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Presented byKirsty Young

Desert Island Discs Presenter Kirsty Young

Your Desert Island Discs: the Results

In May 2011, we asked which eight discs you would you take with you if you were going to be cast away alone on the mythical desert island. Here are some of your choices.

Listen to the special programme with Kirsty Young, and send us your reactions.

Your Top 100 Tracks

  1. 1Ralph Vaughan Williams - The Lark Ascending

  2. 2Sir Edward Elgar - Enigma Variations

  3. 3Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No 9 in D minor 'Choral'

  4. 4Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody

  5. 5Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb

  6. 6Sir Edward Elgar - Cello Concerto in E minor

  7. 7George Frideric Handel - Messiah

  8. 8Gustav Holst - The Planets

  9. 9Ralph Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis

  10. 10Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Requiem in D minor

  11. 11Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven

  12. 12Johann Pachelbel - Canon in D major

  13. 13Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

  14. 14The Beatles - Hey Jude

  15. 15Gustav Mahler - Symphony No 5 in C sharp minor

  16. 16Sir Hubert Parry - Jerusalem

  17. 17The Kinks - Waterloo Sunset

  18. 18Sergei Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto No 2 in C minor

  19. 19The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter

  20. 20Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water

  21. 21Gabriel Fauré - Requiem

  22. 22Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Clarinet Concerto in A major

  23. 23The Beach Boys - God Only Knows

  24. 24Samuel Barber - Adagio for Strings

  25. 25Bob Dylan - Like A Rolling Stone

  26. 26Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No 6 in F major 'Pastoral'

  27. 27The Beatles - In My Life

  28. 28Gregorio Allegri - Miserere

  29. 29The Beatles - A Day In The Life

  30. 30Ludwig van Beethoven - Piano Concerto No 5 in E flat major 'Emperor'

  31. 31Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond

  32. 32Antonio Vivaldi - The Four Seasons

  33. 33Giacomo Puccini - Turandot: Nessun Dorma

  34. 34Georges Bizet - Au fond du temple saint (from The Pearl Fishers)

  35. 35George Gershwin - Rhapsody In Blue

  36. 36Johann Sebastian Bach - St Matthew Passion BWV 244

  37. 37Eric Clapton - Layla

  38. 38John Lennon - Imagine

  39. 39Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower

  40. 40Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No 7 in A major

  41. 41Thomas Tallis - Spem In Alium

  42. 42Richard Strauss - Four Last Songs

  43. 43Claude Debussy - Suite Bergamasque (commonly known as Clair De Lune)

  44. 44The Beatles - Here Comes The Sun

  45. 45Joaquín Rodrigo - Concierto de Aranjuez

  46. 46David Bowie - Life On Mars?

  47. 47Electric Light Orchestra - Mr Blue Sky

  48. 48The Eagles - Hotel California

  49. 49Elbow - One Day Like This

  50. 50The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again

  51. 51Louis Armstrong - What A Wonderful World

  52. 52Ludwig van Beethoven - Piano Sonata No 14 in C sharp minor 'Moonlight Sonata'

  53. 53Johnny Cash - Hurt

  54. 54Johann Sebastian Bach - Goldberg Variations

  55. 54Miles Davis - So What?

  56. 56The Rolling Stones - Sympathy For The Devil

  57. 57Max Bruch - Violin Concerto No 1 in G minor

  58. 58Bruce Springsteen - Thunder Road

  59. 59Johann Sebastian Bach - Mass in B minor BWV 232

  60. 60Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run

  61. 61Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street

  62. 62Procol Harum - A Whiter Shade Of Pale

  63. 63Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart

  64. 64Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - 1812 Overture

  65. 65The Smiths - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out

  66. 66David Bowie - Heroes

  67. 66Abba - Dancing Queen

  68. 68Don McLean - American Pie

  69. 69Johann Sebastian Bach - Concerto for Two Violins in D minor BWV 1043

  70. 70Franz Schubert - String Quintet in C major

  71. 71Bob Dylan - Tangled Up In Blue

  72. 71Carl Orff - Carmina Burana

  73. 73The Beatles - Yesterday

  74. 73Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine

  75. 75Dave Brubeck - Take Five

  76. 76The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever

  77. 76Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah

  78. 78Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl

  79. 79The Beatles - Eleanor Rigby

  80. 80Gustav Mahler - Symphony No 2 in C minor 'Resurrection'

  81. 81Otis Redding - Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay

  82. 82Leonard Cohen - Suzanne

  83. 83The Beatles - Let It Be

  84. 84The Beach Boys - Good Vibrations

  85. 85Antonin Dvorak - Symphony No 9 in E minor 'From the New World'

