30 Most Epic Endings in Classical Music [Part 2]

Here are 30 more epic endings in classical music as I promised to post it. Yet since I have 60 pieces in this list right now, there are still many wonderful and glorious orchestral works (AND OPERAS!!!) that cannot be found in this or the previous video. I would be glad if we could stay respectful towards each other in the comments. The rule for this video is, not to mention more than three pieces per composers to leave some space for others. Thanks for watching!
Here are the timestamps:
30) 00:25 Robert Schumann: Symphony No.3
29) 01:46 Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No.3
28) 02:49 Hector Berlioz: Harold en Italie (Harold in Italy)
27) 04:09 Antonin Dvorak: Symphony No.8
26) 04:53 Pyotr Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.3
25) 07:04 Havergal Brian: Symphony No.3
24) 08:43 Igor Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite of Spring)
23) 10:06 Camille Saint-Saens: Symphony No. 3
22) 11:43 Olivier Messiaen: Turangalila Symphonie (Turangalila Symphony)
21) 12:34 Anton Bruckner: Symphony No.3
20) 13:42 Edward Elgar: Symphony No.1
19) 16:13 Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
18) 18:02 Hector Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique (Fantastic Symphony)
17) 19:02 Carl Nielsen: Symphony No.5
16) 21:56 Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No.5
15) 24:07: Gustav Mahler: Symphony No.3
14) 26:01: Aaron Copland: Symphony No.3
13) 28:09: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphony No.4
12) 29:40: Pyotr Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.5
11) 32:10 Claude Debussy: L'Isle Joyeuse (The Joyful Island)
10) 33:11 Anton Bruckner: Symphony No.5
09) 35:43 Gustav Mahler: Symphony No.1
08) 38:00 Igor Stravinsky: L'Oiseau de Feu (The Firebird)
07) 39:41 Ottorino Respighi: Feste Romane (Roman Festivals)
06) 41:40 Sergei Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky
05) 44:09 Anton Bruckner: Symphony No.9
04) 46:28 Alexander Scriabin: Symphony No.4 (The Poem of Ecstasy)
03) 48:55 Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No.11
02) 51:37 Ottorino Respighi: Pini di Roma (Pines of Rome)
01) 54:26 Gustav Mahler: Symphony No.8
And here are the recordings I used:
30) • Schumann: Symphony No....
29) • Beethoven - Symphony n...
28) • Hector Berlioz- Harold...
27) • Symphony No. 8 in G Ma...
26) • Tchaikovsky: Symphony ...
25) • Symphony No.3 in C sha...
24) • The Rite of Spring, Pt...
23) • Symphony No. 3 in C Mi...
22) • Messiaen: Turangalîla ...
21) • Bruckner - Symphony No...
20) • Symphony No. 1 in A-Fl...
19) • Mussorgsky: Pictures a...
18) • Berlioz - Symphonie Fa...
17) • Symphony No. 5, Op. 50...
16) • Dmitri Shostakovich - ...
15) • Mahler : " What love ...
14) • Symphony No. 3: IV. Mo...
13) • Vaughan Williams: Symp...
12) • Tchaikovsky: Symphony ...
11) • Claude Debussy - L'Isl...
10) • Bruckner - Symphony No...
09) • Mahler: Symphony No. 1...
08) • Stravinsky: The Firebi...
07) • Respighi's ROMAN TRILO...
06) • Prokofiev: Alexander N...
05) • Symphony No. 9 in D Mi...
04) • A. Scriabin : The Poem...
03) • Shostakovich - Symphon...
02) • Respighi's ROMAN TRILO...
01) • Symphony No. 8: II - X...
Intro [Mahler #8]: • Symphony No. 8 in E-Fl...
I do not own any of the recordings used in the video and do not plan to make any profits from this. Yet, if a copyright owner of any of these recordings wants me to delete this video, feel free to contact me. I will not hesitate to delete it because it is your copyright, not mine. This video is just for entertainment and education purposes!

