# Classic 100 Voice

In 2016, the Australian radio station ABC Classic FM held the fourteenth of its annual Classic Music countdowns, during which the public voted for 100 favourite pieces. The chosen theme was "Voice" and included opera, operetta, choral music and classical song. The Classic 100 Voice countdown was broadcast in reverse order from 10 to 13 June.

## Countdown results

The results of the countdown are as follows:
| Rank | Composer | Work | Date |
| 100 | Beethoven, Ludwig van | Choral Fantasy | 1808 |
| 99 | Handel, George Frederic | Giulio Cesare ("Piangerò la sorte mia") | 1724 |
| 98 | Bach, Johann Sebastian | Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140 | 1731 |
| 97 | Strauss, Richard | "Morgen!" | 1894 |
| 96 | Beethoven, Ludwig van | Fidelio | 1805 |
| 95 | Humperdinck, Engelbert | Hansel und Gretel ("When I Lay Me Down to Sleep") | 1892 |
| 94 | Schubert, Franz | Die schöne Müllerin | 1823 |
| 93 | Mascagni, Pietro | Cavalleria rusticana | 1889 |
| 92 | Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | Zaide ("Ruhe sanft") | 1780 |
| 91 | Rossini, Gioachino | The Barber of Seville ("Largo al factotum") | 1813 |
| 90 | Schubert, Franz | Ellens Gesang III (Ave Maria) | 1825 |
| 89 | Anonymous | Greensleeves | |
| 88 | Parry, Hubert | I Was Glad | 1902 |
| 87 | Britten, Benjamin | War Requiem | 1962 |
| 86 | Villa-Lobos, Heitor | Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 | 1938 |
| 85 | Lehár, Franz | The Merry Widow ("Es lebt' eine Vilja, ein Waldmägdelein" (Vilia Song)) | 1905 |
| 84 | Wagner, Richard | Die Walküre (The Valkyrie) | 1856 |
| 83 | Rutter, John | The Lord Bless You and Keep You | 1981 |
| 82 | Bach, Johann Sebastian | Magnificat in D, BWV243 | 1733 |
| 81 | Mendelssohn, Felix | Elijah ("Lift Thine Eyes") | 1846 |
| 80 | Handel, George Frederic | Samson ("Let the Bright Seraphim") | 1741 |
| 79 | Mendelssohn, Felix | A Midsummer Night's Dream | 1842 |
| 78 | Bach, Johann Sebastian | Christmas Oratorio | 1734 |
| 77 | Lauridsen, Morten | O magnum mysterium | 1994 |
| 76 | Haydn, Franz Joseph | The Creation | 1798 |
| 75 | Schubert, Franz | An die Musik | 1817 |
| 74 | Donizetti, Gaetano | Lucia di Lammermoor (Mad Scene) | 1835 |
| 73 | Beethoven, Ludwig van | Missa Solemnis | 1823 |
| 72 | Bach, Johann Sebastian | St John Passion | 1724 |
| 71 | Verdi, Giuseppe | Rigoletto | 1851 |
| 70 | Westlake, Nigel | Missa Solis: Requiem for Eli | 2011 |
| 69 | Rachmaninov, Sergei | Vocalise | 1915 |
| 68 | Tavener, John | Song for Athene | 1993 |
| 67 | Rutter, John | For the Beauty of the Earth | 1980 |
| 66 | Britten, Benjamin | A Ceremony of Carols | 1942 |
| 65 | Sullivan, Arthur | The Mikado | 1885 |
| 64 | Korngold, Erich Wolfgang | Die tote Stadt ("Glück, das mir verblieb") | 1920 |
| 63 | Strauss, Richard | Der Rosenkavalier | 1911 |
| 62 | Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | Don Giovanni (Catalogue Aria: "Madamina, il catalogo è questo") | 1787 |
| 61 | Schubert, Franz | Erlkönig | 1815 |
| 60 | Mahler, Gustav | Das Lied von der Erde (The Song of the Earth) | 1909 |
| 59 | Sullivan, Arthur | The Pirates of Penzance | 1879 |
| 58 | Handel, George Frederic | Rinaldo ("Lascia ch'io pianga") | 1711 |
| 57 | Saint-Saens, Camille | Samson et Dalila ("Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix") | 1877 |
| 56 | Mahler, Gustav | Symphony No. 2 Resurrection (Urlicht) | 1895 |
| 55 | Bach, Johann Sebastian | Sheep May Safely Graze, Cantata BWV 208 | 1713 |
