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 |