Symphony Edward Elgar, Gustav Mahler, Jean Sibelius, Carl Nielsen, Igor Stravinsky, Bohuslav Martinů, Roger Sessions, and Dmitri Shostakovich composed symphonies "extraordinary in scope, richness, originality, and urgency of expression" (Steinberg 1995, 404). One measure of the significance of a symphony is the degree to which it reflects conceptions of temporal form particular to the age in which it was created. Five composers from across the span of the 20th century who fulfil this measure are Sibelius, Stravinsky, Luciano Berio (in his Sinfonia, 1968–69), Elliott Carter (in his "Symphony of Three Orchestras", 1976), and Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen (in "Symphony/Antiphony", 1980). Beginning in the
Final Symphony as well as the top five classical albums on the "Billboard" charts and the Official UK Charts. "Final Symphony" was followed by "Final Symphony II", a concert of music from "Final Fantasy V", "VIII", "IX", and "XIII". It features long arrangements like the "Final Symphony" concerts. The majority of the music was originally composed by Nobuo Uematsu, while the "Final Fantasy XIII" suite was originally composed by Masashi Hamauzu. Valtonen created the arrangements for the "Final Fantasy V" section, Wanamo worked on the "VIII" and "IX" portions, and Hamauzu arranged his own compositions from "XIII" with orchestration by Valtonen. First