This document presents the results of a poll ranking the top 200 most recommended orchestral works. It lists the works ranked #1 through #200, with the top ranked work being Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring. A variety of classical composers are featured in the list, including Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Debussy, Mozart, Ravel, Tchaikovsky and others. The works span different genres and historical periods of orchestral music.
This document presents the results of a poll ranking the top 200 most recommended orchestral works. It lists the works ranked #1 through #200, with the top ranked work being Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring. A variety of classical composers are featured in the list, including Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Debussy, Mozart, Ravel, Tchaikovsky and others. The works span different genres and historical periods of orchestral music.
This document presents the results of a poll ranking the top 200 most recommended orchestral works. It lists the works ranked #1 through #200, with the top ranked work being Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring. A variety of classical composers are featured in the list, including Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Debussy, Mozart, Ravel, Tchaikovsky and others. The works span different genres and historical periods of orchestral music.
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The TC Top 200 Most Recommended Orchestral Works
The results of a poll conducted by Trout whom we all thank for the hard work he put into this.
1. Stravinsky - The Rite of Spring
2. Bach - Brandenburg Concertos 3. Debussy - Prélude à L'Après-midi d'un Faune 10’ 4. Bartók - Concerto for Orchestra 5. Ravel - Daphnis et Chloé 6. Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis 7. Debussy - La Mer 8. Strauss - Eine Alpensinfonie 9. Stravinsky - Petrushka 10. Stravinsky - The Firebird 11. Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker 12. Mozart - Serenade No. 10 "Gran Partita" 13. Rimsky-Korsakov - Scheherazade 14. Bach - Orchestral Suites 15. Strauss - Also Sprach Zarathustra 16. Barber - Adagio for Strings 17. Handel - Water Music 18. Prokofiev - Romeo and Juliet 19. Smetana - Má Vlast 20. Copland - Appalachian Spring 21. Bartók - Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta 22. Holst - The Planets 23. Grieg - Peer Gynt 24. Debussy - Nocturnes 25. Tchaikovsky - 1812 Overture 26. Varèse - Amériques 27. Respighi - The Pines of Rome 28. Brahms - Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn 29. Sibelius - Finlandia 30. Beethoven - Egmont 31. Ives - The Unanswered Question 32. Tchaikovsky - Romeo and Juliet Overture 33. Ravel - Pavane pour une Infante Défunte 34. Debussy - Images pour Orchestre 35. Mozart - Serenade No. 13 "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik" 36. Strauss - Tod und Verklärung 37. Grieg - Holberg Suite 38. Elgar - Enigma Variations 39. Strauss - Metamorphosen 40. Tchaikovsky - Swan Lake 41. Mendelssohn - A Midsummer Night's Dream 61’ 42. Dvořák - Serenade for Strings 43. Webern - Six Pieces for Orchestra 44. Sibelius – Tapiola 18’ 45. Strauss - Ein Heldenleben 46. Prokofiev - Peter and the Wolf 47. Handel - Concerti Grossi, Op. 6 48. Gershwin - An American in Paris 49. Brahms - Tragic Overture 50. Tchaikovsky - Serenade for Strings 51. Schoenberg - Verklärte Nacht 52. Dukas - The Sorcerer's Apprentice 53. Stockhausen - Gruppen 54. J. Strauss II - The Blue Danube 55. Liszt - Les Préludes 56. Handel - Music for the Royal Fireworks 57. Britten - The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra 58. Sibelius - Lemminkäinen Suite 59. Rachmaninoff - Isle of the Dead 20’ 60. Rachmaninoff - Symphonic Dances 61. Strauss - Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche 62. Dvořák - Slavonic Dances 19’ 63. Stravinsky – Pulcinella suite is 24’ whole work is 40’ 64. Falla - El Sombrero de Tres Picos 65. Rimsky-Korsakov - Capriccio Espagnol 66. Bartók - The Miraculous Mandarin 67. Ravel - La Valse 68. Brahms - Academic Festival Overture 69. Wagner - Siegfried Idyll 70. Bartók - Divertimento for String Orchestra 71. Debussy - Jeux 72. Berg - Three Pieces from the Lyric Suite 73. Tchaikovsky - The Sleeping Beauty 74. Ives - Three Places in New England 75. Ligeti - Atmosphères 76. Ravel - Le Tombeau de Couperin 77. Mendelssohn - The