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Listeners pick their Top 100 Classical Music Compositions

Check out the playlist below for our Top 100 Classical Music Picks as chosen by you! Listeners heard our countdown on the air from September 10 - 27 on Morning Café, Classical Pacific and Evening Concert.

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No. 01: Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
No. 02: Dvorak: New World Symphony (#9)
No. 03: Debussy: Clair de lune
No. 04: Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
No. 05: Saint-Saens: Carnival of the Animals
No. 06: Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker Suite
No. 07: Beethoven: Moonlight Sonata
No. 08: Holst: The Planets
No. 09: Pachelbel: Canon
No. 10: Satie: Gymnopedie #1
No. 11: Beethoven: Symphony no. 9, Choral
No. 12: Bach: Brandenburg Concertos
No. 13: Barber: Adagio for Strings
No. 14: Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition

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No. 15: Orff: Carmina Burana
No. 16: Bach: Goldberg Variations
No. 17: Ravel: Bolero
No. 18: Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
No. 19: Beethoven: Symphony no. 5
No. 20: Brahms: Symphony no. 3
No. 21: Mozart: Symphony no. 41, Jupiter
No. 22: Puccini: La Boheme: Che gelida manina
No. 23: John Williams: Star Wars: Main Theme
No. 24: Mozart: Requiem
No. 25: Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez

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No. 26: Chopin: Ballade # 1
No. 27: Arvo Part: Spiegel im Spiegel
No. 28: Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto
No. 29: Chopin: Polonaise
No. 30: Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf
No. 31: Bizet: The Pearl Fishers: Au fond du temple saint
No. 32: Ravel: String Quartet
No. 33: Chopin: Nocturne, op. 9, no. 1
No. 34: Debussy: Prelude – Afternoon of a Faun
No. 35: Schubert: Symphony no. 9 In C major
No. 36: Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
No. 37: Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto # 1

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No. 38: Dvorak: Cello Concerto
No. 39: Bernstein: West Side Story
No. 40: Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man
No. 41: Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture
No. 42: Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
No. 43: Liszt: Liebestraume
No. 44: Stravinsky: The Firebird
No. 45: Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier
No. 46: Debussy: Le plus que lente
No. 47: Rachmaninov: Prelude in C-sharp minor, op. 3, no. 2
No. 48: Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 5, Emperor
No. 49: Lebrun: Oboe Concerto in F major: Rondo
No. 50: Pierne: March of the Fauns
No. 51: Marquez: Danzon no. 2
No. 52: Mozart: Piano Concerto no. 7
No. 53: Gorecki: Symphony no. 3 (Symphony of Sorrowful Songs)
No. 55: Faure: In Paradisum (Requiem)
No. 56: Sibelius: Symphony no. 4
No. 57: Verdi: Don Carlo
No. 58: Rachmaninov: Symphony no. 2
No. 59: Bartok: Violin Concerto no. 2
No. 60: Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto no. 2
No. 61: Traditional: Santa Lucia (with Caruso)
No. 62: Bizet: Carmen
No. 63: Bach: Mass in B minor
No. 64: Brahms: Trio #1, op. 8
No. 65: Puccini: E lucevan le stelle from Tosca

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No. 66: Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
No. 67: Weber: Der Freischutz
No. 68: Mozart: Symphony no. 40
No. 69: Schubert: Lieder
No. 70: Borodin: Notturno from String Quartet no. 2
No. 71: Beethoven: Piano Trio, op. 97 (Archduke)
No. 72: Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
No. 74: Mendelssohn: Symphony no. 4, Italian
No. 75: Vaughan Williams: English Folk Song Suite
No. 76: Respighi: The Pines of Rome
No. 77: Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto no. 3
No. 78: Verdi: Requiem
No. 79: Bach: Sarabande from Partita no. 2
No. 80: Richard Strauss: Elektra
No. 81: Debussy: Printemps
No. 82: Copland: The Tender Land
No. 83: Schubert: Piano Trio in E-flat
No. 84: Arnold: Sea Shanties
No. 85: Tchaikovsky: The Seasons

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No. 86: Beethoven: Symphony no. 6, Pastoral
No. 87: Rimsky-Korsakov: Song of India
No. 88: Allegri: Miserere
No. 89: Hisaishi: One Summer's Day
No. 90: Webber: Phantom - "Music of the Night"
No. 91: Saint-Saens: Danse Macabre
No. 92: Liszt: Sonata in B minor
No. 93: Albeniz: Asturias
No. 94: Shostakovich: Symphony no. 7
No. 95: Schumann: Piano Quintet
No. 96: Still: Miss Sally's Party
No. 97: Grieg: Holberg Suite
No. 98: Chopin: Revolutionary Etude Opus 10, no. 12
No. 99: Borodin: Polovtsian Dances
No. 100: Rachmaninov: Vocalise

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