Rank | Composer | Work | Date |
100 | Beethoven, Ludwig van | Choral Fantasy | 1808 |
99 | Handel, George Frederic | Giulio Cesare ("Piangerò la sorte mia") | 1724 |
98 | Bach, Johann Sebastian | Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140 | 1731 |
97 | Strauss, Richard | "Morgen!" | 1894 |
96 | Beethoven, Ludwig van | Fidelio | 1805 |
95 | Humperdinck, Engelbert | Hansel und Gretel ("When I Lay Me Down to Sleep") | 1892 |
94 | Schubert, Franz | Die schöne Müllerin | 1823 |
93 | Mascagni, Pietro | Cavalleria rusticana | 1889 |
92 | Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | Zaide ("Ruhe sanft") | 1780 |
91 | Rossini, Gioachino | The Barber of Seville ("Largo al factotum") | 1813 |
90 | Schubert, Franz | Ellens Gesang III (Ave Maria) | 1825 |
89 | Anonymous | Greensleeves | |
88 | Parry, Hubert | I Was Glad | 1902 |
87 | Britten, Benjamin | War Requiem | 1962 |
86 | Villa-Lobos, Heitor | Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 | 1938 |
85 | Lehár, Franz | The Merry Widow ("Es lebt' eine Vilja, ein Waldmägdelein" (Vilia Song)) | 1905 |
84 | Wagner, Richard | Die Walküre (The Valkyrie) | 1856 |
83 | Rutter, John | The Lord Bless You and Keep You | 1981 |
82 | Bach, Johann Sebastian | Magnificat in D, BWV243 | 1733 |
81 | Mendelssohn, Felix | Elijah ("Lift Thine Eyes") | 1846 |
80 | Handel, George Frederic | Samson ("Let the Bright Seraphim") | 1741 |
79 | Mendelssohn, Felix | A Midsummer Night's Dream | 1842 |
78 | Bach, Johann Sebastian | Christmas Oratorio | 1734 |
77 | Lauridsen, Morten | O magnum mysterium | 1994 |
76 | Haydn, Franz Joseph | The Creation | 1798 |
75 | Schubert, Franz | An die Musik | 1817 |
74 | Donizetti, Gaetano | Lucia di Lammermoor (Mad Scene) | 1835 |
73 | Beethoven, Ludwig van | Missa Solemnis | 1823 |
72 | Bach, Johann Sebastian | St John Passion | 1724 |
71 | Verdi, Giuseppe | Rigoletto | 1851 |
70 | Westlake, Nigel | Missa Solis: Requiem for Eli | 2011 |
69 | Rachmaninov, Sergei | Vocalise | 1915 |
68 | Tavener, John | Song for Athene | 1993 |
67 | Rutter, John | For the Beauty of the Earth | 1980 |
66 | Britten, Benjamin | A Ceremony of Carols | 1942 |
65 | Sullivan, Arthur | The Mikado | 1885 |
64 | Korngold, Erich Wolfgang | Die tote Stadt ("Glück, das mir verblieb") | 1920 |
63 | Strauss, Richard | Der Rosenkavalier | 1911 |
62 | Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | Don Giovanni (Catalogue Aria: "Madamina, il catalogo è questo") | 1787 |
61 | Schubert, Franz | Erlkönig | 1815 |
60 | Mahler, Gustav | Das Lied von der Erde (The Song of the Earth) | 1909 |
59 | Sullivan, Arthur | The Pirates of Penzance | 1879 |
58 | Handel, George Frederic | Rinaldo ("Lascia ch'io pianga") | 1711 |
57 | Saint-Saens, Camille | Samson et Dalila ("Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix") | 1877 |
56 | Mahler, Gustav | Symphony No. 2 Resurrection (Urlicht) | 1895 |
55 | Bach, Johann Sebastian | Sheep May Safely Graze, Cantata BWV 208 | 1713 |
54 | Franck, César | Panis angelicus | 1872 |
53 | Bellini, Vincenzo | Norma ("Casta diva") | 1831 |
52 | Edwards, Ross | Dawn Mantras | 1999 |
51 | Fauré, Gabriel | Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11 | 1865 |
