Popular Classical Musical Pieces

[paulrowe]

Someone was looking some time ago regarding finding classical music and not knowing what to look for and the like. I was hoping that I might be able to help in that department, but I wasn't sure which topic I should post this in. I thought that this was probably the best one, so here goes.

The All-Classical radio station in the area in which I live (that being Portland, OR, though it is also broadcast over the internet) annually requests listeners for their favorite pieces of classical music. They then play the 100 pieces that got the most highly-placed rankings. This is typically done between Christmas and New Year's, but it was re-broadcast this year in preparation for July 4th.

Not included in this list are some well-known and familiar songs. Some that I can think of are:
<UL>
<LI>"Gymnopedies" by Eric Satee</LI>
<LI>"The Funeral March for a Marionette" by Charles Gunot</LI>
<LI>"The Sorcerer's Apprentice" by Paul Dukat</LI>
<LI>"Pavonne for a Dead Princess" by Maurice Ravel</LI>
</UL>
Of course, there are many others (including one that I just can't remember the name for). Anyway, here is the Top 100 list from the end of 2003 as voted for by the listeners of <A HREF="http://www.allclassical.org/">All-Classical 89.9</A> in Portland, OR.
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<TD>1.</TD>
<TD>Beethoven, Ludwig van</TD>
<TD>Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125, "Choral"</TD>
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<TR>
<TD>2.</TD>
<TD>Dvorak, Antonin</TD>
<TD>Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95, "New World"</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>3.</TD>
<TD>Beethoven, Ludwig van</TD>
<TD>Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>4.</TD>
<TD>Beethoven, Ludwig van</TD>
<TD>Piano Concerto No. 5 in Eb Major, "Emperor"</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>5.</TD>
<TD>Bach, Johann Sebastian</TD>
<TD>Brandenburg Concertos (Nos. 1 - 6), BWV 1046-1051</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>6.</TD>
<TD>Vivaldi, Antonio</TD>
<TD>"Four Seasons" Concertos</TD>
</TR>
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<TD>7.</TD>
<TD>Handel, George Frideric</TD>
<TD>"Messiah" oratorio</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>8.</TD>
<TD>Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus</TD>
<TD>Requiem in D Minor</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>9.</TD>
<TD>Barber, Samuel</TD>
<TD>Adagio for Strings ("Platoon")</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>10.</TD>
<TD>Beethoven, Ludwig van</TD>
<TD>Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92 ("Mr. Holland's Opus")</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>11.</TD>
<TD>Beethoven, Ludwig van</TD>
<TD>Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>12.</TD>
<TD>Rachmaninov, Sergei</TD>
<TD>Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>13.</TD>
<TD>Copland, Aaron</TD>
<TD>"Appalachian Spring" ballet</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>14.</TD>
<TD>Rachmaninov, Sergei</TD>
<TD>Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>15.</TD>
<TD>Holst, Gustav</TD>
<TD>"The Planets" Suite, Op. 32</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>16.</TD>
<TD>Mussorgsky, Modest</TD>
<TD>"Pictures at an Exhibition" (orchestration by Ravel commonly heard)</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>17.</TD>
<TD>Brahms, Johannes</TD>
<TD>"A German Requiem", Op. 45</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>18.</TD>
<TD>Tchaikovsky, Pyotr</TD>
<TD>1812 Overture, Op. 49</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>19.</TD>
<TD>Gershwin, George</TD>
<TD>"Rhapsody in Blue" (orchestration by Grofe commonly heard, "Fantasia 2000")</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>20.</TD>
<TD>Smetana, Bedrich</TD>
<TD>"The Moldau" from "Ma Vlast" ("My Country")</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>21.</TD>
<TD>Beethoven, Ludwig van</TD>
<TD>Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>22.</TD>
<TD>Saint-Saens, Camille</TD>
<TD>Symphony No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 78, "Organ"</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>23.</TD>
<TD>Rachmaninov, Sergei</TD>
<TD>Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>24.</TD>
<TD>Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus</TD>
<TD>Serenade in G Major, "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik"</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>25.</TD>
<TD>Shostakovich, Dmitri</TD>
<TD>Symphony No. 5 in D Minor, Op. 47</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>26.</TD>
<TD>Pachelbel, Johann</TD>
<TD>Canon in D</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>27.</TD>
<TD>Ravel, Maurice</TD>
<TD>Bolero</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>28.</TD>
<TD>Schubert, Franz</TD>
<TD>Piano Quintet in A Major</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>29.</TD>
<TD>Dvorak, Antonin</TD>
<TD>Cello Concerto in B Minor</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>30.</TD>
<TD>Vaughn Williams, Ralph</TD>
