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Classical Countdown

The countdown is underway! Tune in to Classical WETA all this week as we playback the top 90 selections as voted on by our listeners. We'll play one or two countdown pieces an hour Monday-Wednesday from 6am - 9pm. On Thanksgiving Day, we'll play the remaining pieces wall to wall with the #1 selection beginning at 8pm.

Classical Countdown

 

Listen as we playback the top 90 selections November 21-24!

The Countdown So Far


  1. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Flute & Harp C Major (K. 299): I

  2. Sergei Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dance #1

  3. Gabriel Fauré: Pavane, Op. 50

  4. Frédéric Chopin: Piano Concerto #1: III

  5. Franz Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody #2 in C-sharp Minor

  6. Jean Sibelius: Finlandia

  7. Johannes Brahms: Symphony #3

  8. Johannes Brahms: Piano Concerto #2

  9. Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto #4

  10. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony #40

  11. Camille Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto #2 in G Minor, Op. 22

  12. Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony #5

  13. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto #23

  14. Maurice Ravel: Daphnis and Chloe Suite #2

  15. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Procession of the Nobles

  16. Modest Mussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain

  17. George Frideric Handel: Keyboard Suite #5 in E Major, HWV 430: IV. Air with 5 Variations "Harmonious Blacksmith"

  18. Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto #2

  19. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Clarinet Quintet A Major

  20. Sir Edward Elgar: Enigma Variations: Nimrod

  21. Aram Khachaturian: Gayane: Sabre Dance

  22. Sergei Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet: Dance of the Knights

  23. Georges Bizet: Carmen Suite #1

  24. Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker: Waltz of the Flowers

  25. Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto #5 in D Major, BWV 1050

  26. Max Bruch: Violin Concerto #1

  27. Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite #1

  28. Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony #4 in F Minor, Op. 36

  29. Tomaso Albinoni: Adagio (G Minor)

  30. Hector Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique

  31. Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata #14 in C-sharp Minor, Op. 27 #2 "Moonlight"

  32. Johannes Brahms: Symphony #1

  33. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: The Magic Flute: Overture

  34. Richard Wagner: Tannhauser: Overture

  35. Claude Debussy: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun

  36. Marin Marais: The Bells of St. Genevieve

  37. Giuseppe Verdi: Aida: Grand March

  38. Gustav Mahler: Symphony #1 in D Major "Titan": II. Kräftig bewegt, doch nicht zu schnell

  39. Gustav Mahler: Symphony #5

  40. Johannes Brahms: Violin Concerto: III

  41. Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony #6 "Pathetique": III

  42. Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto, BWV 1043

  43. Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture

  44. Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto: III

  45. Aram Khachaturian: Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia

  46. Igor Stravinsky: Firebird Suite

  47. Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake Suite

  48. Max Bruch: Scottish Fantasy

  49. Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony #3 "Eroica"

  50. Felix Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto

  51. Sergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto #3 in D Minor, Op. 30

  52. Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Tallis

  53. Antonin Dvorák: Symphony #8: IV

  54. Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto #3

  55. Sergei Rachmaninoff: Symphony #2: III

  56. Johann Sebastian Bach: Sheep May Safely Graze (from Cantata #208)

  57. Richard Wagner: Die Walkure: Ride of the Valkyries

  58. Maurice Ravel: Bolero

  59. Gustav Mahler: Symphony #2 "Resurrection"

  60. Samuel Barber: Adagio for Strings

  61. George Frideric Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks

  62. Aaron Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man

  63. Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata and Fugue D Minor (BWV 565)

  64. Sergei Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43

  65. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony #41 "Jupiter"

  66. Bedrich Smetana: Ma Vlast: The Moldau

  67. Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto #1

  68. Claude Debussy: Clair de Lune

  69. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Clarinet Concerto A Major (K. 622)

  70. Aaron Copland: Appalachian Spring: Simple Gifts

  71. Ludwig van Beethoven: Violin Concerto

  72. George Frideric Handel: Water Music

  73. Edvard Grieg: Piano Concerto A Minor

  74. Johann Sebastian Bach: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (from Cantata #147)

  75. Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition

  76. Ludwig van Beethoven: Triple Concerto

  77. Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony #5

  78. Ralph Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending

  79. Antonin Dvorák: Cello Concerto in B Minor, Op. 104

  80. Johann Pachelbel: Canon

  81. George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue

  82. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade

  83. Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto #5 in E-flat Major, Op. 73 "Emperor"

  84. Sergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto #2 in C Minor, Op. 18

  85. Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony #6 in F Major, Op. 68 "Pastoral"

  86. Antonio Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

  87. Camille Saint-Saëns: Symphony #3 in C Minor, Op. 78 "Organ"

  88. Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony #7 in A Major, Op. 92

  89. Antonin Dvorák: Symphony #9 "From the New World"

  90. Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony #9 "Choral"

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