The Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s Classic FM radio station has a bit of tradition of each year holding a „Classic 100 Countdown” in which listeners vote for their favorite works, often under a specific theme, and this year it was the 20th Century. The countdown has just finished, and here is the result:
100, ADAMS – Nixon in China
99, RAMIREZ – Misa Criolla
98, PROKOFIEV – Lieutenant Kije Suite
97, ADDINSELL – Warsaw Concerto
96, SHOSTAKOVICH – Symphony No.10 in E minor Op.93
95, TAVENER – Song for Athene
94, SIBELIUS – Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op. 105
93, ELGAR – Violin Concerto in B minor, Op.61
92, BRITTEN – Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings
91, LLOYD WEBBER – A Requiem: Pie Jesu
90, SHORE – Lord of the Rings
89, LEHAR – The Merry Widow
88, ELGAR – Dream of Gerontius
87, O’BOYLE – Concerto for Didgeridoo
86, VAUGHAN WILLIAMS – Fantasia on Greensleeves
85, WEILL – The Threepenny Opera: Prologue and Act 1
84, VILLA LOBOS – Bachianas Brazileiras No.5
83, RAVEL – Daphnis and Chloe
82, GLASS – Akhnaten
81, MESSIAEN – Turangalila-Symphonie
80, GRAINGER – Irish Tune from County Derry
79, BARBER – Violin Concerto Op.14
78, ELGAR – Symphony No.1 in A-flat Op.55
77, GERSHWIN – Piano Concerto in F
76, BERNSTEIN – Candide
75, STRAUSS – An Alpine Symphony Op 64
74, KORNGOLD – Violin Concerto in D, Op35
73, MAHLER – Symphony No 6 in A Minor
72, GERSHWIN – An American in Paris
71, BRITTEN – A Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
70, BRITTEN – A Ceremony of Carols
69, RACHMANINOFF – Vespers Op. 37 (All Night Vigil)
68, JENKINS – The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace
67, DEBUSSY – Preludes
66, MAHLER – Symphony No.9 in D
65, PARRY – Jerusalem
64, RESPIGHI – Pini di Roma (Pines of Rome)
63, SCHOENBERG – Verklarte Nacht (Transfigured Night) for string sextet Op.4
62, RAVEL – Piano Concerto in G
61, MAHLER – Symphony No.4 in G
60, SHOSTAKOVICH – Symphony No.7 in C Op.60, 'Leningrad’
59, BRITTEN – War Requiem
58, MAHLER – Symphony No.8 in E-flat, 'Symphony of a Thousand’
57, PROKOFIEV – Symphony No.1 in D Op.25, 'Classical’
56, PART – Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten
55, CANTELOUBE – Chants d’Auvergne (Songs of the Auvergne)
54, RAVEL – Pavane pour une infante defunte (Pavane for a Dead Princess)
53, RESPIGHI – Ancient Airs and Dances
52, PUCCINI – Turandot
51, SCULTHORPE – Kakadu
50, BRITTEN – Peter Grimes
49, EDWARDS – Dawn Mantras
48, SHOSTAKOVICH – Gadfly Suite
47, STRAVINSKY – Petrushka
46, SCULTHORPE – Small Town
45, EDWARDS – Violin Concerto 'Maninyas’
44, RACHMANINOFF – Symphony No.2 in e minor Op.27
43, GLASS – Violin Concerto No.1
42, BARTOK – Concerto for Orchestra
41, MESSIAEN – Quatuor Pour Le Fin Du Temps
40, STRAUSS – Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59
39, KATS-CHERNIN – Wild Swans
38, PROKOFIEV – Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67
37, RAVEL – String Quartet in F
36, MORRICONE – The Mission
35, STRAVINSKY – L’Oiseau de feu (The Firebird)
34, DEBUSSY – La Mer
33, MAHLER – Das Lied von der Erde (The Song of the Earth)
32, COPLAND – Fanfare for the Common Man
31, SHOSTAKOVICH – Symphony No.5 in d minor Op.47
30, SIBELIUS – Symphony No. 5
29, WESTLAKE – Antarctica Suite
28, PUCCINI – Tosca
27, SIBELIUS – Symphony No. 2 in D Major Op. 43
26, KHACHATURIAN – Spartacus
25, MAHLER – Symphony No.5 in c-sharp minor
24, GERSHWIN – Porgy and Bess
23, SIBELIUS – Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47
22, RACHMANINOFF – Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Op.43
21, ELGAR – Pomp and Circumstance March No 1 in D Op.39
20, RAVEL – Bolero
19, RACHMANINOFF – Piano Concerto No.3 in D minor Op.30
18, COPLAND – Appalachian Spring
17, PUCCINI – Madama Butterfly
16, PART – Spiegel Im Spiegel
15, SIBELIUS – Finlandia
14, GORECKI – Symphony No.3 Op.36, 'Symphony of Sorrowful Songs’
13, BERNSTEIN – West Side Story
12, VAUGHAN WILLIAMS – Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
11, STRAUSS – Vier letzte Lieder (Four Last Songs)
10, PROKOFIEV – Romeo and Juliet Op.64
9, STRAVINSKY – Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring)
8, ORFF – Carmina Burana
7, BARBER – Adagio For Strings
6, RODRIGO – Concierto de Aranjuez
5, RACHMANINOV – Piano Concerto No. 2
4, VAUGHAN WILLIAMS – The Lark Ascending
3, GERSHWIN – Rhapsody in Blue
2, HOLST – The Planets
1, ELGAR – Cello Concerto in E minor Op.85
