WPR Listener's Top 40 Classical Picks
1,500 votes collected from 350 voters between September 18th and October 7th, 2009
Rank Composer Title
1 Beethoven, Ludwig van Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral"
2 Dvorak, Antonin Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95 "From the New World"
3 Vivaldi, Antonio The Four Seasons
4 Beethoven, Ludwig van Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67
5 Beethoven, Ludwig van Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92
6 Copland, Aaron Appalachian Spring
7 Barber, Samuel Adagio for Strings
8 Gershwin, George Rhapsody in Blue
9 Smetana, Bedrich The Moldau
10 Mozart, W. A. Requiem Mass in D minor, K. 626
11 Holst, Gustav The Planets
12 Beethoven, Ludwig van Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73 "Emperor"
13 Beethoven, Ludwig van Symphony #6 "Pastorale"
14 Handel, Georg Friedrich Water Music
15 Bach, J.S. Suites for Unaccompanied Cello
16 Pachelbel, Johann Canon in D
17 Orff, Carl Carmina Burana
18 Bach, J.S. Brandenburg Concerti 
19 Beethoven, Ludwig van Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61
20 Beethoven, Ludwig van Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica"
21 Mozart, W. A. Clarinet concerto in A major, K. 622
22 Sibelius, Jean Finlandia, Op. 26
23 Brahms, Johannes German Requiem, Op. 45
24 Debussy, Claude Clair de lune (from Suite bergamasque) 
25 Mozart, W. A. Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
26 Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich 1812 Overture
27 Saint-Saëns, Camille Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78 "Organ Symphony"
28 Brahms, Johannes Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77
29 Strauss, Richard  Der Rosenkavalier, Op 59
30 Stravinsky, Igor Firebird Suite
31 Handel, Georg Friedrich Messiah
32 Bach, J.S. St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244
33 Bach, J.S. Mass in B minor, BWV 232
34 Bach, J.S. Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 538
35 Brahms, Johannes Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98 
36 Fauré, Gabriel Requiem in D minor, Op. 48
37 Ravel, Maurice Boléro
38 Beethoven, Ludwig van Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor "Moonlight Sonata"
39 Brahms, Johannes Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68
40 Rachmaninoff, Sergei Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18


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