The Top 99 Countdown is over for 2007. Maybe you couldn't listen to the entire 83 hours of music, but you still want to know the top 99 choices for best Classical music. In that case...here's the list!
Compare this year's winners to the 10 previous years, HERE.
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| The 2007 Top 99 List | |
| # | Composer:Piece (rank last year) |
| 1 | Beethoven: Symphony #9 "Choral" (1) |
| 2 | Dvorak: Symphony #9 "New World" (7) |
| 3 | Beethoven: Symphony #5 (2) |
| 4 | Vivaldi: The Four Seasons (4) |
| 5 | Holst: The Planets (23) |
| 6 | Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture (3) |
| 7 | Pachelbel: Canon in D (13) |
| 8 | Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue (11) |
| 9 | Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade (18) |
| 10 | Beethoven: Piano Concerto #5 "Emperor" (38) |
| 11 | Bach: Brandenburg Concerto (8) |
| 12 | Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto #2 (12) |
| 13 | Ravel: Bolero (12) |
| 14 | Barber: Adagio for Strings (14) |
| 15 | Beethoven: Moonlight Sonata (53) |
| 16 | Beethoven: Symphony #6 "Pastorale" (34) |
| 17 | Johann Strauss II: Blue Danube Waltz(32) |
| 18 | Mozart: Marriage of Figaro - Overture(47) |
| 19 | Rossini: William Tell Overture (6) |
| 20 | Debussy: Clair de lune (24) |
| 21 | Mozart: A Little Night Music (10) |
| 22 | Orff: Carmina Burana (35) |
| 23 | Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (16) |
| 24 | Handel: Messiah - Selections(21) |
| 25 | Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini (25) |
| 26 | Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E (26) |
| 27 | Smetana: Ma Vlast (Moldau) (25) |
| 28 | Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez (19) |
| 29 | Beethoven: Symphony #7 (41) |
| 30 | Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker (44) |
| 31 | Bach: Toccata and Fugue, BWV 565 (39) |
| 32 | Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake (5) |
| 33 | Copland: Rodeo (9) |
| 34 | Beethoven: Für Elise (58) |
| 35 | Handel: Water Music (33) |
| 36 | Copland: Appalachian Spring (15) |
| 37 | Bach: Air on a G String (48) |
| 38 | Mozart: Requiem (45) |
| 39 | Tchaikovsky: Marche Slave (89) |
| 40 | Bach: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (36) |
| 41 | Brahms: Symphony #1 (88) |
| 42 | Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite (40) |
| 43 | J. Strauss: Tales in Woods (Not on the 2006 list) |
| 44 | Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis (46) |
| 45 | Mozart: Symphony #41 "Jupiter" (85) |
| 46 | Grofe: Grand Canyon Suite (42) |
| 47 | Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto #1 (30) |
| 48 | Saint-Saëns: Organ Symphony #3 (49) |
| 49 | Sibelius: Finlandia (49) |
| 50 | Tchaikovsky: Symphony #5 (Not on the 2006 list) |
| 51 | Wagner: Ride of the Valkyries (73) |
| 52 | Albeniz: Asturias (55) |
| 53 | Mendelssohn: Symphony #5 (Not on the 2006 list) |
| 54 | Stravinsky: The Firebird (37) |
| 55 | Sibelius: Symphony #2 (86) |
| 56 | Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto #3 (43) |
| 57 | Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man (65) |
| 58 | Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro - Opera selections (47) |
| 59 | Mahler: Symphony #1 "Titan" (82) |
| 60 | Bernstein: Candide Overture (99) |
| 61 | Dvorak: Cello Concerto (92) |
| 62 | Massenet Meditation of Thaïs (Not on the 2006 list) |
| 63 | Mozart: Piano Concerto No 13, 1st 3rd Movements (Not on the 2006 list) |
| 64 | Tchaikovsky: Symphony #6 "Pathetique" (66) |
| 65 | Wagner: Tannhauser Overture (17) |
| 66 | Beethoven: Symphony #3 "Eroica" (71) |
| 67 | Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto (74) |
| 68 | Vaughan Williams: Lark Ascending (87) |
| 69 | Beethoven: Violin Concerto (51) |
| 70 | J Strauss II: Emperor Waltz (Not on the 2006 list) |
| 71 | Schubert: Unfinished Symphony #8 (Not on the 2006 list) |
| 72 | Gershwin: An American in Paris (57) |
