2016 Top 90 List

RNZ Concert counted down New Zealand's favourite pieces of classical music for 2016, as voted for by you, the public:

1 VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Lark Ascending - Liu-Yi Retallick (vln), Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra/Matthew Coorey

2 BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No 5 in Eb Op 73, Emperor - Xing Wang (pno), Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra/Matthew Coorey

3 BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 7 in A Op 92 - Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra/Matthew Coorey

4 DVORAK: Symphony No 9 in E minor, From the New World - Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra/Matthew Coorey

5 RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No 2 in C minor Op 18 - Liam Wooding (pno), Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra/Matthew Coorey

6 BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 9 in D minor Op 125, Choral (4) - Lilli Paasikivi (contralto), Robert Dean Smith (ten), Hanno Müller-Brachmann (bar), Leipzig Gewandhaus Chorus, Children's Chorus & Orch, Katerina Beranova (sop)/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 478 349)

7 BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 6 in F Op 68, Pastoral (1) - New Philharmonia/Otto Klemperer (EMI CDM 7 63358)

8 MOZART: Clarinet Concerto in A K622 - James Fry (cl), Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra/Matthew Coorey

9 STRAUSS: Four Last Songs - Patricia Wright (sop), Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra/Matthew Coorey

10 HANDEL: Messiah, extracts - Mark Padmore (ten), Les Arts Florissants/William Christie (Harmonia Mundi HML 590 1498.99)

11 ELGAR: Nimrod, from Enigma Variations - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (UNIVERSAL 99072)

12 ELGAR: Cello Concerto in E minor Op 85 (1) - Jacqueline du Pré (cello), London SO/John Barbirolli (EMI CDC 7 47329)

13 BRUCH: Violin Concerto No 1 in G minor Op 26 (3) - Jascha Heifetz (vln), New SO of London/Malcolm Sargent (RCA RD 86214)

14 K JENKINS: Benedictus, from The Armed Man, A Mass for Peace - Guy Johnston (cello), National Youth Choir of Great Britain, London Phil/Karl Jenkins (Virgin 8 11015)

15 BIZET: Au fond du temple saint, from The Pearl Fishers - Jussi Björling (ten), Robert Merrill (bar), RCA Victor SO/Renato Cellini (RCA GD 87799)

16 RODRIGO: Concierto de Aranjuez (2) - Sharon Isbin (gtr), New York Phil/José Serebrier (warner 2564 60296)

17 VIVALDI: Four Seasons, Spring - Alan Loveday (vln), ASMF/Neville Marriner (DECCA 466 232)

18 SAINT-SAENS: Symphony No 3 in C minor Op 78, Organ (2b) - Peter Averi (org), New Zealand SO/Victor Yampolsky (KIWI CD SLC 215)

19 VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis - ASMF/Neville Marriner (ASV CD DCA 518)

20 BEETHOVEN: Violin Concerto in D Op 61 (3) - Hilary Hahn (vln), Baltimore SO/David Zinman (SONY SK 60584)

21 BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 5 in C minor Op 67 (1) - Simón Bolívar Youth Orch/Gustavo Dudamel (DG 477 6228)

22 SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet in A D667, Trout (4) - John O'Conor (pno), James Vandemark (dbass), members of Cleveland Quartet (TELARC CD 80225)

23 SCHUBERT: Symphony No 9 in C D944, Great (1) - Royal Flemish Phil/Philippe Hereweghe (PENTATONE PTC 5186 372)

24 HOLST: Mars, Bringer of War, from The Planets Suite - Royal Phil/Vernon Handley (ALTO ALC 1013)

25 PROKOFIEV: Montagues & Capulets, from Romeo & Juliet - Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado (DG 453 439)

26 TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No 6 in B minor Op 74, Pathétique (4) - Concertgebouw Orch, Amsterdam/Bernard Haitink (PHILIPS 420 142)

27 TCHAIKOVSKY: Violin Concerto in D Op 35 (3) - James Ehnes (vln), Sydney SO/Vladimir Ashkenazy (ONYX 4076)

28 SCHUBERT: String Quintet in C D956 (3) - Emerson String Quartet, Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) (DG 459 151)

29 MAHLER: Symphony No 5 in C# minor (4) - members of the New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein (SONY SM2K 63159)

30 DVORAK: Adagio ma non troppo from the Cello Concerto in B minor Op 104 - Steven Isserlis (cello), Mahler CO/Daniel Harding (Hyperion CDA 67917)

