# Hector Berlioz — Every Record We Rank

Hector Berlioz appears once in our Romantic list, placing as high as No. 4. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.

- **Ranked entries:** 1
- **Appears on:** Romantic
- **Year:** 1830
- **Highest placing:** No. 4 in Romantic
- **Updated:** 2026-08-30
- **Canonical page:** https://waxonia.com/artist/hector-berlioz/

## Appears on

### [Symphonie fantastique](https://waxonia.com/track/hector-berlioz--symphonie-fantastique/)

*1830 · No. 4 in [Romantic](https://waxonia.com/genre/romantic/)*

An artist takes opium, dreams he has murdered his beloved, and attends his own execution and a witches' sabbath. Written at twenty-six, three years after Beethoven died, and it sounds a century later.

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