Classical Countdown: Winning Selections!
The votes have been counted and the winning pieces have broadcast on All Classical Portland. We are excited to share the official list of the top selections of the Classical Countdown to 2021!
You can also listen to the top 10 songs again on the Classical Countdown to 2021 playlist on Spotify.
- Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95, “From the New World”
- Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 “Choral”
- Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
- Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18
- Barber: Adagio for Strings, Op. 11
- Mozart: Requiem in D minor, K. 626
- Bach: Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565
- Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43
- Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92
- Copland: Appalachian Spring
- Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67
- Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
- Fauré: Requiem, Op. 48
- Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
- Smetana: “The Moldau” from Má vlast
- Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major, Op. 73, “Emperor”
- Bach: “Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring” from Cantata No. 147
- Debussy: “Clair de lune,” from Suite bergamasque
- Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D Major
- Holst: The Planets, Op. 32
- Orff: “O fortuna” from Carmina Burana
- Handel: Messiah
- Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2, “Moonlight”
- Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988
- Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74, “Pathétique”
- Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme, “Enigma,” Op. 36
- Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in c minor, “Resurrection”
- Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, Op. 35
- Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21
- Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez
- Bach: “Sheep May Safely Graze,” from Cantata No. 208
- Pachelbel: Canon in D Major
- Tchaikovsky: Waltz from Swan Lake
- Satie: Gymnopédies Nos. 1-3
- Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (Orchestrated by Maurice Ravel)
- Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68, “Pastoral”
- Sibelius: Symphony No. 5 in E-flat Major, Op. 82
- Mozart: The Magic Flute
- Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78, “Organ”
- Sibelius: Finlandia, Op. 26
- Bizet: “Au fond du temple saint,” from The Pearl Fishers
- Gershwin: Concerto in F
- Gershwin: Porgy and Bess
- Grieg: Peer Gynt
- Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major, Op. 55, “Eroica”
- Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30
- Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23
- Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man
- Debussy: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
- Wagner: “Ride of the Valkyries” from Die Walküre
- Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major, Op. 83
- Brahms: Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98
- Dvořák: Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104
- Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K. 467, “Elvira Madigan”
- Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C-sharp minor
- Hovhaness: Symphony No. 2, Op. 132, “Mysterious Mountain”
- Mahler: Symphony No. 5
- Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47
- Grieg: Holberg Suite, Op. 40
- Massanet: “Meditation” from Thaïs
- Vivaldi: Lute Concerto in D Major, RV 93
- Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64
- Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture, Op. 49
- Vaughan Willliams: Fantasia on “Greensleeves”
- Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 43
- Mahler: Symphony No. 4
- Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Overture, Op. 21
- Schubert: “Ave Maria,” Op. 52, No. 6
- Beethoven: Bagatelle, Für Elise
- Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks
- Wagner: Siegfried Idyll
- Wagner: Overture to Tannhäuser
- Brahms: A German Requiem, Op. 45
- Tchaikovsky: Capriccio Italien, Op. 45
- Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16
- Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K. 622
- Mozart: Symphony No. 41 in C Major, “Jupiter”
- Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring
- Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27
- Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier
- Mendelssohn: Octet in E-flat Major, Op. 20
- Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 in A Major, “Italian”
- Johann Strauss II: On the Beautiful Blue Danube
- Respighi: The Pines of Rome
- Rossini: Overture to The Barber of Seville
- Williams: Star Wars
- Brahms: Hungarian Dances
- Bach: Mass in B minor, BWV 232
- Bernstein: Overture to Candide
- Schubert: Piano Quintet in A Major, D. 667, “The Trout”
- Schubert: Symphony No. 8, “Unfinished”
- Bizet: Carmen
- Debussy: “The Girl with the Flaxen Hair” from Préludes, Book I
- Ravel: Le tombeau de Couperin
- Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47
- Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13, “Pathétique”
- Franck: Symphony in D minor
- Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kijé Suite, Op. 60
- Ravel: Boléro
- Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture