The 3MBS Top 100
An exciting addition to Radiothon this year, we counted down the top 100 most popular fine music works as chosen by our listeners. Across ten-days, listeners were treated to well-known works and some surprises.
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Here’s the top 100 fine music works starting with Number 1:
Composer Work
Sunday 12 May
1 Schubert Piano quintet in A major, D. 667 The Trout
2 Mozart Clarinet Concerto in A major, K.622
3 Beethoven Symphony No. 7
4 Beethoven Symphony No. 9 Ode to Joy
5 Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2
6 Handel Messiah: Hallelujah Chorus
7 Mozart Piano Concerto No. 21 in C, K.467
8 Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto in D maj, Op 35
9 Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue
10 Elgar Enigma Variations: Nimrod
Saturday 11 May
11 JS Bach Jesus, Joy of Man’s Desiring
12 Rodrigo Concierto de Aranjuez Adagio
13 JS Bach Brandenburg Concerto No 3 in G, BWV1048
14 Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 in Bb min
15 Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending
16 Vivaldi The Four Seasons, Concerto in E RV269: Spring
17 Beethoven Piano Concerto No.5 in E flat, Op.73, ‘Emperor’
18 Faure Requiem, Op.48: In paradisum
19 JS Bach Concerto for two violins in D minor, BWV1043
20 Allegri Miserere
Friday 10 May
21 Saint-Saens Samson and Delilah: Aria Mon coeur s’ouvre a ta voix.
22 Pachelbel Canon in D
23 Bizet The Pearl Fishers: Duet Au fond du temple saint
24 Beethoven Symphony No.3 in E flat Op.55, ‘Eroica’
25 Bruch Violin Concerto No.1 in G minor, Op.26
26 Lehar The Merry Widow: Aria Vilja
27 Mascagni Cavalleria Rusticana – Intermezzo
28 Dvorak Rusalka: Aria Song to the Moon
29 Elgar Cello concerto in E minor, Op.85
30 Shostakovich Jazz Suite No. 2
Thursday 9 May
31 Verdi La Traviata: Prelude
32 Strauss Four Last Songs: Im Abendrot
33 Ravel String Quartet in F
34 Mozart Requiem in D Minor, K.626: Lacrimosa
35 Pärt Spiegel im Spiegel
36 Schumann Piano concerto in A minor, Op.54
37 Verdi Requiem: Dies irae
38 Glazunov The Seasons, Op.67: Autumn
39 Korngold Die tote Stadt: Aria Gluck das mir verblieb
40 Mahler Symphony No.5 in C#min
Wednesday 8 May
41 Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker Suite, Op.71a
42 Bruckner Symphony No.7 in E
43 Mendelssohn The Hebrides, Fingal’s Cave, Op.26
44 Beethoven Piano Sonata No.8 in C minor, Op.13, ‘Pathetique’
45 Respighi Ancient airs and dances – suite No.1
46 Puccini Madam Butterfly: Aria One Fine Day
47 Sculthorpe Little Serenade
48 Boccherini String Quintet in E, Op.11/5: Minuet
49 Brahms Variations on a theme by Haydn, Op.56a, “St. Anthony Chorale”
50 Grainger Country gardens
Tuesday 7 May
51 Britten Four sea interludes from Peter Grimes, Op.33a – Sunday Morning
52 Satie Gymnopedie No. 1
53 Mozart Ave Verum K.618
54 Debussy Clair du Lune
55 Verdi Nabucco: Chorus Va Pensiero
56 Khachaturian Gayaneh – Sabre Dance
57 Schubert String Quintet in C, D956, Op.163
58 Strauss Der Rosenkavalier Op.59: Trio finale
59 Beethoven Symphony No.5 in C minor, Op.67
60 Vaughan Williams Fantasia on Greensleeves
Monday 6 May
61 Smetana Ma Vlast: Vltava (The Moldau)
62 Mozart Concerto for Flute and Harp in C, K299: Andantino
63 Haydn Symphony No.101 in D, Hob.I:101
64 Massenet Thais: Meditation
65 Saint-Saens Symphony No.3 in C minor, Op.78, Organ: Finale
66 Schubert Arpeggione Sonata in A minor, D.821
67 Sibelius Finlandia, Op.26: Be Still My Soul
68 Tchaikovsky Serenade for Strings in C, Op.48: Waltz
69 Mozart Symphony No.41 in C, K.551, ‘Jupiter’
70 Kats-Chernin Russian Rag
Sunday 5 May
71 Shostakovich Festive Overture, Op.96
72 Mozart Magic Flute: Aria Der Vogelfanger bin ich ja
73 Ravel Tombeau de Couperin: Prelude
74 Puccini Turandot: Aria Nessun Dorma
75 Widor Symphony No.5 in F minor, Op.42/1: Toccata
76 Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor, Op.64: Finale
77 Schubert Impromptu in G flat, D.899/3
78 Hummel Trumpet Concerto in E: Finale
79 Wagner Die Walkure: Ride of the Valkyries
80 Ross Concerto for Violin and Orchestra ‘Maninyas’
Saturday 4 May
81 Elgar Symphony No.1 in A flat, Op.55
82 Catalani La Wally: Aria Ebben? Ne andro lontano
83 Beethoven Leonore Overture No.3, Op.72a
84 Schubert Winterreise, D.911
85 Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C#min
86 Myers The Deer Hunter: Cavatina
87 Grainger Irish Tune from Country Derry
88 Franck Violin Sonata in A: Finale
89 Mozart Exsultate jubilate, K165: Alleluia
90 JS Bach Suite No.3 in G, BWV.1068: Air on a G string
Friday 3 May
91 Beethoven Symphony No.6 in F, Op.68 ’Pastoral’
92 Chopin Berceuse in D flat, Op.57
93 Faure Cantique de Jean Racine, Op.11
94 Albinoni Adagio in G Minor
95 Borodin In the Steppes of Central Asia
96 Faure Pavane, Op.50
97 Strauss Zueignung, Op.10/1
98 Mozart Le Nozze di Figaro
99 Bellini Norma: Aria Casta Diva
100 Rossini William Tell: Overture