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The KDFC 2008 Classical All-Stars

Here are the results of our annual listener poll: the top picks for best music, favorite composer and finest classical performer.

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Top 25 Composers | Top 25 Performers

2008	Piece	Last Year
1	Beethoven Symphony #9	1
2	Vivaldi Four Seasons	7
3	Bach Brandenburg Concertos	2
4	Dvorak New World Symphony	12
5	Beethoven Symphony #6 "Pastoral"	4
6	Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto #2	6
7	Beethoven Piano Concerto #5 "Emperor"	3
8	Bach Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring	5
9	Beethoven Symphony #5	9
10	Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue	26
11	Beethoven Moonlight Sonata	17
12	Pachelbel Canon	23
13	Beethoven Symphony #3 "Eroica"	8
14	Chopin Piano Concerto #1	37
15	Copland Appalachian Spring	84
16	Tchaikovsky Swan Lake	28
17	Handel Water Music	66
18	Puccini Nessun Dorma	98
19	Mozart Symphony #41 "Jupiter"	41
20	Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade	22
21	Albinoni Adagio in g minor	64
22	Debussy Clair de Lune	45
23	Rachmaninoff Paganini Rhapsody	20
24	Mozart Clarinet Concerto	60
25	Mendelssohn Violin Concerto	29
26	Mozart Eine Kleine Nachtmusik	50
27	Holst The Planets	65
28	Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto #1	46
29	Bach Goldberg Variations	27
30	Bach Mass in b minor	70
31	Beethoven Violin Concerto	16
32	Prokofiev Romeo & Juliet	73
33	Mozart Magic Flute	32
34	Vivaldi Guitar Concerto in D	59
35	Bach Toccata & Fugue in d minor	97
36	Rodrigo Concierto de Aranjuez	71
37	Beethoven Symphony #7	33
38	Barber Adagio for Strings	25
39	Bach Air on the G String	85
40	Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending	15
41	Mozart Marriage of Figaro	30
42	Mahler Symphony #1	63
43	Bach Concerto for 2 Violins	44
44	Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto	19
45	Dvorak Song to the Moon	51
46	Mozart Piano Concerto #21	39
47	Schubert Trout Quintet	31
48	Dvorak Cello Concerto	52
49	Smetana The Moldau	21
50	Bizet Carmen	56
51	Bruch Violin Concerto #1	54
52	Rachmaninoff Symphony #2	35
53	Strauss Blue Danube Waltz	58
54	Massenet Meditation from Thais	62
55	Grieg Piano Concerto	49
56	Brahms Symphony #1	76
57	Mozart Don Giovanni	57
58	Beethoven Piano Concerto #4	74
59	Mozart Symphony #40	42
60	Boccherini Fandango Quintet	10
61	Schubert Symphony #9 "Great"	47
62	Ravel Pavane for a Dead Princess	90
63	Vaughan Williams Tallis Fantasy	14
64	Satie Gymnopedies	88
65	Handel Largo from "Xerxes"	80
66	Mendelssohn Hebrides Overture	24
67	Grieg Peer Gynt	95
68	Brahms Piano Concerto #2	55
69	Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto #3	48
70	Khachaturian Spartacus Adagio	43
71	Brahms Violin Concerto	53
72	Handel Royal Fireworks Music	78
73	Brahms Symphony #4	82
74	Chopin "Grand Valse Brilliant"	83
75	Beethoven Egmont Overture	18
76	Mendelssohn Symphony #4 "Italian"	92
77	Saint-Saens Piano Concerto #2	89
78	Elgar Enigma Variations	81
79	Mozart Piano Concerto #20	40
80	Strauss Der Rosenkavalier	75
81	Albeniz Asturias	86
82	Vaughan Williams Serenade to Music	87
83	Verdi Va Pensiero	36
84	Schubert Serenade	13
85	Mahler Adagietto	38
86	Mendelssohn Midsummer Night's Dream	77
87	Beethoven Triple Concerto	11
88	Saint-Saens Rhapsodie d'Auvergne	69
89	Schubert Unfinished Symphony	34
90	Wagner Siegfried Idyll	67
91	Mozart Symphonie Concertante	79
92	Beethoven Romance #2	68
93	Mascagni Cavalleria Rusticana Intermezzo	93
94	Mozart Symphony #39	72
95	Strauss Die Fledermaus Overture	61
96	Wagner Rienzi Overture	99
97	Grieg Holberg Suite	94
98	Jenkins Palladio	96
99	Handel Messiah	-
100	Schubert Symphony #5	-