We celebrated our 50th Birthday by playing our listeners' Top 50 classical works leading up to January 29th. Here is the final tally:
Top 50 Listener Countdown
- Beethoven: Symphony No. 9
- Vivaldi: Four Seasons
- Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
- Bach, J.S.: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
- Bach, J.S.: Toccata and Fugue
- Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez
- Smetana: Moldau
- Copland: Appalachian Spring
- Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
- DvoĆák: New World Symphony
- Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
- Chopin: Fantasie Impromptu
- Bach, J.S.: Brandenburg Concerto No. 2
- Enesco: Romanian Rhapsody No. 1
- Debussy: Claire de Lune
- Beethoven: Emperor Concerto
- Adams: Nixon in China
- Morten Lauridsen: Les Chansons des Roses
- Bach, J.S.: Brandenburg Concerto No. 1
- Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Festival Overture
- Wagner: Ride of the Valkyries
- Mozart: Clarinet Concerto
- Beethoven: Moonlight Sonata
- Bach, J.S.: Cello Suite No. 1
- Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite No. 1
- Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
- Vivaldi: Concerto for Guitar in D Major
- Mozart: Die Zauberflöte
- Satie: Gymnopedie No. 1
- Chopin: Nocturne No. 19 in E minor, Op. 72, no. 1
- Ravel: Bolero
- Bach, J.S.: Brandenburg Concerto No. 4
- Ravel: Pavane for a Dead Princess
- Franz Lehar: The Merry Widow Overture
- Mozart: Ave Verum Corpus
- Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 3
- Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1, D Major, Opus 25
- Bach, J.S.: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
- Beethoven: Egmont Overture
- Debussy: Reverie
- Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake
- Sibelius: Finlandia
- Schubert: Ave Maria
- Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture
- Allegri: Miserere
- Mahler: Symphony No. 1
- Mozart: Elvira Madigan No. 21, KV 467
- Saint-Saëns: Danse Macabre
- Shostakovich: Ballet Suite No. 3
- Morricone: Gabriel's Oboe