Classic FM
Top Classical Songs
1
Return to Paradise
Julian Lloyd Webber & Bengt Forsberg
2
Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30: III. Finale (Alla breve)
Vladimir Ashkenazy
3
The Planets, Op. 32: 1. Mars, the Bringer of War
Gustav Holst, Nigel Hess & Royal Shakespeare Company
4
Where Eagles Dare: Main Theme
Rumon Gamba & BBC Concert Orchestra
5
Finish Line Feeling
Thomas Spencer Hewitt Jones
6
Suite of Cotswold Folk Dances: Constant Billy
Royal Ballet Sinfonia
7
Turandot / Act 3: "Nessun dorma!"
Pier Francesco Poli, Sherrill Milnes, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden & Richard Bonynge
8
Romeo and Juliet - Fantasy Overture (excerpt) (1973 Remastered Version)
Leopold Stokowski & London Symphony Orchestra
9
Abendlied
The Chapel Choir of Pembroke College, Cambridge
10
Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major, K. 331: III. Rondo alla turca
Ronan O'Hora
11
Eine Steppenskizze aus Mittelasien: Allegretto con moto
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra & Neeme Järvi
12
The Barber of Seville: Act 1 - Cavatina: Largo al factotum della città (Figaro)
Failoni Chamber Orchestra, Hungarian Radio Chorus, Roberto Servile & Will Humburg
13
O waly waly
John Rutter, City of London Sinfonia & The Cambridge Singers
14
Elizabethan Serenade
Philharmonic Concert Orchestra
15
Cavalleria rusticana: Intermezzo
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
16
Madama Butterfly, Act 2, Scene 2: Coro a bocca chiusa (Chorus)
Antonio Pappano, Cristina Reale, Jonas Kaufmann & Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
17
Five Bagatelles, Op. 23A, II. Romance: Andante tranquillo
Howard Griffiths & Northern Sinfonia
18
The Lord Of The Rings - Main Theme
David Arnold
19
A Midsummer Night's Dream Op. 21: Wedding March (arr. Rawsthorne)
Noel Rawsthorne
20
Concerto No. 21, K. 467: Andante
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet
21
Florida Suite: II. By the River
Vernon Handley & London Philharmonic Orchestra
22
The Lord is my shepherd (Psalm 23) (1994)
Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, Simon Preston & Academy of Ancient Music
23
Carmen, WD 31, Act 2: Entracte
Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Frauenchor des Wiener Singverein, Marjana Lipovsek, Wiener Sängerknabe & Zubin Mehta
24
Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus
Richard Hickox & Philharmonia Orchestra
25
Concierto de Aranjuez for Guitar and Orchestra: II. Adagio
Carl Davis & Philharmonia Orchestra
26
Ein Sommernachtstraum (A Midsummer Night's Dream), Op. 21: VII. Notturno
Edward Gardner & BBC Symphony Orchestra
27
Sylvia, Act 3: No. 16 Divertissement: a) Pizzicati
Carl Davis & Philharmonia Orchestra
28
Bailero (Chants d'Auvergne, 1st series, no.2)
Kate Royal, Edward Gardner & English National Opera Orchestra
29
Concerto in D Minor, BWV 974: 2. Adagio
Vikingur Olafsson
30
Love Story (Arr. for Violin & Chamber Orchestra by Cyrille Lehn)
Renaud Capuçon, Orchestre de Paris & Paavo Järvi
31
You Only Live Twice (From 'You Only Live Twice')
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
32
Lyric Pieces Book 8, Op. 65: No. 6, Wedding Day at Troldhaugen
Stephen Hough
33
Pride and Prejudice Suite: I. Meet the Family
Carl Davis & Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
34
Evita Symphonic Suite: Pt. 3
Simon Lee, Andrew Lloyd Webber & Emmy Rossum
35
Horn Concerto in E-Flat Major, K. 495: III. Rondo (Allegro vivace)
Howard Griffiths & Northern Sinfonia
36
Turandot, SC 91, Act 3: Nessun dorma
Paolo Arrivabeni
37
The Gadfly, Op. 97: III. Youth (Romance)
Janine Jansen, Boris Brovtsyn, Cindy Albracht, Frederik Paulsson, Julia-Maria Kretz, Tijmen Huisingh, Monika Urbonaite, Nimrod Guez, Pauline Sachse, Maarten Jansen, Rick Stotijn & Jan Jansen
38
Le carnaval des animaux, R.125: XIII. The Swan (Arr. Cello, Harp & Ensemble)
Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Didier Osindero, Alinka Rowe & Yong Jun Lee
39
Peer Gynt, Op. 23, Act 4: No. 13, Prelude. Morning Mood
Paavo Järvi & Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
40
Wild Swans Suite: Eliza Aria (Version for Violin and Piano)
Daniel Hope, Alexander Shelley & Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
