Artist
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky appears once in our Romantic list, placing as high as No. 5. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.
- Ranked entries
- 1
- Appears on
- Romantic
- Year
- 1893
- Highest placing
- No. 5 in Romantic
- Updated
- 2026-08-30
Appears on
Symphony No. 6 "Pathétique"
1893
Ranked No. 5 in Romantic
A symphony that ends by fading into the basses instead of finishing. Tchaikovsky died nine days after conducting the premiere, which has coloured every performance since.