Top 10 Greatest Symphony Finales

Top 10 Greatest Symphony Finales
I thought this was a fun video to showcase the most epic symphonic finales. Obviously, this is a subjective list, so feel free to agree/disagree with my placements! There are a TON of symphonies that exist, and I can't listen to all of them, so there is a high chance I may have missed a great one :)
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Links/Placements of the Symphonies:
10. Shostakovich Symphony No. 11 • Shostakovich - Symphon...
9. Brahms Symphony No. 4 • Video
8. Mahler Symphony No. 2 • Mahler: Symphony No. 2...
7. Sibelius Symphony No. 2 • Jean Sibelius: Symphon...
6. Shostakovich Symphony No. 10 • SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony...
5. Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 1 • Rachmaninov Symphony N...
4. Beethoven Symphony No. 9 • Beethoven Symphony No....
3. Bruckner Symphony No. 4 • Bruckner Romantic Symp...
2. Mahler Symphony No. 8 • Mahler's 8th symphony ...
1. Shostakovich Symphony No. 7 • Video

[@acactus2190]

Everyone! Before you comment “why is this symphony only at this place” please read the disclaimer at the beginning of the video!

[@zelop9632]

Its embarrassing that there even needs to be a disclaimer in the beginning. Classical music listeners just dont know what an opinion is or what it means for something to be subjective

[@ryanjeffers679]

Shosty 11 is SUCH an amazing piece absolutely love to see it here

[@radualexa1356]

The tocsin never fails to impress me. (I think that's what this movement is called)

[@longlifetometal1995]

Nastiest bass clarinet licks in the rep hands down

[@radualexa1356]

Really love the Brahms 4. The atmosphere it creates, and the key of E minor contributes to that.

[@robertagregory7177]

This is fun, thanks! And thanks for showing the orchestras too. People definitely have different taste in music and definitions of Epic. A few here I would choose. I’d add Dvorak 9, Tchaikovsky 5, Saint-Saens 3, and Schubert 9, and a different Brahms, probably the over the top 2, and probably a Mahler but not two of them, too many other good composers.

[@Ginkgo_biloba]

Mahler 8 is an epic piece of music, and if I closed my eyes while listening to the version you posted here, I wouldn't have guessed it was performed by a youth orchestra. So well done, bravo!

[@neon2125]

really glad to see rachmaninoff's first symphony here, really underrated piece

[@zephthezquirrellord]

I think it has a great finale, but still doesn't make this list

[@Dylonely42]

Great list and I know there is no particular order, but I would still have put Mahler’s second in last or penultimate of the video. I am glad to see that you’re not only a connoisseur of classical piano music !

[@acactus2190]

Thanks for the suggestion!

[@MotoMoto-ld9gi]

I love Mahler no.5’s ending, but to be fair after the first few minutes it falls flat.

[@wolfgangvanchopin4093]

Symphony 11 by Shostakovich is such a great piece

[@ethanberning6657]

Super fun list of underrated pieces

[@Dylonely42]

Underrated ???

[@user-wp4ju4hp5w]

I have played the timpani part to the end of Sibelius 2nd Symphony and because of the constant rolling required my wrists and arms were fatigued big time

[@gigogrom216]

I like the ending of Arthur Lemba's 1st symphony If you count Scriabin's symphonic works, then you must include Poem of Extase

[@wjtk7]

Hi! Would you ever consider ranking all of the Shostakovich symphonies?

[@arseniylanin]

3 Schostakowitch symfonies? You are really his fun I guess) maybe I'd like to see in this top one of the Tchaikovsky symfonies, really like the 5th. Thank you for the video!)

[@acactus2190]

Thanks! Shostakovich is my go to for for symphonies lol

[@radualexa1356]

I agree lol. But still, the see is full of fish

[@mayankprajapat4591]

​@@acactus2190I wish we were friends, we can blast Shostakovich symphony together and just make life choices.

[@user_igorhoffman]

Чтобы показать эпичность финала 5 симфонии Чайковского, придется вставить ещё 3 предыдущие части

[@mayankprajapat4591]

Shostakovich's 11th should be on first. It is so damn good. Those ominous bells omg, always sent shivers down my spine. It feels like i know the purpose of human existence after listening the whole symphony.

[@autoghg]

Very interesting list even though as a mahlerian I can't understand why Mahler 2 isn't in the top three :(( Shostakovich is always very very epic and I personnally like his 7th, 10th and 11th symphonies the most just like you... for the seventh you really have to watch/listen to the perfomance of Klaus Mäkelä (my favorite conductor ever... I also met him this summer and talked to him

[@acactus2190]

Thanks! But this list is in NO particular order!

