Voting for the countdown was held in 2001, with votes cast by listeners to the station.
| Rank | Composer | Work | | 100 | Fauré | Cantique de Jean Racine |
| 99 | Khachaturian | Spartacus |
| 98 | Grieg | Morning from Peer Gynt |
| 97 | Stravinsky | Rite}}The Rite of Spring |
| 96 | Mozart | Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor |
| 95 | Handel | Zadok the Priest |
| 94 | Albinoni | Adagio in G minor for organ and strings |
| 93 | Debussy | Clair de lune |
| 92 | Purcell | When I am laid in earth (Dido's Lament) from Dido and Aeneas |
| 91 | Tchaikovsky | Violin Concerto in D major |
| 90 | Sibelius | Finlandia |
| 89 | Mendelssohn | Violin Concerto in E minor |
| 88 | Bach | Well}}The Well-Tempered Clavier |
| 87 | Beethoven | Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major |
| 86 | Beethoven | Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Pathétique |
| 85 | Mozart | Soave}}"{{Lang|it|Soave sia il vento}}" from Così fan tutte |
| 84 | Mozart | Clarinet Quintet in A major |
| 83 | Orff | Carmina Burana |
| 82 | Satie | Gymnopédies |
| 81 | Ravel | Boléro |
| 80 | Beethoven | Symphony No. 7 in A major |
| 79 | Bach | Toccata and Fugue in D minor |
| 78 | Puccini | O mio}}"O mio babbino caro" from Gianni Schicchi |
| 77 | Schubert | Impromptu No. 3 in G-flat major |
| 76 | Mahler | Symphony No. 8 in E-flat major |
| 75 | Verdi | Traviata}}La traviata |
| 74 | Tchaikovsky | Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor |
| 73 | Gershwin | Rhapsody in Blue |
| 72 | Bach | Chaconne from Violin Partita No. 2 in D minor |
| 71 | Chopin | Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor |
| 70 | Bach | Christmas Oratorio |
| 69 | Beethoven | Piano Trio No. 7 in B-flat, Archduke |
| 68 | Grieg | Piano Concerto in A minor |
| 67 | Mozart | Marriage}}The Marriage of Figaro |
| 66 | Caccini, G / Vavilov | Ave Maria |
| 65 | Elgar | Sea Pictures |
| 64 | Litolff, HC | Concerto symphonique No. 4 in D minor, Scherzo |
| 63 | Bach | Cantata No 78, Jesu, der du meine Seele |
| 62 | Mahler | Symphony No. 2 in C minor, Resurrection |
| 61 | Tchaikovsky | 1812 Overture |
| 60 | Smetana | My Country |
| 59 | Elgar | Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D major |
| 58 | Prokofiev | Romeo and Juliet |
| 57 | Mozart | Ave verum corpus |
| 56 | Bach | Goldberg Variations |
| 55 | Dvořák | Song to the Moon from Rusalka |
| 54 | Mozart | Magic Flute}}The Magic Flute |
| 53 | Handel | Ombra mai fu (Handel's Largo) from Serse |
| 52 | Dvořák | Symphony No. 9 in E minor, From the New World |
| 51 | Rachmaninoff | Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini |
| 50 | Saint-Saëns | The Swan from The Carnival of the Animals |
| 49 | Holst | Planets}}The Planets |
| 48 | Mozart | Serenade No. 13 in G major, Eine kleine Nachtmusik |
| 47 | Wagner | Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde |
| 46 | Gluck | Che farò senza Euridice? from Orfeo ed Euridice |
| 45 | Saint-Saëns | Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Organ Symphony |
| 44 | Verdi | Messa da Requiem |
| 43 | Mahler | Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp minor |
| 42 | Beethoven | Symphony No. 5 in C minor |
| 41 | Schubert | To Music}}"To Music" |
| 40 | Beethoven | Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Eroica |
| 39 | Massenet | Meditation from Thaïs |
| 38 | Puccini | Madama Butterfly |
| 37 | Verdi | Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves from Nabucco |
| 36 | Barber | Adagio for Strings |
| 35 | Bach | Concerto for 2 Violins, Strings and Continuo in D Minor |
| 34 | Bach | Air}}"Air on the G String", from Suite No. 3 in D major |
| 33 | Puccini | Boheme}}La bohème |
| 32 | Mozart | Requiem Mass in D minor |
| 31 | Mozart | Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major |
| 30 | Mascagni | Intermezzo from Cavalleria rusticana |
| 29 | Bach | Mass in B minor |
| 28 | Schubert | String Quintet in C major |
| 27 | Beethoven | Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Moonlight |
| 26 | Mozart | Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major |
| 25 | Vaughan Williams | Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis |
| 24 | Elgar | Enigma Variations |
| 23 | Pachelbel | Pachelbel's Canon |
| 22 | Bach | Brandenburg Concertos |
| 21 | Rodrigo | Concierto de Aranjuez |
| 20 | Bach | Six Suites for Unaccompanied Cello |
| 19 | Elgar | Cello Concerto in E minor |
| 18 | Schubert | Piano Quintet in A major, Trout |
| 17 | Schubert | Notturno in E-flat major, Op. 148 (D. 897) |
| 16 | Vivaldi | Four Seasons}}The Four Seasons |
| 15 | Fauré | Requiem |
| 14 | Bruch | Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor |
| 13 | Rachmaninoff | Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor |
| 12 | Bach | Matthew}}St Matthew Passion |
| 11 | Bach | Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring |
| 10 | Strauss, R | Four Last Songs |
| 9 | Allegri, G | Miserere |
| 8 | Handel | Messiah |
| 7 | Bizet | Au fond du temple saint from The Pearl Fishers |
| 6 | Beethoven | Symphony No. 6 in F major, Pastoral |
| 5 | Beethoven | Violin Concerto in D Major |
| 4 | Beethoven | Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Emperor Concerto |
| 3 | Beethoven | Symphony No. 9 in D minor |
| 2 | Vaughan Williams | Lark}}The Lark Ascending |
| 1 | Mozart | Clarinet Concerto in A major |
1. ^1 {{cite web |title=Music Details for Saturday 19 January 2002 |url=http://www.abc.net.au/classic/daily/stories/s431855.htm |publisher=ABC Classic FM |accessdate=24 June 2012}}