# Classic 100 Original (ABC)

During 2001 and 2002, the Australian radio station ABC Classic FM held a Classic 100 countdown.
Voting for the countdown was held in 2001, with votes cast by listeners to the station.
The broadcasting of the results of the countdown began on 12 December 2001 and concluded on 19 January 2002.

## Survey summary

The results of the countdown are as follows:
| Rank | Composer | Work |
| 100 | Fauré | Cantique de Jean Racine |
| 99 | Khachaturian | Spartacus |
| 98 | Grieg | Morning from Peer Gynt |
| 97 | Stravinsky | The Rite of Spring |
| 96 | Mozart | Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor |
| 95 | Handel | Zadok the Priest |
| 94 | Albinoni | Adagio in G minor for organ and strings |
| 93 | Debussy | Clair de lune |
| 92 | Purcell | When I am laid in earth (Dido's Lament) from Dido and Aeneas |
| 91 | Tchaikovsky | Violin Concerto in D major |
| 90 | Sibelius | Finlandia |
| 89 | Mendelssohn | Violin Concerto in E minor |
| 88 | Bach | The Well-Tempered Clavier |
| 87 | Beethoven | Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major |
| 86 | Beethoven | Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Pathétique |
| 85 | Mozart | "Soave sia il vento" from Così fan tutte |
| 84 | Mozart | Clarinet Quintet in A major |
| 83 | Orff | Carmina Burana |
| 82 | Satie | Gymnopédies |
| 81 | Ravel | Boléro |
| 80 | Beethoven | Symphony No. 7 in A major |
| 79 | Bach | Toccata and Fugue in D minor |
| 78 | Puccini | "O mio babbino caro" from Gianni Schicchi |
| 77 | Schubert | Impromptu No. 3 in G-flat major |
| 76 | Mahler | Symphony No. 8 in E-flat major |
| 75 | Verdi | La traviata |
| 74 | Tchaikovsky | Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor |
| 73 | Gershwin | Rhapsody in Blue |
| 72 | Bach | Chaconne from Violin Partita No. 2 in D minor |
| 71 | Chopin | Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor |
| 70 | Bach | Christmas Oratorio |
| 69 | Beethoven | Piano Trio No. 7 in B-flat, Archduke |
| 68 | Grieg | Piano Concerto in A minor |
| 67 | Mozart | The Marriage of Figaro |
| 66 | Caccini, G / Vavilov | Ave Maria |
| 65 | Elgar | Sea Pictures |
| 64 | Litolff, HC | Concerto symphonique No. 4 in D minor, Scherzo |
| 63 | Bach | Cantata No 78, Jesu, der du meine Seele |
| 62 | Mahler | Symphony No. 2 in C minor, Resurrection |
| 61 | Tchaikovsky | 1812 Overture |
| 60 | Smetana | My Country |
| 59 | Elgar | Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D major |
| 58 | Prokofiev | Romeo and Juliet |
| 57 | Mozart | Ave verum corpus |
| 56 | Bach | Goldberg Variations |
| 55 | Dvořák | Song to the Moon from Rusalka |
| 54 | Mozart | The Magic Flute |
| 53 | Handel | Ombra mai fu (Handel's Largo) from Serse |
| 52 | Dvořák | Symphony No. 9 in E minor, From the New World |
| 51 | Rachmaninoff | Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini |
| 50 | Saint-Saëns | The Swan from The Carnival of the Animals |
| 49 | Holst | The Planets |
| 48 | Mozart | Serenade No. 13 in G major, Eine kleine Nachtmusik |
| 47 | Wagner | Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde |
| 46 | Gluck | Che farò senza Euridice? from Orfeo ed Euridice |
| 45 | Saint-Saëns | Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Organ Symphony |
| 44 | Verdi | Messa da Requiem |
| 43 | Mahler | Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp minor |
| 42 | Beethoven | Symphony No. 5 in C minor |
| 41 | Schubert | "To Music" |
| 40 | Beethoven | Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Eroica |
| 39 | Massenet | Meditation from Thaïs |
| 38 | Puccini | Madama Butterfly |
| 37 | Verdi | Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves from Nabucco |
| 36 | Barber | Adagio for Strings |
| 35 | Bach | Concerto for 2 Violins, Strings and Continuo in D Minor |
| 34 | Bach | "Air on the G String", from Suite No. 3 in D major |
| 33 | Puccini | La bohème |
| 32 | Mozart | Requiem Mass in D minor |
| 31 | Mozart | Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major |
| 30 | Mascagni | Intermezzo from Cavalleria rusticana |
| 29 | Bach | Mass in B minor |
| 28 | Schubert | String Quintet in C major |
| 27 | Beethoven | Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Moonlight |
| 26 | Mozart | Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major |
| 25 | Vaughan Williams | Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis |
| 24 | Elgar | Enigma Variations |
| 23 | Pachelbel | Pachelbel's Canon |
| 22 | Bach | Brandenburg Concertos |
| 21 | Rodrigo | Concierto de Aranjuez |
| 20 | Bach | Six Suites for Unaccompanied Cello |
| 19 | Elgar | Cello Concerto in E minor |
| 18 | Schubert | Piano Quintet in A major, Trout |
| 17 | Schubert | Notturno in E-flat major, Op. 148 (D. 897) |
| 16 | Vivaldi | The Four Seasons |
| 15 | Fauré | Requiem |
| 14 | Bruch | Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor |
| 13 | Rachmaninoff | Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor |
| 12 | Bach | St Matthew Passion |
| 11 | Bach | Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring |
| 10 | Strauss, R | Four Last Songs |
| 9 | Allegri, G | Miserere |
| 8 | Handel | Messiah |
| 7 | Bizet | Au fond du temple saint from The Pearl Fishers |
| 6 | Beethoven | Symphony No. 6 in F major, Pastoral |
| 5 | Beethoven | Violin Concerto in D Major |
| 4 | Beethoven | Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Emperor Concerto |
| 3 | Beethoven | Symphony No. 9 in D minor |
| 2 | Vaughan Williams | The Lark Ascending |
| 1 | Mozart | Clarinet Concerto in A major |

