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UK Top 100 Classical Works

 

This chart lists the Top 100 classical works, based on data from UK performance and CD sales.

This probably explains the inclusion of two works each by Elgar and Vaughan Williams in the Top 20.

US Classical Top 100 - Click here if you would prefer a version based on US performance and sales data.

The classical chart excludes operas - which have a whole chart of their own.


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Composer
Bios
Albeniz
Albinoni
Allegri
Arnold
Bach, J S
Barber
Bartok
Beethoven
Berlioz
Bizet
Brahms
Britten
Bruch
Bruckner
Chopin
Copland
Debussy
Delius
Dvorak
Elgar
Gershwin
Gibbons
Grieg
Handel
Haydn
Holst
Janacek
Liszt
Mahler
Mendelssohn
Messiaen
Monteverdi
Mozart
Offenbach
Part
Poulenc
Prokofiev
Puccini
Purcell
Rachmaninov
Ravel
Rossini
Saint-Saens
Scarlatti
Schubert
Schumann
Shostakovich
Sibelius
Strauss, Johann
Strauss, Richard
Stravinsky
Tchaikovsky
Vaughan_Williams
Verdi
Vivaldi
Wagner
Walton
UK Classical Top 100 Composer Work Date
1 Bruch Violin Concerto 1 1868
2 Beethoven Symphony 6 'Pastoral' 1808
3 Saint-Saens Symphony 3 'Organ' 1886
4 Rachmaninov Piano Concerto 2 1900
5 Mozart Clarinet Concerto 1791
6 Mahler Symphony 5 1901
7 Elgar Cello Concerto 1919
8 Barber Adagio 1938
9 Allegri Miserere 1618
10 Beethoven Piano Concerto 5 'Emperor' 1809
11 Pachelbel Canon 1690
12 Elgar Enigma Variations 1898
13 Vivaldi The Four Seasons 1725
14 Vaughan Williams Lark Ascending 1914
15 Beethoven Symphony 9 'Choral' 1822
16 Faure Requiem 1888
17 Mozart Piano Concerto 21
'Elvira Madigan'		 1785
18 Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a theme by Tallis 1910
19 Mendelssohn Violin Concerto 1844
20 Holst Planets Suite 1916
21 Rodrigo Concierto de Aranjuez 1939
22 Albinoni (Giazotto) Adagio 1712
23 Mozart Requiem Mass 1791
24 Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade 1888
25 Dvorak Symphony 9 'New World' 1893
26 Bach Double Violin Concerto 1717
27 Handel Messiah 1742
28 Sibelius Finlandia 1899
29 Beethoven Symphony 5 1807
30 Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet 1938
31 Massenet Thais 1894
32 Beethoven Symphony 7 1812
33 Beethoven Violin Concerto 1806
34 Orff Carmina Burana 1936
35 Beethoven Piano Sonata 14 'Moonlight' 1801
36 Tchaikovsky Symphony 6 'Pathetique' 1893
37 Rachmaninov Symphony 2 1906
38 Shostakovich The Gadfly 1955
39 Smetana Ma vlast 1879
40 Bach Brandenburg Concertos 1708
41 Verdi Messa de Requiem 1874
42 Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto 1 1875
43 Chopin Piano Concerto 1 1830
44 Brahms Violin Concerto 1878
45 Tchaikovsky 1812 Overture 1880
46 Handel Solomon 1749
47 Handel Zadok the Priest 1727
48 Schubert Piano Quintet 'Trout' 1819
49 Widor Symphony 5 1880
50 Bach Toccata and Fugue 1708
51 Mozart Flute and Harp Concerto 1778
52 Bruch Scottish Fantasy 1880
53 Mendelssohn Hebrides Overture
'Fingal's Cave'		 1830
54 Sibelius Symphony 2 1901
55 Shostakovich Piano Concerto 2 1957
56 Mozart Serenade 13
'Eine Kleine Nachtmusik'		 1787
57 Sibelius Symphony 5 1915
58 Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto 1878
59 Ravel Bolero 1928
60 Bach St Matthew Passion 1727
61 Handel Water Music Suite 1715
62 Debussy Clair de Lune 1882
63 Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue 1924
64 Khachaturian Spartacus suites 1943
65 Tchaikovsky Swan Lake 1877
66 Vivaldi Chamber Concerto 1730
67 Sibelius Violin Concerto 1903
68 Dvorák Cello Concerto 1894
69 Grieg Piano Concerto 1868
70 Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique 1830
71 Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition 1874
72 Mahler Symphony 2 'Resurrection' 1884
73 Elgar Violin Concerto 1909
74 Tchaikovsky Nutcracker 1892
75 Bach Cantata 147
'Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring'		 1723
76 Bach Mass 1747
77 Paganini Violin Concerto 1 1817
78 Schubert String Quintet 1828
79 Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet 1869
80 Beethoven Symphony 3 'Eroica' 1803
81 Mozart Vesparae Solennes de Confessore 1780
82 Elgar Dream of Gerontius 1900
83 Schubert Symphony 9 'Great' 1825
84 Bruch Violin Concerto 2 1878
85 Strauss Blue Danube 1867
86 Mendelssohn Symphony 4 'Italian' 1833
87 Satie Gymnopedies 1888
88 Brahms Piano Concerto 2 1878
89 Borodin In the Steppes of Central Asia 1880
90 Mozart Symphony 40 1788
91 Litolff Concerto Symphonique 4 1852
92 Saint-Saens Carnival of the Animals 1886
93 Copland Appalachian Spring 1945
94 Prokofiev Symphony 1 'Classical' 1916
95 Elgar Land of Hope and Glory 1902
96 Canteloube Songs of the Auvergne 1923
97 Bach Cello Suites 1724
98 Vivaldi Gloria 1727
99 Saint-Saens Danse Macabre 1874
100 Mozart Piano Concerto 23 1786



It's really not a competition...but the winners are:

Beethoven and Mozart (with 8 entries each in the Top 100)
Bach and Tchaikovsky (7 entries each)
Elgar (5)
Handel (4)