# Classic 100 Ten Years On

During 2010 the Australian radio station ABC Classic FM held a Classic 100 Ten Years On countdown. The survey recreated the Classic 100 Original countdown held in 2001.
Voting for the countdown was held between 11 September 2010 and 1 October 2010, with each listener being permitted to vote for up to 10 works. The broadcasting of the results of the countdown began on 30 October 2010 and concluded on 7 November 2010.

## Countdown results

The results of countdown are as follows:
| Rank | Composer | Work | Genre | Key | Opus | Completed | Rank in the original 100 | Change in rank |
| 100 | Mozart | Symphony No. 40 | Symphony | G minor | K. 550 | 1788 | — | |
| 99 | Schubert | Adagio for piano trio (Notturno) | Trio | E-flat major | D. 897 | 1821 | 17 | -82 |
| 98 | Strauss, R | Songs with Orchestra$^*$ | Song | | | 1899 | — | |
| 97 | Mozart | Così fan tutte | Opera | | K. 588 | 1789 | 85 | -12 |
| 96 | Górecki | Symphony No. 3 (Symphony of Sorrowful Songs) | Symphony | | Op. 36 | 1976 | — | |
| 95 | Giazotto (attrib. Albinoni) | Adagio for strings and organ | Adagio | G minor | T. Mi 26 | 1958 | 94 | -1 |
| 94 | Chopin | Piano Concerto No. 1 | Concerto | E minor | Op. 11 | 1830 | 71 | -23 |
| 93 | Mozart | Clarinet Quintet | Quintet | A major | K. 581 | 1789 | 84 | -9 |
| 92 | Handel | Zadok the Priest | Anthem | D major | HWV 258 | 1727 | 95 | +3 |
| 91 | Sibelius | Symphony No. 5 | Symphony | E-flat major | Op. 82 | 1919 | — | |
| 90 | Brahms | Piano Concerto No. 2 | Concerto | B-flat major | Op. 83 | 1881 | — | |
| 89 | Purcell | Dido and Aeneas | Opera | | Z. 626 | 1688 | 92 | +3 |
| 88 | Mascagni | Cavalleria rusticana | Opera | | | 1890 | 30 | -58 |
| 87 | Tallis | Spem in alium | Motet | | | 1570 | — | |
| 86 | Smetana | My Country—Vltava | Symphonic poem | E minor | T. 111 | 1874 | 60 | -26 |
| 85 | Schubert | Symphony No. 9 (Great) | Symphony | C major | D. 944 | 1840 | — | |
| 84 | Khachaturian | Spartacus | Orchestral suite | | | 1954 | 99 | +15 |
| 83 | Rachmaninoff | Symphony No. 2 | Symphony | E minor | Op. 27 | 1907 | — | |
| 82 | Brahms | Violin Concerto in D | Concerto | D major | Op. 77 | 1878 | — | |
| 81 | Puccini | Madama Butterfly | Opera | | | 1904 | 38 | -43 |
| 80 | Berlioz | Symphonie fantastique | Symphony | | Op. 14 | 1830 | — | |
| 79 | Mendelssohn | Hebrides Overture | Overture | B minor | Op. 26 | 1830 | — | |
| 78 | Dvořák | Cello Concerto in B minor | Concerto | B minor | Op. 104 | 1895 | — | |
| 77 | Beethoven | Triple Concerto | Concerto | C major | Op. 56 | 1803 | — | |
| 76 | Mozart | Don Giovanni | Opera | | K. 527 | 1787 | — | |
| 75 | Grieg | Peer Gynt | Suite | | Op. 23 | 1875 | 98 | +23 |
| 74 | Bach, JS | Cello Suite No. 1 | Suite | G major | BWV 1007 | 1723 | 20 | -54 |
| 73 | Tchaikovsky | The Nutcracker | Suite | | Op. 71a | 1891 | — | |
| 72 | Rimsky-Korsakov | Scheherazade | Symphonic suite | | Op. 35 | 1888 | — | |
| 71 | Massenet | Méditation (from Thaïs) | Symphonic intermezzo | | | 1894 | 39 | -32 |
