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Classic FM Hall of Fame 1996 - 2015

On this page are the top 50 pieces of music in the Hall of Fame 2015. There are links at the bottom to the next 50 pieces (To be updated)

Also inclueded are the chart positions for the previous years. Once the top 300 are listed, then the next to be listed are those peices that were in last years Hall of Fame, but did not make the top 300.

The remaining pages list all the works from the previos years (in alphabetical order by Composer).

I beleive this is actually more acurate than the one published by Classic FM on their website. Whilst compiling this list this year, I found a number of errors. Surprisingly no errors based on last years chart.

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Change 2015
Lowest
Highest
Vaughan Williams, Ralph The Lark Ascending
18
17
5
5
4
4
3
4
4
2
3
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
1
1
No Change
18
1
Rachmaninov, Sergei Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
2
3
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
No Change
3
1
Vaughan Williams, Ralph Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis
40
53
31
34
13
6
7
11
14
13
11
10
3
3
3
3
3
4
3
3
No Change
53
3
Elgar, Edward Enigma Variations
6
8
10
10
10
9
16
7
8
9
6
9
10
8
7
7
7
6
4
Up 2
16
4
Beethoven, Ludwig van Piano Concerto No.5 in E flat major, Op.73 - "Emperor"
8
7
10
7
9
8
6
7
6
4
4
5
4
4
4
4
4
6
4
5
Down 1
10
4
Allegri, Gregorio Miserere mei, Dues
33
33
14
30
20
27
33
29
27
37
33
21
24
19
13
16
13
10
9
6
Up 3
37
6
Beethoven, Ludwig van Symphony No.9 in D minor, Op.125 - "Choral"
5
12
17
8
8
11
11
8
13
11
8
9
10
9
9
10
9
12
10
7
Up 3
17
5
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus Clarinet Concerto
4
5
3
3
3
3
5
2
2
3
1
4
6
6
6
5
6
8
5
8
Down 3
8
1
Uematsu, Nobuo Final Fantasy Series (soundtrack)
16
3
7
9
Down 2
16
3
Beethoven, Ludwig van Symphony No.6 in F major, Op.68 - "Pastoral"
3
3
4
6
7
5
8
12
10
6
6
8
5
5
7
6
8
9
8
10
Down 2
12
3
Soule, Jeremy The Elder Scrolls Series (soundtrack)
238
5
17
11
Up 6
238
5
Holst, Gustav The Planets (Suite)
22
22
20
25
20
20
20
20
19
17
31
16
16
16
12
14
14
14
12
Up 2
31
12
Kirkhope, Grant Banjo Kazooie
50
13
Up 37
50
13
Elgar, Edward Cello Concerto in E minor
6
4
9
4
5
7
4
5
9
7
7
2
7
8
5
8
10
11
11
14
Down 3
14
2
Bruch, Max Violin Concerto No.1 in G minor, Op.26
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
3
3
5
5
7
8
7
10
9
11
13
13
15
Down 2
15
1
Barber, Samuel Adagio for strings, Op.11
16
10
12
13
6
9
10
13
17
15
18
15
12
15
12
14
17
17
15
16
Down 1
18
6
Pachelbel, Johann Canon in D
13
14
11
12
11
12
15
10
16
17
16
13
11
11
11
13
15
18
18
17
Up 1
18
10
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich 1812 Overture
38
55
58
52
51
41
38
21
25
35
27
25
18
17
18
17
18
15
16
18
Down 2
58
15
Jenkins, Karl The Armed Man (A Mass for Peace)
122
34
8
9
10
12
13
13
15
15
12
16
12
19
Down 7
122
8
Dvorak, Antonin Symphony No.9 in E minor (New World)
15
18
27
26
27
24
19
31
22
23
20
19
28
24
23
24
20
19
20
20
No Change
31
15
Shore, Howard Lord of the Rings
131
9
12
24
36
55
46
32
44
50
34
20
27
21
Up 6
131
9
Grieg, Edvard Piano Concerto in A minor
29
26
19
14
14
14
14
14
5
10
13
11
17
12
17
20
27
27
23
22
Up 1
29
5
Sibelius, Jean Finlandia
