Here are last year's WRR Classical Top 40. All familiar faces. For those who wish to try some "popular" classical pieces, this is a good place to start.
1. Beethoven Symphony #9 "Choral"
2. Vivaldi Four Seasons
3. Barber Adagio for Strings
4. Mozart Requiem
5. Bach Toccata and Fugue in d minor
6. Beethoven Symphony #5
7. Dvorak Symphony #9 "New World"
8. Beethoven Piano Concerto #5 "Emperor"
9. Bach Brandenburg Concertos
10. Mozart Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
11. Tchaikovsky 1812 Overture
12. Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue
13. Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade
14. Pachelbel Canon in D
15. Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis
16. Beethoven Symphony #6 "Pastoral"
17. Ravel Bolero
18. Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition
19. Copland Appalachian Spring
20. Holst Planets
21. Mozart Symphony #41 "Jupiter"
22. Beethoven Symphony #7 in A
23. Wagner Ring
24. Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto #2
25. Handel Water Music
26. Orff Carmina Burana
27. Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto #1
28. Mussorgsky Night on Bald Mountain
29. Bach Mass in B minor
30. Beethoven Piano Sonata #14 "Moonlight"
31. Handel Messiah
32. Rachmaninoff Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
33. Haydn Trumpet Concerto
34. Beethoven Symphony #3 "Eroica"
35. Albinoni Adagio
36. Saint-Saens Symphony #3 "Organ Symphony"
37. Respighi Pines of Rome
38. Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto
39. Mozart Marriage of Figaro: Overture
40. Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto #3
Strictly from my personal point of view, too bad
Mahler is not listed for the last few years!
In 1999, two Mahler Symphonies were on the list (No.2 "Resurrection" at 27th, and No.1 "Titan" at 35th) -- and you know why? Maestro Andrew Litton / DSO was going through a Mahler series in the subscription concerts till that year. A simple local factor.
