The end of the year is an exciting time at All Classical FM. It's when our listeners vote for their five favorite works in all of classical music. Then we play the 100 (89 in 2007) pieces that receive the most votes. The countdown starts the morning after Christmas and ends with No. 1 on New Year's Eve.
View the results of the voting for previous years below (there was no list in 2002) or download a printable version. For the statistically minded, our listener Lowell Herr has compiled a spreadsheet that will let you sort the lists, weight the results and view the data in whatever way you like.
| 1 |
. |
Beethoven Symphony No. 9 in
D minor, "Choral" |
| 2 |
. |
Dvorak Symphony No. 9 in E
minor, "From the New World" |
| 3 |
. |
Bach Brandenberg Concertos |
| 4 |
. |
Vivaldi The Four Seasons |
| 5 |
. |
Mozart Requiem |
| 6 |
. |
Barber Adagio for Strings |
| 7 |
. |
Vaughan Williams Fantasia
on a Theme of Thomas Tallis |
| 8 |
. |
Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto
No. 2 in C minor |
| 9 |
. |
Rachmaninoff Rhapsody on a
Theme of Paganini |
| 10 |
. |
Handel Messiah |
| 11 |
. |
Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue |
| 12 |
. |
Beethoven Piano Concerto
No. 5 in E-flat major, "Emperor" |
| 13 |
. |
Smetana The Moldau |
| 14 |
. |
Beethoven Symphony No. 6 in
F major, "Pastoral" |
| 15 |
. |
Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto
No. 3 in D minor |
| 16 |
. |
Beethoven Symphony No. 5 in
C minor |
| 17 |
. |
Copland Appalachian Spring |
| 18 |
. |
Schubert Piano Quintet in A
major, "Trout" |
| 19 |
. |
Saint-Saens Symphony No. 3
in C minor, "Organ" |
| 20 |
. |
Vaughan Williams The Lark
Ascending |
| 21 |
. |
Mussorgsky Pictures at an
Exhibition |
| 22 |
. |
Rimsky-Korsakov
Scheherazade |
| 23 |
. |
Beethoven Piano Sonata No.
14 in C-sharp minor, "Moonlight" |
| 24 |
. |
Handel Water Music |
| 25 |
. |
Mahler Symphony No. 2 in C
minor, "Resurrection" |
| 26 |
. |
Beethoven Symphony No. 7 in
A major |
| 27 |
. |
Grieg Piano Concerto in A
minor |
| 28 |
. |
Holst The Planets |
| 29 |
. |
Bizet Carmen |
| 30 |
. |
Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto
No. 1 in B-flat minor |
| 31 |
. |
Beethoven Violin Concerto
in D major |
| 32 |
. |
Bach Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring |
| 33 |
. |
Orff Carmina Burana |
| 34 |
. |
Brahms A German Requiem |
| 35 |
. |
Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 2
in E minor |
| 36 |
. |
Respighi The Pines of Rome |
| 37 |
. |
Chopin Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor |
| 38 |
. |
Pachelbel Canon in D major |
| 39 |
. |
Copland Fanfare for the
Common Man |
| 40 |
. |
Rodrigo Concierto de
Aranjuez |
| 41 |
. |
Bach Concerto in D minor
for 2 Violins |
| 42 |
. |
Bach Mass in B minor |
| 43 |
. |
Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto
in D major |
| 44 |
. |
Mozart Clarinet Concerto in
A major, K. 622 |
| 45 |
. |
Faure Requiem |
| 46 |
. |
Bach Suites for
Unaccompanied Cello |
| 47 |
. |
Elgar Variations on an
Original Theme, "Enigma" |
| 48 |
. |
Bach Goldberg Variations |
| 49 |
. |
Beethoven Choral Fanatasy,
op. 80 |
| 50 |
. |
Puccini La Boheme |
| 51 |
. |
Tchaikovsky 1812 Overture |
| 52 |
. |
Dvorak Cello Concerto in B
minor, op. 104 |
| 53 |
. |
Wagner Ride of the
Valkyries |
| 54 |
. |
Mendelssohn Violin Concerto
in E minor |
| 55 |
. |
Schubert Symphony No. 9 in
C major, "The Great" |
| 56 |
. |
Debussy Clair de Lune |
| 57 |
. |
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6
in B minor, "Pathetique" |
| 58 |
. |
Bach Toccata and Fugue in D
minor |
| 59 |
. |
Sibelius Symphony No. 5 in
E major |
| 60 |
. |
Sibelius Symphony No. 2 in
D major |
| 61 |
. |
Mozart Symphony No. 41 in C
major, "Jupiter" |
| 62 |
. |
Mahler Symphony No. 1 in D
major |
| 63 |
. |
Verdi Requiem |
| 64 |
. |
Sibelius Finlandia |
| 65 |
. |
Mozart Symphony No. 40 in G
minor |
| 66 |
. |
Ravel Bolero |
| 67 |
. |
Stravinsky Le Sacre du
Printemps (Rite of Spring) |
| 68 |
. |
Borodin "Polovtsian
Dances" from Prince Igor |
| 69 |
. |
Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1
in G minor |
| 70 |
. |
Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 23 “Appassionata" |
| 71 |
. |
Bizet The Pearl Fishers:
Duet: Au fond du temple saint |
| 72 |
. |
Bloch Nigun (Pictures of
Chassidic Life) |
| 73 |
. |
Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody
No. 2 in C# minor |
| 74 |
. |
Satie Gymnopedies for piano |
| 75 |
. |
Schubert Symphony No. 8, "Unfinished" |
| 76 |
. |
Shostakovich Symphony No.5 |
| 77 |
. |
Beethoven Symphony No. 3 in
E-flat, "Eroica" |
| 78 |
. |
Mozart Eine Kleine
Nachtmusik |
| 79 |
. |
Puccini Madama Butterfly |
| 80 |
. |
Massenet
"Meditation" from Thais |
| 81 |
. |
Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 |
| 82 |
. |
Bach Sheep May Safely Graze |
| 83 |
. |
Bernstein West Side Story |
| 84 |
. |
Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2
in B flat major |
| 85 |
. |
Bruckner Symphony No. 4 in E flat major
"Romantic" |
| 86 |
. |
Debussy Prelude To Afternoon Of A Faun |
| 87 |
. |
Mozart The Magic Flute: Queen of the Night's Aria |
| 88 |
. |
Prokofiev Lieutenant Kije Suite, Op. 60 |
| 89 |
. |
Williams Star Wars |
| 90 |
. |
Grieg Peer Gynt |
| 91 |
. |
Mahler Symphony No. 5 in
C-sharp minor/D major |
| 92 |
. |
Strauss, Johann, Jr. Blue
Danube Waltz |
| 93 |
. |
Bartok Concerto for
Orchestra |
| 94 |
. |
Barber Violin Concerto, op.
14 |
| 95 |
. |
Tchaikovsky Swan Lake |
| 96 |
. |
Dvorak String Quartet No.
12 in F major, "American" |
| 97 |
. |
Brahms Variations on a
Theme By Haydn |
| 98 |
. |
Handel Music for the Royal Fireworks |
| 99 |
. |
Hovhaness Symphony No. 2, Mysterious Mountain |
| 100 |
. |
Ravel Pavane For A Dead Princess |
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Symphony No. 8 in G major, "Le Soir" (Evening Or Night)
