Rank
|
Composer
|
Work
|
Genre
|
Date
|
1
|
Vaughan Williams, Ralph
|
The Lark Ascending
|
Violin, piano
|
1920
|
2
|
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
|
Clarinet Concerto, K. 622 (Adagio)
|
Concerto
|
1791
|
3
|
Barber, Samuel
|
Adagio for Strings (orchestral and vocal versions)
|
Orchestra, Choral
|
1936
|
4
|
Pärt, Arvo
|
Spiegel im Spiegel
|
Tintinnabuli
|
1978
|
5
|
Allegri, Gregorio
|
Miserere
|
Choral
|
1630s
|
6
|
Massenet, Jules
|
"Méditation" from Thaïs
|
Orchestral
|
1894
|
7
|
Elgar, Edward
|
Enigma Variations Op. 36 (includes Variation 9, Nimrod)
|
Orchestral
|
1898–99
|
8
|
Morricone, Ennio
|
The Mission (Includes Gabriel's Oboe original version)
|
Film soundtrack
|
1986
|
9
|
Fauré, Gabriel
|
Requiem Op.48 (includes Introit and Kyrie, Pie Jesu, Agnus Dei et Lux Aeterna, In Paradisum)
|
Choral, mass
|
1887-90
|
10
|
Albinoni, Tomaso/Remo Giazotto
|
Adagio in G minor
|
Strings, organ
|
|
11
|
Satie, Erik
|
Gymnopédies
|
Piano
|
1888
|
12
|
Elgar, Edward
|
Cello Concerto in E minor (includes Adagio)
|
Concerto, for cello
|
1919
|
13
|
Rachmaninoff, Sergei
|
Piano Concerto No. 2 (includes Adagio sostenuto)
|
Concerto, for piano
|
1900–01
|
14
|
Mahler, Gustav
|
Symphony No. 5 (includes Adagietto)
|
Symphony
|
1901–02
|
15
|
Beethoven, Ludwig van
|
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major
|
Symphony
|
1809–11
|
16
|
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
|
Ave verum corpus, K. 618
|
Choral, motet
|
1791
|
17
|
Bizet, Georges
|
The Pearl Fishers (Includes "Au fond du temple saint", "Je crois entendre encore")
|
Opera
|
1863
|
18
|
Vaughan Williams, Ralph
|
Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
|
Orchestral
|
1910
|
19
|
Strauss, Richard
|
Four Last Songs
|
Orchestral, with voice
|
1948
|
20
|
Shostakovich, Dmitri
|
The Gadfly Suite
|
Suite, orchestral
|
1955
|
21
|
Khachaturan, Aram
|
Spartacus (Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia)
|
Ballet score
|
1954
|
22
|
Puccini, Giacomo
|
Madama Butterfly (includes "One Fine Day", "Humming Chorus")
|
Opera
|
1904
|
23
|
Rodrigo, Joaquín
|
Concierto de Aranjuez
|
Orchestral, with guitar
|
1939
|
24
|
Bruch, Max
|
Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor
|
Concerto
|
1866
|
25
|
Bach, Johann Sebastian
|
St Matthew Passion BWV 244
|
Oratorio
|
1727
|
26
|
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
|
Requiem in D minor K.626
|
Choral, Mass
|
1791
|
27
|
Pachelbel, Johann
|
Canon in D
|
Strings
|
|
28
|
Bach, Johann Sebastian
|
Cello Suite No. 1 in G major BWV 1007 (includes Prelude)
|
Suite, cello
|
|
29
|
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
|
Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major K.467 (Includes Andante)
|
Concerto
|
1785
|
30
|
Purcell, Henry
|
Dido and Aeneas (includes "Dido's Lament")
|
Opera
|
1688
|
31
|
Mascagni, Pietro
|
Cavalleria rusticana
|
Opera
|
1890
|
32
|
Delibes, Léo
|
Lakmé
|
Opera
|
1881–81
|
33
|
Saint-Saëns, Camille
|
The Carnival of the Animals (includes "Aquarium", "The Swan")
|
Suite, chamber
|
1886
|
34
|
Rachmaninoff, Sergei
|
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
|
Concerto, for piano
|
1934
|
35
|
Dvořák, Antonín
|
"O silver moon" from Rusalka
|
Opera, aria
|
1901
|
36
|
