Classic 100 Original (ABC)

During 2001 and 2002, the Australian radio station ABC Classic FM held a Classic 100 countdown.

Voting for the countdown was held in 2001, with votes cast by listeners to the station.

The broadcasting of the results of the countdown began on 12 December 2001[1] and concluded on 19 January 2002.[2]

Survey summary

The results of the countdown are as follows:

Rank Composer Work
100 Fauré Cantique de Jean Racine
99 Khachaturian Spartacus
98 Grieg Morning from Peer Gynt
97 Stravinsky The Rite of Spring
96 Mozart Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor
95 Handel Zadok the Priest
94 Albinoni Adagio in G minor for organ and strings
93 Debussy Clair de lune
92 Purcell When I am laid in earth (Dido's Lament) from Dido and Aeneas
91 Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto in D major
90 Sibelius Finlandia
89 Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor
88 Bach The Well-Tempered Clavier
87 Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major
86 Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Pathétique
85 Mozart "Soave sia il vento" from Così fan tutte
84 Mozart Clarinet Quintet in A major
83 Orff Carmina Burana
82 Satie Gymnopédies
81 Ravel Boléro
80 Beethoven Symphony No. 7 in A major
79 Bach Toccata and Fugue in D minor
78 Puccini "O mio babbino caro" from Gianni Schicchi
77 Schubert Impromptu No. 3 in G-flat major
76 Mahler Symphony No. 8 in E-flat major
75 Verdi La traviata
74 Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor
73 Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue
72 Bach Chaconne from Violin Partita No. 2 in D minor
71 Chopin Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor
70 Bach Christmas Oratorio
69 Beethoven Piano Trio No. 7 in B-flat, Archduke
68 Grieg Piano Concerto in A minor
67 Mozart The Marriage of Figaro
66 Caccini, G / Vavilov Ave Maria
65 Elgar Sea Pictures
64 Litolff, HC Concerto symphonique No. 4 in D minor, Scherzo
63 Bach Cantata No 78, Jesu, der du meine Seele
62 Mahler Symphony No. 2 in C minor, Resurrection
61 Tchaikovsky 1812 Overture
60 Smetana My Country
59 Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D major
58 Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet
57 Mozart Ave verum corpus
56 Bach Goldberg Variations
55 Dvořák Song to the Moon from Rusalka
54 Mozart The Magic Flute
53 Handel Ombra mai fu (Handel's Largo) from Serse
52 Dvořák Symphony No. 9 in E minor, From the New World
51 Rachmaninoff Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
50 Saint-Saëns The Swan from The Carnival of the Animals
49 Holst The Planets
48 Mozart Serenade No. 13 in G major, Eine kleine Nachtmusik
47 Wagner Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde
46 Gluck Che farò senza Euridice? from Orfeo ed Euridice
45 Saint-Saëns Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Organ Symphony
44 Verdi Messa da Requiem
43 Mahler Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp minor
42 Beethoven Symphony No. 5 in C minor
41 Schubert "To Music"
40 Beethoven Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Eroica
39 Massenet Meditation from Thaïs
38 Puccini Madama Butterfly
37 Verdi Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves from Nabucco
36 Barber Adagio for Strings
35 Bach Concerto for 2 Violins, Strings and Continuo in D Minor
34 Bach "Air on the G String", from Suite No. 3 in D major
33 Puccini La bohème
32 Mozart Requiem Mass in D minor
31 Mozart Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major
30 Mascagni Intermezzo from Cavalleria rusticana
29 Bach Mass in B minor
28 Schubert String Quintet in C major
27 Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Moonlight
26 Mozart Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major
25 Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
24 Elgar Enigma Variations
23 Pachelbel Pachelbel's Canon
22 Bach Brandenburg Concertos
21 Rodrigo Concierto de Aranjuez
20 Bach Six Suites for Unaccompanied Cello
19 Elgar Cello Concerto in E minor
18 Schubert Piano Quintet in A major, Trout
17 Schubert Notturno in E-flat major, Op. 148 (D. 897)
16 Vivaldi The Four Seasons
15 Fauré Requiem
14 Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor
13 Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor
12 Bach St Matthew Passion
11 Bach Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
10 Strauss, R Four Last Songs
9 Allegri, G Miserere
8 Handel Messiah
7 Bizet Au fond du temple saint from The Pearl Fishers
6 Beethoven Symphony No. 6 in F major, Pastoral
5 Beethoven Violin Concerto in D Major
4 Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Emperor Concerto
3 Beethoven Symphony No. 9 in D minor
2 Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending
1 Mozart Clarinet Concerto in A major

By composer

The following 45 composers were featured in the countdown:

Composer Nationality Works
Albinoni Italian 1
Allegri, G Italian 1
Bach, JS German 13
Barber American 1
Beethoven German 11
Bizet French 2
Bruch German 1
Caccini / Vavilov Italian 1
Chopin Polish 1
Debussy French 1
Dvořák Czech 2
Elgar English 4
Fauré French 2
Gershwin American 1
Gluck German 1
Grieg Norwegian 2
Handel German-British 3
Holst English 1
Khachaturian Armenian 1
Litolff English 1
Mahler Austrian 3
Mascagni Italian 1
Massenet French 1
Mendelssohn German 1
Mozart Austrian 11
Orff German 1
Pachelbel German 1
Prokofiev Russian 1
Puccini Italian 3
Purcell English 1
Rachmaninoff Russian 2
Ravel French 1
Rodrigo Spanish 1
Saint-Saëns French 1
Satie French 1
Schubert Austrian 5
Sibelius Finnish 1
Smetana Czech 1
Strauss, R German 1
Stravinsky Russian 1
Tchaikovsky Russian 3
Vaughan Williams English 2
Verdi Italian 3
Vivaldi Italian 1
Wagner German 1

See also

References
  1. "Music Details for Wednesday 12 December 2001". ABC Classic FM. Retrieved 24 June 2012.
  2. "Music Details for Saturday 19 January 2002". ABC Classic FM. Retrieved 24 June 2012.

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