Top 100 Classical Melting Moments Countdown

Thank you to all who submitted their votes for your favourite classical music moments that:
- Melt your heart.
- Make time stand still.
- Transcend all else.
The 3MBS brains trust combed through hundreds of fine music choices as voted by you, our listeners to create the Top 100 list.
100 | Igor Stravinsky | The Rite of Spring- sacrificial dance |
99 | Josef Haydn | Symphony no 101 d major |
98 | Pyotr Ilytch Tchaikovsky | The Nutcracker: Waltz of the flowers |
97 | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Cosi fan tutte |
96 | Felix Mendelssohn | Incidental music for A Midsummer Night’s Dream |
95 | Josef Haydn | String Quartet Op 76/4 “Sunrise” |
94 | Johannes Brahms | Clarinet Quintet |
93 | Joseph Cantaloube | Songs of the Auvergne |
92 | Maurice Ravel | Piano Trio in A minor, M. 67 |
91 | George Frederic Handel | L’Allegro ed il penseroso |
90 | Sergei Rachmaninov | Sing not to me, my beauty from ‘6 Romances’, Opus 4 |
89 | Erik Satie, | Gnossienne No. 1 |
88 | Graeme Koehne | The Persistence of Memory |
87 | John Rutter | Requiem (Pie Jesu) |
86 | John Field | Nocturnes |
85 | Jean Sibelius | Romance in D-flat major, Opus 24, No. 9 |
84 | Charles Gounod | Mors Et Vita |
83 | Franz Schubert | Appegione |
82 | Nigel Westlake | The Edge: An Ancient Wilderness |
81 | Samuel Barber | Violin Concerto |
80 | Eric Kalman | Spiel Zigeuner from Countess Maritza |
79 | Sergei Rachmaninov | Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Opus 18 |
78 | Ludwig van Beethoven | Mass In C |
77 | Ennio Morricone | Cinema paradiso |
76 | Charles-Marie Widor | Toccata (Mvt. 5) from the Symphony for Organ No. 5 in F minor, Opus 42, No. 1 |
75 | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Piano concerto no 21 in C K467 |
74 | Johann Sebastian Bach | Cantata “Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit” BWV 106 |
73 | Cesasr Franck | Violin Sonata in A |
72 | Pietro Mascagni | Cavalleria Rusticana |
71 | Sergei Rachmaninov | 18th variation from Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini |
70 | Giovannni Pierluigi da Palestrina | Sicut Cervus from ‘Motectorum quatuor vocibus’, Book 2 |
69 | Hector Berlioz | The Damnation of Faust |
68 | Antonio Vivaldi | The Four Seasons, Opus 8, (Winter) |
67 | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Exsultate Jubilate K165 |
66 | Franz Schubert | Impromtu No.3 in G Flat Major |
65 | Eric Coates | By a Sleepy Lagoon |
64 | Camille Saint-Saëns | Samson et Dalila |
63 | Elena Kats Chernin | Piano quintet no 1: The offering |
62 | Samuel Barber | Adagio For Strings |
61 | Joaquín Rodrigo | Fantasia for a Gentleman |
60 | Christoph Williband von Gluck | Orfeo ed Eurydice: I have lost my Eurydice |
59 | Ludwig van Beethoven | Piano Concerto No, 3 |
58 | Jean Sibelius | Finlandia, Opus 26 |
57 | Sergei Rachmaninov | Vocalise |
56 | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Violin Concerto no 4 in D K218 |
55 | Alfredo Catalani | La Wally: Ebben? |
54 | Camille Saint-Saëns | The Swan, ‘The Carnival of the Animals’, No. 13 |
53 | George Frederic Handel | Samson: Let The Bright Seraphim |
52 | Antonín Dvořák, | Serenade for Winds |
51 | Johann Sebastian Bach | St John Passion |
50 | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Violin Concerto no 3 in G K216 |
49 | Richard Strauss | ‘Der Rosenkavelier’, Opus 59 |
48 | Franz Liszt | Benediction de Dieu dans la Solitude |
47 | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Ave Verum K618 |
46 | Edvard Grieg | Piano Concerto in A minor |
45 | Giuseppe Verdi | Nabucco |
44 | Claude Debussy | Clair De Lune |
43 | Philip Glass | Glassworks |
42 | Johann Sebastian Bach | Concerto for 2 violins BWV 1043 |
41 | Georges Bizet | The Pearl Fishers |
40 | Ludwig van Beethoven | Symphony No. 5 |
39 | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Requiem in D minor |
38 | Gustav Mahler | Symphony no 3 in D minor |
37 | Frédéric François Chopin | Piano concerto No. 2 |
36 | Dimitry Shostakovich | The Gadfly Suite, Opus 97a |
35 | Maurice Ravel | Piano Concerto in G major, M. 83 |
34 | Claudio Monteverdi | L’incoronazione di Poppea |
33 | Gustav Mahler | Symphony no 1 in D |
32 | Vincenzo Bellini | Norma |
31 | Frédéric François Chopin | Piano Concerto No.1 |
30 | Gabriel Faure | Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11 |
29 | Sir Edward Elgar | Nimrod from Enigma variations Op 36 |
28 | Ludwig van Beethoven | Violin Concerto |
27 | Morten Lauridsen | Lux Aeterna |
26 | Johann Sebastian Bach | Cello Suite No.6, BWV1012 |
25 | Gregorio Allegri, | Miserere |
24 | Tomaso Albinoni and Remo Giazotto | Adagio in G Minor |
23 | Ralph Vaughan Williams | The Lark Ascending |
22 | Richard Wagner | Tannhäuser – Entry of the guests, WWV 70 |
21 | Ralph Vaughan Williams | Silent Noon, ‘The House of Life’, No. 2 |
20 | Gustav Mahler | Symphony no 5 in C sharp minor |
19 | Erich Korngold | Die Tote Stadt |
18 | Gabriel Faure | Requiem (Pie Jesu), Op. 48 |
17 | Antonín Dvořák, | Symphony No.9 “From the New World” |
16 | Johann Sebastian Bach | Mass in B minor |
15 | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Concerto for Flute and Harp K299 |
14 | Johann Pachelbel | Canon in D major |
13 | Johann Sebastian Bach | The Well Tempered Clavier |
12 | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Solemn Vespers K339 |
11 | Franz Schubert | Notturno for Piano Trio in E-flat major, D. 897 |
10 | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Clarinet Concerto in A, K622 |
9 | Franz Schubert | Piano quintet in A , D667 ‘Trout’ |
8 | Gustav Mahler | Symphony no 2 in C minor |
7 | Ludwig van Beethoven | Symphony No. 7 |
6 | Peter Sculthorpe | Sun Song |
5 | Richard Wagner | ‘Tristan and Isolde’, WWV 90 |
4 | Johann Sebastian Bach | St. Matthew Passion |
3 | Ludwig van Beethoven | Piano Concerto No. 5 (Emperor Concerto) |
2 | Richard Strauss | Four Last Songs, Opus posth. |
1 | Ludwig van Beethoven | Piano Sonata No.14 in C sharp minor (Moonlight) |
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