31 BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 3 in Eb Op 55, Eroica (3) - Swedish CO/Thomas Dausgaard (SIMAX PSC 1281)

32 RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Scheherazade (1) - Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit (DECCA 410 253)

33 TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto No 1 in Bb minor Op 23 (3) - Pavel Kolesnikov (pno), Calgary Phil/Roberto Minczuk (Honens 2012 03)

34 BRAHMS: A German Requiem Op 45 (4) - Berlin Radio Choir, Berlin Phil/Simon Rattle (EMI 3 65393)

35 SIBELIUS: Symphony No 2 in D Op 43 (1) - New Zealand SO/Pietari Inkinen (naxos 8.572704)

36 BACH: Erbarme Dich, from St Matthew Passion - Magdalena Kozená (mezzo), Musica Florea/Marek Stryncl (cello/dir) (archiv 457 367)

37 MENDELSSOHN: Hebrides Overture - Scottish CO/Joseph Swensen (LINN CKD 216)

38 PART: Spiegel im Spiegel - Vladimir Spivakov (vln), Sergei Bezrodny (pno) (ECM 1591 (289 449 958))

39 FAURE: Requiem Op 48 (5) - Catherine Bott (sop), Gilles Cachemaille (bar), Salisbury Cathedral Boy Choristers, Monteverdi Choir/John Eliot Gardiner (PHILIPS 438 149)

40 BACH: Goldberg Variations, extracts - Glenn Gould (pno) (Sony SMK 52594)

41 BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No 3 in G BWV1048 - European Brandenburg Ensemble/Trevor Pinnock (dir) (AVIE AV 2119)

42 BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 14 in C# minor, Moonlight (1) - Jonathan Biss (pno) (Onyx 4094)

43 LILBURN: Aotearoa Overture - Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra/Matthew Coorey

44 STRAVINSKY: Adoration of the Earth from The Rite of Spring - MusicAeterna/Teodor Currentzis (Sony 88875 06141)

45 PACHELBEL: Canon in D - London Baroque/Charles Medlem (dir) (BIS CD 1135)

46 MAHLER: Symphony No 1 in D, Titan (2) - Baltimore SO/Marin Alsop (Naxos 8.572207)

47 SIBELIUS: Finlandia - London SO/Colin Davis (RCA 09026 68770)

48 BACH: Concerto in D minor for two violins BWV1043 (2) - Donald Armstrong (vln/dir), Andrew Thomson (vln), NZSO CO ((RNZ) UB11)

49 TCHAIKOVSKY: The Nutcracker, Suite (8) - Israel Phil/Zubin Mehta (DECCA 448 704)

50 GERSHWIN: Rhapsody in Blue - Anne-Marie McDermott (pno), Dallas SO/Justin Brown (Bridge 9252)

51 SMETANA: Vltava, from Má Vlast - New Zealand SO/James Sedares ((RNZ) UB22)

52 MOZART: Lacrimosa, from Requiem in D minor K626 - Voices New Zealand Chamber Choir, New Zealand SO/Nicholas McGegan (Private - NZSO 2006B)

53 RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No 3 in D minor Op 30 (1) - Valentina Lisitsa (pno), London SO/Michael Francis (Decca 478 4890)

54 ORFF: Carmina Burana Excerpts - Lucia Popp (sop), Raymond Wolansky (bar), New Philharmonia Orch and Chorus, Wandsworth School Boy's Choir/Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos (EMI 5 65043)

55 TALLIS: Spem in alium - I Fagiolini/Robert Hollingworth (Decca 478 2734)

56 SIBELIUS: Karelia Suite (1) - Lahti SO/Osmo Vänskä (BIS CD 918)

57 BACH: Mass in B minor, Sanctus - Amsterdam Baroque Choir & Orch/Ton Koopman (CHALLENGE CC 72188)

58 GORECKI: Symphony No 3, Symphony of Sorrowful Songs (2) - Dawn Upshaw (sop), London Sinfonietta/David Zinman (Nonesuch 7559 79282)

59 TCHAIKOVSKY: 1812 Overture - Concertgebouw Orch, Amsterdam/Bernard Haitink (PHILIPS 422 469)

60 MOZART: Voi che sapete, from The Marriage of Figaro - Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo), Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood (DECCA 448 300)