50 | Verdi, Giuseppe | Aida | 1871 |
49 | Gluck, Christoph Willibald von | Orfeo ed Euridice | 1762 |
48 | Hildegard von Bingen | O Ecclesia | |
47 | Barber, Samuel | Agnus Dei | 1967 |
46 | Handel, George Frederic | Serse (Xerxes) ("Ombra mai fu") | 1738 |
45 | Verdi, Giuseppe | Requiem | 1874 |
44 | Wagner, Richard | Tristan und Isolde ("Liebestod") | 1859 |
43 | Rachmaninov, Sergei | Vespers (All Night Vigil) | 1915 |
42 | Monteverdi, Claudio | Vespers of 1610 | 1610 |
41 | Pergolesi, Giovanni Battista | Stabat Mater | 1736 |
40 | Verdi, Giuseppe | La traviata | 1853 |
39 | Puccini, Giacomo | Tosca ("Vissi d'arte") | 1900 |
38 | Jenkins, Karl | The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace | 1999 |
37 | Brahms, Johannes | A German Requiem | 1868 |
36 | Puccini, Giacomo | Gianni Schicchi ("O mio babbino caro") | 1918 |
35 | Schubert, Franz | Winterreise | 1828 |
34 | Górecki, Henryk | Symphony No. 3 Symphony of Sorrowful Songs | 1976 |
33 | Lloyd Webber, Andrew | Requiem – Pie Jesu | 1985 |
32 | Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | Exsultate, jubilate – Alleluia | 1773 |
31 | Elgar, Edward | Sea Pictures | 1899 |
30 | Bach, Johann Sebastian | Mass in B minor | 1749 |
29 | Tallis, Thomas | Spem in alium | c.1570 |
28 | Kats-Chernin, Elena | Wild Swans (Eliza's Aria) | 2002 |
27 | Bach, Johann Sebastian | Cantata BWV 147 ("Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring") | 1723 |
26 | Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | The Marriage of Figaro ("Voi che sapete") | 1786 |
25 | Parry, Hubert | Jerusalem | 1916 |
24 | Verdi, Giuseppe | Nabucco ("Va, pensiero") | 1842 |
23 | Gershwin, George | Porgy and Bess ("Summertime") | 1934 |
22 | Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | The Magic Flute | 1791 |
21 | Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | Così fan tutte ("Soave sia il vento") | 1790 |
20 | Vivaldi, Antonio | Gloria, RV 589 | 1715 |
19 | Bizet, Georges | Carmen | 1875 |
18 | Puccini, Giacomo | La bohème ("Che gelida manina") | 1896 |
17 | Canteloube, Joseph | Songs of the Auvergne | 1930 |
16 | Puccini, Giacomo | Turandot ("Nessun dorma") | 1924 |
15 | Purcell, Henry | Dido and Aeneas ("When I Am Laid in Earth") | c.1684 |
14 | Dvorák, Antonín | Rusalka ("Song to the Moon") | 1900 |
13 | Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | Ave verum corpus, K. 618 | 1791 |
12 | Handel, George Frederic | Coronation Anthems (Zadok the Priest) | 1727 |
11 | Bach, Johann Sebastian | St Matthew Passion | 1727 |
10 | Puccini, Giacomo | Madama Butterfly ("Un bel dì") | 1904 |
09 | Orff, Carl | Carmina Burana | 1936 |
08 | Strauss, Richard | Four Last Songs | 1948 |
07 | Delibes, Léo | Lakmé ("Flower Duet: Sous le dôme épais") | 1883 |
06 | Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | Requiem, K. 626 | 1791 |
05 | Allegri, Gregorio | Miserere | c.1630s |
04 | Fauré, Gabriel | Requiem, Op. 48 | 1890 |
03 | Handel, George Frederic | Messiah ("Hallelujah") | 1741 |
02 | Bizet, Georges | Les pêcheurs de perles (Duet: "Au fond du temple saint") | 1863 |
01 | Beethoven, Ludwig van | Symphony No. 9 | 1824 |