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
|