#SymphonistsChoice2025

https://open.qobuz.com/playlist/51506589

Qobuz doesn't show profiles like Spotify does, so you can't find me specifically, but I'll post some of my playlists over the next few days. This is my #SymphonistsChoice2025 playlist of my 10 favourite symphony and orchestral releases of last year.

open.qobuz.com/playlist/515...

bugs bunny is wearing a tuxedo and bow tie and making a thumbs up gesture . Alt: Bugs bunny resembling conductor Leopold Stokowski, wearing a tuxedo and bow tie and snapping a conductor's baton in his hands.

Because I'm a nerd, I'm posting my choices in historical order of when the music was composed. Sample my selections on my #SymphonistsChoice2025 playlist.

Qobuz: open.qobuz.com/playlist/512...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/6dU...

Right, let's get cracking!

a man in a tuxedo holds up a trophy in front of a orchestra Alt: Conductor Lorin Maazel directing an orchestra in one of the hammer blows in the finale of Mahler's Symphony No. 6. As the hammer falls and cymbals clash behind him, a trumpeter briefly covers his ear with his hand.

#SymphonistsChoice2025 Happy New Year! I'm starting 2026 with a 🧵 of my Top 10 symphony & orchestral new releases of 2025. Let's hit it!

New Year fireworks display in London, with Westminster clock tower in the foreground.

Qobuz logo, accompanied by the tagline "Rediscover Music".

Happy New Year, everyone!

New year, new streaming service: I'm trialling Qobuz in January. If I like it then I'll switch permanently from Spotify next month. I'll be posting my #SymphonistsChoice2025 Top 10 playlist on both services today.

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/9809638--rachmaninoff-the-bells-elgar-falstaff

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/9810890--christopher-gunning-symphonies-nos-8-9

#SymphonistsChoice2025 Shortlist Nos. 24-25

This year's new releases are relatively light on standard repertoire, but fuller than ever with fascinating lesser-known composers in splendid new recordings. I'm loving exploring all these again!

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/9799275--galina-ustvolskaya-symphonies-nos-1-5

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/9827138--haydn-2032-vol-18-il-maestro-di-scuola

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/9828312--franz-xaver-richter-four-symphonies

#SymphonistsChoice2025 Shortlist Nos. 21-23

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/9798928--vaughan-williams-symphonies-nos-5-9

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/9810960--mahler-symphony-no-1

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/9764572--anton-bruckner-symphony-no-9-in-d-minor

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/9799276--franz-schreker-die-gezeichneten-overture-erich-wolfgang-korngold-sinfonietta-ernst-krenek-potpourri

#SymphonistsChoice2025 Shortlist Nos. 17-20

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/9808841--still-bonds-symphonies-variations

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/9774269--miloslav-kabela-symphony-no-2-overtures

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/9794003--nielsen-symphony-no-6-commotio-arr-by-hans-abrahamsen

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/9809641--butterworth-a-shropshire-lad-holst-egdon-heath-st-pauls-suite

#SymphonistsChoice2025 Shortlist Nos. 13-16

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/9764718--ries-symphonies-in-es-no-3

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/9778002--erkki-melartin-symphonies-5-6

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/9774590--bacewicz-orchestral-works-vol-2

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/9776256--max-reger-four-tone-poems-after-bocklin-romantic-suite

#SymphonistsChoice2025 Shortlist Nos. 9-12

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/9727477--elsner-symphony-op-11-weber-clarinet-concerto-op-74-mozart-symphony-k-134

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/9755497--lepo-sumera-symphonies-nos-1-6

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/9767162--forgotten-symphonies

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/9767127--sibelius-symphony-no-5-two-serenades-two-serious-melodies-swanwhite

#SymphonistsChoice2025 Shortlist Nos. 5-8

a close up of a raccoon wearing headphones on its head Alt: A close up of a raccoon wearing headphones on its head, appearing to move its body in time to the music it's hearing.

I'm making a list
I'm checking it twice
I'm gonna recall
What's naughty and nice
Santa Symphonist's coming to town

I whittled down 200+ symphony & orchestral #NewReleases I listened to this year to a shortlist of 25. I'm now bingeing them to choose my Top 10 #SymphonistsChoice2025.

Me right now ⬇️