10 Incredible Orchestral Climaxes

Seek and ye shall find! 10 central orchestral climaxes that will blow your mind (and eardrums) to smithereens: Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 (1st movement) Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 (1st movement recapitulation) Strauss: An Alpine Symphony (thunderstorm) Elgar: Symphony No. 2 (3rd movement: Scherzo) Leifs: Geysir Shostakovich: Symphony No. 4 (1st movement fugue) Roussel: Symphony No. 3 (2nd movement: Adagio) Nielsen: Symphony No. 5 (1st movement) Mahler: Symphony No. 2 (Finale, before choral entry) Sibelius: En Saga