Year
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Countdown
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Top 5
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2001
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Classic 100 Original
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- Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A, K. 622
- Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
- Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 Choral
- Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat, Op. 73 Emperor
- Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61
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2004
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Classic 100 Piano
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- Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 27/2 Moonlight
- Bach, J.S.: Goldberg Variations
- Debussy: "Clair de lune" from Suite bergamasque
- Satie: Gymnopédie No. 1
- Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 Pathétique
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2005/6
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Classic 100 Opera
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- Bizet: "Au fond du temple saint" from The Pearl Fishers
- Verdi: "Va, pensiero" (Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves) from Nabucco
- Delibes: "Sous le dôme épais" (Flower Duet) from Lakmé
- Mozart: "Soave sia il vento" (Act 1 trio) from Così fan tutte, K. 588
- Purcell: "Thy hand, Belinda ... When I am laid in earth" (Dido's Lament) from Dido and Aeneas
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2006
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Classic 100 Mozart
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- Clarinet Concerto in A, K. 622 – Adagio
- Ave verum corpus, K. 618
- Piano Concerto No. 21 in C, K. 467 – Andante
- "Soave sia il vento" (Act 1 trio) from Così fan tutte, K. 588
- Requiem, K. 626 Lacrimosa
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2007
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Classic 100 Concerto
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- Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat, Op. 73 Emperor
- Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18
- Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D, Op. 61
- Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26
- Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85
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2008
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Classic 100 Chamber music
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- Schubert: Piano Quintet in A major, D667 Trout
- Schubert: String Quintet in C major, D956
- Schubert: Nocturne in E-flat major for piano trio, D897
- Beethoven: Piano Trio in B-flat major, Op. 97 Archduke
- Schubert: String Quartet in D minor, D810 Death and the Maiden
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2009
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Classic 100 Symphony
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- Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 New World
- Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 Choral
- Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 Pastoral
- Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 Organ
- Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
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2010
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Classic 100 Ten Years On
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- Beethoven: Symphony No. 9
- Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 Emperor Concerto
- Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 Pastoral
- Mozart: Clarinet Concerto
- Handel: Messiah, HWV 56
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2011
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Classic 100 Twentieth Century
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- Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor
- Holst: The Planets
- Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
- Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
- Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18
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2012
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Classic 100 Music of France
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- Bizet: Carmen
- Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3
- Fauré: Requiem
- Satie: Gymnopédies
- Bizet: "Au fond du temple saint"
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2013
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Classic 100 Music in the Movies
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- Morricone: The Mission
- Williams: Star Wars
- Shore: The Lord of the Rings
- Vangelis: Chariots of Fire
- Jarre: Doctor Zhivago
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2014
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Classic 100 Baroque and Before
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- Handel: Messiah, HWV 56
- Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, Op. 8
- Allegri: Miserere
- Handel: Water Music
- Bach, J.S.: St Matthew Passion, BWV 244
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2015
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Classic 100 Swoon[3]
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- Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
- Mozart: Clarinet Concerto
- Barber: Adagio for Strings
- Pärt: Spiegel im Spiegel
- Allegri: Miserere
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2016
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Classic 100 Voice[4]
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- Beethoven: Symphony No. 9
- Bizet: The Pearlfishers (Duet: "Au fond du temple saint)"
- Handel: Messiah ("Hallelujah")
- Faure: Requiem, Op. 48
- Allegri: Miserere
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2017
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Classic 100 Love[5]
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- Bizet: "Au fond du temple saint" from The Pearl Fishers
- Purcell: "When I am laid in earth" from Dido and Aeneas
- Wagner: "Liebestod" from Tristan und Isolde
- Dvorák: "Song to the Moon" from Rusalka
- Puccini: "Un bel dì" from Madama Butterfly
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2018
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Classic 100 Dance[6]
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- Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake
- Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker
- Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet
- Bernstein: West Side Story
- Bizet: Carmen[7]
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2019
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Classic 100 Composer[8]
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- Ludwig van Beethoven
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- George Frideric Handel
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2020
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Classic 100 Beethoven[9][10]
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- Symphony No. 9 Choral
- Piano Concerto No. 5 Emperor
- Symphony No. 6 Pastoral
- Symphony No. 7
- Symphony No. 5
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2021
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Classic 100: The Music You Can't Live Without[11]
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- Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5
- Beethoven: Symphony No. 9
- Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
- Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
- Elgar: Enigma Variations
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2022
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Classic 100: Music for the screen[12]
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- John Williams: Star Wars series
- Howard Shore: The Lord of the Rings trilogy
- Ennio Morricone: The Mission
- John Williams, Patrick Doyle, Nicholas Hooper, Alexandre Desplat: Harry Potter series
- John Williams: Schindler's List
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2023
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Classic 100: Your Favourite Instrument[13][14]
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- Cello
- Piano
- Violin
- Oboe
- Clarinet
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2024
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Classic 100: Feel Good[15][16]
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- Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 "Choral"
- Gustav Holst: The Planets
- Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers
- Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor"
- George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
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