| 70 | Mendelssohn | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Overture & incidental music | | Op. 21, 61 | 1842 | — | |
| 69 | Mussorgsky (orch. Ravel) | Pictures at an Exhibition | Suite | | | 1874 | — | |
| 68 | Tchaikovsky | Symphony No. 5 | Symphony | E minor | Op. 64 | 1888 | — | |
| 67 | Mahler | Symphony No. 1 (Titan) | Symphony | D major | | 1888 | — | |
| 66 | Stravinsky | The Rite of Spring | Ballet | | | 1913 | 97 | +31 |
| 65 | Schubert | String Quartet No. 14 (Death and the Maiden) | Quartet | D minor | D. 810 | 1824 | — | |
| 64 | Grieg | Piano Concerto in A minor | Concerto | A minor | Op. 16 | 1868 | 68 | +4 |
| 63 | Barber | Adagio for Strings | Orchestral | B-flat major | Op. 11a | 1936 | 36 | -27 |
| 62 | Orff | Carmina Burana | Cantata | | | 1937 | 83 | +21 |
| 61 | Satie | Gymnopédies | Unaccompanied piano | | | 1888 | 82 | +21 |
| 60 | Mozart | Ave verum corpus | Motet | D major | K. 618 | 1791 | 57 | -3 |
| 59 | Tchaikovsky | Violin Concerto in D | Concerto | D major | Op. 35 | 1878 | 91 | +32 |
| 58 | Mahler | Symphony No. 5 | Symphony | C-sharp minor | | 1902 | 43 | -15 |
| 57 | Sibelius | Finlandia | Symphonic poem | | Op. 26 | 1900 | 90 | +33 |
| 56 | Ravel | Boléro | Orchestral dance | C major | | 1928 | 81 | +25 |
| 55 | Debussy | Claire de lune | Suite for piano | | | 1905 | 93 | +38 |
| 54 | Sibelius | Violin Concerto in D minor | Concerto | D minor | Op. 47 | 1903 | — | |
| 53 | Bach, JS | Goldberg Variations | Theme and variations | | BWV 988 | 1741 | 56 | +3 |
| 52 | Tchaikovsky | 1812 Overture | Overture | E-flat major | Op. 49 | 1880 | 61 | +9 |
| 51 | Rachmaninoff | Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini | Concertante | A minor | Op. 43 | 1934 | 51 | 0 |
| 50 | Pachelbel | Pachelbel's Canon | Canon and gigue | D major | PWC 38 | 1694 | 23 | -27 |
| 49 | Beethoven | Piano Concerto No. 4 | Concerto | G major | Op. 58 | 1806 | 87 | +38 |
| 48 | Bach, JS | Cantata 147 (including Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring) | Cantata | | BWV 147 | 1716 | 11 | -37 |
| 47 | Prokofiev | Romeo and Juliet | Ballet | | Op. 64 | 1935 | 58 | +11 |
| 46 | Bach, JS | Mass in B minor | Mass | B minor | BWV 232 | 1749 | 29 | -17 |
| 45 | Bach, JS | Toccata and Fugue | Toccata and Fugue | D minor | BWV 565 | 1707 | 79 | +34 |
| 44 | Puccini | La bohème | Opera | | | 1896 | 33 | -11 |
| 43 | Mahler | Symphony No. 2 (Resurrection) | Symphony | C minor | | 1894 | 62 | +19 |
| 42 | Schubert | String quintet | Quintet | C major | D. 956 | 1828 | 28 | -14 |
| 41 | Bizet | Carmen | Opera | | | 1875 | — | |
| 40 | Tchaikovsky | Swan Lake | Ballet | | Op. 20 | 1876 | — | |
| 39 | Sibelius | Symphony No. 2 | Symphony | D major | Op. 43 | 1902 | — | |
| 38 | Bach, JS | Double Violin Concerto | Concerto | D minor | BWV 1043 | 1731 | 35 | -3 |
| 37 | Rachmaninoff | Piano Concerto No. 3 | Concerto | D minor | Op. 30 | 1909 | — | |
| 36 | Gershwin | Rhapsody in Blue | Concerto | B-flat major | | 1924 | 73 | +37 |
| 35 | Allegri | Miserere mei, Deus | Setting (Psalm) | | | 1630 | 9 | -26 |
| 34 | Mozart | Piano Concerto No. 21 | Concerto | C major | K.467 | 1785 | 31 | -3 |
