From Carl Orff's Carmina Burana to Beethoven's 9th Symphony, we are counting down YOUR top 49 favorite pieces of classical music.
This year, we are counting down to the #1 piece, and airing it on our 49th birthday on January 29th.
Top 49 Countdown
Please note: To account for ties in voting, there are actually 60 pieces represented here.
1. Beethoven: Symphony No. 9
2. Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
3. Bach: Brandenburg Concertos
4. Brahms: German Requiem
5. Holst: The Planets
6. Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
6. Dvorak: New World Symphony
6. Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
10. Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
10. Handel: Messiah
10. Vivaldi: Four Seasons
13. Beethoven: Emperor Piano Concerto
13. Elgar: Enigma Variations
13. Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
16. Smetana: The Moldau
16. Stravinsky: Rite of Spring
18. Bach: B Minor Mass
18. Barber: Adagio for Strings
18. Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3
18. Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez
18. Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto
23. Bach: Toccata & Fugue in D minor
23. Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite No. 1
23. Mahler: Symphony No. 2
23. Mahler: Symphony No. 5
23. Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
23. Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21
23. Mozart: Die Zauberflote
23. Mozart: Requiem
23. Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2
23. Ravel: Bolero
33. Brahms: Symphony No. 3
33. Saint-Saens - Organ Symphony
33. Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5
33. Sibelius: Finlandia
37. Beethoven: Moonlight Sonata
37. Beethoven: Symphony No. 3
37. Brahms: Symphony No. 1
37. Copland: Rodeo
37. Handel: Water Music
37. Pachelbel: Canon
37. Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet
37. Respighi: Pines of Rome
37. Vaughan William: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
46. Bach: Cello Suite No. 1
46. Bach: Chaconne
46. Brahms: Symphony No. 4
46. Bruch: Scottish Fantasy
46. Debussy: Claire de Lune
46. Debussy: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
46. Mozart: Symphony No. 40
46. Mozart: Symphony No. 41
46. Orff: Carmina Burana
46. Puccini: La Boheme
46. Ravel: String Quartet
46. Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnole
46. Schubert: Death & the Maiden
46. Schubert: Symphony No. 9
46. Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6