| 54 | Franck, César | Panis angelicus | 1872 |
| 53 | Bellini, Vincenzo | Norma ("Casta diva") | 1831 |
| 52 | Edwards, Ross | Dawn Mantras | 1999 |
| 51 | Fauré, Gabriel | Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11 | 1865 |
| 50 | Verdi, Giuseppe | Aida | 1871 |
| 49 | Gluck, Christoph Willibald von | Orfeo ed Euridice | 1762 |
| 48 | Hildegard von Bingen | O Ecclesia | |
| 47 | Barber, Samuel | Agnus Dei | 1967 |
| 46 | Handel, George Frederic | Serse (Xerxes) ("Ombra mai fu") | 1738 |
| 45 | Verdi, Giuseppe | Requiem | 1874 |
| 44 | Wagner, Richard | Tristan und Isolde ("Liebestod") | 1859 |
| 43 | Rachmaninov, Sergei | Vespers (All Night Vigil) | 1915 |
| 42 | Monteverdi, Claudio | Vespers of 1610 | 1610 |
| 41 | Pergolesi, Giovanni Battista | Stabat Mater | 1736 |
| 40 | Verdi, Giuseppe | La traviata | 1853 |
| 39 | Puccini, Giacomo | Tosca ("Vissi d'arte") | 1900 |
| 38 | Jenkins, Karl | The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace | 1999 |
| 37 | Brahms, Johannes | A German Requiem | 1868 |
| 36 | Puccini, Giacomo | Gianni Schicchi ("O mio babbino caro") | 1918 |
| 35 | Schubert, Franz | Winterreise | 1828 |
| 34 | Górecki, Henryk | Symphony No. 3 Symphony of Sorrowful Songs | 1976 |
| 33 | Lloyd Webber, Andrew | Requiem – Pie Jesu | 1985 |
| 32 | Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | Exsultate, jubilate – Alleluia | 1773 |
| 31 | Elgar, Edward | Sea Pictures | 1899 |
| 30 | Bach, Johann Sebastian | Mass in B minor | 1749 |
| 29 | Tallis, Thomas | Spem in alium | c.1570 |
| 28 | Kats-Chernin, Elena | Wild Swans (Eliza's Aria) | 2002 |
| 27 | Bach, Johann Sebastian | Cantata BWV 147 ("Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring") | 1723 |
| 26 | Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | The Marriage of Figaro ("Voi che sapete") | 1786 |
| 25 | Parry, Hubert | Jerusalem | 1916 |
| 24 | Verdi, Giuseppe | Nabucco ("Va, pensiero") | 1842 |
| 23 | Gershwin, George | Porgy and Bess ("Summertime") | 1934 |
| 22 | Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | The Magic Flute | 1791 |
| 21 | Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | Così fan tutte ("Soave sia il vento") | 1790 |
| 20 | Vivaldi, Antonio | Gloria, RV 589 | 1715 |
| 19 | Bizet, Georges | Carmen | 1875 |
| 18 | Puccini, Giacomo | La bohème ("Che gelida manina") | 1896 |
| 17 | Canteloube, Joseph | Songs of the Auvergne | 1930 |
| 16 | Puccini, Giacomo | Turandot ("Nessun dorma") | 1924 |
| 15 | Purcell, Henry | Dido and Aeneas ("When I Am Laid in Earth") | c.1684 |
| 14 | Dvorák, Antonín | Rusalka ("Song to the Moon") | 1900 |
| 13 | Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | Ave verum corpus, K. 618 | 1791 |
| 12 | Handel, George Frederic | Coronation Anthems (Zadok the Priest) | 1727 |
| 11 | Bach, Johann Sebastian | St Matthew Passion | 1727 |
| 10 | Puccini, Giacomo | Madama Butterfly ("Un bel dì") | 1904 |
| 09 | Orff, Carl | Carmina Burana | 1936 |
| 08 | Strauss, Richard | Four Last Songs | 1948 |
| 07 | Delibes, Léo | Lakmé ("Flower Duet: Sous le dôme épais") | 1883 |
| 06 | Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | Requiem, K. 626 | 1791 |
| 05 | Allegri, Gregorio | Miserere | c.1630s |
| 04 | Fauré, Gabriel | Requiem, Op. 48 | 1890 |
| 03 | Handel, George Frederic | Messiah ("Hallelujah") | 1741 |
| 02 | Bizet, Georges | Les pêcheurs de perles (Duet: "Au fond du temple saint") | 1863 |
| 01 | Beethoven, Ludwig van | Symphony No. 9 | 1824 |