Thanks for the great chart! It's fascinating seeing what's fallen out of favour since I started listening to Classic FM - there's a few there I'll go listen to when they finish the countdown for today. Will you update it after this year's count?
Works fine on the Firefox derivative I'm using.
I also thought I might be interesting to do a version with the film/screen specific years
Yours looks cleaner and I love the way you handled the off chart samples with dashed lines, that's a great idea.
Also, using a central area below the chart to show which is highlighted is also great for those that in the past fell off and are no longer on the chart, but naturally people are curious and want to click to see what their names are.
Here's the eCharts BumpChart on AppGoblin, showing the latest Google Play Store rankings: https://appgoblin.info/rankings/store/1/collection/1/categor...
But you can see that doing it that way there it's not really clear where / to the apps that just popped into the top 10 came or went.
I'll try adding the selection area like you have, eg:
Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11 (Fauré, Gabriel)
2001: Ranked 100th
2010: No Rank
2021: No Rank
Great little chart, thanks!
I kind of rolled my own generated SVG paths. I wanted to learn a bit more about how Bezier curves worked, and this seemed like a good opportunity to figure it out.
Not 100% happy with my implementation, but I learned a lot from tinkering with it.
The YouTube link is a great idea too, might see if I can find some good recordings, although will probably take a little while
This was really neat to explore! Thanks!
I did think it was odd that Goldberg didn't show up in 2001.
1) It is a weird comparison. Some works (e.g: Brandenburg Concertos) can take hours to listen. Most take minutes.
2) Lord of the Rings, Out of Africa and Star War series? Seriously? Oh, I see: it is a list made by Australians.
3) I suspect that even Ennio Morricone wouldn't say that "The Mission" soundtrack is classical, although he made some classical music too.
4) I'd recommend some Latin American composers: Villa-Lobos and Camargo Guarnieri (Brazil), Ginastera (Argentina), Carlos Chavez and Arturo Marquéz (Mexico).
I took the data as a given from ABC Classic FM, and as you mentioned it's voted on by listeners in Australia so that might affect what shows up. I'm listening to the 2026 countdown right now, and it does seem like there's a broader range of less traditional pieces appearing this year.
Partly this might be because ABC Classic has expanded into a broader range of genres (e.g. There's a whole program dedicated to video game music) to increase their accessibility to a wider audience.
I personally don't mind this, as there are many pieces from screen music that I love and that I think hold up as great orchestral music (Lord of the Rings has wonderful music).
I also love some of the newer music they play - e.g. I strongly suspect Joseph Tawardros will be highly ranked this year, as they have been (rightfully) playing his pieces a lot over the last few years.
I'm not the biggest fan of video game music though, unless it's in the original context.
Would love it if some Latin American composers made it in this year! Will have to wait and see...
I actually listened to some of the works I didn't know (Elgar, Vaughn Williams, Kats-Chernin) and loved them, thank you.
We (Australians) have heard of Villa-Lobos et al. if that soothes your soul, but hey, again, it's the ABC (national radio) regular listeners voting,. so <shrug> it is what it is.
If you're curious about the penetration of classical music in Australia . . . the opening remarks by Kev Carmody here are worth a listen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gw-AgvUEVm4