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Classical Faves Top 100

100. Schoenberg: Pierrot Lunaire
99. Ives: The Unanswered Question
98. Glass: The Hours
97. Khachaturian: Violin Concerto
96. Haydn: Symphony #104, London
95. Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
94. Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet
93. Donizetti: Una Furtiva Lagrima from L’Elisir d’Amore
92. Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra
91. Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier
90. Grieg: Piano Concerto
89. Dvorak: Mesicku (O Silver Moon) from Rusalka
88. Mahler: Symphony #5
87. Puccini: La Boheme
86. Debussy: Nocturnes
85. Mozart: Horn Concerto #4
84. Saint-Saens: Introduction & Rondo Capriccioso
83. Wagner: Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde
82. Liszt: Les Preludes
81. Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream Overture
80. Chopin: Piano Concerto #1
79. Brahms: Piano Quintet
78. Bach: Largo from Harpsichord Concerto #5
77. Ravel: La Valse
76. Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
75. Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet
74. Chopin: Polonaise in f-sharp mino
73. Brahms: Symphony #1
72. Bach: Switched-on Bach (Wendy Carlos)
71. Mozart: Der Holle Rache from The Magic Flute
70. Beethoven: Violin Concerto
69. Debussy: Clair de lune
68. Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
67. Schubert: Arpeggione Sonata
66. Mozart: Piano Concerto #21
65. Monteverdi: Vespers
64. Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
63. Shostakovich: Symphony #5
62. Verdi: Va Pensiero (chorus of the Hebrew slaves) fm Nabucco
61. Wagner: Pilgrim’s Chorus from Tannhauser
60. Ravel: String Quartet
59. Debussy: Prelude a l’apres midi d’un faun
58. Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring
57. Schubert: Trout Quintet
56. Brahms: Symphony #4
55. Mozart: Piano Concerto #20 in d
54. Rodrigo: Adagio (Concierto de Aranjuez)
53. Lehar: Vilja (from Merry Widow)
52. Faure: Requiem
51. Marquez: Danzon #2
50. Delibes: Flower Duet from Lakme
49. Bartok: Music for Strings, Percussion & Celesta
48. Handel: The Messiah
47. Vaughan Williams: Tallis Fantasia
46. Saint-Saens: Danse Macabre
45. Liszt: La Campanella
44. Sibelius: Symphony #5
43. Stravinsky: The Firebird Suite
42. Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man
41. Chopin: Nocturne, Op. 9, No. 1
40. Schubert: Ave Maria
39. Brahms: Requiem
38. Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings
37. Bach: Double Concerto in d minor for Two Violins
36. Mozart: Clarinet Quintet
35. Bizet: Carmen
34. Beethoven: Piano Sonata #14, Moonlight
33. Beethoven: Piano Concerto #5, Emperor
32. Albinoni: Adagio in g minor
31. Offenbach: Barcarolle from Tales of Hoffman
30. Copland: Rodeo
29. Mahler: Symphony #4
28. Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto
27. Bach: Cello Suites
26. Beethoven: Symphony #5
25. Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
24. Smetana: The Moldau
23. Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs
22. Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
21. Puccini: Nessun Dorma from Turandot
20. Mahler: Symphony #2, Resurrection
19. Satie: Gymnopedie #1
18. Sibelius: Symphony #2
17. Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto
16. Brahms: Piano Concerto #2
15. Bach: St. Matthew Passion
14. Mozart: Clarinet Concerto
13. Mozart: Symphony #40 in g minor
12. Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
11. Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite #1
10. Barber: Adagio for Strings
9. Copland: Appalachian Spring
8. Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker Suite
7. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto #3
6. Dvorak: Symphony #9, From the New World
5. Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto #2
4. Beethoven: Symphony #6, Pastoral
3. Pachelbel: Canon in D
2. Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
1. Beethoven: Symphony #9, Choral

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