The Annual All Classical Countdown

The end of the year is an exciting time at All Classical FM. It's when our listeners vote for their five favorite classical works. Then we play the 100 (89 in 2007) pieces that receive the most votes. The countdown starts 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). For the statistically minded, our listener Lowell Herr has compiled a spreadsheet that allows you to sort the lists, weight the results and view the data in whatever way you like.

2010 Excel spreadsheet

Lists from previous years:

2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010

The Top 100 of 2011

1	Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, "Choral"
2	Dvorák: Symphony No. 9 in E minor, "From the New World"
3	Bach: Brandenberg Concertos
4	Mozart: Requiem
5	Handel: Messiah
6	Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, "Emperor"
7	Barber: Adagio for Strings
8	Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor
9	Copland: Appalachian Spring
10	Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A major
11	Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
12	Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
13	Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 in C minor, "Organ"
14	Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F major, "Pastoral"
15	Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor
16	Bach: Mass in B minor
17	Brahms: A German Requiem
18	Bach: Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring
19	Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
20	Smetana: The Moldau
21	Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
22	Bach: Suites for Unaccompanied Cello
23	Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
24	Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
25	Verdi: Requiem
26	Orff: Carmina Burana
27	Bach: Goldberg Variations
28	Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
29	Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor
30	Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man
31	Mahler: Symphony No. 1
32	Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor
33	Bach: Toccata and Fugue in D minor
34	Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D major
35	Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, "Moonlight"
36	Debussy: Clair de Lune
37	Grofe: Grand Canyon Suite
38	Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat, "Eroica"
39	Albinoni: Adagio for Strings and Organ in G minor
40	Brahms: Variations on a Theme By Haydn
41	Sibelius: Finlandia
42	Haydn: Symphony No. 94 in G, "Surprise"
43	Fauré: Requiem
44	Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor
45	Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture, Opus 26 "Fingal's Cave"
46	Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A major, K. 622
47	Holst: The Planets
48	Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture
49	Mahler: Symphony No. 2, "Resurrection"
50	Beethoven: Choral Fantasy, op. 80
51	Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
52	Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor
53	Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique
54	Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake
55	Bizet: Carmen
56	Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme, "Enigma"
57	Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez
58	Schubert: Symphony No. 9 in C major, "The Great"
59	Mozart: Marriage Of Figaro: Overture
60	Ravel: Bolero
61	Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C minor
62	Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor
63	Bach: St. Matthew Passion
64	Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kije Suite, Op. 60
65	Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2 in E minor
66	Grieg: Peer Gynt
67	Bach: Sheep May Safely Graze
68	Satie: Gymnopedies for piano
69	Bach: Concerto in D minor for 2 Violins
70	Pachelbel: Canon in D major
71	Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor
72	Mozart: The Magic Flute
73	Mozart: Symphony No. 41 in C major, "Jupiter"
74	Bernstein: West Side Story
75	Tchaikovsky: Romeo And Juliet Fantasy Overture
76	Borodin: Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor
77	Wagner: Tannhäuser Overture
78	Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet
79	Bizet: The Pearl Fishers: Duet: Au fond du temple saint
80	Addinsell: Warsaw Concerto
81	Puccini: Turandot
82	Dvorák: Cello Concerto in B minor, op. 104
83	Mozart: Symphony No. 40 in G minor
84	Chopin: Polonaise No. 6, Opus 53 "Heroic"
85	Williams: Star Wars
86	Schubert: Ave Maria
87	Schubert: Symphony No. 8, "Unfinished"
88	Dvorák: String Quartet No. 12 in F major, "American"
89	Bernstein: Candide Overture
90	Respighi: The Pines of Rome
91	Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 23 “Appassionata"
92	Handel: Water Music
93	Shostakovich: Symphony No.5
94	Debussy: Prelude To Afternoon Of A Faun
95	Wagner: Ride of the Valkyries
96	Puccini: La Boheme
97	Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D major
98	Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra
99	Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major
100	Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C# minor

February 22, 2012