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1、Part42THEPEOPLEHAVESPOKEN–ONCEAGAINInrecentyearsDeutscheGrammophonhassoughttoinvolvethevotingmusicalpublicinmakingrepertoireselec-tionsforitslargerboxsets.ThishappenedwiththeMahlerPeople’sEditionand,in2013,withtheBerlinerPhil-harmonikerCentenaryEdition,cel
2、ebrating100yearsoftheorchestra’srecordingwiththelabel.Bothoftheseventuresmetwithconsiderableacclaim:thepublicresponsewasencouragingandtheresultingboxessuccessful.Nowwehaveprepared100GreatSymphonieswhosecontentsaresimilarlybasedontheresultsofanonlinevote.Th
3、istime,ourfaithfulpublicwasaskedthesimplequestion:“Whatareyourfavouritesymphonies?”Upto10differentworks,drawnfromthreecenturiesofmusic,couldbechosen.Over2,300peopleresponded,castingover8,000votesaltogether.Wehavemadethetop50symphoniesinthevoterchartsthebac
4、kboneofthisset.(TheTopTenSymphoniesvotedforwere:1.BeethovenNo.9;2.BeethovenNo.3“Eroica”;3.DvorˇákNo.9“FromtheNewWorld”;4.MahlerNo.2“Resurrection”;5.BeethovenNo.5;6.BeethovenNo.7;7.BrahmsNo.4;8.MahlerINTRODUCTION3No.5;9.MahlerNo.1;10.TchaikovskyNo.6“Pathéti
5、que”.)Theresultingboxcontainsahugerangeofworks,startingwithGiovanniBattistaSammartiniandendingwithArvoABRIEFHISTORYOFTHESYMPHONY6PärtandPhilipGlass,takingineverymajorsymphonistonthewayandprovidingover60hoursofglorious,fasci-EINEKURZEGESCHICHTEDERSYMPHONIE1
6、0natinglistening.Thevotehasproducedthecoreofthebox,withcyclesbyBeethoven,SchumannandBrahms,andmajorcontributionsfromBruckner,MahlerandShostakovich.Wehavefeltfreetoextendthelistchronologically,UNEBRÈVEHISTOIREDELASYMPHONIE13goingbacktothebeginningsofthesymp
7、honyandexploringthe20th-centurysymphonymorebroadly,sotheboxalsoprovidesahistoryoftheform.TRACKLISTINGS18Inordertopresentasrichandcolourfulasoundworldaspossible,wedecidedtolimitthenumberofcompleteCREDITS26symphoniccycles,choosingthemostsignificantorpopularw
8、orksfromanindividualcomposer’sœuvre.Therearesomegreatraritiestoo:FranzSchmidt’sFourth,SamuelBarber’sSymphonyNo.1,PhilipGlass’s“Low”Sym-phony–wellworthalisten!Alloftheserecordingsareofferedinacclaimedinterpret