finlandia Op. 26
Symphony No. 1
Symphony No. 5
Stravinsky, Igor Firebird (ballet suite)
Petrouchka (ballet)
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyitch Overture 1812
Symphony No. 5
Symphony No. 6

*NOTE: Clearly, this list does not exhaust the set of essential listening in symphonic music. I take the pieces listed here only to be members of the set of essential symphonic music. --Joe

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