Voting is now open in this year’s ABC Classic FM Classic 100 Countdown, the theme of which is all things to do with love, heartbreak and passion. Nominations have poured in and now listeners can cast their vote on the final selections. Voting is open until Sunday May 21, and you can listen in over the weekend of June 10 – 12 to hear what’s made the cut.

Limelight caught up with ABC Classic FM presenter Russell Torrance to chat about this year’s Classic 100.

Voting on the Classic 100 opens today ­– which works do you think are the strongest contenders?

There are a few massively obvious choices that have to be in with a chance of making the Top 10 – they’re the ones that spring to mind immediately. Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No 2 or the Paganini Rhapsody; or something from a Puccini or even a Mozart opera. But that’s what’s so fascinating about a vote like this – particularly when you’re talking about something so utterly subjective as Love. I wouldn’t be surprised if something we just hadn’t considered ended up getting a lot of votes. Takes JS Bach for example – he’s not top of my list of...