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
- Dvorák: Symphony No. 9 in E minor, “From the New World”
- Ravel: Bolero
- Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, “Choral”
- Barber: Adagio for Strings
- Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor
- Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
- Bach: Brandenburg Concertos
- Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
- Smetana: The Moldau
- Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
- Copland: Appalachian Spring
- Debussy: Clair de Lune
- Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 in C minor, “Organ”
- Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major, “Emperor”
- Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
- Holst: The Planets
- Orff: Carmina Burana
- Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man
- Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
- Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez
- Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
- Elgar: “Enigma” Variations
- Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D Major
- Bach: Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring
- Vivaldi: The Four Seasons: Winter
- Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, “Moonlight”
- Dvorák: Cello Concerto in B minor, op. 104
- Satie: Gymnopedies for piano
- Stravinsky: The Firebird
- Sibelius: Finlandia
- Grieg: Peer Gynt
- Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat, “Eroica”
- Bizet: Carmen
- Mahler: Symphony No. 5
- Chopin: Polonaise No. 6, Op. 53 “Heroic”
- Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
- Sibelius: Symphony No. 5 in E Major
- Williams: Star Wars
- Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F Major
- Handel: Water Music Suite in D Major
- Albinoni: Adagio for Strings and Organ in G minor
- Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor
- Mozart: The Magic Flute
- Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85
- Glass: Piano Etudes
- Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5
- Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor
- Borodin: In the Steppes of Central Asia
- Fauré: Requiem
- Beethoven: Für Elise
- Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A Major
- Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake
- Wagner: Ride of the Valkyries
- Bernstein: West Side Story
- Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D Major
- Delibes: Lakmé: Flower Duet
- Dvorák: String Quartet No. 12 in F Major, “American”
- Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 in D Major, Op. 25 “Classical”
- Tchaikovsky: Romeo And Juliet Fantasy Overture
- Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture, Op. 26, “Fingal’s Cave”
- Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3
- Ungar, Jay: Ashokan Farewell
- Wagner: Tannhäuser Overture
- Debussy: Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun
- Grofe: Grand Canyon Suite
- Rossini: William Tell Overture
- Liszt: Les préludes
- Barber: Violin Concerto, Op. 14
- Bernstein: Candide Overture
- Copland: Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes
- Ravel: Le Tombeau De Couperin
- Sibelius: Symphony No. 2
- Strauss, Johann, Jr: Blue Danube Waltz
- Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C minor
- Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K. 466
- Rossini: Barber of Seville Overture
- Tchaikovsky: Serenade For Strings in C
- Brahms: Variations on a Theme By Haydn
- Debussy: La Mer
- Gershwin: Concerto in F
- Praetorius: Terpsichore: Dances
- Puccini: Turandot: Nessun Dorma!
- Respighi: The Pines of Rome
- Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2 in E minor
- Schubert: Ave Maria
- Grieg: Holberg Suite
- Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks
- Mozart: Marriage of Figaro Overture
- Puccini: Gianni Schicchi: O Mio Babbino Caro
- Puccini: Madama Butterfly
- Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Greensleeves
- Vivaldi: Lute (Guitar) Concerto In D, RV 93
- Bruch: Scottish Fantasy
- Hovhaness: Symphony No. 2, “Mysterious Mountain”
- Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C-sharp minor
- Price, Florence: Symphony No. 1 in E minor
- Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet
- Puccini: La Bohème
- Rodgers: Victory at Sea
- Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor