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WETA/WGMS Classical Countdown

"Listeners selected the top 90 pieces and we counted them down
Thanks to all who participated in the Classical Countdown! We had an outstanding response with over 3,000 votes cast. Beginning on Monday, November 19, we began counting down the top 90 vote-getters. The countdown ended on Thanksgiving Day at 9pm. Your selections are listed below.

90. Mozart: Marriage of Figaro Overture
89. Borodin: Polovtsian Dances
88. Brahms: Double Concerto
87. Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio espagnol
86. Prokofiev: Symphony #1 Classical
85. Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music
84. Beethoven: Triple Concerto
83. Schubert: Symphony #8 Unfinished
82. Bruch: Scottish Fantasy
81. Brahms: Piano Concerto #1
80. Beethoven: Für Elise
79. Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
78. Mozart: Piano Concerto #23
77. Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks
76. Marais: The Bells of St. Genevieve
75. Bach: Keyboard Concerto in F Minor (BWV 1056)
74. Schubert: Symphony #9 Great
73. Wagner: Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde
72. Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances
71. Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez
70. Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man
69. Mozart: Clarinet Quintet
68. Brahms: Violin Concerto
67. Dvorak: Symphony #8
66. Mahler: Symphony #1 Titan [excerpt]
65. Wagner: Overture to Tannhäuser
64. Kalinnikov: Symphony #1
63. Brahms: Symphony #1
62. Chopin: Piano Concerto #1 61. Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
60. Dvorak: Slavonic Dances
59. Albinoni: Adagio
58. Brahms: Piano Concerto #2
57. Smetana: The Moldau
56. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto #5
55. Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet
54. Addinsell: Warsaw Concerto
53. Ravel: Bolero
52. Mahler: Symphony #5 [excerpt]
51. Respighi: Pines of Rome
50. Bizet: Carmen Suite
49. Tchaikovsky: Symphony #5
48. Mozart: Symphony #40
47. Tchaikovsky: Symphony #6 Pathetique
46. Strauss: Blue Danube
45. Mozart: Piano Concerto #20
44. Beethoven: Symphony #3 Eroica
43. Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto
42. Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto #1
41. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto #3
40. Beethoven: Piano Sonata #14 Moonlight
39. Bach: Sheep May Safely Graze
38. Mozart: Piano Concerto #21
37. Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake
36. Sibelius: Finlandia
35. Bruch: Violin Concerto #1
34. Wagner: Ride of the Valkyries
33. Bach: Double Violin Concerto (BWV 1043)
32. Rachmaninoff: Symphony #2
31. Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto
30. Debussy: Clair de Lune
29. Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker
28. Handel: Water Music
27. Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture
26. Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
25. Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
24. Mozart: Symphony #41 Jupiter
23. Grieg: Piano Concerto
22. Mozart: Clarinet Concerto
21. Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Tallis
20. Dvorak: Cello Concerto
19. Copland: Appalachian Spring
18. Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto #3
17. Bach: Toccata and Fugue in D Minor (BWV 565)
16. Beethoven: Symphony #7
15. Barber: Adagio for Strings
14. Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
13. Beethoven: Violin Concerto
12. Pachelbel: Canon
11. Beethoven: Symphony #5
10. Bach: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
9. Saint-Saens: Symphony #3 Organ
8. Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
7. Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
6. Beethoven: Symphony #6 Pastoral
5. Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
4. Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto #2
3. Beethoven: Piano Concerto #5 Emperor
2. Dvorak: Symphony #9 From the New World
1. Beethoven: Symphony #9 Choral

















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The so-called Hitler's Bunker, near Aubers, France, where the future European dictator was stationed during the first World War. In 1940, after the crushing of France, Hitler came here and was photographed in front of it.

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