Most Popular Classical Music Works

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Criteria: Most Popular Classical Works are ranked for their innovation and influence, as well as their aesthetic importance, historical significance and lasting popularity.

Last Updated: 2004-11-07
  1. Hallelujah Chorus (The Messiah) - George Frideric Handel
  2. Einletung (Also Sprach Zarathustra) - Richard Strauss
  3. Blue Danube - Johann Strauss II
  4. Lullaby - Johannes Brahms
  5. Bridal Chorus (Lohengrin) - Richard Wagner
  6. Marche Funebre (Piano Sonata No. 2) - Frederic Chopin
  7. March No. 1 (Pomp and Circumstance) - Edward Elgar
  8. Wedding March (A Midsummer Nights Dream) - Felix Mendelssohn
  9. Presto (Symphony No. 9) - Ludwig van Beethoven
10. Ride of the Valkyries (Die Walkure) - Richard Wagner
11. O Fortuna (Carmina Burana) - Carl Orff
12. The Nutcracker - Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
13. Rondo Alla Turca (Piano Sonata No. 11) - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
14. Spring Allegro (The Four Seasons) - Antonio Vivaldi
15. Allegro Con Brio (Symphony No. 5) - Ludwig van Beethoven
16. 1812 Overture - Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
17. Flight of the Bumblebee - Nikolai Rimsky Korsakov
18. Lacrymosa (Requiem) - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
19. Overture (The Barber of Seville) - Gioacchino Rossini
20. Allegro (Serenade No. 13 "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik") - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
21. Romeo and Juliet - Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
22. Toccata and Fugue - Johann Sebastian Bach
23. Overture (William Tell) - Gioacchino Rossini
24. Mars (The Planets) - Gustav Holst
25. The Sorcerers Apprentice - Paul Dukas
26. Adagio Sostenuto (Piano Sonata No. 14 "Moonlight") - Ludwig van Beethoven
27. In the Halls of the Mountain King (Peer Gynt Suite No. 1) - Edvard Grieg
28. Romance (Piano Concerto No. 20) - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
29. Sabre Dance (Gayane) - Aram Khachaturian
30. Adagio (Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique") - Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
31. Fur Elise - Ludwig van Beethoven
32. Night on Bald Mountain - Modest Mussorgsky
33. Appalachian Spring - Aaron Copland
34. Prelude No. 4 (24 Preludes) - Frederic Chopin
35. Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 - Franz Liszt
36. Allegretto (Symphony No. 7) - Ludwig van Beethoven
37. Largo (Symphony No. 9 "From the New World") - Antonín Dvořák
38. Canon - Johann Pachelbel
39. Air - Johann Sebastian Bach
40. Bolero - Maurice Ravel
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the world's greatest orchestras
  1. Berlin Philharmonic / Herbert Von Karajan
  2. Leningrad Philharmonic / Evgeny Mravinsky
  3. Vienna Philharmonic / Karl Bohm
  4. Chicago Symphony Orchestra / George Solti
  5. New York Philharmonic / Leonard Bernstein
  6. Montreal Symphony Orchestra / Charles Dutoit
  7. The Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields / Neville Marriner
  8. Orchestra Revolutionaire Et Romantique / John Eliot Gardiner  
  9. BBC Symphony Orchestra / Adrian Boult
10. Cleveland Orchestra / George Szell








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