Westlake, Nigel
|
Antarctica Suite
|
Film soundtrack
|
1991
|
37
|
Verdi, Giuseppe
|
Nabucco
|
Opera
|
1841
|
38
|
Bach, Johann Sebastian
|
Concerto for two violins in D minor BWV 1043 (includes Allegro ma non-tanto)
|
Concerto, for violin
|
1717–23
|
39
|
Grieg, Edvard
|
Peer Gynt
|
Play incidental music
|
1875
|
40
|
Debussy, Claude
|
Suite Bergamasque (includes "Clair de Lune"; "Passepied")
|
Suite, piano
|
1905
|
41
|
Holst, Gustav
|
The Planets Op.32
|
Suite, orchestral
|
1914–16
|
42
|
Handel, George Frideric
|
Messiah HWV 56 (includes "Comfort Ye"; "I Know that my Redeemer Liveth")
|
Oratorio
|
1741
|
43
|
Tallis, Thomas
|
Spem in alium
|
Choral
|
c.1570
|
44
|
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
|
Così fan tutte K.588 (includes soave sia il vento)
|
Opera
|
1790
|
45
|
Dvořák, Antonín
|
Symphony No. 9 Op. 45 "From the New World" (includes largo)
|
Symphony
|
1893
|
46
|
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich
|
The Nutcracker Suite (Includes "Waltz of the Snowflakes"; "Danse Arabe"; "Waltz of the Flowers")
|
Suite, ballet score
|
1892
|
47
|
Jenkins, Karl
|
The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace
|
Choral, mass, orchestral
|
1999
|
48
|
Canteloube, Joseph
|
Songs of the Auvergne (includes Baïlèro)
|
Arranged folksongs
|
1923-30
|
49
|
Kats-Chernin, Elena
|
Wild Swans suite (includes Eliza's Aria and Green Leaf Prelude)
|
Ballet score
|
2003
|
50
|
Wagner, Richard
|
Tristan and Isolde (includes Prelude and Liebestod)
|
Opera
|
1857–59
|
51
|
Williams, John
|
Schindler's List (Main Theme)
|
Film soundtrack
|
1993
|
52
|
Edwards, Ross
|
Dawn Mantras
|
Orchestral, choral
|
1999
|
53
|
Beethoven, Ludwig van
|
Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 27, No. 2 Moonlight (includes I. Adagio sostenuto)
|
Sonata for piano
|
1801
|
54
|
Handel, George Frideric
|
Xerxes, HWV 40 (includes "Ombra Mai Fu" – Largo)
|
Opera
|
1738
|
55
|
Debussy, Claude
|
Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
|
Symphonic poem
|
1894
|
56
|
Sculthorpe, Peter
|
Small Town
|
Orchestral
|
1976
|
57
|
Pärt, Arvo
|
Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten
|
Tintinnabuli
|
1977
|
58
|
Beethoven, Ludwig van
|
Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61 (includes II. Larghetto)
|
Concerto, for violin
|
1806
|
59
|
Mendelssohn, Felix
|
The Hebrides' Overture, Op. 26 (Fingal's Cave)
|
Overture
|
1830
|
60
|
Rachmaninoff, Sergei
|
Vespers, Op. 37 (All-Night Vigil)
|
Choral
|
1915
|
61
|
Mendelssohn, Felix
|
Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64 (includes II. Andante)
|
Concerto for violin
|
1845
|
62
|
Bach, JS/Hess, Myra
|
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
|
Cantata
|
1926
|
63
|
Beethoven, Ludwig van
|
Für Elise
|
Piano
|
1810
|
64
|
Beethoven, Ludwig van
|
Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 Choral (includes III. Adagio molto e cantabile)
|
Symphony, choral
|
1824
|
65
|
Ravel, Maurice
|
Pavane for a Dead Princess
|
Piano
|
1899
|
66
|
Mendelssohn, Felix
|
A Midsummer Night's Dream
|
Orchestral
|
1826, 1842
|
67
|
Beethoven, Ludwig van
|
Symphony No. 7 in A major (includes II. Allegretto)
|
Symphony
|
1811–12
|
68
|
Bach, Johann Sebastian
|
