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.

1. Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95, “From the New World”
2. Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 “Choral”
3. Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
4. Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18
5. Barber: Adagio for Strings, Op. 11
6. Mozart: Requiem in D minor, K. 626
7. Bach: Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565
8. Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43
9. Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92
10. Copland: Appalachian Spring
11. Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67
12. Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
13. Fauré: Requiem, Op. 48
14. Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
15. Smetana: “The Moldau” from Má vlast
16. Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major, Op. 73, “Emperor”
17. Bach: “Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring” from Cantata No. 147
18. Debussy: “Clair de lune,” from Suite bergamasque
19. Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D Major
20. Holst: The Planets, Op. 32
21. Orff: “O fortuna” from Carmina Burana
22. Handel: Messiah
23. Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2, “Moonlight”
24. Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988
25. Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74, “Pathétique”
26. Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme, “Enigma,” Op. 36
27. Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in c minor, “Resurrection”
28. Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, Op. 35
29. Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21
30. Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez
31. Bach: “Sheep May Safely Graze,” from Cantata No. 208
32. Pachelbel: Canon in D Major
33. Tchaikovsky: Waltz from Swan Lake
34. Satie: Gymnopédies Nos. 1-3
35. Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (Orchestrated by Maurice Ravel)
36. Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68, “Pastoral”
37. Sibelius: Symphony No. 5 in E-flat Major, Op. 82
38. Mozart: The Magic Flute
39. Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78, “Organ”
40. Sibelius: Finlandia, Op. 26
41. Bizet: “Au fond du temple saint,” from The Pearl Fishers
42. Gershwin: Concerto in F
43. Gershwin: Porgy and Bess
44. Grieg: Peer Gynt
45. Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major, Op. 55, “Eroica”
46. Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30
47. Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23
48. Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man
49. Debussy: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
50. Wagner: “Ride of the Valkyries” from Die Walküre
51. Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major, Op. 83
52. Brahms: Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98
53. Dvořák: Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104
54. Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K. 467, “Elvira Madigan”
55. Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C-sharp minor
56. Hovhaness: Symphony No. 2, Op. 132, “Mysterious Mountain”
57. Mahler: Symphony No. 5
58. Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47
59. Grieg: Holberg Suite, Op. 40
60. Massanet: “Meditation” from Thaïs
61. Vivaldi: Lute Concerto in D Major, RV 93
62. Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64
63. Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture, Op. 49
64. Vaughan Willliams: Fantasia on “Greensleeves”
65. Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 43
66. Mahler: Symphony No. 4
67. Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Overture, Op. 21
68. Schubert: “Ave Maria,” Op. 52, No. 6
69. Beethoven: Bagatelle, Für Elise
70. Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks
71. Wagner: Siegfried Idyll
72. Wagner: Overture to Tannhäuser
73. Brahms: A German Requiem, Op. 45
74. Tchaikovsky: Capriccio Italien, Op. 45
75. Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16
76. Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K. 622
77. Mozart: Symphony No. 41 in C Major, “Jupiter”
78. Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring
79. Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27
80. Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier
81. Mendelssohn: Octet in E-flat Major, Op. 20
82. Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 in A Major, “Italian”
83. Johann Strauss II: On the Beautiful Blue Danube
84. Respighi: The Pines of Rome
85. Rossini: Overture to The Barber of Seville
86. Williams: Star Wars
87. Brahms: Hungarian Dances
88. Bach: Mass in B minor, BWV 232
89. Bernstein: Overture to Candide
90. Schubert: Piano Quintet in A Major, D. 667, “The Trout”
91. Schubert: Symphony No. 8, “Unfinished”
92. Bizet: Carmen
93. Debussy: “The Girl with the Flaxen Hair” from Préludes, Book I
94. Ravel: Le tombeau de Couperin
95. Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47
96. Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13, “Pathétique”
97. Franck: Symphony in D minor
98. Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kijé Suite, Op. 60
99. Ravel: Boléro
100. Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture