2023 Classical Countdown Results!

The votes have been tallied, and the top winning selections of the Classical Countdown to 2024 have aired on New Year’s Eve! Read on to see the results of this year’s listener-voted 100 favorites musical pieces.

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2023 Classical Countdown Results

1. Dvorák: Symphony No. 9 in E minor, “From the New World”
2. Ravel: Bolero
3. Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, “Choral”
4. Barber: Adagio for Strings
5. Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor
6. Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
7. Bach: Brandenburg Concertos
8. Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
9. Smetana: The Moldau
10. Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
11. Copland: Appalachian Spring
12. Debussy: Clair de Lune
13. Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 in C minor, “Organ”
14. Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major, “Emperor”
15. Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
16. Holst: The Planets
17. Orff: Carmina Burana
18. Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man
19. Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
20. Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez
21. Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
22. Elgar: “Enigma” Variations
23. Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D Major
24. Bach: Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring
25. Vivaldi: The Four Seasons: Winter
26. Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, “Moonlight”
27. Dvorák: Cello Concerto in B minor, op. 104
28. Satie: Gymnopedies for piano
29. Stravinsky: The Firebird
30. Sibelius: Finlandia
31. Grieg: Peer Gynt
32. Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat, “Eroica”
33. Bizet: Carmen
34. Mahler: Symphony No. 5
35. Chopin: Polonaise No. 6, Op. 53 “Heroic”
36. Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
37. Sibelius: Symphony No. 5 in E Major
38. Williams: Star Wars
39. Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F Major
40. Handel: Water Music Suite in D Major
41. Albinoni: Adagio for Strings and Organ in G minor
42. Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor
43. Mozart: The Magic Flute
44. Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85
45. Glass: Piano Etudes
46. Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5
47. Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor
48. Borodin: In the Steppes of Central Asia
49. Fauré: Requiem
50. Beethoven: Für Elise
51. Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A Major
52. Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake
53. Wagner: Ride of the Valkyries
54. Bernstein: West Side Story
55. Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D Major
56. Delibes: Lakmé: Flower Duet
57. Dvorák: String Quartet No. 12 in F Major, “American”
58. Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 in D Major, Op. 25 “Classical”
59. Tchaikovsky: Romeo And Juliet Fantasy Overture
60. Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture, Op. 26, “Fingal’s Cave”
61. Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3
62. Ungar, Jay: Ashokan Farewell
63. Wagner: Tannhäuser Overture
64. Debussy: Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun
65. Grofe: Grand Canyon Suite
66. Rossini: William Tell Overture
67. Liszt: Les préludes
68. Barber: Violin Concerto, Op. 14
69. Bernstein: Candide Overture
70. Copland: Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes
71. Ravel: Le Tombeau De Couperin
72. Sibelius: Symphony No. 2
73. Strauss, Johann, Jr: Blue Danube Waltz
74. Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C minor
75. Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K. 466
76. Rossini: Barber of Seville Overture
77. Tchaikovsky: Serenade For Strings in C
78. Brahms: Variations on a Theme By Haydn
79. Debussy: La Mer
80. Gershwin: Concerto in F
81. Praetorius: Terpsichore: Dances
82. Puccini: Turandot: Nessun Dorma!
83. Respighi: The Pines of Rome
84. Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2 in E minor
85. Schubert: Ave Maria
86. Grieg: Holberg Suite
87. Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks
88. Mozart: Marriage of Figaro Overture
89. Puccini: Gianni Schicchi: O Mio Babbino Caro
90. Puccini: Madama Butterfly
91. Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Greensleeves
92. Vivaldi: Lute (Guitar) Concerto In D, RV 93
93. Bruch: Scottish Fantasy
94. Hovhaness: Symphony No. 2, “Mysterious Mountain”
95. Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C-sharp minor
96. Price, Florence: Symphony No. 1 in E minor
97. Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet
98. Puccini: La Bohème
99. Rodgers: Victory at Sea
100. Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor