Classic 100 Countdowns

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|valign=top|Classic 100 Original

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1. Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A, K. 622
2. Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
3. Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 Choral
4. Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat, Op. 73 Emperor
5. Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61

|valign=top|Classic 100 Piano

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1. Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 27/2 Moonlight
2. Bach, J.S.: Goldberg Variations
3. Debussy: "Clair de lune" from Suite bergamasque
4. Satie: Gymnopédie No. 1
5. Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 Pathétique

|valign=top|Classic 100 Opera

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1. Bizet: "Au fond du temple saint" from The Pearl Fishers
2. Verdi: "Va, pensiero" (Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves) from Nabucco
3. Delibes: "Sous le dôme épais" (Flower Duet) from Lakmé
4. Mozart: "Soave sia il vento" (Act 1 trio) from Così fan tutte, K. 588
5. Purcell: "Thy hand, Belinda ... When I am laid in earth" (Dido's Lament) from Dido and Aeneas

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1. Clarinet Concerto in A, K. 622 – Adagio
2. Ave verum corpus, K. 618
3. Piano Concerto No. 21 in C, K. 467 – Andante
4. "Soave sia il vento" (Act 1 trio) from Così fan tutte, K. 588
5. Requiem, K. 626 Lacrimosa

|valign=top|Classic 100 Concerto

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1. Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat, Op. 73 Emperor
2. Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18
3. Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D, Op. 61
4. Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26
5. Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85

|valign=top|Classic 100 Chamber music

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1. Schubert: Piano Quintet in A major, D667 Trout
2. Schubert: String Quintet in C major, D956
3. Schubert: Nocturne in E-flat major for piano trio, D897
4. Beethoven: Piano Trio in B-flat major, Op. 97 Archduke
5. Schubert: String Quartet in D minor, D810 Death and the Maiden

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1. Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 New World
2. Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 Choral
3. Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 Pastoral
4. Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 Organ
5. Beethoven: Symphony No. 7

|valign=top|Classic 100 Ten Years On

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1. Beethoven: Symphony No. 9
2. Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 Emperor Concerto
3. Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 Pastoral
4. Mozart: Clarinet Concerto
5. Handel: Messiah, HWV 56

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1. Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor
2. Holst: The Planets
3. Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
4. Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
5. Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18

|valign=top|Classic 100 Music of France

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1. Bizet: Carmen
2. Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3
3. Fauré: Requiem
4. Satie: Gymnopédies
5. Bizet: "Au fond du temple saint"

|valign=top|Classic 100 Music in the Movies

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1. Morricone: The Mission
2. Williams: Star Wars
3. Shore: The Lord of the Rings
4. Vangelis: Chariots of Fire
5. Jarre: Doctor Zhivago

|valign=top|Classic 100 Baroque and Before

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1. Handel: Messiah, HWV 56
2. Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, Op. 8
3. Allegri: Miserere
4. Handel: Water Music
5. Bach, J.S.: St Matthew Passion, BWV 244

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1. Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
2. Mozart: Clarinet Concerto
3. Barber: Adagio for Strings
4. Pärt: Spiegel im Spiegel
5. Allegri: Miserere

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1. Beethoven: Symphony No. 9
2. Bizet: The Pearlfishers (Duet: "Au fond du temple saint)"
3. Handel: Messiah ("Hallelujah")
4. Faure: Requiem, Op. 48
5. Allegri: Miserere

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1. Bizet: "Au fond du temple saint" from The Pearl Fishers
2. Purcell: "When I am laid in earth" from Dido and Aeneas
3. Wagner: "Liebestod" from Tristan und Isolde
4. Dvorák: "Song to the Moon" from Rusalka
5. Puccini: "Un bel dì" from Madama Butterfly

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1. Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake
2. Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker
3. Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet
4. Bernstein: West Side Story
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1. Ludwig van Beethoven
2. Johann Sebastian Bach
3. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
4. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
5. George Frideric Handel

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1. Symphony No. 9 Choral
2. Piano Concerto No. 5 Emperor
3. Symphony No. 6 Pastoral
4. Symphony No. 7
5. Symphony No. 5

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1. Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5
2. Beethoven: Symphony No. 9
3. Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
4. Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
5. Elgar: Enigma Variations

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1. John Williams: Star Wars series
2. Howard Shore: The Lord of the Rings trilogy
3. Ennio Morricone: The Mission
4. John Williams, Patrick Doyle, Nicholas Hooper, Alexandre Desplat: Harry Potter series
5. John Williams: Schindler's List

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1. Cello
2. Piano
3. Violin
4. Oboe
5. Clarinet

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1. Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 "Choral"
2. Gustav Holst: The Planets
3. Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers
4. Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor"
5. George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue

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1. Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor"
2. Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 14 "Moonlight"
3. Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne in E-flat major, Op. 9: No. 2
4. George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
5. Claude Debussy: Suite bergamasque, 3rd movement, Clair de lune