<TD>Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>31.</TD>
<TD>Grieg, Edvard</TD>
<TD>Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 16</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>32.</TD>
<TD>Orff, Carl</TD>
<TD>Carmina Burana (Cantiones Profanae)</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>33.</TD>
<TD>Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus</TD>
<TD>Clarinet Concerto in A Major</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>34.</TD>
<TD>Bizet, Georges</TD>
<TD>Carmen: Suite No. 1</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>35.</TD>
<TD>Rossini, Gioacchino</TD>
<TD>"William Tell" Overture</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>36.</TD>
<TD>Stravinsky, Igor</TD>
<TD>Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite of Spring)</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>37.</TD>
<TD>Tchaikovsky, Pyotr</TD>
<TD>Piano Concerto No. 1 in Bb Minor, Op. 23</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>38.</TD>
<TD>Elgar, Sir Edward</TD>
<TD>Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36, "Enigma Variations"</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>39.</TD>
<TD>Bach, Johann Sebastian</TD>
<TD>Goldberg Variations, BWV 988</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>40.</TD>
<TD>Prokofiev, Sergei</TD>
<TD>Suite No. 2 from "Romeo and Juliet" ballet</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>41.</TD>
<TD>Faure, Gabriel</TD>
<TD>Requiem, Op. 48</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>42.</TD>
<TD>Tchaikovsky, Pyotr</TD>
<TD>Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 74, "Pathetique"</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>43.</TD>
<TD>Debussy, Claude</TD>
<TD>"Claire de Lune" ("Moonlight") from the "Suite Bergamasque"</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>44.</TD>
<TD>Mahler, Gustav</TD>
<TD>Symphony No. 2 in C Minor, "Resurrection"</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>45.</TD>
<TD>Bach, Johann Sebastian</TD>
<TD>Tocatta and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>46.</TD>
<TD>Vaughn Williams, Ralph</TD>
<TD>The Lark Ascending</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>47.</TD>
<TD>Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus</TD>
<TD>Symphony No. 40 in G Minor</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>48.</TD>
<TD>Beethoven, Ludwig van</TD>
<TD>Piano Sonata No. 14 in C# Minor, "Sonata Quasi una Fantasia" or "Moonlight"</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>49.</TD>
<TD>Brahms, Johannes</TD>
<TD>Piano Concerto No. 2 in Bb Major, Op. 83</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>50.</TD>
<TD>Brahms, Johannes</TD>
<TD>Symphony No. 4 in E Minor</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>51.</TD>
<TD>Rachmaninov, Sergei</TD>
<TD>Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 27</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>52.</TD>
<TD>Mendelssohn, Felix</TD>
<TD>Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>53.</TD>
<TD>Grieg, Edvard</TD>
<TD>Peer Gynt Suites (1 & 2)</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>54.</TD>
<TD>Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai</TD>
<TD>"Scheherazade", Op. 35, Symphonic Suite</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>55.</TD>
<TD>Verdi, Giuseppe</TD>
<TD>Requiem</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>56.</TD>
<TD>Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus</TD>
<TD>Overture from "The Magic Flute"</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>57.</TD>
<TD>Massenet, Jules</TD>
<TD>Thais: Meditation for Violin and Orchestra</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>58.</TD>
<TD>Handel, George Frideric</TD>
<TD>Water Music: Suite in F Major, "Horn Suite"</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>59.</TD>
<TD>Stravinsky, Igor</TD>
<TD>Suite from "The Firebird" Ballet</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>60.</TD>
<TD>Schubert, Franz</TD>
<TD>String Quintet in C Major</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>61.</TD>
<TD>Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus</TD>
<TD>"Ave Verum Corpus"</TD>
</TR>
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<TD>62.</TD>
<TD>Bach, Johann Sebastian</TD>
<TD>"Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" (From Cantata BWV 147)</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>63.</TD>
<TD>Strauss, Johann (Jr.)</TD>
<TD>"An der schönen blauen Donau" ("On the Beautiful Blue Danube") Waltz</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>64.</TD>
<TD>Brahms, Johannes</TD>
<TD>Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>65.</TD>
<TD>Sibelius, Jean</TD>
<TD>Finlandia, Op. 26</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>66.</TD>
<TD>Bach, Johann Sebastian</TD>
<TD>The St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>67.</TD>
<TD>Bach, Johann Sebastian</TD>
<TD>Mass in B Minor, BWV 232</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>68.</TD>
<TD>Bruch, Max</TD>
<TD>Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 26</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>69.</TD>