  86. 86Pulp - Common People

  87. 87Bob Dylan - Mr Tambourine Man

  88. 88Jimi Hendrix - Voodoo Chile

  89. 89Led Zeppelin - Kashmir

  90. 89Meat Loaf - Bat Out Of Hell

  91. 89The Undertones - Teenage Kicks

  92. 92Giuseppe Verdi - Requiem

  93. 93Joni Mitchell - A Case Of You

  94. 93Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing

  95. 95The Rolling Stones - Brown Sugar

  96. 96Lynyrd Skynyrd - Freebird

  97. 97Giuseppe Verdi - Nabucco: Va pensiero sull'ali dorate (Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves)

  98. 97Henry Purcell - When I am laid in earth (Dido's Lament) (from Dido and Aeneas)

  99. 99Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights

  100. 00Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Piano Concerto No 21 in C major

Your Top 100 Artists

  1. 1The Beatles

  2. 2Bob Dylan

  3. 3Ludwig van Beethoven

  4. 4Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

  5. 5Pink Floyd

  6. 6Johann Sebastian Bach

  7. 7The Rolling Stones

  8. 8Sir Edward Elgar

  9. 9Ralph Vaughan Williams

  10. 10Queen

  11. 11Led Zeppelin

  12. 12David Bowie

  13. 13Giacomo Puccini

  14. 14George Frideric Handel

  15. 15Van Morrison

  16. 16Bruce Springsteen

  17. 17Leonard Cohen

  18. 18Gustav Mahler

  19. 19Elvis Presley

  20. 20Simon & Garfunkel

  21. 21Radiohead

  22. 22The Smiths

  23. 23Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

  24. 24Frank Sinatra

  25. 25The Beach Boys

  26. 26Joni Mitchell

  27. 27Jimi Hendrix

  28. 28Sergei Rachmaninoff

  29. 29Franz Schubert

  30. 30Neil Young

  31. 31Fleetwood Mac

  32. 32The Kinks

  33. 33Dire Straits

  34. 34The Who

  35. 35Abba

  36. 36Miles Davis

  37. 37Bob Marley

  38. 38Kate Bush

  39. 39Giuseppe Verdi

  40. 40U2

  41. 41Oasis

  42. 41Richard Wagner

  43. 43Elton John

  44. 44The Clash

  45. 45Johnny Cash

  46. 45Nina Simone

  47. 47Eric Clapton

  48. 48Sir Hubert Parry

  49. 49John Lennon

  50. 50Stevie Wonder

  51. 51Gustav Holst

  52. 52Johannes Brahms

  53. 53Antonio Vivaldi

  54. 54R.E.M.

  55. 55Ella Fitzgerald

  56. 56Jean Sibelius

  57. 57Richard Strauss

  58. 58Gabriel Fauré

  59. 59The Eagles

  60. 60Genesis

  61. 61Georges Bizet

  62. 62Marvin Gaye

  63. 63Johann Pachelbel

  64. 64Susan Boyle

  65. 65Elbow

  66. 66Louis Armstrong

  67. 67Frédéric Chopin

  68. 68Joy Division

  69. 69Tom Waits

  70. 70Claude Debussy

  71. 70Rod Stewart

  72. 72Coldplay

  73. 72The Stone Roses

  74. 74The Jam

  75. 75George Gershwin

  76. 76Muse

  77. 77Paul Simon

  78. 78The Doors

  79. 79Dmitri Shostakovich

  80. 80Samuel Barber

  81. 81Michael Jackson

  82. 82Adele

  83. 83Electric Light Orchestra

  84. 84Otis Redding

  85. 85The Cure

  86. 86Gregorio Allegri

  87. 87John Martyn

  88. 88The Killers

  89. 89James Taylor

  90. 90Dusty Springfield

  91. 91Nat King Cole

  92. 92Frank Zappa

  93. 92Jeff Buckley

  94. 94Fairport Convention

  95. 95Nirvana

  96. 96Antonin Dvorak

  97. 97Elvis Costello

  98. 98Felix Mendelssohn

  99. 99Nick Drake

  100. 99Thomas Tallis

Top Tracks By Women Artists

  1. 1Joni Mitchell - Case of You

  2. 2Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights

  3. 3Adele - Someone Like You

  4. 4Ella Fitzgerald - Every Time We Say Goodbye

  5. 5Edith Piaf - Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien

  6. 6Aretha Franklin - Say A Little Prayer

  7. 7Nina Simone - Feeling Good

  8. 8Joan Armatrading - Love and Affection / Eva Cassidy - Fields of Gold

Top Beatles Tracks

  1. 1Hey Jude

  2. 2In My Life

  3. 3A Day In The Life

  4. 4Here Comes The Sun

  5. 5Yesterday

  6. 6Strawberry Fields

  7. 7Eleanor Rigby

  8. 8Let It Be

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