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Here’s the 50 Greatest of All Time Classical Works voted on by KVNO listeners
  1. Beethoven – Symphony no 9
  2. Vivaldi – The Four Seasons
  3. Dvorak – New World Symphony
  4. Holst – The Planets
  5. Beethoven – Symphony no 5
  6. Beethoven – Symphony no 7
  7. Beethoven – Piano Concerto no 5 “Emperor”
  8. Beethoven – Symphony no 6
  9. Handel – Messiah
  10. Stravinsky – The Firebird Suite
  11. Pachelbel- Canon in D
  12. Mussorgsky – Pictures at an Exhibition
  13. Debussy – Clair de Lune
  14. Mozart – Requiem
  15. Strauss – Blue Danube Waltz
  16. Copland – Appalachian Spring
  17. Tchaikovsky – 1812 Overture
  18. Smetana – Die Moldau
  19. Copland – Rodeo
  20. Brahms – German Requiem
  21. Tchaikovsky – Nutcracker
  22. Berlioz – Symphonie Fantastique
  23. Rossini – William Tell Overture
  24. Orff – Carmina Burana
  25. Bach – Toccata and Fugue in D Minor
  26. Stravinsky – Rite of Spring
  27. Tchaikovsky – Violin Concerto in D
  28. Tchaikovsky – Piano Concerto No 1
  29. Rimsky-Korsakov – Scheherazade
  30. Ravel – Bolero
  31. Rachmaninoff – Piano Concerto no 2
  32. Mozart – Symphony no 41
  33. Vaughan-Williams – Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
  34. Sain-Saens – Carnival of the Animals
  35. Shostakovich – Symphony no 5
  36. Gershwin – Rhapsody in Blue
  37. Bartok – Concerto for Orchestra
  38. Strauss – Radetsky March
  39. Tchaikovsky – Symphony no 6 “Pathetique”
  40. Mozart – Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
  41. Respighi – Pines of Rome
  42. Elgar – Enigma Variations
  43. Grieg – Peer Gynt Suite
  44. Chopin – Prelude in D-flat Op 28 No 15 “Raindrop”
  45. Beethoven – Moonlight Sonata
  46. Bach – Brandenburg – Concerto No 3
  47. Liszt – Hungarian Rhapsody No 2
  48. Grofe – Grand Canyon Suite
  49. Barber – Adagio for Strings
  50. Bach – Orchestral Suite No 3 in D