Cantata, BWV 147 Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben (includes "Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring")
|
Cantata
|
1716, 1723
|
69
|
Gluck, Christoph Willibald
|
Orpheus and Euridice (includes "Dance of the Blessed Spirits")
|
Opera
|
1762
|
70
|
Morricone, Ennio
|
Cinema Paradiso (includes Main Theme; Love Theme for Nata)
|
Film soundtrack
|
1988
|
71
|
Bach, Johann Sebastian
|
Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (includes Aria)
|
Keyboard
|
1741
|
72
|
Schubert, Franz
|
Impromptu in G-flat major
|
Piano
|
1827
|
73
|
Bach, Johann Sebastian
|
Mass in B minor, BWV 232
|
Choral, mass
|
1749
|
74
|
Lloyd Webber, Andrew
|
Requiem (includes "Pie Jesu")
|
Choral, mass
|
1984–85
|
75
|
Fauré, Gabriel
|
Cantique de Jean Racine
|
Choral, with piano
|
1864–65
|
76
|
Handel, George Frideric
|
Rinaldo (includes "Lascia ch'io pianga")
|
Opera
|
1711
|
77
|
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
|
Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major (includes II. Adagio)
|
Concerto for piano
|
1786
|
78
|
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
|
Clarinet Quintet, K581 (includes II. Larghetto)
|
Chamber
|
1789
|
79
|
Шаблон:HsBrahms, Johannes
|
A German Requiem, Op. 45
|
Choral, mass
|
1868
|
80
|
Шаблон:HsGórecki, Henryk
|
Symphony No. 3, Op. 36 (Symphony of Sorrowful Songs)
|
Symphony, with voice
|
1976
|
81
|
Шаблон:HsBach, Johann Sebastian
|
Brandenburg Concerto No. 5, BWV 1050
|
Concerto, chamber
|
1721
|
82
|
Шаблон:HsSaint-Saëns, Camille
|
Samson and Delilah (includes "Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix")
|
Opera
|
1877
|
83
|
Шаблон:HsFauré, Gabriel
|
Pavane, Op. 50
|
Orchestral, with chorus
|
1887
|
84
|
Шаблон:HsGershwin, George
|
Porgy and Bess (includes "Summertime")
|
Opera
|
1934
|
85
|
Шаблон:HsMozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
|
Concerto for Flute, Harp, and Orchestra, K. 299
|
Concerto
|
1778
|
86
|
Шаблон:HsKorngold, Erich Wolfgang
|
Die tote Stadt (includes "Glück das mir verblieb")
|
Opera
|
1920
|
87
|
Шаблон:HsSatie, Erik
|
Gnossiennes
|
Piano
|
Шаблон:Hs 1890s
|
88
|
Шаблон:HsBeethoven, Ludwig van
|
Symphony No. 6, Op. 68 (Pastoral)
|
Symphony
|
1808
|
89
|
Шаблон:HsChopin, Frédéric
|
Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11
|
Concerto for piano
|
1830
|
90
|
Шаблон:HsSchubert, Franz
|
Ave Maria
|
Choral
|
1825
|
91
|
Шаблон:HsSculthorpe, Peter
|
Little Suite
|
Suite, for strings
|
1983
|
92
|
Шаблон:HsDvořák, Antonín
|
Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104
|
Concerto for cello
|
1894–95
|
93
|
Шаблон:HsPergolesi, Giovanni Battista
|
Stabat Mater
|
Oratorio
|
1736
|
94
|
Шаблон:HsTavener, John
|
Song for Athene
|
Choral
|
1997
|
95
|
Шаблон:HsAlbinoni, Tomaso
|
Oboe Concerto in D minor, Op. 9, No. 2
|
Concerto for oboe
|
1722
|
96
|
Шаблон:HsBellini, Vincenzo
|
Norma (includes "Casta diva")
|
Opera
|
1831
|
97
|
Шаблон:HsStrauss, Richard
|
Morgen!
|
Song
|
1894
|
98
|
Шаблон:HsBach, JS/Gounod, Charles
|
Ave Maria
|
Choral
|
1853
|
99
|
Шаблон:HsBach, Johann Sebastian
|
Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068 (includes Air on a G string)
|
Suite
|
1730
|
100
|
Шаблон:HsPuccini, Giacomo
|
"O mio babbino caro" from Gianni Schicchi
|
Opera, aria
|
1917–18
|