2022 Classical Countdown Results!

All the votes for the Classical Countdown to 2023 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.

Thank you for participating in our Classical Countdown, and thank you for listening to All Classical Portland. Everything we do is made possible by listener support, and we are grateful for YOU.

Happy New Year, and cheers to another year of beautiful music!

1. Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, “Choral”
2. Ravel: Bolero
3. Dvorák: Symphony No. 9 in E minor, “From the New World”
4. Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
5. Barber: Adagio for Strings
6. Copland: Appalachian Spring
7. Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
8. Elgar: “Enigma” Variations
9. Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
10. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F Major
11. Holst: The Planets
12. Orff: Carmina Burana
13. Mozart: Requiem
14. Debussy: Clair de Lune
15. Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A Major
16. Bizet: Carmen
17. Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture
18. Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor
19. Fauré: Requiem
20. Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
21. Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, “Moonlight”
22. Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major, “Emperor”
23. Vivaldi: The Four Seasons: Winter
24. Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man
25. Smetana: The Moldau
26. Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
27. Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
28. Mahler: Symphony No. 2, “Resurrection”
29. Bach: Partita for Violin No. 2
30. Mozart: The Magic Flute
31. Sibelius: Finlandia
32. Grieg: Peer Gynt
33. Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5
34. Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor
35. Handel: Water Music Suite in D Major
36. Wagner: Ride of the Valkyries
37. Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor
38. Dvorák: Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104
39. Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances
40. Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D Major
41. Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet
42. Wagner: Tannhäuser Overture
43. Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 in D Major
44. Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez
45. Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F Major, “Pastoral”
46. Mahler: Symphony No. 5
47. Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 in C minor, “Organ”
48. Bach: St. Matthew Passion
49. Rossini: William Tell Overture
50. Dvorak: String Quartet No. 12 in F Major, “American”
51. Schubert: Ave Maria
52. Stravinsky: The Firebird
53. Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake
54. Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major, “Eroica”
55. Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor
56. Hovhaness: Symphony No. 2, “Mysterious Mountain”
57. Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture, Op. 26 “Fingal’s Cave”
58. Chopin: Polonaise No. 6, Op. 53 “Heroic”
59. Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor
60. Marquez, Arturo: Danzon No. 2
61. Mozart: Marriage of Figaro Overture
62. Puccini: Madama Butterfly
63. Sibelius: Symphony No. 5 in E Major
64. Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C-sharp minor
65. Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Greensleeves
66. Verdi: Requiem
67. Copland: Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes
68. Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85
69. Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream Overture
70. Bernstein: West Side Story
71. Joplin: The Entertainer
72. Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
73. Price, Florence: Symphony No. 1 in E minor
74. Puccini: Turandot
75. Respighi: The Pines of Rome
76. Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps (Rite of Spring)
77. Bach: Toccata and Fugue in D minor
78. Grieg: Holberg Suite
79. Ravel: Le Tombeau De Couperin
80. Satie: Gymnopedies for piano
81. Still, William Grant: Symphony No.1 in A-flat Major, “Afro-American”
82. Glass: Facades
83. Williams: Schindler’s List
84. Williams: Star Wars
85. Barber: Violin Concerto, Op. 14
86. Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique
87. Gershwin: Concerto in F
88. Haydn: Trumpet Concerto in E-flat Major
89. Mozart: Clarinet Quintet
90. Schubert: Symphony No. 9 in C Major, “The Great”
91. Albinoni: Adagio for Strings and Organ in G minor
92. Dvorak: Slavonic Dance No. 8 in G minor, Op. 46
93. Mozart: Clarinet Concerto
94. Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 in E-flat Major, “Romantic”
95. Joplin: Maple Leaf Rag
96. Liszt: Les préludes
97. Beach, Amy: Piano Concerto in C-sharp minor, Op. 45
98. Grofé: Grand Canyon Suite
99. Beethoven: Für Elise
100. Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1