[@wladimirwlassow115]

Timestamps: 30) 00:25 Robert Schumann: Symphony No.3 29) 01:46 Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No.3 28) 02:49 Hector Berlioz: Harold en Italie (Harold in Italy) 27) 04:09 Antonin Dvorak: Symphony No.8 26) 04:53 Pyotr Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.3 25) 07:04 Havergal Brian: Symphony No.3 24) 08:43 Igor Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite of Spring) 23) 10:06 Camille Saint-Saens: Symphony No. 3 22) 11:43 Olivier Messiaen: Turangalila Symphonie (Turangalila Symphony) 21) 12:34 Anton Bruckner: Symphony No.3 20) 13:42 Edward Elgar: Symphony No.1 19) 16:13 Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition 18) 18:02 Hector Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique (Fantastic Symphony) 17) 19:02 Carl Nielsen: Symphony No.5 16) 21:56 Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No.5 15) 24:07: Gustav Mahler: Symphony No.3 14) 26:01: Aaron Copland: Symphony No.3 13) 28:09: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphony No.4 12) 29:40: Pyotr Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.5 11) 32:10 Claude Debussy: L'Isle Joyeuse (The Joyful Island) 10) 33:11 Anton Bruckner: Symphony No.5 09) 35:43 Gustav Mahler: Symphony No.1 08) 38:00 Igor Stravinsky: L'Oiseau de Feu (The Firebird) 07) 39:41 Ottorino Respighi: Feste Romane (Roman Festivals) 06) 41:40 Sergei Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky 05) 44:09 Anton Bruckner: Symphony No.9 04) 46:28 Alexander Scriabin: Symphony No.4 (The Poem of Ecstasy) 03) 48:55 Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No.11 02) 51:37 Ottorino Respighi: Pini di Roma (Pines of Rome) 01) 54:26 Gustav Mahler: Symphony No.8

[@5610winston]

Where is Widor's Symphony op. 69 for Organ and Orchestra?

[@dennispearson871]

SCHUMAN Was The Mentor of The Great Brahms , and Infused in The Young Brahms a Lifetime LOVE for Great Heroic Themes !!!...

[@horsemeattball]

At this particular time in history, #19 tops the list!!!

[@richardwilliams473]

The finale to Mahler s 3rd Symphony is Mahler s way of describing Heaven

[@granttherock9121]

What is the finale to Mahler's fourth then, Mahler's way of describing a child's way of describing heaven?

[@TheAskald]

To me, the 5th movement makes fun of our religions, and in the finale he presents something more universal and meaningful, all-embracing. The celebration of the cosmos and existence itself. He goes from rocks to flowers to animals to human dread of its sentience to religion coping mechanism to spiritual enlightenment. Again he makes fun of our religions in the 4th symphony finale, "the heavenly life", it's intentionnaly naive, and ends on a suspension, like "is it really that simple"? After that he tossed away the Wunderhorn and began doing absolute music without a program. But the 3rd symphony finale is truly one of the best movements he ever output.

[@hillcresthiker]

@@TheAskald Very interesting and clever observations - much as I would personally like to believe-but I suspect you are projecting too much of your own feelings into what Mahler actually believed

[@andrewketchum960]

Thank you for including three of my absolute favorites: Saint-Saens Symphony No. 3 (Organ Symphony), Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition, and Stravinsky Firebird.

[@stevenault2839]

And the greatest of them all: the finale of Götterdämmerung

[@chamestb6632]

No

[@cantkeepitin]

Indeed opera comes short here, also Turandot finali is great. Wagner's Walküre-Finale is great too: Wotan's Abschied

[@davidwilson2214]

😂

[@jefolson6989]

Yes! Also suprised Brahms 1st isnt on this group.

[@sirbowman3158]

The fact that he did two videos without a single Wagner finale is a SIN

[@chuckferullo9605]

Very kind of you to do this: a labor of love in every way, and love is very much what I need right now. Thank you.

[@rbmelk7083]

Great list!! If you ever do a Part 3 please consider the following: Glazunov’s Symphony No.5 Taneyev’s Symphony No.4 Rangstrom’s Symphony No.3 Dohnanyi’s Symphony No.2 Enescu’s Symphony No.1 Biarent’s d minor Symphony

[@cantkeepitin]

Daphnis et Chloe, Les Preludes

[@weavileoff0461]

Langgaard's 1 and Casella's 2😊😊😊

[@marsaeolus9248]

Respighi's and Mahler's finale are legendary, however, objectively Scriabin's Poem of Ecstasy is on another universe.

[@chamestb6632]

No

[@wigwagstudios2474]

I cannot tell you how much I wish the ending to Rimsky-Korsakov's "Capriccio Espagnol" was in here. There is so much explosive energy. It's just so much fun to listen to.