## By composer

The following 45 composers were featured in the countdown:
| Composer | Nationality | Works |
| Albinoni | Italian | 1 |
| Allegri, G | Italian | 1 |
| Bach, JS | German | 13 |
| Barber | American | 1 |
| Beethoven | German | 11 |
| Bizet | French | 2 |
| Bruch | German | 1 |
| Caccini / Vavilov | Italian | 1 |
| Chopin | Polish | 1 |
| Debussy | French | 1 |
| Dvořák | Czech | 2 |
| Elgar | English | 4 |
| Fauré | French | 2 |
| Gershwin | American | 1 |
| Gluck | German | 1 |
| Grieg | Norwegian | 2 |
| Handel | German-British | 3 |
| Holst | English | 1 |
| Khachaturian | Armenian | 1 |
| Litolff | English | 1 |
| Mahler | Austrian | 3 |
| Mascagni | Italian | 1 |
| Massenet | French | 1 |
| Mendelssohn | German | 1 |
| Mozart | Austrian | 11 |
| Orff | German | 1 |
| Pachelbel | German | 1 |
| Prokofiev | Russian | 1 |
| Puccini | Italian | 3 |
| Purcell | English | 1 |
| Rachmaninoff | Russian | 2 |
| Ravel | French | 1 |
| Rodrigo | Spanish | 1 |
| Saint-Saëns | French | 1 |
| Satie | French | 1 |
| Schubert | Austrian | 5 |
| Sibelius | Finnish | 1 |
| Smetana | Czech | 1 |
| Strauss, R | German | 1 |
| Stravinsky | Russian | 1 |
| Tchaikovsky | Russian | 3 |
| Vaughan Williams | English | 2 |
| Verdi | Italian | 3 |
| Vivaldi | Italian | 1 |
| Wagner | German | 1 |