2019 Top 40 Countdown
The forty favorite classical works as chosen by WRR listeners. This special program aired New Year’s Eve 2019 and New Year’s Day 2020.
1 Beethoven: Symphony #9 in d minor “Choral”
2 Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
3 (tie) Dvorak: Symphony #9 in e minor “From the New World”
3 (tie) Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
5 Holst: The Planets
6 Handel: Messiah
7 Copland: Appalachian Spring
8 Barber: Adagio for Strings
9 Rimsky‐Korsakov: Scheherazade
10 Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture
11 Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto #2 in c minor
12 (tie) Bach, J.S.: Brandenburg Concertos
12 (tie) Pachelbel: Canon in D
14 (tie) Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
14 (tie) Beethoven: Symphony #5 in c minor
16 Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
17 Vaughan‐Williams: The Lark Ascending
18 Mozart: Requiem
19 Beethoven: Piano Concerto #5 in E flat “Emperor”
20 (tie) Orff: Carmina Burana
20 (tie) Debussy: Clair de Lune
22 Beethoven: Symphony #7 in A
23 (tie) Bach, J.S.: Sheep May Safely Graze
23 (tie) Vaughan‐Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
25 (tie) Bach, J.S.: Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring
25 (tie) Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man
25 (tie) Smetana: The Moldau
28 Copland: Rodeo
29 (tie) Handel: Water Music Suites
29 (tie) Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker Suite
29 (tie) Sibelius: Finlandia
29 (tie) Respighi: The Pines of Rome
33 Stravinsky: The Firebird Suite
34 Bach, J.S.: Toccata and Fugue in d minor
35 (tie) Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto #1 in b flat minor
35 (tie) Beethoven: Fur Elise
35 (tie) Williams, John: Theme from Schindler’s List
35 (tie) Gershwin: An American in Paris
39 (tie) Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
39 (tie) Ravel: Bolero
