Classic FM top 20

Over Easter, Classic FM polled their listeners and with a return of over 96,000 votes they compiled the top 300 tracks and played them over the Bank Holiday weekend. This was the top 20.

Rank Composer Piece
20 Ennio Morricone The Mission
19 George Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue
18 Edward Elgar Cello Concerto
17 Anton Dvorak Symphony No. 9 (From the New World)
16 Antonio Vivaldi Four Seasons
15 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Clarinet Concerto
14 Max Bruch Violin Concerto No.1
13 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Requiem
12 Dmitri  Shostakovich Piano Concerto No.2
11 Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No.6 (Pastoral)
10 John Williams Schindler’s List
9 Gregorio Allegri Miserere
8 Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No.9 (Choral)
7 Gustav Holst The Planets Suite
6 Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 (Emperor)
5 Karl Jenkins The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace
4 Edward Elgar Enigma Variations
3 Ralph Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
2 Ralph Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending
1 Serge Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No.2

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