

We asked you to vote for your favorite pieces of classical music, now it’s time to reveal the 2019 KDFC Classical All-Stars. We’re counting down your favorites from January 22-29. Be sure to tune in on January 29th to hear the top ten and find out which piece of music came in at #1. Will Beethoven defend his title, or will another composer take the top spot?

Be sure to learn more about select pieces on the list on the KDFC Blog.

1. Beethoven: Symphony #9

2. Dvorak: Symphony #9 “From the New World”

3. Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto #2

4. Beethoven: Symphony #3 “Eroica”

5. Bach: Brandenburg Concertos

6. Beethoven: Symphony #6 “Pastoral”

7. Beethoven: Piano Concerto #5 “Emperor”

8. Massenet: Thais: Meditation

9. Beethoven: Symphony #5

10. Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik

11. Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue

12. Borodin: In the Steppes of Central Asia

13. Handel: Messiah

14. Mozart: Symphony #41 “Jupiter”

15. Schubert: “Trout” Quintet

16. Beethoven: Symphony #7

17. Bruch: Scottish Fantasy

18. Mozart: Requiem

19. Schubert: Symphony #9 “Great”

20. Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty Waltz

21. Morricone: The Mission: Gabriel’s Oboe

22. Mozart: Piano Concerto #21

23. Smetana: The Moldau

24. Vivaldi: Four Seasons

25. Bach: Concerto for 2 Violins

26. Debussy: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun

27. Hanson: Symphony #2 “Romantic”

28. Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture

29. Bach: Toccata & Fugue in d minor

30. Debussy: Clair de Lune

31. Beethoven: Choral Fantasy

32. Sibelius: Symphony #2

33. Grieg: Piano Concerto

34. Bruch: Violin Concerto #1

35. Dvorak: Rusalka: Song to the Moon

36. Schumann, Clara: Piano Trio

37. Dvorak: Symphony #8

38. Bach: Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring

39. Pachelbel: Canon

40. Saint-Saens: Symphony #3 “Organ”

41. Bach: Mass in b minor

42. Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet

43. Albinoni: Adagio in g minor

44. Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo

45. Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending

46. Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto #1

47. Khachaturian: Spartacus: Adagio

48. Beach, Amy: Gaelic Symphony

49. Copland: Appalachian Spring

50. Barber: Adagio for Strings

51. Beethoven: Piano Sonata #14 “Moonlight”

52. Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto

53. Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade

54. Uematsu: Final Fantasy Main Theme

55. Tchaikovsky: Symphony #5

56. Handel: Water Music

57. Khachaturian: Masquerade: Waltz

58. Shore: Lord of the Rings

59. Boccherini: Night Music on the Streets of Madrid

60. Sibelius: Finlandia

61. Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake

62. Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music

63. Franck: Symphony in d Minor

64. Bach: Cello Suite #1

65. Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez

66. Dvorak: Cello Concerto

67. Bach: Goldberg Variations

68. Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition

69. Rachmaninoff: Paganini Rhapsody

70. Zipoli: Elevazione

71. Holst: The Planets

72. Tchaikovsky: Symphony #6 “Pathetique”

73. Bach: Sheep May Safely Graze

74. Wagner: Tannhauser: Overture

75. Mendelssohn, Felix: Hebrides Overture

76. Elgar: Enigma Variations

77. Beethoven: Violin Concerto

78. Satie: Gymnopedies

79. Schubert: Quintet in C

80. Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto #3

81. Mendelssohn, Felix: Violin Concerto

82. Vaughan Williams: Tallis Fantasy

83. Chopin: Piano Concerto #1

84. Delius: Florida Suite (By the River)

85. Strauss, J Jr: Blue Danube Waltz

86. Chopin: Nocturne Op. 72 No. 1 in E minor

87. Delibes: Lakme: Flower Duet

88. Ravel: Pavane for a Dead Princess

89. Mendelssohn, Felix: Midsummer Night’s Dream

90. Mozart: Marriage of Figaro

91. Beethoven: Symphony #8

92. Ravel: Bolero

93. Orff: Carmina Burana (O Fortuna)

94. Mendelssohn, Felix: Symphony #3 “Scottish”

95. Brahms: Symphony #3

96. Stravinsky: Petrouchka (Russian dance)

97. Albeniz: Asturias

98. Bizet: Carmen

99. Borodin: Polovtsian Dances

100. Rossini: William Tell: Overture

Which pieces just barely missed? Check out our Just Missed List.