Classic FM Hall of Fame 1997
| Composer | Work | Position |
Change |
| Sibelius, Jean | Symphony No.5 in Eb major | 51 |
Up 46 |
| Rachmaninov, Sergei | Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini | 52 |
Up 11 |
| Vaughan Williams, Ralph | Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis | 53 |
Down 13 |
| Handel, George Frideric | Zadok the Priest | 54 |
Up 13 |
| Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich | 1812 Overture | 55 |
Down 17 |
| Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | The Marriage of Figaro | 56 |
New Entry |
| Brahms, Johannes | Violin Concerto in D major, Op.77 | 57 |
Up 8 |
| Massenet, Jules | Thaïs (includes Meditation) | 58 |
Down 3 |
| Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | Eine Kleine Nachtmusik | 59 |
Down 17 |
| Strauss, R | Four Last Songs | 60 |
Down 7 |
| Sibelius, Jean | Symphony No.2 in D minor | 61 |
Down 14 |
| Schubert, Franz | String Quintet in C major, D.956 | 62 |
Down 6 |
| Shostakovich, Dmitry | The Gadfly - Romance | 63 |
Down 1 |
| Verdi, Giuseppe | Requiem | 64 |
Down 7 |
| Mendelssohn, Felix | Hebrides Overture (Fingal's Cave), Op.26 | 65 |
Up 4 |
| Ravel, Maurice | Boléro | 66 |
Down 18 |
| Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | Flute and Harp Concerto in C major, K.299 | 67 |
Up 11 |
| Verdi, Giuseppe | La Traviata | 68 |
New Entry |
| Delibes, Leo | Lakmé | 69 |
New Entry |
| Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich | Violin Concerto in D major, Op.35 | 70 |
Up 1 |
| Bach, Johann Sebastian | Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 | 71 |
Down 17 |
| Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich | Romeo and Juliet Overture | 72 |
Down 26 |
| Bizet, Georges | Carmen | 73 |
New Entry |
| Chopin, Fryderyk | Piano Concerto No.1 in E minor, Op.11 | 74 |
No Change |
| Handel, George Frideric | Water Music Suites | 75 |
No Change |
| Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich | Nutcracker Suite | 76 |
New Entry |
| Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | The Magic Flute | 77 |
Up 10 |
| Mahler, Gustav | Symphony No.2 in C minor (Resurrection) | 78 |
Down 18 |
| Beethoven, Ludwig van | Symphony No.3 in E flat major, Op.55, "Eroica" | 79 |
Down 11 |
| Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | Ave Verum Corpus | 80 |
Up 20 |
| Berlioz, Hector | Symphonie Fantastique, Op.14 | 81 |
Down 9 |
| Widor, Charles-Marie | Toccata (from Organ Symphony No. 5 in F minor) | 82 |
Down 9 |
| Bruch, Max | Scottish Fantasy for violin and orchestra, Op.46 | 83 |
Up 111 |
| Gluck, Christoph Willibald von | Orfeo and Euridice | 84 |
New Entry |
| Wagner, Richard | Tristan & Isolde | 85 |
Up 47 |
| Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich | Swan Lake | 86 |
Down 7 |
| Schubert, Franz | Symphony No.8 in B minor, "Unfinished" | 87 |
Up 19 |
| Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich | Symphony No.5 in E minor | 88 |
Down 5 |
| Strauss II, Johann | By the Beautiful Blue Danube | 89 |
Down 5 |
| Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | Symphony No.40 in G minor, K.550 | 90 |
Down 14 |
| Sibelius, Jean | Violin Concerto in D minor, Op.47 | 91 |
Up 29 |
| Schubert, Franz | Symphony No.9 in C major, D.944 "Great" | 92 |
Down 10 |
| Puccini, Giacomo | Turandot | 93 |
New Entry |
| Elgar, Edward | Coronation Ode (Land of Hope and Glory) | 94 |
New Entry |
| Debussy, Claude | Suite Bergamasque - Clair de Lune | 95 |
Up 7 |
| Bach, Johann Sebastian | St Matthew Passion, BWV 244 | 96 |
Down 37 |
| Dvorak, Antonin | Rusalka | 97 |
Up 21 |
| Dvorak, Antonin | Cello Concerto in B minor | 98 |
Down 10 |
| Gershwin, George | Rhapsody in Blue | 99 |
Up 5 |
| Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | Horn Concerto No.4 in Eb major, K.495 | 100 |
Down 7 |