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Countdown: Your Favorite 20 Symphonies

We asked, you voted. To help celebrate the launch of the Favorites Stream, we asked you to vote for your favorite 20 symphonies.

Listen to the Favorites Stream on Tuesday, Sept. 20, starting at 10 a.m. Central, as we count down your favorite 20 symphonies.

Here are the results, as voted by you.

No. 20: Schubert: Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished"
No. 19: Sibelius: Symphony No. 2
No. 18: Brahms: Symphony No. 1
No. 17: Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 "Italian"
No. 16: Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5
No. 15: Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2
No. 14: Beethoven: Symphony No. 3
No. 13: Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4
No. 12: Brahms: Symphony No. 4
No. 11: Mahler: Symphony No. 1 "Titan"
No. 10: Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6
No. 9: Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5
No. 8: Mozart: Symphony No. 41 "Jupiter"
No. 7: Mahler: Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection"
No. 6: Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral"
No. 5: Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 "Organ"
No. 4: Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
No. 3: Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
No. 2: Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 "Choral"
No. 1: Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 "From the New World"

Join us in October when we launch a new poll to find more of your favorites from the world of classical music.

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