Classic 100 original (ABC)

The following is a summary of the Classic 100 Original survey conducted by the ABC Classic FM radio station during 2001.

Survey summary

Rank Composer Work
100 Fauré Cantique de Jean Racine
99 Khachaturian Spartacus
98 Grieg "Morning" from Peer Gynt
97 Stravinsky The Rite of Spring
96 Mozart Piano Concerto No 20 in D minor
95 Handel Zadok the Priest
94 Albinoni Adagio in G minor for organ and strings
93 Debussy Clair de lune
92 Purcell "When I am laid in earth" (Dido's Lament) from Dido and Aeneas
91 Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto in D
90 Sibelius Finlandia
89 Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor
88 Bach The Well-Tempered Clavier
87 Beethoven Piano Concerto No 4 in G
86 Beethoven Piano Sonata No 8 in C minor, Pathétique
85 Mozart "Sove sia il vento" from Così fan tutte
84 Mozart Clarinet Quintet in A
83 Orff Carmina Burana
82 Satie Gymnopédies
81 Ravel Boléro
80 Beethoven Symphony No 7 in A
79 Bach Toccata and Fugue in D minor
78 Puccini "O mio babbino caro" from Gianni Schicchi
77 Schubert Impromptu No 3 in G-flat
76 Mahler Symphony No 8 in E-flat major
75 Verdi La traviata
74 Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No 1 in B-flat minor
73 Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue
72 Bach Chaconne from Violin Partita No 2 in D minor
71 Chopin Piano Concerto No 1 in E minor
70 Bach Christmas Oratorio
69 Beethoven Piano Trio No 7 in B-flat, Archduke
68 Grieg Piano Concerto in A minor
67 Mozart The Marriage of Figaro
66 Caccini, G Ave Maria
65 Elgar Sea Pictures
64 Litolff, HC Concerto symphonique No 4 in D minor, Scherzo
63 Bach Cantata No 78, Jesu, der du meine Seele
62 Mahler Symphony No 2 in C minor, Resurrection
61 Tchaikovsky 1812 Overture
60 Smetana My Country
59 Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March No 1 in D
58 Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet
57 Mozart Ave verum corpus
56 Bach Goldberg Variations
55 Dvorák "Song to the Moon" from Rusalka
54 Mozart The Magic Flute
53 Handel "Ombra mai fu" (Handel's Largo) from Serse
52 Dvorák Symphony No 9 in E minor, From the New World
51 Rachmaninoff Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
50 Saint-Saëns "The Swan" from The Carnival of the Animals
49 Holst The Planets
48 Mozart Serenade No 13 in G, A Little Night Music
47 Wagner "Liebestod" from Tristan und Isolde
46 Gluck "Che farò senza Euridice? from Orfeo ed Euridice
45 Saint-Saëns Symphony No 3 in C minor, Organ
44 Verdi Requiem
43 Mahler Symphony No 5 in C-sharp minor
42 Beethoven Symphony No 5 in C minor
41 Schubert "To Music"
40 Beethoven Symphony No 3 in E-flat, Eroica
39 Massenet "Meditation" from Thaïs
38 Puccini Madama Butterfly
37 Verdi "Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves" from Nabucco
36 Barber Adagio for Strings
35 Bach Double Violin Concerto in D minor, BWV 1043
34 Bach "Air on the G String", from Suite No. 3 in D major
33 Puccini La bohème
32 Mozart Requiem
31 Mozart Piano Concerto No 21 in C, K. 467
30 Mascagni Intermezzo from Cavalleria rusticana
29 Bach Mass in B minor
28 Schubert String Quintet in C
27 Beethoven Piano Sonata No 14 in C-sharp minor, Moonlight
26 Mozart Piano Concerto No 23 in A, K. 488
25 Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
24 Elgar Enigma Variations
23 Pachelbel Canon in D
22 Bach Brandenburg Concertos
21 Rodrigo Concierto de Aranjuez
20 Bach Cello Suites
19 Elgar Cello Concerto in E minor
18 Schubert Piano Quintet in A, Trout
17 Schubert Nocturne in E-flat
16 Vivaldi The Four Seasons
15 Fauré Requiem
14 Bruch Violin Concerto No 1 in G minor
13 Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No 2 in C minor
12 Bach St Matthew Passion
11 Bach "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring", from cantata Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147
10 Strauss, R Four Last Songs
9 Allegri, G Miserere
8 Handel Messiah
7 Bizet "In the Depths of the Temple" from The Pearl Fishers
6 Beethoven Symphony No 6 in F, Pastoral
5 Beethoven Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61
4 Beethoven Piano Concerto No 5 in E-flat, Emperor
3 Beethoven Symphony No 9 in D minor, Choral
2 Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending
1 Mozart Clarinet Concerto in A, K. 622

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