You voted for your favorites and we counted them back! Here WRR listeners’ favorite pieces of classical music for 2024:
1 Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 ‘Choral’
2 Bach, JS: Brandenburg Concertos
3 Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 ‘From the New World’
4 Barber: Adagio for Strings, Op. 11
5 Copland: Appalachian Spring
6 Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
7 Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
8 Holst: The Planets, Op. 32
9 Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92
10 Handel: Messiah
11 Bach, JS: Toccata & Fugue in D minor, BWV565
12 Elgar:Enigma Variations, Op. 36
13 Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18
14 Debussy: Clair de lune
15 Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67
16 Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
17 Bach, JS: Jesu, joy of man’s desiring
18 Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik (A Little Night Music), K525
19 Orff: Carmina Burana
20 Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture, Op. 49
21 Pachelbel: Canon
22 Smetana: The Moldau
23 Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43
24 Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, Op. 35
25 Beethoven: Für Elise
26 Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 73 ‘Emperor’
27 Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
28 Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2 ‘Moonlight’
29 Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 ‘Pastoral’
30 Saint-Saens: Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78 ‘Organ Symphony’
31 Albinoni: Adagio for Strings and Organ in G minor
32 Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46
33 Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
34 Ravel: Boléro
35 Borodin: In the Steppes of Central Asia
36 Rossini: William Tell Overture
37 Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23
38 Wagner: Die Walküre: Ride of the Valkyries
39 Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 ‘Eroica’
40 Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16
41 Dvorak: Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104
42 Handel: Royal Fireworks Music
43 Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 ‘Pathetique’
44 Debussy: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
45 Mozart: Requiem in D minor, K626
46 Puccini: Nessun dorma (from Turandot)
47 Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30
48 Bach, JS: Goldberg Variations, BWV988
49 Gershwin: An American in Paris
50 Mendelssohn, Felix: Violin Concerto in E minor, Op.
51 Sibelius: Finlandia, Op. 26
52 Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35
53 Mahler: Symphony No. 2 ‘Resurrection’
54 Bizet: ‘Habanera’ (from Carmen)
55 Faure: Pavane, Op. 50
56 Mussorgsky: A Night on the Bare Mountain
57 Mozart: Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K550
58 Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro: Overture
59 Rossini: Barber of Seville Overture
60 Satie: Gymnopédie No. 1
61 Strauss, Johann II: Blue Danube Waltz (An der schönen, blauen Donau), Op. 314
62 Mendelssohn, Felix: Hebrides Overture, Op. 26
63 Brahms: A German Requiem (Ein Deutsches Requiem), Op. 45
64 Bach, JS: Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, BWV1043
65 Chopin: Heroic Polonaise A flat major, Op. 53
66 Debussy: La Mer
67 Mozart: Ave verum corpus, K618
68 Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A major, K622
69 Mozart: Symphony No. 41 in C major, K551 ‘Jupiter’
70 Tchaikovsky: Romeo & Juliet – Fantasy Overture
71 Brahms: Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80
72 Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58
73 Gounod: Ave Maria
74 Saint-Saens: The Swan (from Carnival of the Animals)
75 Strauss, R: Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30
76 Stravinsky: The Firebird
77 Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64
78 Handel: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
79 Massenet: Meditation (from Thaïs)
80 Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 ‘Pathétique’
81 Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 11 in A major, K331 ‘Alla Turca’
82 Ravel: Pavane for a Dead Princess (Pavane pour une infante défunte )
83 Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36
84 Bach, JS: Chromatic Fantasia & Fugue in D minor, BWV903
85 Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61
86 Brahms: Lullaby (Wiegenlied)
87 Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11
88 Rachmaninoff: Vocalise, Op. 34 No. 14
89 Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances, Op. 45
90 Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring
91 Brahms: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77
92 Verdi: La Traviata
93 Bach, JS: Passacaglia & Fugue in C minor, BWV582
94 Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15
95 Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14
96 Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68
97 Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K466
98 Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64 – excerpts
99 Puccini: O mio babbino caro (from Gianni Schicchi)
100 Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47
101 Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Overture
102 Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez
103 Bach, JS: Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV1068: Air (‘Air on a G String’)
104 Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra, BB 123, Sz.116
105 Brahms: Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98
106 Chopin: Nocturne No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 9 No. 2
107 Debussy: Rêverie
108 Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D major ‘Titan’
109 Mendelssohn, Felix: Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 56 ‘Scottish’
110 Mendelssohn, Felix: Symphony No. 4 in A major, Op. 90 ‘Italian’
111 Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K467 ‘Elvira Madigan’
112 Schubert: Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D759 ‘Unfinished’
113 Allegri: Miserere
114 Bach, JS: Italian Concerto, BWV971
115 Bach, JS: Keyboard Concerto No. 1 in D minor, BWV1052
116 Bartok: Romanian Folk Dances
117 Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 83
118 Schubert: Ave Maria, D839
119 Strauss, Johann I: Radetzky March, Op. 228
120 Brahms: Variations on a theme by Haydn for orchestra, Op. 56a ‘St Anthony Variations’
121 Debussy: The Girl with the Flaxen Hair (La fille aux cheveux de lin)
122 Franck: Panis Angelicus
123 Verdi: Requiem
124 Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15
125 Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5: Aria (Cantilena)
126 Mahler: Symphony No. 5
127 Gershwin: Summertime (from Porgy and Bess)
128 Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Greensleeves
129 Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26
130 Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 35 ‘Funeral March’
131 Beethoven: Egmont Overture, Op. 84
132 Schubert: Piano Quintet in A major, D667 ‘The Trout’
133 Puccini: Un bel di vedremo (from Madama Butterfly)
