
2021 Classical Countdown Results!
All votes for the 2021 Classical Countdown have been counted and the top winning selections aired on New Year’s Eve. In case you missed it, the listener-voted 100 winning favorites are listed below.
Cheers to another year of beautiful music!
- Dvorák: Symphony No. 9 in E minor, “From the New World”
- Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, “Choral”
- Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man
- Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor
- Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
- Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
- Mozart: Requiem
- Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
- Ravel: Bolero
- Barber: Adagio for Strings
- Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 in C minor, “Organ”
- Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, “Moonlight”
- Debussy: Clair de Lune
- Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, “Emperor”
- Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
- Bach: Brandenberg Concerto No. 1 in F major
- Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat, “Eroica”
- Copland: Appalachian Spring
- Holst: The Planets
- Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme, “Enigma”
- Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique
- Vivaldi: Winter Concerto from The Four Seasons
- Bach: Toccata & Fugue in D minor 565
- Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A major
- Brahms: Intermezzo Op. 118 # 2
- Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez
- Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
- Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor
- Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
- Bizet: Carmen
- Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture
- Grieg: Peer Gynt
- Bach: St. Matthew Passion
- Sibelius: Finlandia
- Williams: Star Wars
- Mahler: Symphony No. 2, “Resurrection”
- Fauré: Requiem
- Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D major
- Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F major, “Pastoral”
- Handel: Water Music Suite in D major
- Handel: Messiah
- Mozart: The Magic Flute
- Puccini: La Boheme
- Dvorák: Cello Concerto in B minor, Opus 104
- Grieg: Holberg Suite
- Borodin: In the steppes of Central Asia
- Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake
- Beethoven: Für Elise: Bagatelle
- Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Overture
- Wagner: Tannhauser Overturn
- Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
- Debussy: La Mer
- Debussy: Prelude to Afternoon of A Faun
- Respighi: The Pines of Rome
- Satie: Gymnopedies for piano
- Addinsell: Warsaw Concerto
- Enesco: Romanian Rhapsody No. 1
- Gershwin: Concerto in F
- Orff: Carmina Burana
- Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
- Clarke: Trumpet Voluntary: Prince of Denmark’s March
- Dvorák: String Quartet No. 12 in F major, “American”
- Strauss, Johann, Jr: Blue Danube Waltz
- Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture, Opus 26 “Fingal’s Cave”
- Saint-Saens: Carnival of the Animals: The Swan
- Stravinsky: The Firebird
- Dvorak: Slavonic Dance No. 8 in G minor, Opus 46
- Haydn: Symphony No. 94 in G, “Surprise”
- Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings in C
- Bruch: Kol Nidrei (Adagio for Cello and Orchestra)
- Chopin: Polonaise No. 6, Opus 53 “Heroic”
- Grofe: Grand Canyon Suite
- Haydn: Trumpet Concerto in E-flat major
- Hovhaness: Symphony No. 2, Mysterious Mountain
- Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor
- Schubert: Symphony No. 8, “Unfinished”
- Williams: Schindler’s List
- Bernstein: Candide Overture
- Brahms: Hungarian Dances
- Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C minor
- Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
- Puccini: Madama Butterfly
- Beethoven: Egmont Overture, Opus 84
- Joplin: Maple Leaf Rag
- Massenet: “Meditation” from Thais
- Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A major, K. 622
- Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances
- Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 in D major
- Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Greensleeves
- Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra
- Puccini: Turandot
- Beach: Piano Concerto in c-sharp minor, opus 45
- Bernstein: West Side Story
- Liszt: Les Preludes
- Morricone: Gabriel’s Oboe
- Ravel: Le Tombeau De Couperin
- Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras No.5: Aria
- Vivaldi: Gloria
- Alfvén: Swedish Rhapsody “Midsummer Night Vigil”
- Barber: Violin Concerto, Opus 14