Count down some of the best moments in classical music with KPR's Classical Top 70! Vote for your favorites as we rank the top 70 classical music pieces chosen by KPR's own classical music hosts. Choose up to FIVE of your favorite classical music pieces. Voting runs March 27 - April 7.
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Rhapsody in Blue
19% (39 votes)
Appalachian Spring
17% (34 votes)
Symphony No 9, Ode to Joy
16% (32 votes)
Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity (the Planets)
16% (33 votes)
Adagio for Strings
13% (26 votes)
Claire de Lune
12% (25 votes)
Pictures at an Exhibition
11% (22 votes)
Brandenburg Concerto #3
10% (21 votes)
Fanfare for the Common Man
9% (19 votes)
Gymnopedie #1
9% (19 votes)
Symphony #9, largo
8% (16 votes)
Spiegel im Spiegel
8% (17 votes)
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
8% (17 votes)
Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini
8% (16 votes)
Toccata and Fugue in d-minor
8% (16 votes)
Piano Sonata #14 "Moonlight" - Movement I
7% (15 votes)
Fur Elise
7% (15 votes)
The Moldau (Ma Vlast #2)
7% (14 votes)
Nocturne #2
7% (15 votes)
Finlandia
7% (14 votes)
Nutcracker Suite
6% (12 votes)
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
6% (12 votes)
Symphony #6 "Pastorale"
6% (13 votes)
Asturias Op. 47 #5 (Suite Espanola #1)
6% (13 votes)
Waltz in c-sharp minor
6% (12 votes)
Lark Ascending
6% (12 votes)
Ride of the Valkyries
6% (13 votes)
Pavane
5% (10 votes)
Air from "Wachet Auf" (Sleepers Awake!)
5% (11 votes)
Night on Bald Mountain
5% (11 votes)
Enigma Variations
5% (11 votes)
Guitar Concerto in D
5% (11 votes)
Peer Gynt: suite #1
5% (11 votes)
Brandenburg Concerto #6
4% (8 votes)
Symphony #4 "Italian"
4% (8 votes)
Nessun Dorma (instrumental)
4% (9 votes)
Spring Violin Concerto
4% (9 votes)
Rodeo
4% (9 votes)
Symphony #5
4% (9 votes)
Duet from The Pearl Fishers
4% (8 votes)
Piano Concerto #1
4% (8 votes)
Piano concerto in a minor
4% (8 votes)
Piano Concerto #2
4% (8 votes)
Sheep May Safely Graze
4% (9 votes)
Meditation from Thaïs
3% (6 votes)
Hungarian Dance #5
3% (6 votes)
Jerusalem
3% (6 votes)
Violin Concerto #2, BWV 1042 - Movement I
3% (6 votes)
Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
3% (7 votes)
Piano Concerto #5 "Emperor"
3% (7 votes)
Clarinet Concerton in A
3% (6 votes)
Fantasia on Greensleeves
3% (6 votes)
Messiah excerpts
3% (7 votes)
Autumn Violin Concerto
3% (6 votes)
Water Music Suite #2
3% (7 votes)
Violin Concerto in e-minor
3% (6 votes)
Magic Flute Overture
3% (7 votes)
O Mio Babbino Caro (instrumental)
3% (6 votes)
Canon in D
3% (7 votes)
Alvamar Overture
2% (5 votes)
Garden Suite
2% (4 votes)
Candide Overture
2% (4 votes)
Blue Danube Waltz
2% (4 votes)
Symphony #41 "Jupiter"
2% (5 votes)
The Barber of Seville, overture
2% (4 votes)
Symphony #3
2% (4 votes)
The Trout: Theme and Variations
2% (4 votes)
2nd Piano Concerto
2% (5 votes)
Carmen: Suite No. 1 - March of the Toreadors
2% (5 votes)
You Are the New Day (King's Singers)
2% (4 votes)
Serenade for Strings
2% (5 votes)
Carnival of the Animals (the Swan!)
2% (4 votes)
Swan Lake Suite
2% (5 votes)
Holberg Suite
2% (4 votes)
Scottish Fantasy
2% (4 votes)
Italian Girl in Algiers Overture
1% (2 votes)
Ancient Airs and Dances Suite
1% (2 votes)
Viola Concerto in G
1% (2 votes)
Emperor String Quartet, op 76, No 3
1% (2 votes)
Fantastic Scherzo
1% (3 votes)
Meistersinger Prelude to Act 1
1% (2 votes)
Symphony #3 "Eroica" - Movement I
1% (3 votes)
Symphony #40
1% (3 votes)
Pavane for a Dead Princess
1% (3 votes)
Flying Dutchman Overture
1% (2 votes)
Polonaise #3 "Military"
1% (3 votes)
Rondeau (from suite of fanfares)
1% (2 votes)
Horn Concerto in D
1% (2 votes)
Symphony #8 "Unfinished"
1% (3 votes)
Light Cavalry Overture
1% (2 votes)
Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
1% (2 votes)
Russian Sailor's Dance
1% (3 votes)
Kansas Wildcats March
1% (2 votes)
Harp Concerto
1% (2 votes)
Symphony #36 "Linz"
0% (1 vote)
The Marriage of Figaro, overture
0% (1 vote)
Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana
0% (1 vote)
Rienzi Overture
0% (1 vote)
Pavane
0% (1 vote)
Symphony #104 "London"
0% (1 vote)
Violin Concerto in D, Op.61 - Movement 3
0% (1 vote)
Artist's Life
0% (1 vote)
Musetta's Waltz from La Boheme
0% (1 vote)
Pelleas et Melisande
0% (1 vote)
Violin Concerto #5 "Turkish"
0% (1 vote)
Symphony #101 "Clock"
0% (0 votes)
Symphony #82 "The Bear"
0% (0 votes)
Un Bel Di (instrumental)
0% (0 votes)
Poet & Peasant Overture
0% (0 votes)
Polonaise #6 "Heroic"
0% (0 votes)
Flute and Harp Concerto in C
0% (0 votes)
Military March #1
0% (0 votes)
Total votes: 201