| Rank | Composer | Work | Date |
| 100 | Beethoven, Ludwig van | Choral Fantasy | 1808 |
| 99 | Handel, George Frederic | Giulio Cesare | 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 | 1892 |
| 94 | Schubert, Franz | Die schöne Müllerin | 1823 |
| 93 | Mascagni, Pietro | Cavalleria rusticana | 1889 |
| 92 | Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | Zaide | 1780 |
| 91 | Rossini, Gioachino | The Barber of Seville | 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 | 1905 |
| 84 | Wagner, Richard | Die Walküre | 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 | 1846 |
| 80 | Handel, George Frederic | Samson | 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 | 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 | 1920 |
| 63 | Strauss, Richard | Der Rosenkavalier | 1911 |
| 62 | Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | Don Giovanni | 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 | 1711 |
| 57 | Saint-Saens, Camille | Samson et Dalila | 1877 |
| 56 | Mahler, Gustav | Symphony No. 2 Resurrection | 1895 |
| 55 | Bach, Johann Sebastian | Sheep May Safely Graze, Cantata BWV 208 | 1713 |
| 54 | Franck, César | Panis angelicus | 1872 |
| 53 | Bellini, Vincenzo | Norma | 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) | 1738 |
| 45 | Verdi, Giuseppe | Requiem | 1874 |
| 44 | Wagner, Richard | Tristan und Isolde | 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 | 1900 |
| 38 | Jenkins, Karl | The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace | 1999 |
| 37 | Brahms, Johannes | A German Requiem | 1868 |
| 36 | Puccini, Giacomo | Gianni Schicchi | 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 | 2002 |
| 27 | Bach, Johann Sebastian | Cantata BWV 147 | 1723 |
| 26 | Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | The Marriage of Figaro | 1786 |
| 25 | Parry, Hubert | Jerusalem | 1916 |
| 24 | Verdi, Giuseppe | Nabucco | 1842 |
| 23 | Gershwin, George | Porgy and Bess | 1934 |
| 22 | Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | The Magic Flute | 1791 |
| 21 | Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | Così fan tutte | 1790 |
| 20 | Vivaldi, Antonio | Gloria, RV 589 | 1715 |
| 19 | Bizet, Georges | Carmen | 1875 |
| 18 | Puccini, Giacomo | La bohème | 1896 |
| 17 | Canteloube, Joseph | Songs of the Auvergne | 1930 |
| 16 | Puccini, Giacomo | Turandot | 1924 |
| 15 | Purcell, Henry | Dido and Aeneas | c.1684 |
| 14 | Dvorák, Antonín | Rusalka | 1900 |
| 13 | Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | Ave verum corpus, K. 618 | 1791 |
| 12 | Handel, George Frederic | Coronation Anthems | 1727 |
| 11 | Bach, Johann Sebastian | St Matthew Passion | 1727 |
| 10 | Puccini, Giacomo | Madama Butterfly | 1904 |
| 09 | Orff, Carl | Carmina Burana | 1936 |
| 08 | Strauss, Richard | Four Last Songs | 1948 |
| 07 | Delibes, Léo | Lakmé | 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 | 1741 |
| 02 | Bizet, Georges | Les pêcheurs de perles | 1863 |
| 01 | Beethoven, Ludwig van | Symphony No. 9 | 1824 |