2022 Classical Countdown

Rank – Composer/Title (Previous Year’s Rank)
1 Handel: Messiah (1)
2 Hitt: Yellowstone for Violin and Orchestra (new to countdown)
3 Beethoven: Symphony #9 in d minor “Choral” (2)
4 Dvorak: Symphony #9 in e minor “From the New World” (6)
5 Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue (4)
6 Vivaldi: The Four Seasons (3)
7 Holst: The Planets (9)
8 Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto #2 in c minor (13)
9 Beethoven: Symphony #5 in c minor (8)
10 Copland: Appalachian Spring (5)
11 Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture (7)
12 Barber: Adagio for Strings (11)
13 Debussy: Clair de Lune (17)
14 Bach, J.S.: Brandenburg Concertos (10)
15 Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade (15)
16 Mozart: Requiem (23)
17 Sibelius: Finlandia (31)
18 Beethoven: Symphony #6 in F “Pastoral” (20)
19 Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini (29)
20 Vaughan-Williams: The Lark Ascending (24)
21 Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (21)
22 Pachelbel: Canon in D (19)
23 Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker Suite (18)
24 Vaughan-Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis (14)
25 Beethoven: Piano Concerto #5 in E flat “Emperor” (12)
26 Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man (25)
27 Beethoven: Symphony #7 in A (16)
28 Ravel: Bolero (30)
29 Williams, John: Theme from Schindler’s List (37)
30 Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (39)
31 Bach, J.S.: Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring (40)
32 Smetana: The Moldau (22)
33 Orff: Carmina Burana (28)
34 Bach, J.S.: Toccata and Fugue in d minor (42)
35 Bach, J.S.: Sheep May Safely Graze (32)
36 Saint-Saens: Symphony #3 “Organ Symphony” (47)
37 Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto #3 in d minor (27)
38 Rossini: William Tell Overture (34)
39 Respighi: The Pines of Rome (54)
40 Wagner: The Ride of the Valkyries (36)
41 Grieg: Piano Concerto in a minor (49)
42 Elgar: Enigma Variations (67)
43 Beethoven: Fur Elise (69)
44 Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto #1 in b flat minor (26)
45 Copland: Rodeo (57)
46 Sousa: Stars and Stripes Forever (48)
47 Handel: Water Music Suites (60)
48 Beethoven: Piano Sonata #14 “Moonlight” (43)
49 Williams, John: Imperial March/The Empire Strikes Back (92)
50 Gershwin: An American in Paris (64)