Classic 100 Ten Years On (ABC)

Classic 100 Ten Years On (ABC)

During 2010 the Australian radio station ABC Classic FM held a Classic 100 Ten Years On countdown. The survey recreated the Classic 100 Original countdown held in 2001.

Voting for the countdown was held between 11 September 2010 and 1 October 2010, with each listener being permitted to vote for up to 10 works. The broadcasting of the results of the countdown began on 30 October 2010 and concluded on 7 November 2010.

Contents

Countdown results

The results of countdown are as follows[1]:

Rank Composer Work Genre Key Opus Completed Rank in the original 100 Change in rank
100 Mozart Symphony No. 40 Symphony G minor K. 550 1788
99 Schubert Adagio for piano trio (Notturno) Trio E-flat major D. 897 1821 17 -82
98 Strauss, R Songs with Orchestra* Song 1899
97 Mozart Così fan tutte Opera K. 588 1789 85 -12
96 Górecki Symphony No. 3 (Symphony of Sorrowful Songs) Symphony Op. 36 1976
95 Giazotto (attrib. Albinoni) Adagio for strings and organ Adagio G minor T. Mi 26 1958 94 -1
94 Chopin Piano Concerto No. 1 Concerto E minor Op. 11 1830 71 -23
93 Mozart Clarinet Quintet Quintet A major K. 581 1789 84 -9
92 Handel Zadok the Priest Anthem D major HWV 258 1727 95 +3
91 Sibelius Symphony No. 5 Symphony E-flat major Op. 82 1919
90 Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2 Concerto B-flat major Op. 83 1881
89 Purcell Dido and Aeneas Opera Z. 626 1688 92 +3
88 Mascagni Cavalleria rusticana Opera 1890 30 -58
87 Tallis Spem in alium Motet 1570
86 Smetana My Country—Vltava Symphonic poem E minor T. 111 1874 60 -26
85 Schubert Symphony No. 9 (Great) Symphony C major D. 944 1840
84 Khachaturian Spartacus Orchestral suite 1954 99 +15
83 Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 2 Symphony E minor Op. 27 1907
82 Brahms Violin Concerto in D Concerto D major Op. 77 1878
81 Puccini Madama Butterfly Opera 1904 38 -43
80 Berlioz Symphonie fantastique Symphony Op. 14 1830
79 Mendelssohn Hebrides Overture Overture B minor Op. 26 1830
78 Dvořák Cello Concerto in B minor Concerto B minor Op. 104 1895
77 Beethoven Triple Concerto Concerto C major Op. 56 1803
76 Mozart Don Giovanni Opera K. 527 1787
75 Grieg Peer Gynt Suite Op. 23 1875 98 +23
74 Bach, JS Cello Suite No. 1 Suite G major BWV 1007 1723 20 -54
73 Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker Suite Op. 71a 1891
72 Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade Symphonic suite Op. 35 1888
71 Massenet Méditation (from Thaïs) Symphonic intermezzo 1894 39 -32
70 Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night's Dream Overture & incidental music Op. 21, 61 1842
69 Mussorgsky (orch. Ravel) Pictures at an Exhibition Suite 1874
68 Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5 Symphony E minor Op. 64 1888
67 Mahler Symphony No. 1 (Titan) Symphony D major 1888
66 Stravinsky The Rite of Spring Ballet 1913 97 +31
65 Schubert String Quartet No. 14 (Death and the Maiden) Quartet D minor D. 810 1824
64 Grieg Piano Concerto in A minor Concerto A minor Op. 16 1868 68 +4
63 Barber Adagio for Strings Orchestral B-flat major Op. 11a 1936 36 -27
62 Orff Carmina Burana Cantata 1937 83 +21
61 Satie Gymnopédies Unaccompanied piano 1888 82 +21
60 Mozart Ave verum corpus Motet D major K. 618 1791 57 -3
59 Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto in D Concerto D major Op. 35 1878 91 +32
58 Mahler Symphony No. 5 Symphony C-sharp minor 1902 43 -15
57 Sibelius Finlandia Symphonic poem Op. 26 1900 90 +33
56 Ravel Boléro Orchestral dance C major 1928 81 +25
55 Debussy Claire de lune Suite for piano 1905 93 +38
54 Sibelius Violin Concerto in D minor Concerto D minor Op. 47 1903
