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The ultimate chart of classical works has been revealed.
From symphonies to sonatas, concertos to choral works, it's all in your definitive guide to the nation's 300 best-loved classical pieces.

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  • 250 - 201
  • 200 - 151
  • 150 - 101
  • 100 - 51
  • 50 - 1

  • 250

    Lohengrin
    Wagner

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  • 249

    Masquerade Suite
    Khachaturian

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  • 248

    Rusalka
    Dvořák

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  • 247

    Ave Maria
    Schubert

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  • 246

    Piano Concerto No.20
    Mozart

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  • 245

    Die Fledermaus
    Strauss, J. (II)

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  • 244

    Hungarian Rhapsodies
    Liszt

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  • 243

    Cantata No.208
    Bach

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  • 242

    Boom of the Tingling Strings
    Lord

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  • 241

    La Mer
    Debussy

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  • 240

    Preludes Book 1
    Debussy

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  • 239

    String Quartet No.2
    Borodin

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  • 238

    Skyrim
    Soule

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  • 237

    Chanson de Matin
    Elgar

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  • 236

    Violin Concerto
    Glass

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  • 235

    Xerses
    Handel

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  • 234

    Scottish Fantasy
    Bruch

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  • 233

    The Creation
    Haydn

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  • 232

    Peter Grimes
    Britten

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  • 231

    Symphony No.41 ('Jupiter')
    Mozart

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  • 230

    Lux Aurumque
    Whitacre

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  • 229

    Romance No.2
    Beethoven

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  • 228

    Norma
    Bellini

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  • 227

    Symphony No.4
    Brahms

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  • 226

    Symphony No.1
    Elgar

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  • 225

    Piano Concerto No.1
    Beethoven

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  • 224

    Piano Concerto No.23
    Mozart

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  • 223

    The Seal Lullaby
    Whitacre

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  • 222

    Introduction and Allegro for Strings
    Elgar

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  • 221

    Piano Concerto
    Hess

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  • 220

    Slavonic Dances
    Dvořák

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  • 219

    Farewell to Stromness
    Maxwell-Davies

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  • 218

    Symphony No.4 ('Italian')
    Mendelssohn

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  • 217

    Nocturne Opus 9 No.2
    Chopin

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  • 216

    Trumpet Voluntary
    Stanley

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  • 215

    Cello Concerto No.1
    Haydn

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  • 214

    Trumpet Concerto
    Haydn

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  • 213

    Dido and Aeneas
    Purcell

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  • 212

    Night on a Bare Mountain
    Mussorgsky

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  • 211

    The Firebird
    Stravinsky

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  • 210

    Serenade for Strings
    Tchaikovsky

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  • 209

    Gloria RV589
    Vivaldi

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  • 208

    Symphony No.4
    Tchaikovsky

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  • 207

    Pirates of the Caribbean
    Badelt

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  • 206

    Memories of the Alhambra
    Tárrega

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  • 205

    Spitfire Prelude and Fugue
    Walton

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  • 204

    Symphony No.8 ('Of a Thousand')
    Mahler

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  • 203

    Symphony No.8 ('Unfinished')
    Schubert

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  • 202

    Turandot
    Puccini

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  • 201

    Symphony No.40
    Mozart

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