Top99 Vote & Countdown
The Top 99 Countdown is over for 2008. 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 11 previous years, HERE.
# 2008
1 Beethoven:
Symphony #9, "Choral" (1)
2 Dvorak:
Symphony #9, "New World" (2)
3 Vivaldi:
The Four Seasons (4)
4 Beethoven:
Symphony #5 (3)
5 Gershwin:
Rhapsody in Blue (8)
6 Ravel:
Bolero (13)
7 Tchaikovsky:
1812 Overture (6)
8 Debussy:
Clair de lune (20)
9 Orff:
Carmina Burana (22)
10 Beethoven:
Symphony #6, "Pastorale" (16)
11 Pachelbel:
Canon in D (7)
12 Copland:
Appalachian Spring (36)
13 Beethoven:
"Moonlight" Sonata (15)
14 Rossini:
William Tell Overture (19)
15 Bach:
Brandenburg Concerto (11)
16 Mozart:
A Little Night Music (21)
17 Rachmaninov:
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini (25)
18 Mussorgsky:
Pictures at an Exhibition (23)
19 Rimsky-Korsakov:
Scheherazade (9)
20 Holst:
The Planets (5)
21 Beethoven:
Symphony #7 (29)
22 Smetana:
Ma Vlast - The Moldau (27)
23 Rachmaninov:
Piano Concerto #2 (12)
24 Handel:
Messiah (24)
25 Mozart:
Symphony #41, "Jupiter" (45)
26 Mendelssohn:
Violin Concerto (26)
27 Bach:
Toccata and Fugue in d minor, BWV 565 (31)
28 Rodrigo:
Concierto de Aranjuez (28)
29 Tchaikovsky:
The Nutcracker (30)
30 Bach:
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (40)
31 Mozart:
Piano Concerto #21 (63)
32 Brahms:
Symphony #1 (41)
33 Grieg:
Peer Gynt Suite (Hall of Mountain King) (42)
34 J. Strauss II:
Blue Danube Waltz(17)
35 Tchaikovsky:
Piano Concerto #1 (47)
36 Vaughan Williams:
Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis (44)
37 Wagner:
Ride of the Valkyries (51)
38 Liszt:
Hungarian Rhapsody #2 (not on the 2007 list)
39 Hitt:
Yellowstone Concerto (98)
40 Beethoven:
Piano Concerto #5, "Emperor" (10)
41 John Williams:
Star Wars Theme (not on the 2007 list)
42 Handel:
Water Music (35)
43 Tchaikovsky:
Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique" (64)
44 Elgar:
Enigma Variations (81)
45 Tchaikovsky:
Swan Lake (32)
46 Saint-Saëns:
Symphony #3, "Organ" (48)
47 Massenet
Meditation from "Thaïs" (62)
48 Sibelius:
Finlandia (49)
49 Mozart:
The Magic Flute Overture (not on the 2007 list)
50 Sousa:
Stars and Stripes Forever (92)
51 Bizet:
Carmen (79)
52 Rachmaninov:
Piano Concerto #3 (56)
53 Beethoven:
Für Elise (34)
54 Mahler:
Symphony #2, "Resurrection" (73)
55 Fauré:
Pavane (not on the 2007 list)
56 Stravinsky:
The Rite of Spring (not on the 2007 list)
57 Baker:
Through the Lion's Gate (85)
58 Chopin:
Nocturnes (Not on the 2007 list)
59 Mendelssohn:
Symphony #4, "Italian" (76)
60 Victor Herbert:
Irish Rhapsody (not on the 2007 list)
61 Prokofiev:
Romeo & Juliet (77)
62 Chopin:
Polonaise (not on the 2007 list))
63 Rimsky-Korsakov:
Russian Easter Overture (not on the 2007 list)
64 J Strauss II:
The Emperor Waltz (70)
65 Stravinsky:
The Firebird (54)
66 Debussy:
Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun (not on the 2007 list)
67 Barber:
Adagio for Strings" (14)
68 Wagner:
Tannhäuser (not on the 2007 list)
69 Borodin:
Nocturne (not on the 2007 list)
70 Haydn:
Symphony #94, "Surprise" (not on the 2007 list)
71 Brahms:
Lullaby (not on the 2007 list)
72 Respighi:
The Pines of Rome (86)
73 Bach:
Air on a G String (37)
74 Tchaikovsky:
Capriccio Italien (not on the 2007 list)
75 Schumann:
Piano Concerto (not on the 2007 list)
76 Mussorgsky:
A Night on Bald Mountain (88)
77 Prokofiev:
Symphony #5 (not on the 2007 list)
78 Puccini:
La Bohème (not on the 2007 list)
79 Schubert:
The Trout Quintet (not on the 2007 list)
80 Tchaikovsky:
Violin Concerto (67)
81 Bach:
Mass in b minor (not on the 2007 list)
82 Rutter:
Gloria (not on the 2007 list)
83 Bartok:
Concerto for Orchestra (not on the 2007 list)
84 Dukas:
The Sorcerer's Apprentice (not on the 2007 list)
85 Mozart:
Requiem (38)
86 Mahler:
Symphony #5 (78)
87 Ravel:
Le Tombeau de Couperin (not on the 2007 list)
88 Mascagni:
Cavalleria Rusticana (not on the 2007 list)
89 Mahler:
Symphony #1, "Titan" (59)
90 Prokofiev:
Peter and the Wolf (95)
91 Schubert:
Symphony #9 in C, "Great" (not on the 2007 list)
92 Albinoni:
Adagio in G minor (not on the 2007 list)
93 Respighi:
The Fountains of Rome (not on the 2007 list)
94 Bach:
Sheep May Safely Graze (97)
95 Schubert:
Symphony #8, "Unfinished" (71)
96 Harty:
Irish Symphony (not on the 2007 list)
97 Chabrier:
España Rhapsody (not on the 2007 list)
98 Grieg:
Holberg Suite (not on the 2007 list)
99 Wagner:
Tristan & Isolde: Liebestod (not on the 2007 list)
The numbers in ( ) denotes that piece's ranking in the previous year
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