Top 100 Classical Works
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poppmusic 
Classical music presents a perennial challenge for a site like this. The main complication is that, without a "definitive recording", there are few classical recordings that qualify as "best album."* I have therefore devoted this genre to its own list. I avoided taking into account the quality of the recording of the work, and I have instead tried to independently rate my favorite 100 classical (long-form) works. The album chosen is somewhat arbitrary- I went with an option provided by the site if there was one, otherwise I inputted my favorite recording.
Please note that far from a comprehensive survey of classical music went into this, and much reflects a bias on the part of being a longtime orchestral french horn player (for instance, I have severely underrepresented works for piano).
*If I included classical albums, incorporating quality of recording, on my overall chart, the only two with enough independent merit that come to mind are the Solti/Vienna Ring Cycle and the Zubin Mehta/Joan Sutherland/Luciano Pavarotti recording of Turandot.
- Chart updated: 09/30/2016 16:15
- (Created: 08/20/2016 20:52).
- Chart size: 99 albums.
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Top 100 Classical Works composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 14 | 14% | |
| 1960s | 12 | 12% | |
| 1970s | 17 | 17% | |
| 1980s | 13 | 13% | |
| 1990s | 22 | 22% | |
| 2000s | 14 | 14% | |
| 2010s | 7 | 7% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
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31 | 31% | |
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21 | 21% | |
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16 | 16% | |
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12 | 12% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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Top 100 Classical Works chart changes
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| Up 1 from 100th to 99thRomantic Music For Brass by Center City Brass Quintet |
| Up 1 from 99th to 98thRimsky-Korsakov: The Snow Maiden; Sadko; Mlada; Le Coq D'or by Gerard Schwarz / The Seattle Symphony |
| Up 1 from 98th to 97thHindemith / Ligeti / Nielsen by Quintett.Wien |
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