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US Top 100 Classical Works

 

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

UK Classical Top 100 - Click here if you would prefer a version based on UK 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
Composer Work Date
1 Beethoven Symphony 6 'Pastoral' 1808
2 Pachelbel Canon 1690
3 Beethoven Symphony 9 'Choral' 1822
4 Rachmaninov Piano Concerto 2 1900
5 Vivaldi Four Seasons 1725
6 Beethoven Piano Concerto 5
'The Emperor'		 1809
7 Saint-Saens Symphony 3 'Organ' 1886
8 Dvorak Symphony 9
'From the New World'		 1893
9 Beethoven Symphony 5 1807
10 Mozart Piano Concerto 21 'Elvira Madigan' 1785
11 Handel Messiah 1742
12 Mozart Requiem Mass 19 1791
13 Barber Adagio for Strings 1938
14 Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade 1888
15 Holst Planets Suite 1916
16 Beethoven Symphony 7 1812
17 Bach Brandenburg Concertos 1708
18 Mendelssohn Violin Concerto 1844
19 Copland Fanfare for the
Common Man		 1943
20 Smetana Ma vlast 1879
21 Beethoven Violin Concerto 1806
22 Mozart Clarinet Concerto 1791
23 Tchaikovsky 1812 Overture 1880
24 Beethoven Piano Sonata 14 'Moonlight' 1801
25 Mozart Symphony 41 'Jupiter'
26 Massenet Thais 1894
27 Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto 1 1875
28 Sibelius Finlandia 1899
29 Schubert Piano Quintet 'Trout' 1819
30 Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a theme
by Tallis		 1910
31 Handel Water Music Suite 1 1715
32 Elgar Enigma Variations 1898
33 Brahms Violin Concerto 1878
34 Chopin Piano Concerto 1 1830
35 Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition 1874
36 Beethoven Symphony 3 'Eroica' 1803
37 Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto 1878
38 Mahler Symphony 5 1901
39 Mozart Serenade 13
'Eine Kleine Nachtmusik'		 1787
40 Tchaikovsky Swan Lake 1877
41 Bach Toccata and Fugue 1708
42 Tchaikovsky Nutcracker 1892
43 Allegri Miserere 1618
44 Tchaikovsky Symphony 6 'Pathetique' 1893
45 Bernstein West Side Story Suite 1957
46 Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique 1830
47 Albinoni (Giazotto) Adagio 1712
48 Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue 1924
49 Ravel Bolero 1928
50 Dvorak Cello Concerto 1894
51 Verdi Messa de Requiem 1874
52 Orff Carmina Burana 1936
53 Rachmaninov Piano Concerto 3 1909
54 Bruch Scottish Fantasy 1880
55 Schubert Symphony 9 'The Great' 1825
56 Mozart Symphony 40 1788
57 Copland Appalachian Spring 1945
58 Bach Mass 1747
59 Mendelssohn Symphony 4 'Italian' 1833
60 Schubert Symphony 8 'Unfinished' 1822
61 Strauss Blue Danube 1867
62 Saint-Saens Carnival of the Animals 1886
63 Borodin In the Steppes of
Central Asia		 1880
64 Mahler Symphony 1 'The Titan' 1888
65 Brahms Symphony 3 1883
66 Haydn Trumpet Concerto 1796
67 Brahms Ein Deutsches Requiem 1857
68 Brahms Symphony 1 1855
69 Prokofiev Peter and the Wolf 1936
70 Mozart Piano Concerto 23 1786
71 Debussy Prelude a l'apres-midi
d'un faune		 1892
72 Beethoven Triple Concerto for Violin, Cello and Piano 1803
73 Rachmaninov Rhapsody on a theme
by Paganini
74 Brahms Symphony 2 1877
75 Tchaikovsky Serenade for Strings 1880
76 Bach Cantata 208 'Sheep May Safely Graze' 1713
77 Tchaikovsky Capriccio Italien
78 Liszt Hungarian Rhapsodies 1846
79 Barber Violin Concerto 1939
80 Respighi Fountains of Rome 1914
81 Dvorak Symphony 8 1889
82 Dukas The Sorcerer's Apprentice 1897
83 Haydn Symphony 94 'Surprise' 1791
84 Handel Music for the
Royal Fireworks		 1749
85 Mendelssohn Midsummer Night's Dream 1826
86 Tchaikovsky Symphony 5 1888
87 Grieg Peer Gynt 1874
88 Mendelssohn Symphony 3 'Scottish' 1842
89 Brahms Academic Festival Overture
90 Bach Cantata 140 
'Wachet Auf'		 1731
91 Gershwin An American in Paris 1928
92 Mussorgsky Night on a Bare Mountain
93 Faure Requiem 1888
94 Rodrigo Concierto de Aranjuez 1939
95 Rachmaninov Symphony 2 1906
96 Widor Symphony 5 1880
97 Mozart Flute and Harp Concerto 1778
98 Mendelssohn Hebrides Overture
'Fingal's Cave'		 1830
99 Bach St Matthew Passion 1727
100 Debussy Clair de Lune 1882