[@retepsnikrep]

These are great! Thanks

[@Dylonely42]

Mahler’s 8th symphony is the pinnacle.

[@chamestb6632]

he he he ha

[@creslinwest9243]

Agreed. I had the privilege of singing this as part of the choir and it was the most intense experience of my life.

[@kirionj.a.w1147]

I should say that the end of Havergal Brian's 4th Symphony is one of the most epic endings I have heard in my life. I totally recommend it if you're going to make a part 3 of this! Thank you so much for this compilation!

[@thetygerpulpitwithpastorglenn]

I was surprised that you omitted Mahler's 8th in your original compilation! Glad it's here!!

[@Masilya111]

My favorite is probably Firebird for its emotional power and its genius simplicity, but I have rarely listened to a finale as epic as Tchaikovsky Symphony No.3.

[@one_noobish_boi8539]

Really happy you included Bruckner 3. Easily one of the most epic endings I have ever heard (in fact my favourite Bruckner ending alongside No. 8). Criminally underrated too, when compared to his more 'popular' endings such as No. 4 and No. 8 Suggestion if you make a Part 3 - The ending of Karlowicz' Symphony in E Minor is rather magnificent

[@MrNelsondias]

Excelente compilação. Agradeço o seu trabalho. Está de parabéns. Todas as suas escolhas fariam parte da minha coleção de obras. Alias, Já tenho quase todas.

[@ikmarchini]

Wonderful choices, and I love the quotes. Wondered when Turangalila would show up.

[@mdcatdad]

How can you leave out the end of Bartok's Concerto for Orchestra, perhaps (OK, IMHO) the greatest symphonic ending ever? And, why, THREE symphonies of Bruckner???

[@KatieGratton]

I wished I had lived in a time when I could have seen Lenny conducting The Firebird in person. Having seen the video of him conducting the Mahler 2 finale, I could just imagine the enthusiasm radiating off of him as he conducted Stravinsky's stirring finale.

[@hillcresthiker]

These are wonderful pieces you have selected and I especially like your inclusion of some of the Mahler works, of which I am an addict. One thing to point out that might be a technical issue is the ending of the Mahler third- Abbado is known for his drawn out chords at the end of the Third symphony, but on this recording, it seems to be exaggerated. I cant believe the orchestra held that last note so long!

[@prototropo]

Very exhilarating. I realize the first 30 were symphonic works, but in both lists I miss my most beloved finale of all time: the wrap on the 3rd mvt of Schumann's piano concerto. It defines exhilaration! In this edition, I'm totally happy to hear Ravel's visceral, genius orchestration in Mussorgsky's conclusion of "Pictures at an Exhibition." Incredibly momentous, similar in Stravinsky's direct, defiant leaps of triadic melody over an insistently stolid tonic in the final few measures of "Firebird." I spoofed a paper on these endings in music theory many years ago that might have earned unsmiling A from the revered geezer emeritus on faculty, except I wisely decided to save it for another, more confident life: "Late Medieval Siege Modeling and Early Inquisition Tactics Applied in Modernist Context by Ravel and Stravinsky through Descending Parallel Triadic Chromaticism Over Ground Crescendi With Homophonic, Authentic I-V-I Cadences To Establish Atmospheres of Terrible Beauty and Foreboding Awe, Compounding Perceptions of Finality and Wringing Singular, Maximum Obedience From Mid-20th-Century Subscription Concert-Goers." * (* Sadly, the quasi-legal art of inducing awe in emotionally absorbent demographics was lost just two generations later, when LSD distributed by the Hell's Angels became the preferred technology for generating a sense of sublime, overpowering grandeur in suburban, peer-allegiant, socially alienated and politically restive white teenagers.)

[@jboushka]

For the Bruckner 9 I prefer the Rattle performance, but Sebastiam Letocart's completion may be the most accurate and is quite effective. I'd love to see Dohnanyi's two symphonies (esp. the 1st composed in his early 20s) on the list (both are large works with fugal finales). Finally, I note Langgaard's first symphony on the first list, composed at age 18 but collosal in conception. This maybe the most triumphant symphonic close (without voices) of all and is certainly "Brucknerian" in effect. I'd love to see conductors perform these works, which sound amazingly familiar at first hearing (esp. the Langgaard). .