53 Bach, JS Goldberg Variations Theme and variations BWV 988 1741 56 +3
52 Tchaikovsky 1812 Overture Overture E-flat major Op. 49 1880 61 +9
51 Rachmaninoff Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Concertante A minor Op. 43 1934 51 0
50 Pachelbel Pachelbel's Canon Canon and gigue D major PWC 38 1694 23 -27
49 Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4 Concerto G major Op. 58 1806 87 +38
48 Bach, JS Cantata 147 (including Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring) Cantata BWV 147 1716 11 -37
47 Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet Ballet Op. 64 1935 58 +11
46 Bach, JS Mass in B minor Mass B minor BWV 232 1749 29 -17
45 Bach, JS Toccata and Fugue Toccata and Fugue D minor BWV 565 1707 79 +34
44 Puccini La bohème Opera 1896 33 -11
43 Mahler Symphony No. 2 (Resurrection) Symphony C minor 1894 62 +19
42 Schubert String quintet Quintet C major D. 956 1828 28 -14
41 Bizet Carmen Opera 1875
40 Tchaikovsky Swan Lake Ballet Op. 20 1876
39 Sibelius Symphony No. 2 Symphony D major Op. 43 1902
38 Bach, JS Double Violin Concerto Concerto D minor BWV 1043 1731 35 -3
37 Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3 Concerto D minor Op. 30 1909
36 Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue Concerto B-flat major 1924 73 +37
35 Allegri Miserere mei, Deus Setting (Psalm) 1630 9 -26
34 Mozart Piano Concerto No. 21 Concerto C major K.467 1785 31 -3
33 Strauss, R Four Last Songs Song TrV 296 1948 10 -23
32 Mendelssohn Violin Concerto Concerto E minor Op. 64 1844 89 +57
31 Beethoven Symphony No. 3 (Eroica) Symphony E-flat major Op. 55 1804 40 +9
30 Pärt Spiegel im Spiegel F major 1978
29 Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 Concerto B-flat minor Op. 23 1875 74 +45
28 Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6 (Pathétique) Symphony B minor Op. 74 1893
27 Mozart The Marriage of Figaro Opera K. 492 1786 67 +40
26 Fauré Requiem Mass Mass D minor Op. 48 1890 15 -11
25 Bizet The Pearl Fishers Opera 1863 7 -18
24 Elgar Enigma Variations Theme and variations Op. 36 1899 24 0
23 Mozart The Magic Flute Opera K. 620 1791 54 +31
22 Rodrigo Concierto de Aranjuez Concerto 1939 21 -1
21 Beethoven Symphony No. 5 Symphony C minor Op. 67 1808 42 +21
20 Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis Fantasia 1910 25 +5
19 Holst The Planets Suite Op. 32 1916 49 +30
18 Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 14 (Moonlight) Sonata C-sharp minor Op. 27 No. 2 1801 27 +9
17 Schubert Piano Quintet (Trout) Quintet A major D. 667 1819 18 +1
16 Beethoven Symphony No. 7 Symphony A major Op. 92 1811 80 +64
15 Bach, JS St Matthew Passion Setting BWV 244 1727 12 -3
14 Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending 1914 2 -12
13 Saint-Saëns Symphony No. 3 (Organ Symphony) Symphony C minor Op. 78 1886 45 +32
12 Vivaldi The Four Seasons Concerto Op. 8 1723 16 +4
11 Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1 Concerto G minor Op. 26 1866 14 +3
10 Elgar Cello Concerto Concerto E minor Op. 85 1919 19 +9
9 Beethoven Violin Concerto Concerto D major Op. 61 1806 5 -4
8 Mozart Requiem Mass Mass D minor K. 626 1791 32 +24
7 Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 Concerto C minor Op. 18 1901 13 +6
6 Dvořák Symphony No. 9 (New World Symphony) Symphony E minor Op. 95 1893 52 +46
5 Handel Messiah Oratorio HWV 56 1741 8 +3
4 Mozart Clarinet Concerto Concerto A major K. 622 1791 1 -3
3 Beethoven Symphony No. 6 (Pastoral Symphony) Symphony F major Op. 68 1808 6 +3
2 Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 (Emperor Concerto) Concerto E-flat major Op. 73 1811 4 +2
1 Beethoven Symphony No. 9 (Choral) Symphony D minor Op. 125 1824 3 +2

