Classic FM Hall of Fame

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From symphonies to sonatas, concertos to choral works, it's all in your definitive guide to the nation's 300 best-loved classical pieces.

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  • 250 - 201
  • 200 - 151
  • 150 - 101
  • 100 - 51
  • 50 - 1

  • 150

    Fantasia on Greensleeves
    Vaughan Williams

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  • 149

    Pavane
    Fauré

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  • 148

    Romeo and Juliet
    Armstrong

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  • 147

    Egmont Overture
    Beethoven

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  • 146

    Violin Concerto
    Brahms

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  • 145

    Goldberg Variations
    Bach

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  • 144

    Piano Quintet ('Trout')
    Schubert

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  • 143

    Appalachian Spring
    Copland

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  • 142

    Holberg Suite
    Grieg

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  • 141

    Mors et Vita
    Gounod

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  • 140

    Piano Sonata No.8 (Pathétique)
    Beethoven

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  • 139

    Cello Concerto
    Dvořák

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  • 138

    O Magnum Mysterium
    Lauridsen

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  • 137

    Thaïs
    Massenet

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  • 136

    Tristan and Isolde
    Wagner

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  • 135

    Penlee
    Dobson

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  • 134

    Water Music Suites
    Handel

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  • 133

    Palladio
    Jenkins

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  • 132

    Pictures at an Exhibition
    Mussorgsky

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  • 131

    A German Requiem
    Brahms

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  • 130

    I Was Glad
    Parry

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  • 129

    Jazz Suite No.1
    Shostakovich

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  • 128

    Clarinet Quintet
    Mozart

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  • 127

    The Dream of Gerontius
    Elgar

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  • 126

    Lakmé
    Delibes

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  • 125

    Violin Concerto
    Sibelius

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  • 124

    Aida
    Verdi

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  • 123

    Tosca
    Puccini

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  • 122

    Boléro
    Ravel

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  • 121

    La Traviata
    Verdi

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  • 120

    Dangerous Moonlight
    Addinsell

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  • 119

    Gladiator
    Zimmer

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  • 118

    English Folksongs Suite
    Vaughan Williams

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  • 117

    Prince Igor
    Borodin

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  • 116

    3 Gymnopédies
    Satie

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  • 115

    Cosí fan Tutte
    Mozart

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  • 114

    Flute and Harp Concerto
    Mozart

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  • 113

    Ladies in Lavender
    Hess

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  • 112

    Spem in Alium
    Tallis

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  • 111

    Carnival of the Animals
    Saint-Saëns

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  • 110

    Le Onde
    Einaudi

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  • 109

    Carmen
    Bizet

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  • 108

    Symphony No.2
    Sibelius

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  • 107

    Romeo and Juliet
    Tchaikovsky

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  • 106

    I Giorni
    Einaudi

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  • 105

    Solomon
    Handel

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  • 104

    Mass in B minor
    Bach

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  • 103

    Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
    Mozart

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  • 102

    Dances with Wolves
    Barry

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  • 101

    Adiemus
    Jenkins

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