Classic FM Hall of Fame 1998
| Composer | Work | Position |
Change |
| Bruch, Max | Violin Concerto No.1 in G minor, Op.26 | 1 |
No Change |
| Rachmaninov, Sergei | Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor | 2 |
No Change |
| Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | Clarinet Concerto | 3 |
Up 2 |
| Beethoven, Ludwig van | Symphony No.6 in F major, Op.68 "Pastoral" | 4 |
Down 1 |
| Vaughan Williams, Ralph | The Lark Ascending | 5 |
Up 12 |
| Mahler, Gustav | Symphony No.5 in C# minor | 6 |
Up 5 |
| Saint-Saens, Camille | Symphony No.3 in C minor (Organ) | 7 |
Up 9 |
| Elgar, Edward | Enigma Variations | 8 |
Down 2 |
| Elgar, Edward | Cello Concerto in E minor | 9 |
Down 5 |
| Beethoven, Ludwig van | Piano Concerto No.5 in E flat major, Op.73 "Emperor" | 10 |
Down 3 |
| Pachelbel, Johann | Canon in D | 11 |
Up 3 |
| Barber, Samuel | Adagio for strings, Op.11 | 12 |
Down 2 |
| Bizet, Georges | Pearl Fishers' Duet | 13 |
Down 4 |
| Allegri, Gregorio | Miserere mei, Dues | 14 |
Up 19 |
| Fauré, Gabriel | Requiem | 15 |
Up 4 |
| Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | Piano Concerto No.21 in C major (Elvira Madigan) | 16 |
Down 8 |
| Beethoven, Ludwig van | Symphony No.9 in D minor, Op.125 "Choral" | 17 |
Down 5 |
| Vivaldi, Antonio | Four Seasons | 18 |
Down 5 |
| Grieg, Edvard | Piano Concerto in A minor | 19 |
Up 7 |
| Mascagni, Pietro | Cavalleria Rusticana | 20 |
Down 5 |
| Mendelssohn, Felix | Violin Concerto in E minor | 21 |
No Change |
| Holst, Gustav | The Planets (Suite) | 22 |
No Change |
| Rodrigo, Joaquín | Concerto de Aranjuez | 23 |
Up 11 |
| Albinoni, Tomaso Giovanni | Adagio in G minor | 24 |
Up 1 |
| Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | Requiem, K626 | 25 |
Up 11 |
| Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay Andreyevich | Scheherezade | 26 |
Up 1 |
| Dvorak, Antonin | Symphony No.9 in E minor (New World) | 27 |
Down 9 |
| Bach, Johann Sebastian | Double Violin Concerto in D minor | 28 |
No Change |
| Handel, George Frideric | Messiah | 29 |
Down 9 |
| Sibelius, Jean | Finlandia | 30 |
Up 1 |
| Vaughan Williams, Ralph | Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis | 31 |
Up 22 |
| Verdi, Giuseppe | Nabucco | 32 |
Down 9 |
| Fauré, Gabriel | Cantique de Jean Racine | 33 |
Up 15 |
| Beethoven, Ludwig van | Symphony No.5 in C minor, Op.67 | 34 |
Up 3 |
| Prokofiev, Sergey | Romeo and Juliet | 35 |
Up 6 |
| Puccini, Giacomo | Madama Butterfly | 36 |
Up 8 |
| Massenet, Jules | Thaïs (includes Meditation) | 37 |
Up 21 |
| Beethoven, Ludwig van | Symphony No.7 in A major, Op.92 | 38 |
Up 5 |
| Beethoven, Ludwig van | Violin Concerto in D major, Op.61 | 39 |
Down 10 |
| Orff, Carl | Carmina Burana | 40 |
Down 8 |
| Beethoven, Ludwig van | Piano Sonata No.14 in C sharp minor, Op.27, No.2 "Moonlight" | 41 |
Up 1 |
| Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich | Symphony No.6 in B minor, Op.74 "Pathétique" | 42 |
Up 4 |
| Puccini, Giacomo | La Bohème | 43 |
Down 8 |
| Rachmaninov, Sergei | Symphony No.2 in E minor | 44 |
Down 4 |
| Shostakovich, Dmitry | The Gadfly - Romance | 45 |
Up 18 |
| Smetana, Bedrich | Má Vlast (including Vltava) | 46 |
Down 7 |
| Grieg, Edvard | Peer Gynt Suite No.1 | 47 |
Down 2 |
| Delibes, Leo | Lakmé | 48 |
Up 21 |
| Bach, Johann Sebastian | Brandenburg Concertos, BWV 1046-1050 | 49 |
No Change |
| Verdi, Giuseppe | Requiem | 50 |
Up 14 |