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Since 2001, ABC Classic FM has organised a number of Classic 100 Countdown surveys.[ 1] The results of each survey are decided by votes cast by the listeners of ABC Classic FM. Several months after the voting, the works are played in reverse order of popularity—usually over an intense seven to ten days of programming.
The countdown culminates in the broadcast of a live concert featuring the most popular pieces, and finishing with the number one listener choice. A feature of the countdown is that the top 100 pieces are kept secret until announced (including during the final concert).
The top five in each of the countdowns are as follows:
Year
Countdown
Top 5
2001
Classic 100 Original
Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A , K. 622
Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor , Op. 125 Choral
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat , Op. 73 Emperor
Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D major , Op. 61
2004
Classic 100 Piano
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor , Op. 27/2 Moonlight
Bach, J.S.: Goldberg Variations
Debussy: Clair de Lune from Suite bergamasque
Satie: Gymnopédie No. 1
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor , Op. 13 Pathétique
2005/6
Classic 100 Opera
Bizet: "Au fond du temple saint" ("In the depths of the temple") from The Pearl Fishers
Verdi: "Va, pensiero " (Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves) from Nabucco
Delibes: "Sous le dôme épais " (Flower Duet) from Lakmé
Mozart: "Soave sia il vento" (Act 1 trio) from Così fan tutte , K. 588
Purcell: "Thy hand, Belinda ... When I am laid in earth " (Dido's Lament) from Dido and Aeneas
2006
Classic 100 Mozart
Clarinet Concerto in A , K. 622 – Adagio
Ave verum corpus , K. 618
Piano Concerto No. 21 in C, K. 467 – Andante
"Soave sia il vento" (Act 1 trio) from Così fan tutte , K. 588
Requiem , K. 626 Lacrimosa
2007
Classic 100 Concerto
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat , Op. 73 Emperor
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18
Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D , Op. 61
Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26
Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor , Op. 85
2008
Classic 100 Chamber
Schubert: Piano Quintet in A major , D667 Trout
Schubert: String Quintet in C major , D956
Schubert: Nocturne in E-flat major for piano trio , D897
Beethoven: Piano Trio in B-flat major , Op. 97 Archduke
Schubert: String Quartet in D minor , D810 Death and the Maiden
2009
Classic 100 Symphony
Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 New World
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 Choral
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 Pastoral
Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 Organ
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
2010
Classic 100—Ten Years On
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 Emperor Concerto
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 Pastoral
Mozart: Clarinet Concerto
Handel: Messiah , HWV 56
2011
Classic 100 Twentieth Century
Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor
Holst: The Planets
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18
2012
Classic 100 Music of France
Bizet: Carmen
Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3
Fauré: Requiem
Satie: Gymnopédies
Bizet: Au fond du temple saint
2013
Classic 100 Music in the Movies
Morricone: The Mission
Williams: Star Wars
Shore: The Lord of the Rings
Vangelis: Chariots of Fire
Jarre: Doctor Zhivago
2014
Classic 100 Baroque and Before
Handel: Messiah , HWV 56
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons , Op. 8
Allegri: Miserere
Handel: Water Music
Bach, J.S.: St Matthew Passion , BWV 244
2015
Classic 100 Swoon
Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
Mozart: Clarinet Concerto
Barber: Adagio for Strings
Pärt: Spiegel im Spiegel
Allegri: Miserere
2016
Classic 100 Voice
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9
Bizet: The Pearlfishers (Duet: Au fond du temple saint )
Handel: Messiah (Hallelujah )
Faure: Requiem, Op. 48
Allegri: Miserere
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