February 14th is almost here, and that means it’s time for us to play your favorite romantic pieces! Every year we ask listeners to let us know which classical works get them all warm and tingly inside. Tune in Sunday at 5 pm to hear the top 12 passionate picks of 2021!
Here are the winners:
12. Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 14 in C Sharp Minor, Op. 27, No. 2 "Moonlight"
11. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21 in C, K. 467: II. Andante
10. Sergei Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet
9. Camille Saint-Saens: Mon Coeur s'ouvre a ta Voix (My Heart Opens To Your Voice) from Samson et Dalila
8. Maurice Ravel: Bolero
7. Claude Debussy: Claire de lune
6. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, Op. 35
5. Aram Khachaturian: Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia
4. Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet: 'Fantasy Overture'
3. Sergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18
2. Giacomo Puccini: La Boheme
1. Richard Wagner: Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde
To see the top 12 most-requested romantic works from the before time, you can find the 2020 Valentine's Day Countdown here.
If you need a little extra romance, you might enjoy this tango performance by husband-and-wife team Alessio Bax and Lucille Chung.