Wednesday, January 02, 2008

Classical Top 100 List

Classical top 100 list

1. Beethoven: Symphony No.9 (Ode to Joy)
2. Beethoven: Symphony No.5
3. Dvorak: Symphony No.9 (From the New World)
4. Beethoven: Symphony No.3 (Eroica)
5. Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
6. Pachelbel: Canon in D
7. Beethoven: Symphony No.6 (Pastoral)
8. Bach: The Brandenburg Concerti
9. Mozart: Symphony #41 (Jupiter)
10. Mussorgsky/Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition
11. Handel: Messiah
12. Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.5 (Emperor)
13. Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No.2
14. Beethoven: Symphony No.7
15. Handel: Water Music
16. Mozart: Requiem
17. Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker Ballet
18. Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade

19. Smetana: The Moldau
20. Mozart: Piano Concerto No.21 (Elvira Madigan)
21. Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture
22. Holst: The Planets
23. Schubert: The Trout Quintet
24. Saint-Saens: Symphony No.3 (Organ)
25. Copland: Appalachian Spring
26. Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake
27. Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor
28. Mozart: Symphony No.40
29. Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No.1
30. Schubert: Symphony No.8 (Unfinished)
31. Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique
32. Beethoven: Violin Concerto
33. Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks
34. Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto
35. Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.14 (Moonlight)
36. Barber: Adagio for Strings
37. Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No.3
38. Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
39. Brahms: Violin Concerto
40. Schubert: Symphony No.9 (Great)
41. Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto
42. Massenet: Meditation from "Thais"
43. Chopin: Piano Concerto No.1
44. Dvorak: Cello Concerto
45. Brahms: Symphony No.1
46. Bach: Toccata and Fugue in D minor
47. Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
48. Mendelssohn: Symphony No.4 (Italian)
49. Sibelius: Finlandia
50. Bizet: Carmen Suites
51. Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf
52. Bach: Mass in B minor
53. Haydn: Trumpet Concerto
54. Ravel: Bolero
55. Strauss, Jr.: The Beautiful Blue Danube
56. Brahms: Symphony No.2
57. Mahler: Symphony No.1 (Titan)
58. Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings
59. Handel: Largo from "Xerxes"
60. Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream
61. Saint-Saens: Carnival of the Animals
62. Telemann: Tafelmusik
63. Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis
64. Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
65. Bach: Anna Magdalena Bach Book Excerpts
66. Rossini: Overture to "William Tell"
67. Tchaikovsky: Capriccio Italien
68. Ponchielli: Dance of the Hours
69. Mozart: Clarinet Concerto
70. Dvorak: Symphony No.8
71. Brahms: Symphony No.3
72. Debussy: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
73. Haydn: Symphony No.94 (Surprise)
74. Wagner: Ride of the Valkyries
75. Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.6 (Pathetique)
76. Bruch: Scottish Fantasy
77. Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.5
78. Elgar: Enigma Variations
79. Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No.2
80. Beethoven: Triple Concerto
81. Brahms: Academic Festival Overture
82. Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites
83. Brahms: A German Requiem
84. Borodin: Polovtsian Dances
85. Bach: Cantata 140 (Sleepers, Awake)
86. Verdi: Requiem
87. Mozart: Overture to "The Marriage of Figaro"
88. Rossini: Overture to "The Barber of Seville"
89. Bach: Sheep May Safely Graze
90. Respighi: The Pines and Fountains of Rome
91. Berlioz: Harold in Italy
92. Mussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain
93. Wagner: Tannhauser: Overture and Venusburg
94. Albinoni: Adagio in G minor for Strings and Organ
95. Mendelssohn: Symphony No.3 (Scottish)
96. Liszt: Les Preludes
97. Wagner: The Ring Cycle
98. Dukas: Sorcerer's Apprentice
99. Orff: Carmina Burana
100. Mozart: Piano Concerto No.23

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