The 30 Greatest Orchestral Works

Experience the profound joy of landmark creations by Haydn, Beethoven, and others in this survey of orchestral works considered the greatest in Western history.

• By This Professor
• 01: Game Plan and Preliminaries
• 02: Vivaldi-The Four Seasons
• 03: Bach-Brandenburg Concerto No. 2
• 04: Bach-Violin Concerto in E Major
• 05: Haydn-Symphony No. 104
• 06: Mozart-Piano Concerto No. 24 in C Minor
• 07: Mozart-Symphony in C Major, "Jupiter"
• 08: Beethoven-Symphony No. 3
• 09: Beethoven-Piano Concerto No. 4
• 10: Beethoven-Symphony No. 9
• 11: Schubert-Symphony No. 9
• 12: Mendelssohn-"Italian" Symphony
• 13: Schumann-Symphony No. 3
• 14: Brahms-Symphony No. 4
• 15: Brahms-Violin Concerto
• 16: Tchaikovsky-Symphony No. 4
• 17: Tchaikovsky-Violin Concerto
• 18: Bedrich Smetana-Ma Vlast
• 19: Dvorak-Symphony No. 8
• 20: Dvorak-Concerto for 'Cello
• 21: Rimsky-Korsakov-Scheherazade
• 22: Richard Strauss-Thus Spoke Zarathustra
• 23: Mahler-Symphony No. 5
• 24: Rachmaninoff-Symphony No. 2
• 25: Debussy-La Mer
• 26: Stravinsky-The Rite of Spring
• 27: Saint-Saens-Symphony No. 3
• 28: Holst-The Planets
• 29: Copland-Appalachian Spring
• 30: Shostakovich-Symphony No. 5
• 31: Shostakovich-Symphony No. 10
• 32: The Ones That Got Away