Hebrides Overture (Fingal's Cave) 78. Scriabin - The Poem of Ecstasy 79. Fauré - Pavane 80. Adams - Harmonielehre 81. Bax - Tintagel 82. Britten - Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes 83. Saint-Saëns - Danse Macabre 8’ 84. Strauss - Don Juan 85. Sibelius - Pohjola's Daughter 86. Webern - Passacaglia 87. Pärt - Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten 88. Rimsky-Korsakov - Russian Easter Festival Overture 14’ 89. Barber - Second Essay for Orchestra 90. Rebel - Les Élémens 91. Penderecki - Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima 9’ 92. Hindemith - Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes of Carl Maria von Weber 93. Beethoven - Leonore Overture No. 3 94. Ravel - Rapsodie Espagnole 16’ 95. Lutosławski - Concerto for Orchestra 96. Bizet - L'Arlésienne 18’ 97. Villa-Lobos - Uirapuru 98. Sibelius - The Wood-Nymph 99. Respighi - The Fountains of Rome 15’ 100. Vaughan Williams - Job: A Masque for Dancing 101. Schubert - Rosamunde 102. Schoenberg - Five Pieces for Orchestra 103. Prokofiev - Scythian Suite 104. Copland - Rodeo 105. Holst - St. Paul's Suite 106. Milhaud - La Création du Monde 107. Sibelius - En Saga 108. Falla - El Amor Brujo 109. Brahms - Serenade No. 1 110. Prokofiev - Cinderella 111. Elgar - Introduction and Allegro 112. Dvořák - The Noon Witch 113. Glazunov - The Seasons 114. Mozart - Serenade No. 9 "Posthorn" 115. Borodin - In the Steppes of Central Asia 116. Xenakis - Metastasis 117. Lully - Ballet d'Alcidiane 118. Varèse - Ionisation 119. Liszt - Mazeppa 120. Enescu - Romanian Rhapsodies 11’ 121. Saint-Saëns - The Carnival of the Animals 122. Berg - Three Pieces for Orchestra 123. Schoenberg - Pelleas und Melisande 124. Ravel - Boléro 125. Janáček - Taras Bulba 126. Schnittke - Concerto Grosso No. 1 127. Barber - First Essay for Orchestra 128. Khachaturian - Gayane 129. Elgar - Pomp and Circumstance Marches 130. Varèse - Déserts 131. Messiaen - Éclairs sur L'Au-Delà… 132. Villa-Lobos - Bachianas Brasilieras No. 4 133. Ives - Central Park in the Dark 134. Ravel - Valses Nobles et Sentimentales 135. Liszt - Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 136. Schumann - Manfred 137. Dvořák - In Nature's Realm 138. Dvořák - The Water Goblin 139. Ravel - Ma Mère L'Oye 140. Sibelius - Karelia Suite 141. Sibelius - Kullervo 142. Takemitsu - Spirit Garden 143. Berlioz - Roman Carnival Overture 144. Stravinsky - Agon 145. Alfvén - Swedish Rhapsody No. 1 "Midsommarvaka" 146. Beethoven - Coriolan Overture 147. Dutilleux - Mystère de L'Instant 148. Dvořák - Symphonic Variations 149. Shostakovich - Festive Overture 150. Webern - Im Sommerwind 151. Britten - Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge 152. Schoenberg - Variations for Orchestra 153. Prokofiev - Lieutenant Kijé Suite 154. Adam - Giselle 155. J. Strauss I - Radetzky March 156. Mozart - Serenade No. 7 "Haffner" 157. Delius - On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring 158. Biber - Battalia à 10 159. Delibes - Coppélia 160. Stravinsky - Apollo 161. Stravinsky - Concerto in E-flat "Dumbarton Oaks" 162. Janáček - Idyll for String Orchestra 163. Bartók - The Wooden Prince 164. Webern - Variations for Orchestra 165. Fauré - Pelléas et Mélisande 166. Ligeti - Chamber Concerto 167. Chabrier - España 168. Ippolitov-Ivanov - Caucasian Sketches 169. Respighi - Ancient Airs and Dances 170. J. Strauss II - Morgenblätter 171. Rautavaara - Cantus Arcticus 172. Barber - The School for Scandal Overture 173. Copland - Billy the Kid 174. Barber - Music for a Scene from Shelley 175. Adams - Shaker Loops 176. Ibert - Escales 177. Ginastera - Estancia 178. Brahms - Serenade No. 2 179. Roussel - Bacchus et Ariane 180. Grieg - Funeral March in Memory of Rikard Nordraak 181. Copland - El Salón México 182. Mendelssohn - Ruy Blas Overture 183. Varèse - Arcana 184. Tchaikovsky - Francesca da Rimini 185. Elgar - Serenade for Strings 186. Koechlin - Le Livre de la Jungle 187. Sibelius - The Oceanides 188. Lutosławski - Musique Funèbre 189. Honegger - Pacific 231 190. Sibelius - Nightride and Sunrise 191. Villa-Lobos - Bachianas Brasilieras No. 2 192. Khachaturian - Spartacus 193. Bax - November Woods 194. Tchaikovsky - Capriccio Italien 195. Wirén - Serenade for Strings 196. Copland - Lincoln Portrait 197. Suk - Serenade for Strings 198. Stravinsky - Jeu de Cartes 199. Ligeti - Lontano 200. Berlioz - Le Corsaire Overture