Top 48 Listener Countdown

January 29th marked the 48th birthday of KMFA, and we celebrated by playing your Top 48 favorites. We asked,"What are your favorite classical works?" and you responded in a big way. Hundreds of people replied, and we've counted down to the number one favorite. 

Top 48 Listener Countdown

Please note: To account for ties in voting, there are actually 57 pieces represented here. Pieces are listed here alphabetically when tied. 

1    Beethoven: Symphony No. 9
2    Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
3    Bach: Brandenburg Concertos
4    Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
5    Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
6    Holst: The Planets
7    Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
7    Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 New World
9    Beethoven: Moonlight Sonata
10    Mozart: Requiem
10    Ravel: Bolero
12    Copland: Appalachian Spring
12    Saint-Saens: Symphony No. 3 Organ
14    Barber: Adagio for Strings ( inc. Agnus Dei)
14    Beethoven: Symphony No. 3
14    Debussy: Clair de Lune
14    Mozart: A Little Night Music
14    Pachelbel: Canon
14    Smetana: Die Moldau
20    Bach: Cello Suites
20    Beethoven: Symphony No. 6
20    Mozart: Magic Flute (inc Queen of the night)
20    Orff: Carmina Burana
20    Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2
20    Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3
20    Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture
27    Bach: Toccata & Fugue in d minor
27    Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 Emperor
27    Brahms: German Requiem
27    Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
31    Bach: Goldberg Variations
31    Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez
31    Satie: Trois Gymnopedies
31    Strauss: Blue Danube Waltz
35    Bach: B minor Mass
35    Debussy: La Mer
35    Mahler: Symphony No. 2
35    Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2
35    Stravinsky: Rite of Spring
35    Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1
35    Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 Pathetique
35    Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto
35    Vaughan-Williams: Lark Ascending
35    Vaughan-Williams: Thomas Tallis Fantasia
35    Wagner: Ride of the Valkyries
46    Bach: St. Matthew Passion
46    Brahms: Symphony No. 1
46    Copland: Rodeo
46    Dvorak: American String Quartet
46    Handel: Water Music
46    Mendelssohn: Midsummer Night's Dream
46    Puccini: Che gelida manina
46    Rachmaninoff: Paganini Rhapsody
46    Respighi: Pines of Rome
46    Schubert: Symphony No. 8 Unfinished
46    Sibelius: Finlandia

Top 48 Playlist