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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

  • 100

    Danse Macabre
    Saint-Saëns

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  • 99

    Piano Concerto No.1
    Chopin

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  • 98

    Embers
    Long

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  • 97

    Out of Africa
    Barry

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  • 96

    St. Matthew Passion
    Bach

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  • 95

    The Banks of Green Willow
    Butterworth

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  • 94

    Die Walküre
    Wagner

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  • 93

    The Gadfly
    Shostakovich

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  • 92

    Schindler's List
    Williams

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  • 91

    Cello Suites
    Bach

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  • 90

    Cantique de Jean Racine
    Fauré

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  • 89

    Requiem
    Verdi

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  • 88

    Violin Concerto
    Tchaikovsky

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  • 87

    Durham Concerto
    Lord

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  • 86

    Piano Concerto No.2
    Chopin

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  • 85

    Carmina Burana
    Orff

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  • 84

    Symphony No.5
    Sibelius

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  • 83

    Symphony No.2 ('Resurrection')
    Mahler

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  • 82

    Four Last Songs
    Strauss, R.

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  • 81

    Jazz Suite No.2
    Shostakovich

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  • 80

    Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal
    Mealor

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  • 79

    The Mission
    Morricone

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  • 78

    By the Beautiful Blue Danube
    Strauss, J. (II)

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  • 77

    Nabucco
    Verdi

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  • 76

    Symphony No.3 ('Eroica')
    Beethoven

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  • 75

    La Bohème
    Puccini

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  • 74

    Madam Butterfly
    Puccini

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  • 73

    Symphony No.5 ('Organ')
    Widor

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  • 72

    Ubi Caritas
    Mealor

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  • 71

    Symphony No.5
    Tchaikovsky

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  • 70

    Spartacus
    Khachaturian

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  • 69

    Symphony No.3 ('Of Sorrowful Songs')
    Górecki

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  • 68

    Symphony No.6 (Pathétique)
    Tchaikovsky

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  • 67

    Tannhäuser
    Wagner

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  • 66

    Adagio
    Albinoni

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  • 65

    The Mirror of Love
    Godfrey

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  • 64

    Coronation Anthems
    Handel

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  • 63

    In the Steppes of Central Asia
    Borodin

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  • 62

    Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus
    Vaughan Williams

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  • 61

    Ave Verum Corpus
    Mozart

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  • 60

    Pomp and Circumstance Marches
    Elgar

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  • 59

    Nutcracker
    Tchaikovsky

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  • 58

    Spiegel im Spiegel
    Pärt

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  • 57

    Karelia Suite
    Sibelius

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  • 56

    Má Vlast
    Smetana

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  • 55

    Double Violin Concerto
    Bach

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  • 54

    Violin Concerto
    Beethoven

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  • 53

    Hebrides Overture
    Mendelssohn

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  • 52

    The Magic Flute
    Mozart

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  • 51

    Suite Bergamasque
    Debussy

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