Classic FM Hall of Fame 2023
| Composer | Work | 2023 |
Change |
Lowest |
Highest |
| Rachmaninov, Sergei | Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor | 1 |
Up 1 |
4 |
1 |
| Vaughan Williams, Ralph | The Lark Ascending | 2 | Down 1 |
18 |
1 |
| Vaughan Williams, Ralph | Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis | 3 | No Change |
53 |
3 |
| Elgar, Edward | Enigma Variations | 4 | Up 1 |
16 |
3 |
| Jenkins, Karl | The Armed Man (A Mass for Peace) | 5 | Up 12 |
122 |
5 |
| Beethoven, Ludwig van | Piano Concerto No.5 in E flat major, Op.73 "Emperor" | 6 | Up 1 |
17 |
4 |
| Holst, Gustav | The Planets (Suite) | 7 | Down 1 |
33 |
6 |
| Beethoven, Ludwig van | Symphony No.9 in D minor, Op.125 "Choral" | 8 | Up 1 |
17 |
2 |
| Allegri, Gregorio | Miserere mei, Dues | 9 | Up 12 |
37 |
6 |
| Williams, John | Schindler's List | 10 | No Change |
134 |
10 |
| Beethoven, Ludwig van | Symphony No.6 in F major, Op.68 "Pastoral" | 11 |
No Change |
22 |
3 |
| Shostakovich, Dmitry | Piano Concerto No.2 in F major, Op.102 | 12 |
Up 11 |
146 |
12 |
| Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | Requiem, K.626 | 13 |
No Change |
36 |
9 |
| Bruch, Max | Violin Concerto No.1 in G minor, Op. 26 | 14 |
Up 8 |
26 |
1 |
| Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | Clarinet Concerto in A major, K622 | 15 | No Change |
22 |
1 |
| Vivaldi, Antonio | Four Seasons | 16 | Down 8 |
71 |
6 |
| Dvorak, Antonin | Symphony No.9 in E minor (New World) | 17 |
Down 5 |
47 |
12 |
| Elgar, Edward | Cello Concerto in E minor | 18 |
Down 2 |
19 |
2 |
| Gershwin, George | Rhapsody in Blue | 19 | Up 1 |
104 |
19 |
| Morricone, Ennio | The Mission – Gabriel's Oboe | 20 | Up 34 |
193 |
20 |
| Beethoven, Ludwig van | Symphony No.7 in A major, Op.92 | 21 | Down 2 |
43 |
15 |
| Fauré, Gabriel | Requiem in D minor, Op. 48 | 22 | Up 36 |
98 |
15 |
| Grieg, Edvard | Piano Concerto in A minor | 23 | Up 3 |
58 |
5 |
| Barber, Samuel | Adagio for strings, Op.11 | 24 | Up 3 |
29 |
6 |
| Sibelius, Jean | Finlandia | 25 | Down 7 |
49 |
12 |
| Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich | The Year 1812, festival overture in E♭ major, Op. 49 | 26 |
Down 12 |
98 |
1 |
| Wiseman, Debbie | The Glorious Garden | 27 |
Down 23 |
287 |
4 |
| Debussy, Claude | Suite Bergamasque - Clair de Lune | 28 |
Up 3 |
109 |
28 |
| Rachmaninov, Sergei | Symphony No.2 in E minor | 29 |
Down 4 |
48 |
11 |
| Mascagni, Pietro | Cavalleria Rusticana | 30 | Up 15 |
45 |
15 |
| Saint-Saens, Camille | Symphony No.3 in C minor (Organ) | 31 | Down 1 |
50 |
7 |
| Williams, John | Star Wars | 32 |
Up 2 |
298 |
27 |
| Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich | Swan Lake | 33 |
Down 9 |
116 |
7 |
| Ungar, Jay | The Ashokan Farewell | 34 |
Up 10 |
100 |
6 |
| Shore, Howard | Lord of the Rings | 35 |
Up 7 |
131 |
9 |
| Vaughan Williams, Ralph | Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus | 36 |
Up 11 |
208 |
36 |
| Mahler, Gustav | Symphony No.5 in C# minor | 37 |
Up 1 |
80 |
6 |
| Shostakovich, Dmitry | Jazz Suite No.2 | 38 |
Down 5 |
252 |
33 |
| Pachelbel, Johann | Canon in D | 39 |
Up 2 |
38 |
10 |
| Handel, George Frideric | Messiah | 40 |
Down 11 |
41 |
10 |
| Rachmaninov, Sergei | Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini | 41 |
Down 9 |
63 |
15 |
| Zimmer, Hans | Gladiator soundtrack | 42 |
Down 5 |
165 |
35 |
| Grieg, Edvard | Peer Gynt Suite No.1 | 43 |
Down 7 |
101 |
20 |
| Beethoven, Ludwig van | Piano Sonata No.14 in C sharp minor, Op.27, No.2 "Moonlight" | 44 |
Down 9 |
55 |
12 |
| Einaudi, Ludovico | I Giorni | 45 |
Up 12 |
249 |
45 |
| Khachaturian, Aram Il'yich | Spartacus | 46 |
Up 33 |
168 |
46 |
| Williams, John | Jurassic Park soundtrack | 47 |
Up 5 |
262 |
33 |
| Williams, John / Doyle, Patrick | Harry Potter soundtracks | 48 |
Down 9 |
190 |
26 |
| Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay Andreyevich | Scheherezade | 49 |
Up 13 |
55 |
21 |
| Rachmaninov, Sergei | Piano Concerto No.3 in D minor | 50 |
Up 11 |
85 |
24 |