Classic FM Hall of Fame 1997
| Composer | Work | Position |
Change |
| Brahms, Johannes | Academic Festival Overture, Op.80 | 251 |
Up 41 |
| Bach, Johann Sebastian | Cantata No.140, Wachet auf, BWV 140/7 (Sleepers Awake) | 252 |
Up 39 |
| Debussy, Claude | La Mer | 253 |
Up 19 |
| Strauss II, Johann | Nun's Chorus from Casanova | 254 |
New Entry |
| Bruckner, Anton | Symphony No.8 | 255 |
New Entry |
| Brahms, Johannes | Double Concerto | 256 |
Up 38 |
| Delius, Frederick | La Calinda | 257 |
Up 5 |
| Vaughan Williams, Ralph | Symphony No.1 (A Sea Symphony) | 258 |
Up 8 |
| Puccini, Giacomo | La Rondine | 259 |
New Entry |
| Joplin, Scott | Piano Rags | 260 |
New Entry |
| Bernstein, Leonard | Candide | 261 |
New Entry |
| Rachmaninov, Sergei | Piano Concerto No.1 in F# minor | 262 |
New Entry |
| Wagner, Richard | Götterdämmerung | 263 |
New Entry |
| Delius, Frederick | On hearing the first cuckoo in spring | 264 |
New Entry |
| Chopin, Fryderyk | Fantaisie-Impromptu in C sharp minor Op.66 | 265 |
Down 41 |
| Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich | A Night on the Bare Mountain | 266 |
Down 57 |
| Grieg, Edvard | Lyric Pieces Book 8 Op.65 (Wedding Day at Troldhaugen) | 267 |
New Entry |
| MacCunn, Hamish | The Land of the Mountain & the Flood | 268 |
New Entry |
| Strauss, R | Alpine Symphony | 269 |
Down 5 |
| Britten, Benjamin | 4 Sea Interludes (from Peter Grimes) | 270 |
Up 1 |
| Mahler, Gustav | Das Lied von der Erde | 271 |
Down 15 |
| Liszt, Franz | Liebestraum No.3 | 272 |
Down 103 |
| Weber, Carl Maria von | Clarinet Concerto No.1 | 273 |
New Entry |
| Bizet, Georges | L'Arlésienne Suite No.1 | 274 |
Up 8 |
| Bach, Johann Sebastian | Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 | 275 |
Down 42 |
| Hummel, Johann Nepomuk | Trumpet Concerto in Eb major | 276 |
Down 22 |
| Vaughan Williams, Ralph | The Wasps - Overture | 277 |
Up 9 |
| Beethoven, Ludwig van | Missa Solemnis, Op.123 | 278 |
Down 56 |
| Grieg, Edvard | Peer Gynt Suite No.2 | 279 |
New Entry |
| Bruch, Max | Kol Nidrei | 280 |
Up 20 |
| Elgar, Edward | Sea Pictures | 281 |
New Entry |
| Saint-Saens, Camille | Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso | 282 |
Down 53 |
| Nyman, Michael | The Piano | 283 |
New Entry |
| Mendelssohn, Felix | Symphony No.3 (Scottish) | 284 |
Down 5 |
| Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | Symphony No.39 | 285 |
Down 51 |
| Gershwin, George | Piano Concerto in F major | 286 |
New Entry |
| Vaughan Williams, Ralph | English Folksongs Suite | 287 |
Up 12 |
| Ravel, Maurice | Piano Concerto in G Major | 288 |
New Entry |
| Bach, Johann Sebastian | Violin Concerto | 289 |
New Entry |
| Beethoven, Ludwig van | Piano Sonata No.23 in C minor, Op.57 "Appassionata" | 290 |
New Entry |
| Smetana, Bedrich | The Bartered Bride | 291 |
New Entry |
| Warlock, Peter | Capriol Suite | 292 |
Down 37 |
| Verdi, Giuseppe | Othello | 293 |
Down 65 |
| Chopin, Fryderyk | Etude in E major, Op.10 No.3 - "Tristesse" | 294 |
Down 93 |
| Pergolesi, Giovanni Battista | Stabat Mater | 295 |
Down 18 |
| Berlioz, Hector | Grande Messe des Morts | 296 |
Down 26 |
| Sibelius, Jean | Valse triste | 297 |
New Entry |
| Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay Andreyevich | Spanish Caprice | 298 |
Down 66 |
| Glinka, Mikhail Ivanovich | Ruslan and Ludmila (Overture) | 299 |
New Entry |
| Mendelssohn, Felix | Oh for the Wings of a Dove | 300 |
Down 16 |