Top 100 Countdown lists
2023 |
2022 |
2021 |
2020
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We've tallied the votes for Your Top 100 and will count down the winning pieces the week after Christmas. We'll also share stories listeners told us about why the music is meaningful: it was played at a wedding, heard during an unforgettable concert, or it brings to mind an important friend or family member.
1 |
Ludwig van Beethoven |
Symphony No. 9 "Choral" |
2022: 1 |
2 |
Ludwig van Beethoven |
Symphony No. 5 |
4 |
3 |
Samuel Barber |
Adagio for Strings |
7 |
4 |
Gustav Holst |
The Planets |
6 |
5 |
Edward Elgar |
"Enigma" Variations |
9 |
6 |
Antonin Dvorak |
Symphony No. 9 "From the New World" |
2 |
7 |
George Gershwin |
Rhapsody in Blue |
5 |
8 |
Aaron Copland |
Appalachian Spring |
3 |
9 |
Ludwig van Beethoven |
Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor" |
28 |
10 |
Bedrich Smetana |
The Moldau from My Homeland |
41 |
11 |
Ludwig van Beethoven |
Piano Sonata No. 14 "Moonlight" |
36 |
12 |
Ralph Vaughan Williams |
The Lark Ascending |
17 |
13 |
Sergei Rachmaninoff |
Piano Concerto No. 2 |
8 |
14 |
Ludwig van Beethoven |
Symphony No. 7 |
10 |
15 |
Maurice Ravel |
Le Tombeau de Couperin |
46 |
16 |
Johann Sebastian Bach |
Cello Suites |
68 |
17 |
Ludwig van Beethoven |
Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral" |
18 |
18 |
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov |
Russian Easter Overture |
N/A |
19 |
Ralph Vaughan Williams |
Fantasia on "Greensleeves" |
N/A |
20 |
George Friedric Handel |
Messiah |
14 |
21 |
Johann Sebastian Bach |
Toccata and Fugue in D minor |
N/A |
22 |
Ralph Vaughan Williams |
Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis |
19 |
23 |
Ludwig van Beethoven |
Symphony No. 3 "Eroica" |
59 |
24 |
Gustav Mahler |
Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection" |
23 |
25 |
Edvard Grieg |
Peer Gynt |
90 |
26 |
Aaron Copland |
Rodeo |
31 |
27 |
William Grant Still |
Symphony No. 1 "Afro American" |
37 |
28 |
Claude Debussy |
Clair de Lune |
64 |
29 |
Sergei Rachmaninoff |
Piano Concerto No. 3 |
13 |
30 |
Felix Mendelssohn |
Symphony No. 4 "Italian" |
72 |
31 |
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky |
Violin Concerto |
35 |
32 |
Georges Bizet |
Carmen |
67 |
33 |
Antonio Vivaldi |
The Four Seasons |
11 |
34 |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
The Marriage of Figaro |
93 |
35 |
Camille Saint-Saens |
Symphony No. 3 "Organ" |
49 |
36 |
Ferde Grofe |
Grand Canyon Suite |
24 |
37 |
Samuel Barber |
Violin Concerto |
22 |
38 |
Johannes Brahms |
A German Requiem |
47 |
39 |
Jean Sibelius |
Violin Concerto |
N/A |
40 |
Ludwig van Beethoven |
Bagatelle "Fur Elise" |
65 |
41 |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
Requiem |
56 |
42 |
Erik Satie |
Three Gymnopedies |
98 |
43 |
Igor Stravinsky |
The Rite of Spring |
12 |
44 |
Johann Sebastian Bach |
Brandenburg Concertos |
15 |
45 |
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov |
Scheherazade |
20 |
46 |
Carl Orff |
Carmina Burana |
21 |
47 |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
Symphony No. 41 "Jupiter" |
25 |
48 |
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky |
Piano Concerto No. 1 |
30 |
49 |
Igor Stravinsky |
The Firebird |
27 |
50 |
Aaron Copland |
Fanfare for the Common Man |
29 |
51 |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
Clarinet Concerto |
40 |
52 |
Modest Mussorgsky |
Pictures at an Exhibition |
33 |
53 |
Edvard Grieg |
Piano Concerto |
32 |
54 |
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky |
The Nutcracker |
39 |
55 |
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky |
1812 Overture |
38 |
56 |
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky |
Symphony No. 5 |
42 |
57 |
Sergei Rachmaninoff |
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini |
43 |
58 |
Jean Sibelius |
Finlandia |
44 |
59 |
Jules Massenet |
Meditation from Thais |
52 |
60 |
Ottorino Respighi |
Pines of Rome |
34 |
61 |
Howard Hanson |
Symphony No. 2 "Romantic" |
54 |
62 |
Felix Mendelssohn |
Violin Concerto No. 1 |
45 |
63 |
Aram Khachaturian |
Spartacus |
58 |
64 |
Maurice Ravel |
Daphnis and Chloe |
55 |
65 |
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky |
Swan Lake |
53 |
66 |
Gioachino Rossini |
William Tell Overture |
62 |
67 |
Johann Sebastian Bach |
Air from Orchestral Suite No. 3 |
73 |
68 |
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky |
Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique" |
51 |
69 |
Antonin Dvorak |
Symphony No. 8 |
77 |
70 |
George Friedric Handel |
Water Music |
50 |
71 |
Sergei Prokofiev |
Romeo and Juliet |
81 |
72 |
Ludwig van Beethoven |
Violin Concerto |
75 |
73 |
Johann Sebastian Bach |
Sheep May Safely Graze |
48 |
74 |
George Gershwin |
Concerto in F |
82 |
75 |
Leonard Bernstein |
West Side Story |
70 |
76 |
Franz Schubert |
Symphony No. 8 in B minor "Unfinished" |
83 |
77 |
Modest Mussorgsky |
Night on Bald Mountain |
69 |
78 |
Edward Elgar |
Cello Concerto |
89 |
79 |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
Symphony No. 40 |
66 |
80 |
Franz Schubert |
Piano Quintet "The Trout" |
84 |
81 |
Johann Sebastian Bach |
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring |
97 |
82 |
Max Bruch |
Violin Concerto No. 1 |
86 |
83 |
Johann Strauss, Jr |
The Blue Danube Waltz |
80 |
84 |
Johannes Brahms |
Piano Concerto No. 2 |
N/A |
85 |
Sergei Rachmaninoff |
Symphony No. 2 |
81 |
86 |
Aaron Copland |
The Tender Land |
N/A |
87 |
Maurice Ravel |
Bolero |
71 |
88 |
Antonin Dvorak |
String Quartet No. 12 "American" |
88 |
89 |
Franz Schubert |
Ave Maria |
96 |
90 |
Franz Liszt |
Symphonic Poem No. 3 "Les Preludes" |
100 |
91 |
George Friedric Handel |
Largo from Xerxes |
94 |
92 |
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky |
Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture |
N/A |
93 |
Richard Wagner |
Ride of the Valkyries from Die Walkuere |
85 |
94 |
Joaquin Rodrigo |
Concierto de Aranjuez |
N/A |
95 |
Claude Debussy |
La mer |
92 |
96 |
Leos Janacek |
Sinfonietta |
N/A |
97 |
Gabriel Faure |
Pavane |
N/A |
98 |
Ludwig van Beethoven |
Piano Sonata No. 8 "Pathetique" |
99 |
99 |
Alexander Borodin |
Polovetsian Dances from Prince Igor |
91 |
100 |
George Friedric Handel |
Music for the Royal Fireworks |
95 |