61 CHOPIN: Piano Concerto No 2 in F minor Op 21 (3) - Lang Lang (pno), Vienna Phil/Zubin Mehta (DG 477 7449)

62 BARBER: Adagio for Strings - ASMF/Neville Marriner (PHILIPS 426 051)

63 ALLEGRI: Miserere mei, Deus - Alison Stamp (sop), Tallis Scholars/Peter Phillips (Gimell 454 990)

64 DVORAK: Symphony No 8 in G Op 88 (4) - London Phil/Charles Mackerras (LPO 0055)

65 DVORAK: Song to the Moon, from Rusalka - Kate Royal (sop), English National Opera Orch/Edward Gardner (EMI 2 68192)

66 BRUCH: Finale: Allegro guerriero from Scottish Fantasy - Nicola Benedetti (vln), BBC Scottish SO/Rory Macdonald (Decca 478 6690)

67 SCHUBERT: Piano Trio No 2 in Eb D929 (2) - Philip Setzer (vln), David Finckel (cello), Wu Han (pno) (ARTISTLED 10802)

68 BERLIOZ: Symphonie fantastique (4) - Berlin Phil/Simon Rattle (EMI 2 16224)

69 BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No 2 in Bb Op 83 (4) - Emil Gilels (pno), Berlin Phil/Eugen Jochum (PHILIPS 456 799)

70 FARQUHAR: Tango, from Ring Round the Moon - New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (Continuum CCD 1073)

71 BEETHOVEN: Triple Concerto in C Op 56 (3) - Kolja Blacher (vln), Johannes Moser (cello), Mari Kodama (pno), German SO, Berlin/Kent Nagano (Berlin Classics 030 0331 BC)

72 SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No 5 in D minor Op 47 (2) - St Petersburg Phil/Yuri Temirkanov (warner 2564 62354)

73 BORODIN: In the Steppes of Central Asia - Gothenburg SO/Neeme Järvi (DG 435 757)

74 GRIEG: Piano Concerto in A minor Op 16 (3) - Leif Ove Andsnes (pno), Berlin Phil/Mariss Jansons (EMI 3 94399)

75 SIBELIUS: Violin Concerto in D minor Op 47 (3) - Lisa Batiashvili (vln), Finnish Radio SO/Sakari Oramo (sony 886971 29362)

76 MOZART: Piano Concerto No 21 in C K467 (2) - Murray Perahia (pno/dir), English CO (CBS M13K 42055)

77 MUSSORGSKY: Pictures at an Exhibition (15) - Mikhaïl Rudy (pno) (CALLIOPE CAL 4687)

78 RACHMANINOV: Symphony No 2 in E minor Op 27 (3) - Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Vladimir Ashkenazy (DECCA 421 065)

79 HAYDN: The heavens are telling, from The Creation - Sylvia McNair (sop), Michael Schade (ten), Thomas Booth (ten), Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner (DG 459 064)

80 SCHUBERT: Notturno in Eb D897 - Edward Dusinberre (vln), András Fejér (cello), Andreas Haefliger (pno) (Decca 452 854)

81 WAGNER: Dich teure Halle, from Tannhäuser - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), Philharmonia/Julius Rudel (EMI 5 56417)

82 GRIEG: Morning, from Peer Gynt Suite No 1 - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (UNIVERSAL 99072)

83 PURCELL: When I am laid in earth, from Dido & Aeneas - Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (sop), Philharmonia Baroque Orch/Nicholas McGegan (dir/hpschd) (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7471)

84 STRAUSS: Waltzes, from Der Rosenkavalier (second sequence) - Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Herbert Blomstedt (DECCA 475 6550)

85 MOZART: Soave sia il vento, from Così fan tutte - Miah Persson (sop), Christine Rice (mezzo), Bryn Terfel (bar), Scottish CO/Charles Mackerras (DG 477 6297)

86 BRAHMS: Symphony No 2 in D Op 73 (3) - Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 430 324)

87 COPLAND: Fanfare for the Common Man - Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel (TELARC CD 80339)

88 BEETHOVEN: Choral Fantasia Op 80 (2) - Hélène Grimaud (pno), Swedish Radio Choir & SO/Esa-Pekka Salonen (DG 471 769)

89 MOZART: Eine kleine Nachtmusik (1) - Moscow Soloists/Yuri Bashmet (onyx 4037)

90 RAVEL: Boléro - Bruce McKinnon (perc), Saxcess (Private - Saxcess 2003A)