41
31
30
33
36
38
37
15
19
16
19
14
21
26
27
25
26
23
21
23
Down 2
41
14
Beethoven, Ludwig van Symphony No.7 in A major, Op.92
25
43
38
35
30
31
24
36
39
28
39
16
27
22
34
23
24
21
19
24
Down 5
43
16
Mascagni, Pietro Cavalleria Rusticana
28
15
20
19
16
17
18
28
30
33
38
40
26
28
26
32
30
24
26
25
Up 1
40
15
Shostakovich, Dmitry Piano Concerto No.2 in F major
146
119
73
38
26
21
25
38
32
25
32
24
39
23
35
45
39
34
32
26
Up 6
146
21
Beethoven, Ludwig van Piano Sonata No.14 in C sharp minor, Op.27, No.2 - "Moonlight"
39
42
41
46
42
40
55
55
37
41
40
35
29
37
31
28
29
41
31
27
Up 4
55
27
Vivaldi, Antonio Four Seasons
13
18
22
29
30
45
22
23
40
22
46
14
34
21
11
19
28
24
28
Down 4
46
11
Fauré, Gabriel Requiem
22
19
15
18
19
19
23
26
31
31
28
41
38
38
29
27
25
31
34
29
Up 5
41
15
Shimomura, Yoko Kingdom Hearts
177
30
Up 147
177
30
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus Requiem, K626
24
36
25
32
28
23
30
17
24
21
14
20
19
25
24
18
23
33
30
31
Down 1
36
14
Gershwin, George Rhapsody in Blue
104
99
87
76
50
46
46
44
44
43
41
38
37
29
36
22
28
35
35
32
Up 3
104
22
Saint-Saens, Camille Symphony No.3 in C minor (Organ)
23
16
7
9
12
13
12
18
15
14
15
32
23
14
14
21
21
26
22
33
Down 11
33
7
Handel, George Frideric Messiah
10
20
29
25
18
28
26
24
28
27
24
23
20
27
20
19
22
22
25
34
Down 9
34
10
Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay Andreyevich Scheherezade
21
27
26
49
37
32
31
47
38
46
37
44
40
33
33
33
32
25
28
35
Down 7
49
21
Morricone, Ennio The Mission – Gabriel's Oboe
193
100
64
73
60
62
62
68
72
79
58
66
36
Up 30
193
36
Rachmaninov, Sergei Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini
63
52
51
29
33
39
32
19
26
20
21
37
15
30
22
29
35
37
36
37
Down 1
63
15
Debussy, Claude Suite Bergamasque - Clair de Lune
102
95
86
79
107
99
109
87
64
50
49
51
64
46
40
34
51
67
57
38
Up 19
109
34
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich Swan Lake
79
86
91
116
86
90
82
68
53
44
52
43
42
42
42
30
33
30
33
39
Down 6
116
30
Rachmaninov, Sergei Piano Concerto No.3 in D minor
85
24
60
31
32
29
27
32
35
39
34
27
41
41
45
42
38
29
37
40
Down 3
85
24
Kirkhope, Grant Viva Piñata
174
54
41
Up 13
174
41
Rachmaninov, Sergei Symphony No.2 in E minor
45
40
44
36
31
15
17
23
11
12
12
17
30
21
32
35
36
44
43
42
Up 1
45
11
Grieg, Edvard Peer Gynt Suite No.1
45
47
57
75
80
91
101
49
66
60
93
43
49
38
38
41
40
46
43
Up 3
101
38
Rodrigo, Joaquín Concerto de Aranjuez
31
34
23
23
24
26
21
33
29
32
30
22
25
18
25
26
31
32
29
44
Down 15
44
18
Bach, Johann Sebastian Brandenburg Concertos, BWV 1046-1050
49
49
47
40
61
97
77
70
68
70
66
44
66
62
53
46
38
38
45
Down 7
97
38
Beethoven, Ludwig van Symphony No.5 in C minor, Op.67
19
37
34
41
35
37
39
41
36
29
29
18
34
31
37
39
45
42
45
46
Down 1
46
18
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus Piano Concerto No.21 in C major (Elvira Madigan)
9
8
16
15
21
25
22
27
42
34
25
39
49
44
52
48
50
53
53
47
Up 6
53
8
Williams, John Schindler's List
134
49
61
93
66
57
76
107
57
77
92
107
92
51
62
48
Up 14
134
48
Ungar, Jay The Ashokan Farewell
100
35
13
6
18
22
23
26
22
20
19
37
40
36
40
49
Down 9
100
6
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich Piano Concerto No.1 in Bb minor
37
38
54
48
49
51
41
35
43
36
44
28
35
43
43
41
43
39
42
50
Down 8
54
28