Classic FM Hall of Fame 2025
Composer |
Work |
2025 |
Change |
Lowest |
Highest |
Rachmaninov, Sergei |
Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor |
1 |
No Change |
4 |
1 |
Jenkins, Karl |
The Armed Man (A Mass for Peace) |
2 |
Up 2 |
122 |
2 |
Vaughan Williams, Ralph |
The Lark Ascending |
3 |
Down 1 |
18 |
1 |
Vaughan Williams, Ralph |
Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis |
4 |
Down 1 |
53 |
3 |
Elgar, Edward |
Enigma Variations |
5 |
No Change |
16 |
3 |
Shostakovich, Dmitry |
Piano Concerto No.2 in F major, Op.102 |
6 |
Up 3 |
146 |
6 |
Allegri, Gregorio |
Miserere mei, Dues |
7 |
Up 4 |
37 |
6 |
Beethoven, Ludwig van |
Piano Concerto No.5 in E flat major, Op.73 "Emperor" |
8 |
Down 2 |
10 |
4 |
Beethoven, Ludwig van |
Symphony No.9 in D minor, Op.125 "Choral" |
9 |
Down 1 |
17 |
2 |
Holst, Gustav |
The Planets (Suite) |
10 |
Down 3 |
33 |
6 |
Williams, John |
Schindler's List |
11 |
Down 1 |
134 |
10 |
Beethoven, Ludwig van |
Symphony No.6 in F major, Op.68 "Pastoral" |
12 |
Up 1 |
22 |
3 |
Shore, Howard |
Lord of the Rings |
13 |
Up 13 |
131 |
9 |
Morricone, Ennio |
The Mission – Gabriel's Oboe |
14 |
Down 2 |
193 |
12 |
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus |
Requiem, K.626 |
15 |
No Change |
36 |
9 |
Ungar, Jay |
The Ashokan Farewell |
16 |
Up 1 |
100 |
6 |
Barber, Samuel |
Adagio for strings, Op.11 |
17 |
Up 3 |
29 |
6 |
Dvorak, Antonin |
Symphony No.9 in E minor (New World) |
18 |
Down 2 |
47 |
12 |
Fauré, Gabriel |
Requiem in D minor, Op. 48 |
19 |
Up 4 |
58 |
15 |
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus |
Clarinet Concerto in A major, K622 |
20 |
Down 6 |
20 |
1 |
Sibelius, Jean |
Finlandia |
21 |
Down 3 |
49 |
12 |
Gershwin, George |
Rhapsody in Blue |
22 |
No Change |
104 |
19 |
Beethoven, Ludwig van |
Symphony No.7 in A major, Op.92 |
23 |
Up 5 |
43 |
15 |
Bruch, Max |
Violin Concerto No.1 in G minor, Op. 26 |
24 |
Up 1 |
26 |
1 |
Elgar, Edward |
Cello Concerto in E minor |
25 |
Down 1 |
25 |
2 |
Pärt, Arvo |
Spiegel im Spiegel |
26 |
Up 22 |
191 |
26 |
Saint-Saens, Camille |
Symphony No.3 in C minor (Organ) |
27 |
No Change |
50 |
7 |
Mascagni, Pietro |
Cavalleria Rusticana |
28 |
Up 2 |
45 |
15 |
Grieg, Edvard |
Piano Concerto in A minor |
29 |
Up 2 |
57 |
5 |
Debussy, Claude |
Suite Bergamasque - Clair de Lune |
30 |
Down 1 |
109 |
28 |
Shostakovich, Dmitry |
Jazz Suite No.2 |
31 |
Up 3 |
252 |
31 |
Tin, Christopher |
The Lost Birds |
32 |
Up 52 |
198 |
32 |
Rachmaninov, Sergei |
Symphony No.2 in E minor |
33 |
Down 1 |
48 |
11 |
Pachelbel, Johann |
Canon in D |
34 |
Up 1 |
41 |
10 |
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich |
Swan Lake |
35 |
Up 3 |
116 |
7 |
Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay |
Scheherezade |
36 |
Up 10 |
62 |
21 |
Vivaldi, Antonio |
Four Seasons |
37 |
Down 16 |
71 |
6 |
Mahler, Gustav |
Symphony No.5 in C# minor |
38 |
Up 1 |
80 |
6 |
Khachaturian, Aram Il'yich |
Spartacus |
39 |
Up 11 |
168 |
39 |
Vaughan Williams, Ralph |
Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus |
40 |
Down 4 |
208 |
36 |
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich |
The Year 1812, festival overture in E♭ major, Op. 49 |
41 |
Down 8 |
58 |
1 |
Rachmaninov, Sergei |
Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini |
42 |
Down 5 |
63 |
15 |
Einaudi, Ludovico |
I Giorni |
43 |
Up 11 |
249 |
43 |
Zimmer, Hans |
Gladiator soundtrack |
44 |
Down 1 |
165 |
35 |
Handel, George Frideric |
Messiah |
45 |
Down 1 |
45 |
10 |
Beethoven, Ludwig van |
Piano Sonata No.14 in C sharp minor, Op.27, No.2 "Moonlight" |
46 |
Down 4 |
55 |
12 |
Armstrong, Craig |
Romeo and Juliet |
47 |
Up 42 |
233 |
47 |
Borodin, Alexander Porfir'yevich |
In the Steppes of Central Asia |
48 |
Up 8 |
223 |
47 |
Fauré, Gabriel |
Cantique de Jean Racine |
49 |
Up 18 |
119 |
33 |
Rodrigo, Joaquín |
Concerto de Aranjuez |
50 |
Up 23 |
79 |
18 |
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