LIST OF TOP 40 SELECTIONS Your choices as Broadcast on WCRB on October 6-8 1 BEETHOVEN: Symphony #9 in D minor, "Choral" Soderstrom, soprano Resnik, alto Vickers, tenor Ward, bass London Symphony Orchestra and London Bach Choir/Monteux MCA #MCAD2-9806-A 2 VIVALDI: The Four Seasons Silverstein, violin Boston Symphony Orchestra/Ozawa Telarc #CD-80070 3 BEETHOVEN: Symphony #7 in A Major Marlboro Festival Orchestra/Casals CBS #MYK-37233 4 BEETHOVEN: Symphony #5 in C minor Hanover Band/Huggett Nimbus #NI-5007 5 BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto #5 in Eb Major, "Emperor" Rudolf Serkin, piano Boston Symphony Orchestra/Ozawa Telarc #CD-80065 5b BEETHOVEN: Symphony #6 in F Major, "Pastoral" London Classical Players/Norrington Angel #7-49746-2 7 DVORAK: Symphony #9 in E minor, "New World" Concertgebouw Orchestra/Colin Davis Philips #420-349-2 8 MOZART: Eine kleine Nachtmusik Norwegian Chamber Orchestra/Iona Brown Omega #OCD-1004 9 BEETHOVEN: Symphony #3 in Eb Major, "Eroica" Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra/Kegel Capriccio #10-002 9b BRAHMS: Symphony #1 in C minor London Symphony Orchestra/Jarvi Chandos #CHAN-8653 11 MOZART: Requiem in D mino Auger, soprano Ziegler, mezzo-soprano Hadley, tenor Krause, bass Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus/Shaw Telarc #CD-80128 12 MAHLER: Symphony #2 in C minor, "Resurrection" Valente, soprano Forrester, alto London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus/Kaplan MCA #MCAD2-11011 13 MOZART: Symphony #40 in G minor Cleveland Orchestra/Szell CBS #MK-42418 14 STRAVINSKy: Le sacre du printemps Columbia Symphony Orchestra/Stravinsky CBS #MK-42433 15 HANDEL: Messiah Taverner Choir and Players/Parrott Angel #7-49801-2 16 SCHUBERT: Trout Quintet in A Major S. Richter, piano Borodin Quartet Angel #7-47009-2 17 TCHAIKOVSKY: Violin Concerto in D Major Zukerman, violin Israel Philharmonic Orchestra/Mehta CBS #MDK-44643 18 MOZART: Symphony #41 in C Major, "Jupiter" Royal Philharmonic/Beecham Angel #7-69811-2 19 BEETHOVEN: Violin Concerto in D Major Perlman, violin Berlin Philharmonic/Barenboim Angel #7-49567-2 20 BRAHMS: Symphony #4 in E minor Philadelphia Orchestra/Muti Philips #422-337-2 21 MAHLER: Symphony #1 in D Major Concertgebouw Orchestra/Bernstein DGG 427-303-2 22 BACH: Brandenburg Concerti #1-6: No. 1: Taverner Players/Parrott Angel #7-49806-2 No. 2: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Virgin Classics #7-90747-2 No. 3: I Musici Philips #412-780-2 No. 4: Academy of Ancient Music/Hogwood Oiseau-Lyre #414-187-2 No. 5: Cologne Musica Antiqua/Goebel Archiv #423-116-2 No. 6: English Concert/Pinnock Archiv #413-692-2 22b RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto #2 in C minor Bolet, piano Montreal Symphony Orchestra/Dutoit London #421-181-2 24 TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony #6 in B minor, "Pathetique" Leningrad Philharmonic/Mravinsky DGG #419-745-2 25 MENDELSSOHN: Violin Concerto in E minor Heifetz, violin Boston Symphony Orchestra/Munch RCA #5933-2-RC 26 MAHLER: Symphony #4 in G Major Alexander, soprano Concertgebouw Orchestra/Haitink Philips #412-119-2 27 TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Conerto #1 in Bb minor Argerich, piano Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Dutoit DGG #415-062-2 28 BEETHOVEN: Moonlight Sonata Goode, piano BOMR #31-7510 29 TCHAIKOVSKy: 1812 Overture Concertgebouw Orchestra/Mengelberg Teldec #243-730-2 30 SIBELIUS: Symphony #5 in Eb Major Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Rattle Angel #7-49717-2 31 MUSSORGSKY: Pictures at an Exhibition Berlin Philharmonic/Karajan DGG #413-588-2 31b TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony #5 in E minor Gewandhaus Orchestra/Masur Teldec #243-462-2 33 MOZART: Piano Concerto #21 in C Major Engel, piano MOzarteum Chamber Orchestra/Hager Teldec #242-743-2 34 HOLST: The Planets Boston Pops Orchestra/Williams Philips #420-177-2 35 HANDEL: Water Music Linde Consort/Linde Angel #7-47401-2 35b PACHELBEL: Canon in D Major Marsalis, trumpet English Chamber Orchestra/Leppard CBS #MK-44726 37 BERLIOZ: Symphonie fantastique Boston Symphony Orchestra/Munch RCA #6210 37b DEBUSSY: La mer London Symphony Orchestra/Fruhbeck de Burgos MCA #MCAD-25879 39 TCHAIKOVSKY: Swan Lake St. Louis Symphony Orchestra/Slatkin RCA #7804-2-RC 40 DVORAK: Cello Concerto in B minor Rostropovich, cello Boston Symphony Orchestra/Ozawa Erato #ECD-88224 ____________________________________________________________ 2 TOP 40 "RUNNERS-UP" ANNOUNCED WCRB LISTENER FAVORITES The Next Twenty-Eight Hopefully you heard the top 40 selections from the Top 40 weekend. Here are the twenty-eight "runners up" as we have tabulated them. 41. Copland: Appalachian Spring 41. (Tie) Rachmaninov: Symphony #2 43. Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade 44. Mozart: Bassoon Concerto 45. Orff: Carmina Burana 46. Bach: Mass in B minor 46. (Tie) Dvorak: Symphony #8 in G 46. (Tie) Saint-Saens: Symphony #3, Organ 46. (Tie) Tchaikovsky: Symphony #4 50. Mozart: Clarinet Concerto 51. Brahms: Symphony #2 52. Brahms: Piano Concerto #2 52. (Tie) Ravel: Bolero 54. Bach: St. Matthew Passion 54. (Tie) Beethoven: Piano Concerto #4 54. (Tie) Smetana: The Moldau 57. Shostakovich: Symphony #5 57. (Tie) Verdi: Requiem 59. Bach: Toccata and Fugue in D minor 60. Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra 60. (Tie) Grieg: Piano Concerto 62. Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue 62. (Tie) Schubert: Symphony #8 in B minor, Unfinished 64. Schubert: Symphony #9 in C, Great 65. Brahms: German Requiem 66. Chopin: Piano Concerto #1 67. Mozart: Piano Concerto #20 68. Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini ____________________________________________________________ 3 MORE TOP 40 INFORMATION FURTHER STATISTICAL FALLOUT FROM TOP 40 VOTING Composers and Periods of Composition As we have completed the tabulation of your votes in the Top 40 selection, we have looked to guide our program staff at all of the votes for all composers, without regard to the musical titles, in order to determine a general preference for one or another. The top 50 composers are: 1. Beethoven (No surprise, and 13% greater than) 2. Mozart (Also expected, and 12% greater than) 3. Puccini (Not expected, and 23% greater than) 4. Tchaikovsky 5. Bach 6. Verdi 7. Brahms 8. Bizet 9. Mahler 10. Schubert 11. Vivaldi 12. Dvorak 13. Wagner 14. Handel 15. Mendelssohn 16. Rachmaninov 17. Chopin 18. Strauss (oh,ho! You, voters, didn't say which Strauss. See below.) 19. Stravinsky 20. Berlioz 21. Sibelius 22. Ravel 23. Haydn 24. Rossini 25. Debussy 26. Copland 27. Prokofiev 28. Strauss, R. 29. Vaughan Williams 30. Grieg 31. Rimsky-Korsakov 32. Massenet 33. Shostakovich 34. Saint-Saens 35. Mussorgsky 36. Holst 37. Smetana 38. Gershwin 39. Pachelbel 40. Schumann 41. Bartok 42. Strauss, J. 43. Bruckner 44. Orff 45. Sullivan (Gilbert &) 46. Bruch 47. Liszt 48. Berg 49. Barber 50. Respighi We tabulated 33,522 votes for these composers. When we then considered them by schools (or styles) of composition we found, in order: Romantic 38% Classical 33% Baroque 10% Traditional & Modern 9% Post Romantic & Impressionist 9% Avant Garde <1% Among those who finished out of the running were a few surprises: Bernstein, Sousa, and, of course, Salieri. Nobody voted for Chester Kovich this year.