[@autoghg]

​@@acactus2190ah well ok didn't know this but that makes it clearer. Thanks :))

[@stephenjcarr1]

Some of my favorite symphonies in this list

[@thomasvendetti3742]

Great choices! Add Bruckner 5

[@romanmakarevych4483]

Good, at least one Bruckner symphony (though ending of 8th could also fit in here), still good to see knowing how much his music is despised lmao

[@JWP452]

Mozart Symphony No. 1 in E flat major, K. 16, written in 1764 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart at the age of eight.

[@braydonjackson7184]

FINALLY rach 1 getting the attention it deserves

[@villain7140]

Love hearing the Beethoven finale which is a masterpiece by itself then comes something by Bruckner which (imo of course!) sounds like something and music student could write and something Beethoven could write in his sleep

[@furdiebant]

Write it then

[@villain7140]

@@furdiebantI won’t because you’re right an tremolo ostinato played in a chord progression for 3 min is absolutely transcendental and extraordinary genius which poor Beethoven could never approach. Same with the Shostakovich after it

[@vladislavkorotkov9911]

3 Шостаковича из 10 Чайковский покинул чат

[@ikmarchini]

Da

[@matthew_cello]

completely agree with this list, but what about prokofiev 5?

[@acactus2190]

Oooh good one, missed that sorry 😢

[@thegasmaskguy111]

Beethovens 9th finale is the best in my opinion

[@tygrtales6319]

Yes finally sibeliussss❤

[@user-wp4ju4hp5w]

At 10:45 the soundtrack and visuals are not in sync as you can see when the timpanist is playing

[@jesemepardens9151]

Not an honorable mention for Mahler 3 or Shostakovich 9 ? 😢

[@acactus2190]

Sorry! The honorable mentions got too long :/

[@wk3004]

I understand this is subjective… but no Tchaikovsky 4??

[@fastasaswhale]

All epic! That is all I want in my classical music. No soft stuff!

[@vigokovacic3488]

I was expecting Mozarts 41st somewhere in here but okay! It's a subjective list!

[@Dylonely42]

This symphony is particularly great from Mozart, but don’t compare it to Bruckner Mahler and Shostakovich !

[@vigokovacic3488]

@@Dylonely42 I think one should consider the times when the symphonies were made. In that context, Mozart's should rival that of Bruckner, Mahler or Shostakovich, if not exceed them!

[@villain7140]

@@Dylonely42Mozart is 10x the composer any of them are.

[@nicomatf]

Same!

[@user-mc7du3rx6h]

Where is the Liszt Faust Symphony? 😢😢😢

[@acactus2190]

I really like the first movement, the ending is probably top 20

[@user-dr2sk4go4l]

Well, technically the final of Beethoven symphony n.9 is a cancan

[@marcinbaranowski2282]

wHeRe Is AlKaN sYmPhOnY fOr SoLo PiAnO!!1!

[@potrelviewer9536]

Sometimes, apotheoses in finales don't have to be ultra loud. Take for example the very end of Gliere's 3rd Symphony.

[@joaocorreia524]

Glazunov would have been decent in top 10 to 20

[@BillDeef]

German or Russian, take your choice.

[@hillcresthiker]

Rach and Brahms dont even belong on this list. I dont agree with your order but you did pick 8 of the biggies

[@COOLBEANSOFFICIAL]

These are all great but nothing can beat Mahler imo

[@v_munu]

mahler 2 at number EIGHT is a fucking crime

[@acactus2190]

This list is in no order!

[@MD-md4th]

Loud and long-winded. Blaring brass and crashing cymbals. No harmonic resolution. A weak, pretentious, and grossly overrated work.

[@v_munu]

@@MD-md4th you are on some serious fucking crack to say that mahler 2 has "no harmonic resolution" bro what- ive researched numerous criticisms of mahler's work from the early 20th century and i stg complaining about "blaring brass" and it being "weak and pretentious" fits right in with how shallow and thoughtless many of them are.

[@MD-md4th]

@@v_munu Fucking, bro, crack, etc…🤡 I doubt you can even read music.

[@GUILLOM]

​@@MD-md4thwhat?

[@ikmarchini]

Some masterpieces. Some junk. You figure it out.

[@acactus2190]

Really? Junk? That’s a bit harsh

[@Arthur-hj8nx]

Rachma is way to overrated

[@acactus2190]

Not rlly imo, I don’t see it getting talked about too much

[@unnamed_boi]

rachmaninov is sort of overrated and underrated at the same time... people love him just for the melodies and he is usually dumped for that as well, like just a composer that sweeps people but not that deep. however, his pieces are really quite meticulously composed and very well integrated. as for the symphony featured here, the first symphony i think is rach's best especially with the way he, again, integrated it with the motto theme. all of rach's symphonies have a motto theme and the first is probably the most effectively implemented of them all.

[@ShadowCXC-ok4ff]

Why don't you do a video about best suite endings? i'm sure that holst mars suite would be high on the tp

[@angelavanness415]

And Firebird finale