| 73 | Mahler: Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection" (62) |
| 74 | Beethoven: Choral Fantasy (Not on the 2006 list) |
| 75 | Grieg: Piano Concerto in A(Not on the 2006 list) |
| 76 | Mendelssohn: Symphony #4 (Not on the 2006 list) |
| 77 | Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet (Not on the 2006 list) |
| 78 | Mahler: Symphony #5 (Not on the 2006 list) |
| 79 | Bizet: Carmen Suite(29) |
| 80 | Mozart: Piano Concerto #21 (Not on the 2006 list) |
| 81 | Elgar: Enigma Variations (90) |
| 82 | Shostakovich: Symphony #5 (68) |
| 83 | Borodin: Igor Polovetsian Dances (Not on the 2006 list) |
| 84 | Mozart: Symphony #40 (22) |
| 85 | Baker: Through the Lion's Gate (Not on the 2006 list) |
| 86 | Respighi: The Pines of Rome (67) |
| 87 | Handel: Royal Fireworks Music(Not on the 2006 list) |
| 88 | Mussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain (Not on the 2006 list) |
| 89 | Delius: Florida Suite (Not on the 2006 list) |
| 90 | Brahms: A German Requiem (95) |
| 91 | Satie: 3 Gymnopedies (80) |
| 92 | Sousa: Stars and Stripes Forever (94) |
| 93 | Saint-Saens: Dance Macabre (Not on the 2006 list) |
| 94 | Chopin: Piano Concerto #1 (Not on the 2006 list) |
| 95 | Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf (Not on the 2006 list) |
| 96 | Brahms: Symphony #4 (Not on the 2006 list) |
| 97 | Bach: Sheep May Safely Graze (Not on the 2006 list) |
| 98 | Hitt: Yellowstone Concerto(Not on the 2006 list) |
| 99 | Haydn: Symphony #88 (Not on the 2006 list) |
| Kicked off the list this year: Albinoni: Adagio (66) Harty: Irish Symphony (84) Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra (Not on the 2005 list) Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring (48) Gershwin: Concerto in F (98) Dvorak: Symphony #8 (75) Mozart: The Magic Flute (49) Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 (92) Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream (19) Victor Herbert: Irish Rhapsody (78) Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana (86)) Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 (Not on the 2005 list) Haydn: "Clock" Symphony #1 (Not on the 2005 list) Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody #2 (Not on the 2005 list) Rossini: The Barber of Seville (87) Bernstein: West Side Story (Not on the 2005 list) Rimsky-Korsakov: Flight of the BumbleBee (Not on the 2005 list) Brahms: Violin Concerto (Not on the 2005 list) Chopin: Polonaise (Not on the 2005 list) Enesco: Romanian Rhapsody #1 (Not on the 2005 list) Puccini: Mme. Butterfly (Not on the 2005 list) Vivaldi: Gloria (Not on 2005 list) Debussy: La Mer (71) Williams: Star Wars (Not on 2005 list) |
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to the list this year: J. Strauss: Tale in Woods (Not on the 2006 list) Tchaikovsky: Symphony #5 (Not on the 2006 list) Mendelssohn: Symphony #5 (Not on the 2006 list) Massenet Meditation of Thaïs (Not on the 2006 list) J Strauss II: The Emperor's Waltz (Not on the 2006 list) Schubert: Unfinished #8 (Not on the 2006 list) Beethoven: Choral Fantasy (Not on the 2006 list) Grieg: Piano Concerto (Not on the 2006 list) Mendelssohn: Symphony #4 (Not on the 2006 list) Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet (Not on the 2006 list) Mahler: Symphony #5 (Not on the 2006 list) Mozart: Piano Concerto #21 (Not on the 2006 list) Borodin: Igor Polovt (Not on the 2006 list) Baker: Lion's Gate (Not on the 2006 list) Handel: Music/Fireworks (Not on the 2006 list) Mussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain (Not on the 2006 list) Delius: Florida Suite (Not on the 2006 list) Saint-Saens: Dance Macabre (Not on the 2006 list) Chopin: Piano Concerto #1 (Not on the 2006 list) Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf (Not on the 2006 list) Brahms: Symphony #4 (Not on the 2006 list) Bach: Sheep May Safely Graze (Not on the 2006 list) Hitt: Yellowstone (Not on the 2006 list) Haydn: Symphony #88 (Not on the 2006 list) |
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