[@leestamm3187]

Nice to hear from someone else who has heard the Letocart completion, which indeed captures Bruckner's style very effectively.

[@listerofsmeg884]

Trouble with Bruck 9 is it's unfinished, so that's not really the 'ending'

[@nilsneuenfeldt2464]

I'd added Sibelius Fifth as well...

[@zacharyhan4351]

Ravel's Daphnis et Chloe is absolutely magnificent

[@richardwilliams473]

At 11:27 a timpanist s dream timpani solo

[@tt-ew7rx]

I like Sibelius Symphony 1 which dares to end on a plucked string note.

[@JohnHOrr]

The Sibelius 2nd is marvelous and was included in the first list. However, where is his Fifth --perhaps the most enigmatic and finest ever written?

[@richardwilliams473]

The ending of Bruckner 5 is when the timpanist demonstrates his rolling capabilities

[@cloudymccloud00]

Yeah -- if he's allowed to (and please don't tell me a female percussionist would be capable!). I have Chailly's Concergebouw recording and his determination to emphatically pull every punch makes me want to tear my hair out!

[@mateokowalsky2240]

It depends a lot on your definition of epic. I find Shostakovich's that his 15th symphony has an epic ending that is also sombre. I would inlclude Myakovsky's 6th in the choral version.

[@andrewnguyen1890]

Why no Gurrelieder in this list

[@weavileoff0461]

You used the wrong edition of Bruckner 9 finale. It should be Cohrs+Samale+Mazzucca, recorded by Kurt Eichhorn and BOL.

[@richardwilliams473]

Imagine calling your 8th Symphony the Symphony of a Thousand

[@graybarrow7644]

Mahler actually disapproved of the title, it was given by the premiere's organizer to boost ticket sales

[@listerofsmeg884]

He didn't

[@timweather3847]

I found these more satisfactory than the first 30, with some unexpected, but justified, inclusions. The one item I would have liked to add is Rachmaninov 1.

[@listerofsmeg884]

Interesting seeing Brian's #3 here, very little of his prodigious body of work has been recorded . His first Symphony 'The Gothic' requires one of the biggest orchestras and voices of all time.

[@beckr11]

I know this isn't a last movement, but Mahler 5, the ending of the 3rd movement rocks!!! Chicago.

[@user-wp4ju4hp5w]

Mahler s music is absolutely Heavenly

[@pavelvishnevsky6315]

After checking his hearing during a rehearsal, Ottorino Respighi said, "There’ s a difference of a semitone when I listen with this ear."

[@xoknight8166]

Who’s finale rendition is the Bruckner 9 recording? The Phillips rendition is much better in my opinion. Also it’s technically incorrect to call this the finale since this isn’t Bruckner’s writing

[@Yonosoyninguien]

Can you help me with the 00:03 Sr.? Big thanks

[@frvl]

Begging of Mahler's 8th

[@SophieLeung-du9we]

24:30 my fave honestly 😻

[@rugtea7993]

How can you forget 1812???

[@dennispearson871]

1812 OVERTURE SHUT-OUT !!!???....REALLY !!!???....

[@Boccaccio1811]

One of the most over the top endings IMO is "Morning Noon and Night in Vienna" by Suppé: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jJu9g4WtiM2eeJIsi=Mq2wne6s7GXlDyfK&t=403

[@gerdprengel7616]

I present to you the arrangement of the assumed Finale for Schuberts "Unfinished" (which he used a few months later in another work) where in the end I pick up the main theme of the 1st movment and transform it to a triumphant and splendid B-major conclusion of the symphony: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gmTcgKqQbbR4pNU

[@dongweilin5393]

No Wagner?

[@thearcticlord3920]

Clearly music did not exist before Beethoven. And how come there is absolutely no place for the '1812' surely it puts all these scribblings in their place, especially the version using the guns of HMS Belfast.

[@ban9nas177]

Wagner has the greatest endings, then Mahler!

[@iamthewalrus4998]

Mahler Endings always have the same vibe and energy, it’s kinda boring tbh always sounds like the ending of a movie. Compare that to Beethoven who is always giving you something you would not expect. He should definitely be more on this list

[@aidandavis7657]

Still no Rach 2... bruh

[@claraivey237]

thats what im saying

[@alexanfadel]

Nah man, rach 3 be more

[@aidandavis7657]

@@alexanfadel 100% agree