
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!
- Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, “Choral”
- Ravel: Bolero
- Dvorák: Symphony No. 9 in E minor, “From the New World”
- Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
- Barber: Adagio for Strings
- Copland: Appalachian Spring
- Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
- Elgar: “Enigma” Variations
- Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
- Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F Major
- Holst: The Planets
- Orff: Carmina Burana
- Mozart: Requiem
- Debussy: Clair de Lune
- Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A Major
- Bizet: Carmen
- Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture
- Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor
- Fauré: Requiem
- Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
- Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, “Moonlight”
- Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major, “Emperor”
- Vivaldi: The Four Seasons: Winter
- Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man
- Smetana: The Moldau
- Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
- Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
- Mahler: Symphony No. 2, “Resurrection”
- Bach: Partita for Violin No. 2
- Mozart: The Magic Flute
- Sibelius: Finlandia
- Grieg: Peer Gynt
- Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5
- Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor
- Handel: Water Music Suite in D Major
- Wagner: Ride of the Valkyries
- Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor
- Dvorák: Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104
- Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances
- Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D Major
- Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet
- Wagner: Tannhäuser Overture
- Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 in D Major
- Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez
- Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F Major, “Pastoral”
- Mahler: Symphony No. 5
- Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 in C minor, “Organ”
- Bach: St. Matthew Passion
- Rossini: William Tell Overture
- Dvorak: String Quartet No. 12 in F Major, “American”
- Schubert: Ave Maria
- Stravinsky: The Firebird
- Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake
- Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major, “Eroica”
- Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor
- Hovhaness: Symphony No. 2, “Mysterious Mountain”
- Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture, Op. 26 “Fingal’s Cave”
- Chopin: Polonaise No. 6, Op. 53 “Heroic”
- Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor
- Marquez, Arturo: Danzon No. 2
- Mozart: Marriage of Figaro Overture
- Puccini: Madama Butterfly
- Sibelius: Symphony No. 5 in E Major
- Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C-sharp minor
- Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Greensleeves
- Verdi: Requiem
- Copland: Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes
- Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85
- Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream Overture
- Bernstein: West Side Story
- Joplin: The Entertainer
- Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
- Price, Florence: Symphony No. 1 in E minor
- Puccini: Turandot
- Respighi: The Pines of Rome
- Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps (Rite of Spring)
- Bach: Toccata and Fugue in D minor
- Grieg: Holberg Suite
- Ravel: Le Tombeau De Couperin
- Satie: Gymnopedies for piano
- Still, William Grant: Symphony No.1 in A-flat Major, “Afro-American”
- Glass: Facades
- Williams: Schindler’s List
- Williams: Star Wars
- Barber: Violin Concerto, Op. 14
- Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique
- Gershwin: Concerto in F
- Haydn: Trumpet Concerto in E-flat Major
- Mozart: Clarinet Quintet
- Schubert: Symphony No. 9 in C Major, “The Great”
- Albinoni: Adagio for Strings and Organ in G minor
- Dvorak: Slavonic Dance No. 8 in G minor, Op. 46
- Mozart: Clarinet Concerto
- Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 in E-flat Major, “Romantic”
- Joplin: Maple Leaf Rag
- Liszt: Les préludes
- Beach, Amy: Piano Concerto in C-sharp minor, Op. 45
- Grofé: Grand Canyon Suite
- Beethoven: Für Elise
- Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1