| # |
2009 (numbers in "( )" denote the piece's ranking
last year) |
| 1 |
Beethoven: Symphony #9,
"Choral" (1) |
| 2 |
Dvorak: Symphony #9, "New
World" (2) |
| 3 |
Beethoven: Symphony #5
(4) |
| 4 |
Massenet Meditation from
"Thaïs" (47) |
| 5 |
Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture
(7) |
| 6 |
J. Strauss II: Blue Danube
Waltz(34) |
| 7 |
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
(3) |
| 8 |
Barber: Adagio for
Strings" (67) |
| 9 |
Pachelbel: Canon in D
(11) |
| 10 |
Rossini: William Tell
Overture (14) |
| 11 |
Debussy: Clair de lune
(8) |
| 12 |
Smetana: Ma Vlast - The
Moldau (22) |
| 13 |
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
(5) |
| 14 |
Ravel: Bolero
(6) |
| 15 |
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
(19) |
| 16 |
Holst: The Planets
(20) |
| 17 |
Sibelius: Finlandia
(48) |
| 18 |
Rachmaninov: Symphony #2
(not on the 2008 list) |
| 19 |
Mozart: Piano Concerto #21
(31) |
| 20 |
Tchaikovsky: Sleeping
Beauty (not on the 2008 list) |
| 21 |
Copland: Appalachian
Spring (12) |
| 22 |
Orff: Carmina Burana
(9) |
| 23 |
Beethoven: "Moonlight"
Sonata (13) |
| 24 |
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto
#1 (35) |
| 25 |
Beethoven: Piano Concerto #5,
"Emperor" (40) |
| 26 |
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto
#2 (23) |
| 27 |
Tchaikovsky: The
Nutcracker (29) |
| 28 |
Bach: Toccata and Fugue in d
minor, BWV 565 (27) |
| 29 |
Beethoven: Symphony #6,
"Pastorale" (10) |
| 30 |
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on
a Theme of Thomas Tallis (36) |
| 31 |
Beethoven: Symphony #7
(21) |
| 32 |
Copland: Fanfare for the
Common Man (not on the 2008 list) |
| 33 |
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an
Exhibition (18) |
| 34 |
Saint-Saëns: Symphony
#3, "Organ" (34) |
| 35 |
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto
(15) |
| 36 |
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake
(45) |
| 37 |
Wagner: Ride of the
Valkyries (37) |
| 38 |
Bach: Air on a G String
(73) |
| 39 |
Handel: Messiah
(24) |
| 40 |
Mozart: A Little Night
Music (16) |
| 41 |
Bach: Sheep May Safely
Graze (94) |
| 42 |
Mozart: Symphony #40 (not
on the 2008 list) |
| 43 |
Rodrigo: Concierto de
Aranjuez (28) |
| 44 |
Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite (Hall
of Mountain King) (33) |
| 45 |
Schubert: Symphony #9 "Great
C Major" (91) |
| 46 |
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto
#3 (52) |
| 47 |
Bizet: Carmen
(51) |
| 48 |
Mozart: Symphony #41,
"Jupiter" (25) |
| 49 |
Grieg: Piano Concerto (not
on the 2008 list) |
| 50 |
Tchaikovsky: Marche slave
(not on the 2008 list) |
| 51 |
Bach: Jesu, Joy of Man's
Desiring (30) |
| 52 |
Gershwin: An American in
Paris (not on the 2008 list) |
| 53 |
Mahler: Symphony #5
(86) |
| 54 |
Stravinsky: The Rite of
Spring (56) |
| 55 |
Bernstein: Candide
Overture (not on the 2008 list) |
| 56 |
Borodin: Polovtsian Dances
from "Prince Igor" (not on the 2008 list) |
| 57 |
Chopin: Piano Concerto #1
(not on the 2008 list) |
| 58 |
Fauré: Requiem
(not on the 2008 list) |
| 59 |
Elgar: Enigma Variations
(44) |
| 60 |
Mendelssohn: Symphony #4,
"Italian" (59) |
| 61 |
Beethoven: Für Elise
(53) |
| 62 |
Debussy: La Mer (not on
the 2008 list) |
| 63 |
Brahms: Symphony #1
(32) |
| 64 |
Handel: Water Music
(42) |
| 65 |
Mozart: Overture: The
Marriage of Figaro (not on the 2008 list) |
| 66 |
Tchaikovsky: Symphony #4
(not on the 2008 list) |
| 67 |
Rossini: Overture: The Barber
of Seville (not on the 2008 list) |
| 68 |
Albinoni: Adagio in G
minor (92) |
| 69 |
Beethoven: Choral Fantasy
(not on the 2008 list) |
| 70 |
Prokofiev: Peter and the
Wolf (90) |
| 71 |
Elgar: Cello Concerto (not
on the 2008 list) |
| 72 |
Copland: Rodeo (not on the
2008 list) |
| 73 |
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto
(80) |
| 74 |
Brahms: Symphony #4 (not
on the 2008 list) |
| 75 |
Dvorak: Cello Concerto
(not on the 2008 list) |
| 76 |
Sousa: Stars and Stripes
Forever (50) |
| 77 |
J. Strauss II: Tales from the
Vienna Woods (not on the 2008 list) |
| 78 |
Puccini: "Nessun
dorma"/Turandot (not on the 2008 list) |
| 79 |
Stravinsky: The Firebird
(65) |
| 80 |
Mahler: Symphony #2,
"Resurrection" (54) |
| 81 |
Bach: Mass in b minor
(81) |
| 82 |
Beethoven: Symphony #3
"Eroica" (not on the 2008 list) |
| 83 |
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer
Night's Dream (not on the 2008 list) |
| 84 |
Bruch: Violin Concerto #1
(not on the 2008 list) |
| 85 |
Berlioz: Requiem (not on
the 2008 list) |
| 86 |
Enesco: Romanian Rhapsody
#1 (not on the 2008 list) |
| 87 |
Beethoven: Violin
Concerto (not on the 2008 list) |
| 88 |
Chopin: Polonaise, Op. 53
"Heroic" (62) |
| 89 |
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody
#2 (38) |
| 90 |
Franck: Symphony in D
minor (not on the 2008 list) |
| 91 |
Ravel: Pavane (not on the
2008 list) |
| 92 |
Respighi: The Pines of
Rome (72) |
| 93 |
Sibelius: Symphony #2
(not on the 2008 list) |
| 94 |
Vaughan Williams: The Lark
Ascending (not on the 2008 list) |
| 95 |
Grofé: Grand Canyon
Suite (not on the 2008 list) |
| 96 |
Puccini: Madame Butterfly
(not on the 2008 list) |
| 97 |
Berlioz: Symphonie
fantastique (not on the 2008 list) |
| 98 |
Mahler: Symphony #1,
"Titan" (89) |
| 99 |
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and
Juliet (not on the 2008 list) |
| The numbers in (
) denotes that piece's ranking in the previous year |