| 33 | Strauss, R | Four Last Songs | Song | | TrV 296 | 1948 | 10 | -23 |
| 32 | Mendelssohn | Violin Concerto | Concerto | E minor | Op. 64 | 1844 | 89 | +57 |
| 31 | Beethoven | Symphony No. 3 (Eroica) | Symphony | E-flat major | Op. 55 | 1804 | 40 | +9 |
| 30 | Pärt | Spiegel im Spiegel | | F major | | 1978 | — | |
| 29 | Tchaikovsky | Piano Concerto No. 1 | Concerto | B-flat minor | Op. 23 | 1875 | 74 | +45 |
| 28 | Tchaikovsky | Symphony No. 6 (Pathétique) | Symphony | B minor | Op. 74 | 1893 | — | |
| 27 | Mozart | The Marriage of Figaro | Opera | | K. 492 | 1786 | 67 | +40 |
| 26 | Fauré | Requiem Mass | Mass | D minor | Op. 48 | 1890 | 15 | -11 |
| 25 | Bizet | The Pearl Fishers | Opera | | | 1863 | 7 | -18 |
| 24 | Elgar | Enigma Variations | Theme and variations | | Op. 36 | 1899 | 24 | 0 |
| 23 | Mozart | The Magic Flute | Opera | | K. 620 | 1791 | 54 | +31 |
| 22 | Rodrigo | Concierto de Aranjuez | Concerto | | | 1939 | 21 | -1 |
| 21 | Beethoven | Symphony No. 5 | Symphony | C minor | Op. 67 | 1808 | 42 | +21 |
| 20 | Vaughan Williams | Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis | Fantasia | | | 1910 | 25 | +5 |
| 19 | Holst | The Planets | Suite | | Op. 32 | 1916 | 49 | +30 |
| 18 | Beethoven | Piano Sonata No. 14 (Moonlight) | Sonata | C-sharp minor | Op. 27 No. 2 | 1801 | 27 | +9 |
| 17 | Schubert | Piano Quintet (Trout) | Quintet | A major | D. 667 | 1819 | 18 | +1 |
| 16 | Beethoven | Symphony No. 7 | Symphony | A major | Op. 92 | 1811 | 80 | +64 |
| 15 | Bach, JS | St Matthew Passion | Setting | | BWV 244 | 1727 | 12 | -3 |
| 14 | Vaughan Williams | The Lark Ascending | | | | 1914 | 2 | -12 |
| 13 | Saint-Saëns | Symphony No. 3 (Organ Symphony) | Symphony | C minor | Op. 78 | 1886 | 45 | +32 |
| 12 | Vivaldi | The Four Seasons | Concerto | | Op. 8 | 1723 | 16 | +4 |
| 11 | Bruch | Violin Concerto No. 1 | Concerto | G minor | Op. 26 | 1866 | 14 | +3 |
| 10 | Elgar | Cello Concerto | Concerto | E minor | Op. 85 | 1919 | 19 | +9 |
| 9 | Beethoven | Violin Concerto | Concerto | D major | Op. 61 | 1806 | 5 | -4 |
| 8 | Mozart | Requiem Mass | Mass | D minor | K. 626 | 1791 | 32 | +24 |
| 7 | Rachmaninoff | Piano Concerto No. 2 | Concerto | C minor | Op. 18 | 1901 | 13 | +6 |
| 6 | Dvořák | Symphony No. 9 (New World Symphony) | Symphony | E minor | Op. 95 | 1893 | 52 | +46 |
| 5 | Handel | Messiah | Oratorio | | HWV 56 | 1741 | 8 | +3 |
| 4 | Mozart | Clarinet Concerto | Concerto | A major | K. 622 | 1791 | 1 | -3 |
| 3 | Beethoven | Symphony No. 6 (Pastoral Symphony) | Symphony | F major | Op. 68 | 1808 | 6 | +3 |
| 2 | Beethoven | Piano Concerto No. 5 (Emperor Concerto) | Concerto | E-flat major | Op. 73 | 1811 | 4 | +2 |
| 1 | Beethoven | Symphony No. 9 (Choral) | Symphony | D minor | Op. 125 | 1824 | 3 | +2 |
$^*$ The following six songs were broadcast as No. 98 in the countdown:
* Cäcilie – Opus 27 No. 2 (1894).
* Ruhe, meine Seele! – Opus 27 No. 1 (1894).
* Morgen! – Opus 27 No. 4 (1894).
* Meinem Kinde – Opus 37 No. 3 (1898).
* Wiegenlied – Opus 41 No. 1 (1899).
* Zueignung – Opus 10 No. 1 (1885).