* The following six songs were broadcast as No. 98 in the countdown:

  • Cäcilie – Opus 27 No. 2 (1894).
  • Ruhe, meine Seele! – Opus 27 No. 1 (1894).
  • Morgen! – Opus 27 No. 4 (1894).
  • Meinem Kinde – Opus 37 No. 3 (1898).
  • Wiegenlied – Opus 41 No. 1 (1899).
  • Zueignung – Opus 10 No. 1 (1885).

Programming

For more information about the works broadcast (including performers and recording details), see ABC Classic FM's programming notes:

By Composer

The following 48 composers were featured in the countdown:

Composer Nationality Works* Works in original survey
Albinoni Italian 1 1
Allegri Italian 1 1
Bach, JS German 7 13
Barber American 1 1
Beethoven German 10 11
Berlioz French 1 0
Bizet French 2 1
Brahms German 2 0
Bruch German 1 1
Chopin Polish 1 1
Debussy French 1 1
Dvořák Czech 2 2
Elgar English 2 4
Fauré French 1 2
Gershwin American 1 1
Giazotto Italian 1 1
Górecki Polish 1 0
Grieg Norwegian 2 2
Handel German-British 2 3
Holst English 1 1
Khachaturian Armenian 1 1
Mahler Austrian 3 3
Mascagni Italian 1 1
Massenet French 1 1
Mendelssohn German 3 1
Mozart Austrian 10 11
Mussorgsky Russian 1 0
Orff German 1 1
Pachelbel German 1 1
Pärt Estonian 1 0
Prokofiev Russian 1 1
Puccini Italian 2 3
Purcell English 1 1
Rachmaninoff Russian 4 2
Ravel French 2 1
Rimsky-Korsakov Russian 1 0
Rodrigo Spanish 1 1
Saint-Saëns French 1 2
Satie French 1 1
Schubert Austrian 5 5
Sibelius Finnish 4 1
Smetana Czech 1 1
Strauss, R German 2 1
Stravinsky Russian 1 1
Tallis English 1 0
Tchaikovsky Russian 7 3
Vivaldi Italian 1 1
Vaughan Williams English 2 2

* Note that the number of works above totals to two more than the number of works in the countdown due to:

  • Albinoni and Giazotto being entered separately for the same work.
  • Mussorgsky and Ravel being entered separately for the same work.

Original Classic 100 survey

The Original Classic 100 countdown was held in 2001. The following 28 works from the original did not appear in the 2010 countdown.

Rank Composer Work
22 Bach Brandenburg Concertos
26 Mozart Piano Concerto No. 23
34 Bach Air on the G-String
37 Verdi Nabucco
41 Schubert To Music
44 Verdi Requiem
46 Gluck "Che farò senza Euridice" from Orpheus and Euridice
47 Wagner Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde
48 Mozart Eine kleine Nachtmusik
50 Saint-Saëns "The Swan" from The Carnival of the Animals
53 Handel Xerxes
55 Dvorák "Song to the Moon" from Rusalka
59 Elgar Pomp and Circumstance
63 Bach Cantata No. 78, Jesu, der du meine Seele
64 Litolff Concerto symphonique No. 4 in D minor, Scherzo
65 Elgar Sea Pictures
66 Caccini, G Ave Maria
69 Beethoven Piano Trio (Archduke)
70 Bach Christmas Oratorio
72 Bach Chaconne from Violin Partita No. 2
75 Verdi La traviata
76 Mahler Symphony No. 8 in E-flat major
77 Schubert Impromptu No. 3 in G flat
78 Puccini "O mio babbino caro" from Gianni Schicchi
86 Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor (Pathétique)
88 Bach The Well-Tempered Clavier
96 Mozart Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor
100 Fauré Cantique de Jean Racine

The following composers included in the 2001 countdown did not appear in the 2010 countdown:

See also

References

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