Classic FM Hall of Fame 1997 New Entries
| New Entry | Work | Chart Position |
| Elgar, Edward | Enigma Variations | 6 |
| Vivaldi, Antonio | Four Seasons | 13 |
| Holst, Gustav | The Planets (Suite) | 22 |
| Verdi, Giuseppe | Nabucco | 23 |
| Puccini, Giacomo | La Bohème | 35 |
| Grieg, Edvard | Peer Gynt Suite No.1 | 45 |
| Verdi, Giuseppe | Aida | 47 |
| Bach, Johann Sebastian | Brandenburg Concertos, BWV 1046-1050 | 49 |
| Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | The Marriage of Figaro | 56 |
| Verdi, Giuseppe | La Traviata | 68 |
| Delibes, Leo | Lakmé | 69 |
| Bizet, Georges | Carmen | 73 |
| Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich | Nutcracker Suite | 76 |
| Gluck, Christoph Willibald von | Orfeo and Euridice | 84 |
| Puccini, Giacomo | Turandot | 93 |
| Elgar, Edward | Coronation Ode (Land of Hope and Glory) | 94 |
| Puccini, Giacomo | Tosca | 103 |
| Wagner, Richard | Siegfried, WWV86C | 125 |
| Verdi, Giuseppe | Rigoletto | 129 |
| Jenkins, Karl | Adiemus (Songs of Sanctuary) | 134 |
| Handel, George Frideric | Xerxes | 144 |
| Offenbach, Jacques | The Tales of Hoffmann | 146 |
| Vivaldi, Antonio | Guitar Concerto in D, RV93 | 148 |
| Caccini, Giulio | Ave Maria | 179 |
| Verdi, Giuseppe | La forza del destino | 187 |
| Barber, Samuel | Agnus Dei | 189 |
| Shostakovich, Dmitry | Jazz Suite No.2 | 195 |
| Verdi, Giuseppe | Il Travatore | 203 |
| Zipoli, Domenico | Elevazione | 204 |
| Lehar, Franz | The Merry Widow | 207 |
| Litolff, Henry Charles | Concerto Symphonique No.4 in D minor | 210 |
| Bach, Johann Sebastian | Cello Suites | 220 |
| Shostakovich, Dmitry | Jazz Suite No.1 | 226 |
| Franck, Cesar | Sonata for Violin and Piano | 229 |
| Rameau, Jean-Philippe | Les Indes galantes | 231 |
| Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich | Eugene Onegin | 235 |
| Suppé, Franz von | Poet and Peasant Overture | 239 |
| Gounod, Charles-Francois | Faust | 242 |
| Offenbach, Jacques | Orpheus in the Underworld | 244 |
| Bruckner, Anton | Symphony No. 7 in E major (WAB 107) | 246 |
| Elgar, Edward | Pomp and Circumstance Marches | 247 |
| Strauss II, Johann | Nun's Chorus from Casanova | 254 |
| Bruckner, Anton | Symphony No.8 | 255 |
| Puccini, Giacomo | La Rondine | 259 |
| Joplin, Scott | Piano Rags | 260 |
| Bernstein, Leonard | Candide | 261 |
| Rachmaninov, Sergei | Piano Concerto No.1 in F# minor | 262 |
| Wagner, Richard | Götterdämmerung, WWV86D | 263 |
| Delius, Frederick | On hearing the first cuckoo in spring | 264 |
| Grieg, Edvard | Lyric Pieces Book 8 Op.65 (Wedding Day at Troldhaugen) | 267 |
| MacCunn, Hamish | The Land of the Mountain & the Flood | 268 |
| Weber, Carl Maria von | Clarinet Concerto No.1 in F minor, Op. 73 (J. 114) | 273 |
| Grieg, Edvard | Peer Gynt Suite No.2 | 279 |
| Elgar, Edward | Sea Pictures | 281 |
| Nyman, Michael | The Piano | 283 |
| Gershwin, George | Piano Concerto in F major | 286 |
| Ravel, Maurice | Piano Concerto in G Major | 288 |
| Bach, Johann Sebastian | Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041 | 289 |
| Beethoven, Ludwig van | Piano Sonata No.23 in C minor, Op.57 "Appassionata" | 290 |
| Smetana, Bedrich | The Bartered Bride | 291 |
| Sibelius, Jean | Valse triste | 297 |
| Glinka, Mikhail Ivanovich | Ruslan and Ludmila (Overture) | 299 |