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Classical Countdown

Thanks for voting! The votes have been tallied. Beginning Monday, November 23, we will begin playing back your selections. The Countdown culminates with the #1 selection at 8pm on Thanksgiving Day.

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Listen Thanksgiving Week as we play your selections

And the winner is...

At the end of each day, we will update the list with the pieces that have been played so far. Check back on this page to see where your favorite piece ranked in this year's Classical Countdown!

  1. Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man
  2. Dvorak: Slavonic Dances
  3. Mozart: Piano Concerto #23
  4. Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Greensleeves
  5. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto #5
  6. Mussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain
  7. Schubert: Symphony #8 "Unfinished"
  8. Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
  9. Debussy: Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun
  10. Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique
  11. Wagner: Liebestod from "Tristan und Isolde"
  12. Mahler: Symphony #1
  13. Dvorak: String Quartet #12 "American"
  14. Rossini: William Tell Overture
  15. Prokofiev: Symphony #1 "Classical"
  16. Mozart: Clarinet Quintet
  17. Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture
  18. Marais: The Bells of St. Genevieve
  19. Elgar: Enigma Variations
  20. Stravinsky: Firebird Suite
  21. Borodin: Polovtsian Dances
  22. Bizet: Carmen Suite
  23. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto #3
  24. Wagner: Ride of the Valkyries
  25. Grieg: Peer Gynt
  26. Bach: Sheep May Safely Graze
  27. Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Tallis
  28. Bach: Toccata and Fugue in D Minor (BWV 565)
  29. Brahms: Violin Concerto
  30. Dvorak: Symphony #8
  31. Albinoni: Adagio
  32. Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances
  33. Beethoven: Piano Sonata #14 "Moonlight"
  34. Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker
  35. Rimsky-Korsakov: Procession of the Nobles
  36. Dvorak: Piano Quintet
  37. Addinsell: Warsaw Concerto
  38. Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks
  39. Chopin: Piano Concerto #1
  40. Mahler: Symphony #2
  41. Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
  42. Schubert: Symphony #9 "Great"
  43. Beethoven: Triple Concerto
  44. Tchaikovsky: Symphony #6 "Pathetique"
  45. Tchaikovsky: Symphony #5
  46. Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake
  47. Beethoven: Symphony #3 "Eroica"
  48. Wagner: Overture to "Tannhauser"
  49. Mahler: Symphony #5
  50. Barber: Adagio for Strings
  51. Bruch: Violin Concerto #1
  52. Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto #3
  53. Copland: Appalachian Spring ("Simple Gifts")
  54. Rachmaninoff: Symphony #2
  55. Sibelius: Finlandia
  56. Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto #1
  57. Haydn: Symphony #101 "Clock"
  58. Beethoven: Violin Concerto
  59. Debussy: Clair de Lune
  60. Schubert: String Quintet
  61. Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto
  62. Smetana: The Moldau
  63. Mozart: Clarinet Concerto
  64. Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto
  65. Bach: Double Violin Concerto (BWV 1043)
  66. Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture
  67. Bach: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
  68. Handel: Water Music
  69. Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
  70. Ravel: Bolero
  71. Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
  72. Beethoven: Symphony #5
  73. Mozart: Piano Concerto #21 "Elvira Madigan"
  74. Grieg: Piano Concerto
  75. Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
  76. Strauss, J Jr.: Blue Danube
  77. Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
  78. Dvorak: Cello Concerto
  79. Beethoven: Piano Concerto #5 "Emperor"
  80. Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
  81. Beethoven: Symphony #6 "Pastoral"
  82. Saint-Saens: Symphony #3 "Organ"
  83. Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto #2
  84. Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
  85. Mozart: Symphony #40
  86. Pachelbel: Canon
  87. Beethoven: Symphony #7
  88. Mozart: Symphony #41 "Jupiter"
  89. Dvorak: Symphony #9 "From the New World"
  90. Beethoven: Symphony #9 "Choral"