<TD>Sibelius, Jean</TD>
<TD>Symphony No. 2 in D Major</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>70.</TD>
<TD>Tchaikovsky, Pyotr</TD>
<TD>Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>71.</TD>
<TD>Mahler, Gustav</TD>
<TD>Symphony No. 5 in C# Minor/D Major</TD>
</TR>
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<TD>72.</TD>
<TD>Barber, Samuel</TD>
<TD>Violin Concerto</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>73.</TD>
<TD>Debussy, Claude</TD>
<TD>"La Mer" ("The Sea")</TD>
</TR>
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<TD>74.</TD>
<TD>Respighi, Ottorino</TD>
<TD>"Pines of Rome" ("Fantasia 2000")</TD>
</TR>
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<TD>75.</TD>
<TD>Mahler, Gustav</TD>
<TD>Symphony No. 1</TD>
</TR>
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<TD>76.</TD>
<TD>Brahms, Johannes</TD>
<TD>Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 68</TD>
</TR>
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<TD>77.</TD>
<TD>Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus</TD>
<TD>Overture from "Don Giovanni" ("Don Juan")</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>78.</TD>
<TD>Tchaikovsky, Pyotr</TD>
<TD>"The Nutcracker" Concerto-Suite, Op. 71</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>79.</TD>
<TD>Rodrigo, Joaquin</TD>
<TD>Concierto de Aranjuez for guitar and orchestra</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>80.</TD>
<TD>Schubert, Franz</TD>
<TD>Symphony No. 8 in B Minor, "Unfinished"</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>81.</TD>
<TD>Beethoven, Ludwig van</TD>
<TD>Symphony No. 3 in Eb Major, Op. 55, "Eroica"</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>82.</TD>
<TD>Beethoven, Ludwig van</TD>
<TD>Bagatelle in A Minor, "Für Elise" ("For Elise")</TD>
</TR>
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<TD>83.</TD>
<TD>Wagner, Richard</TD>
<TD>Prelude to Act I of "Tristan und Isolde"</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>84.</TD>
<TD>Beethoven, Ludwig van</TD>
<TD>Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>85.</TD>
<TD>Sibelius, Jean</TD>
<TD>Symphony No. 5 in Eb Major, Op. 82</TD>
</TR>
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<TD>86.</TD>
<TD>Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus</TD>
<TD>Overture and Finale to Act III from "The Marriage of Figaro"</TD>
</TR>
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<TD>87.</TD>
<TD>Berlioz, Hector</TD>
<TD>Symphonie Fantastique, Op. 14</TD>
</TR>
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<TD>88.</TD>
<TD>Brahms, Johannes</TD>
<TD>Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 15</TD>
</TR>
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<TD>89.</TD>
<TD>Wagner, Richard</TD>
<TD>"The Ride of the Valkyries" from "The Ring" Cycle</TD>
</TR>
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<TD>90.</TD>
<TD>Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus</TD>
<TD>Symphony No. 41 in C Major, "Jupiter"</TD>
</TR>
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<TD>91.</TD>
<TD>Schubert, Franz</TD>
<TD>Ave Maria</TD>
</TR>
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<TD>92.</TD>
<TD>Borodin, Alexander</TD>
<TD>Polovtsian Dances from "Prince Igor" (inc. "Stranger in Paradise")</TD>
</TR>
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<TD>93.</TD>
<TD>Albinoni, Tomaso</TD>
<TD>Adagio in G Minor</TD>
</TR>
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<TD>94.</TD>
<TD>Bach, Johann Sebastian</TD>
<TD>Suite No. 1 for Unaccompanied Cello, BWV 1007</TD>
</TR>
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<TD>95.</TD>
<TD>Bruch, Max</TD>
<TD>Scottish Fantasy, Op. 46</TD>
</TR>
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<TD>96.</TD>
<TD>Mendelssohn, Felix</TD>
<TD>"The Hebrides" Overture</TD>
</TR>
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<TD>97.</TD>
<TD>Sibelius, Jean</TD>
<TD>Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 47</TD>
</TR>
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<TD>98.</TD>
<TD>Grofe, Ferde</TD>
<TD>"Grand Canyon" Suite</TD>
</TR>
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<TD>99.</TD>
<TD>Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus</TD>
<TD>Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major</TD>
</TR>
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<TD>100.</TD>
<TD>Liszt, Franz</TD>
<TD>Les Preludes</TD>
</TR>
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I apologize for any spelling errors, though I did my best to make sure that I typed it in correctly. I hope that this will help some of you who are looking for pieces and/or composers to use or search for when wanting classical music.

(I've previewed this thing twice and it isn't translating the table code that I have in here as a table. I'm hoping that it will show up as a table when I submit it. If it doesn't, I would appreciate feedback from a moderator or such as to how to do such a thing.)

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gosh, all that hard work and the code got ya in
good job though. (i think)