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Most chosen *
Beethoven (85)
Schubert (67)
J.S. Bach (66)
Mozart (62)
Mahler (52)
Richard Strauss (48)
Brahms (45)
Schumann (42)
Verdi (42)
Wagner (37)
Less chosen *†
Bruch (5)
Byrd (5)
Philip Glass (5)
Gluck (5)
Victor Herbert (5)
Hindemith (5)
Lutoslawski (5)
Ó Riada (5)
Rimsky-Korsakov (5)
Johann Strauss (5)
Szymanowski (5)
Various (5)
Weber (5)
Weinberg (5)
Ina Boyle (6)
Gorecki (6)
Reynaldo Hahn (6)
Mussorgsky (6)
Pergolesi (6)
Pärt (6)
Rossini (6)
Suk (6)
John Williams (6)
Bizet (7)
Dohnányi (7)
John F. Larchet (7)
Monteverdi (7)
Offenbach (7)
Pfitzner (7)
Schoenberg (7)
Bartok (8)
Bellini (8)
Poulenc (8)
Smetana (8)
Grieg (9)
Stanford (9)
Vivaldi (9)
Fauré (10)
Janacek (10)
Nielsen (10)
* Results may be skewed by the fact that musical items are listed individually in the database (e.g. individual Schubert songs).
† Composers with 5 to 10 entries are shown here. Several others have been chosen fewer times, including a long list with only one entry. Rather than include those once-onlys here, you can use this link to view/download a PDF which shows them.
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25th June 2022 : Ken (Theme: Four gay composers for Pride Day)
Ethel Smyth: The Wreckers: Overture
BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sakari Oramo
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Gil Shaham, London Symphony Orchestra conducted by André Previn
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René Fleming (soprano), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Andreas Delfs
Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings: IV. Finale (Tema russo). Andante – Allegro con spirito
Academy of St Martin in the Fields conducted by Neville Marriner
18th June 2022 : Éamon
Wagner: Götterdämmerung: Act I Prologue (Dawn and Siegfried's Rhine Journey); Siegfried's Funeral March and Finale (Act III Scenes 2 and 3)
Cleveland Orchestra conducted by George Szell
1968 recording. 27th June is the 125th anniversary of George Szell's birth.
11th June 2022 : Tom F
Bernstein: 'Candide': Selections from operetta (final revised version 1989)
Jerry Hadley, June Anderson, Adolph Green, Nicolai Gedda, Della Jones, Kurt Ollmann, London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus conducted by Leonard Bernstein
YouTube video recording of a concert performance in the Barbican in December 1989
28th May 2022 : Dermot
Debussy: La Mer
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra conducted by Bernard Haitink
YouTube video. Recording of performance in the Amsterdam Concertgebouw in March 2009.
21st May 2022 : David W
d'Indy: String Quartet no. 1 in D major op. 35
Chilingirian Quartet
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14th May 2022 : Roy
Buxtehude: Klag-Lied BuxWV.76b (1674)
Iestyn Davies (countertenor), Arcangelo conducted by Jonathan Cohen
Hyperion recording from 2020
J.S. Bach: Widerstehe doch der Sünde BWV.54 (1715?)
Iestyn Davies (countertenor), Arcangelo conducted by Jonathan Cohen
Hyperion recording from 2015
7th May 2022 : Jim
Alfredo Casella: Symphony no. 2 in C minor op. 12 (1908-10): 1st Movement
BBC Philharmonic conducted by Gianandrea Noseda
Chandos recording from January 2010
Alfredo Casella: Italia op. 11 (1908-10)
BBC Philharmonic conducted by Gianandrea Noseda
Chandos recording from January 2012
30th April 2022 : Séamus
Brahms: Piano Concerto no. 2 in B flat major op. 83: Movements I, II & III
Daniel Barenboim, Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Sir John Barbirolli
Acclaimed 1968 recording
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