## Programming

For more information about the works broadcast (including performers and recording details), see ABC Classic FM's programming notes:
* Day 1: Numbers 100 to 90
* Day 2: Numbers 89 to 79
* Day 3: Numbers 78 to 68
* Day 4: Numbers 67 to 52
* Day 5: Numbers 51 to 40
* Day 6: Numbers 39 to 24
* Day 7: Numbers 23 to 12
* Day 8: Numbers 11 to 4
* Day 9: Numbers 3 to 1

## By Composer

The following 48 composers were featured in the countdown:
| Composer | Nationality | Works$^*$ | Works in original survey |
| Albinoni | Italian | 1 | 1 |
| Allegri | Italian | 1 | 1 |
| Bach, JS | German | 7 | 13 |
| Barber | American | 1 | 1 |
| Beethoven | German | 10 | 11 |
| Berlioz | French | 1 | 0 |
| Bizet | French | 2 | 1 |
| Brahms | German | 2 | 0 |
| Bruch | German | 1 | 1 |
| Chopin | Polish-French | 1 | 1 |
| Debussy | French | 1 | 1 |
| Dvořák | Czech | 2 | 2 |
| Elgar | English | 2 | 4 |
| Fauré | French | 1 | 2 |
| Gershwin | American | 1 | 1 |
| Giazotto | Italian | 1 | 1 |
| Górecki | Polish | 1 | 0 |
| Grieg | Norwegian | 2 | 2 |
| Handel | German-British | 2 | 3 |
| Holst | English | 1 | 1 |
| Khachaturian | Armenian | 1 | 1 |
| Mahler | Austrian | 3 | 3 |
| Mascagni | Italian | 1 | 1 |
| Massenet | French | 1 | 1 |
| Mendelssohn | German | 3 | 1 |
| Mozart | Austrian | 10 | 11 |
| Mussorgsky | Russian | 1 | 0 |
| Orff | German | 1 | 1 |
| Pachelbel | German | 1 | 1 |
| Pärt | Estonian | 1 | 0 |
| Prokofiev | Russian | 1 | 1 |
| Puccini | Italian | 2 | 3 |
| Purcell | English | 1 | 1 |
| Rachmaninoff | Russian | 4 | 2 |
| Ravel | French | 2 | 1 |
| Rimsky-Korsakov | Russian | 1 | 0 |
| Rodrigo | Spanish | 1 | 1 |
| Saint-Saëns | French | 1 | 2 |
| Satie | French | 1 | 1 |
| Schubert | Austrian | 5 | 5 |
| Sibelius | Finnish | 4 | 1 |
| Smetana | Czech | 1 | 1 |
| Strauss, R | German | 2 | 1 |
| Stravinsky | Russian | 1 | 1 |
| Tallis | English | 1 | 0 |
| Tchaikovsky | Russian | 7 | 3 |
| Vivaldi | Italian | 1 | 1 |
| Vaughan Williams | English | 2 | 2 |
$^*$ Note that the number of works above totals to two more than the number of works in the countdown due to:
* Albinoni and Giazotto being entered separately for the same work.
* Mussorgsky and Ravel being entered separately for the same work.

## Original Classic 100 survey

The Original Classic 100 countdown was held in 2001. The following 28 works from the original did not appear in the 2010 countdown.
| Rank | Composer | Work |
| 22 | Bach | Brandenburg Concertos |
| 26 | Mozart | Piano Concerto No. 23 |
| 34 | Bach | Air on the G-String |
| 37 | Verdi | Nabucco |
| 41 | Schubert | To Music |
| 44 | Verdi | Requiem |
| 46 | Gluck | "Che farò senza Euridice" from Orpheus and Euridice |
| 47 | Wagner | Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde |
| 48 | Mozart | Eine kleine Nachtmusik |
| 50 | Saint-Saëns | "The Swan" from The Carnival of the Animals |
| 53 | Handel | Xerxes |
| 55 | Dvořák | "Song to the Moon" from Rusalka |
| 59 | Elgar | Pomp and Circumstance |
| 63 | Bach | Cantata No. 78, Jesu, der du meine Seele |
| 64 | Litolff | Concerto symphonique No. 4 in D minor, Scherzo |
| 65 | Elgar | Sea Pictures |
| 66 | Caccini, G | Ave Maria |
| 69 | Beethoven | Piano Trio (Archduke) |
| 70 | Bach | Christmas Oratorio |
| 72 | Bach | Chaconne from Partita for Violin No. 2 |
| 75 | Verdi | La traviata |
| 76 | Mahler | Symphony No. 8 in E-flat major |
| 77 | Schubert | Impromptu No. 3 in G flat |
| 78 | Puccini | "O mio babbino caro" from Gianni Schicchi |
| 86 | Beethoven | Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor (Pathétique) |
| 88 | Bach | The Well-Tempered Clavier |
| 96 | Mozart | Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor |
| 100 | Fauré | Cantique de Jean Racine |
The following composers included in the 2001 countdown did not appear in the 2010 countdown:
* Caccini (or rather Vladimir Vavilov)
* Gluck
* Litolff
* Verdi
* Wagner