The 1995 Classic KING FM Top One Hundred
The 1995 Classic KING FM Top 50 was counted down on our air from November 17th through the
19th. We completed our Top 100 cycle from February 16th through 18th 1996 when we counted down numbers 51 through 100.
Each year our listeners vote for their favorite pieces of classical music by filling
out ballots at various sponsor locations or mailing and faxing them to us. This year, thanks
to our shiny new website, we even accepted "e-ballots" filled out by those of you surfing
the web.
If you voted, thanks! If not, we'll be doing it all again this fall and we hope you'll vote for your favorites.
To find out information about who peformed a piece of
music, click its name. A text only version, without hyperlinks, and a copy of the list that you can download will be available shortly.
- BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125
- BEETHOVEN:
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat, Op.73 "Emperor"
- BACH: The Brandenburg Concertos
- BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 6 in F, Op. 68 "Pastoral"
- VIVALDI: The Four Seasons
- BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67
- HANDEL: Messiah - highlights
- DVORAK:
Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 "From the New World"
- PACHELBEL: Canon & Gigue in D
- RACHMANINOFF: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18
- BRAHMS: Variations on a Theme by Hadyn, Op. 56a
- ORFF: Carmina Burana
- BARBER: Adagio for Strings (from Op. 11)
- SCHUBERT:
Piano Quintet in A, Op. 114, D.667 "The Trout"
- MOZART: Requiem in D minor, K.626
- SAINT SAËNS:
Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78 "Organ"
- TCHAIKOVSKY:
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23
- BRAHMS: German Requiem
- BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 7 in A, Op. 92
- HOLST: The Planets, Op. 32
- HANDEL: Water Music Suite
- BEETHOVEN: Violin Concerto in D, Op. 61
- COPLAND: Appalachian Spring
- BACH: Italian Concerto in F, BWV 971
- TCHAIKOVSKY: 1812 Overture, Op. 49
- RACHMANINOFF: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43
- CHOPIN: Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23
- BACH: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
- MOZART: The Magic Flute
- BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat, Op. 55 "Eroica"
- MOZART:
Serenade in G, K.525 "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik"
- BRAHMS: Violin Concerto in D, Op. 77
- MOZART: Clarinet Concerto in A, K.622
- GERSHWIN: Rhapsody in Blue
- RAVEL: Bolero
- SMETANA: My Fatherland: The Moldau
- BRUCH: Violin concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26
- MAHLER: Symphony No. 1 in D
- MOZART: Symphony No. 41 in C, K.551 "Jupiter"
- RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Scheherazade, Op. 35
- SIBELIUS: Finlandia with male chorus
- TCHAIKOVSKY: Nutcracker, Op.71
- BACH: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988
- TCHAIKOVSKY: Violin concerto in D, Op. 35
- BACH: Toccata & Fugue in D minor, BWV 565
- MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 21 in C, K.467
- RESPIGHI: Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite No. 1
- FAURÉ: Requiem, Op. 48
- BRAHMS: Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98
- MUSSORGSKY/RAVEL: Pictures at an Exhibition
- WAGNER: The Ring Without Words
- BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No.2 in B-flat, Op.83
- GRIEG: Peer Gynt Suite, Op.55,46
- MENDELSSOHN: Violin Concerto in E minor, Op.64
- RACHMANINOFF: Symphony No.2 in E minor, Op.27
- VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
- GRIEG: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op.16
- BIZET: The Pearl Fishers: "Au fond du temple
- BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No.14 in C-sharp minor, Op.27/2 "Moonlight"
- TCHAIKOVSKY: Romeo and Juliet Fantasy-Overture
- SCHUBERT: Symphony No.9 in C, D.944 "The Great"
- BEETHOVEN: Choral Fantasy in C minor, Op.80
- GRIEG: Holberg Suite, Op.40
- MAHLER: Symphony No.2 in C minor "Resurrection"
- VERDI: Requiem. Sweet, Quivar, Cole & Estes
- MOZART: Piano Concerto No.22 in E-flat, K.482
- STRAUSS, JOH.: On the Bautiful Blue Danube, Op.314
- BERLIOZ: Symphonie fantastique, Op.14
- BRAHMS: Symphony No.2 in D, Op.73
- VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The Lark Ascending
- MOZART: Symphony No.40 in G minor, K.550
- RACHMANINOFF: Piano Concerto No.3 in D minor, Op.30
- MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No.3 in A minor, Op.56
- BIZET: Carmen Suite
- PROKOFIEV: Romeo and Juliet, Op.64--excerpts
- MOZART: The Marriage of Figaro (Highlights)
- TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No.5 in E minor, Op.64
- ROSSINI: William Tell Overture
- ALBINONI: Adagio in G minor
- BACH: Mass in B minor, BWV 232
- TCHAIKOVSKY: Swan Lake Suite
- MUSSORGSKY: Night on Bare Mountain
- STRAVINSKY: The Firebird
- ELGAR: Enigma Variations, Op.36
- GROFE: Grand Canyon Suite
- MENDELSSOHN: Octet in E-flat, Op.20
- RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Russian Easter Overture, Op.36
- HAYDN: Trumpet Concerto in E-flat
- VERDI: Aida--highlights
- COPLAND: Rodeo
- STRAUSS, R.: Der Rosenkavalier, Op.59--Waltzes
- SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No.5 in D minor, Op.47
- DVORAK: String Quartet No.12 in F, Op.96 "American"
- MAHLER: Symphony No.5 in C-sharp minor
- BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No.23 in F minor, Op.57 "Appassionata"
- DVORAK: Cello Concerto in B minor, Op.104
- TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No.6 in B minor, Op.74 "Pathetique"
- HANDEL: Royal Fireworks Music
- BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No.4 in G, Op.58
- SIBELIUS: Symphony No.2 in D, Op.43