# Hector Berlioz — Symphonie fantastique

Hector Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique (1830) is No. 4 in our Romantic ranking. The full verdict, and where to hear it.

- **Released:** 1830
- **On one list:** Romantic
- **Updated:** 2026-08-30
- **Artist:** [Hector Berlioz](https://waxonia.com/artist/hector-berlioz/)
- **Canonical page:** https://waxonia.com/track/hector-berlioz--symphonie-fantastique/

## What we say

### 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.

## Listen

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