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Most popular songs in BBC Radio 3 playlist

Title

Popularity

First heard

Last heard

Maurice Ravel - Gaspard de la nuit

Popularity:

7days00%

28days40.09%

6months70.02%

12months120.02%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 14 days ago

Thomas Tallis - If ye love me

1988-09-01

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days40.09%

6months80.03%

12months160.03%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 4 days ago

Miles Davis - Blue in Green

1959-08-17

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days40.09%

6months40.01%

12months50%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Kim André Arnesen - Even When He Is Silent

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days40.09%

6months40.01%

12months40%

First heard 23 days ago

Last heard 7 days ago

Anna Clyne - Color Field: III. Orange

Popularity:

7days00%

28days30.07%

6months40.01%

12months40%

First heard 4 months ago

Last heard 20 days ago

Richard Rodgers - June Is Bustin' Out All Over (Carousel)

Popularity:

7days30.26%

28days30.07%

6months30.01%

12months30%

First heard 2 days ago

Last heard 2 days ago

Arturo Márquez - Danzón no.2

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days30.07%

6months50.02%

12months80.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 days ago

Simon Jeffes - Telephone and Rubber Band

Popularity:

7days00%

28days30.07%

6months40.01%

12months50%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard a month ago

Manuel de Falla - Will O' the Wisp (from El amor brujo)

Popularity:

7days00%

28days30.07%

6months30.01%

12months30%

First heard 8 days ago

Last heard 8 days ago

Maurice Ravel - Alborada del gracioso

1994

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days30.07%

6months120.04%

12months250.04%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 4 days ago

George Gershwin - An American In Paris

1959

Popularity:

7days00%

28days30.07%

6months50.02%

12months140.02%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 10 days ago

Miles Davis - Milestones

1958-04

Popularity:

7days00%

28days30.07%

6months40.01%

12months40%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 8 days ago

Jean‐Philippe Rameau - Suite in A minor, from 'Nouvelles suites de pièces de clavecin'

Popularity:

7days00%

28days30.07%

6months30.01%

12months30%

First heard 8 days ago

Last heard 8 days ago

Erland Cooper - Music for Growing Flowers

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days30.07%

6months30.01%

12months30%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 2 days ago

Grace Williams - Sea Sketches for String Orchestra: V. Calm Sea in Summer

Popularity:

7days00%

28days30.07%

6months40.01%

12months60.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 13 days ago

Tine Thing Helseth - Engledans (Angels' dance)

Popularity:

7days00%

28days30.07%

6months30.01%

12months30%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 21 days ago

Judith Weir - String quartet

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days30.07%

6months40.01%

12months50%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Arturo Márquez - Conga del fuego nuevo

2016-02-12

Popularity:

7days00%

28days30.07%

6months90.03%

12months150.03%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 9 days ago

Dmitry Shostakovich - Folk Festival (The Gadfly)

Popularity:

7days00%

28days30.07%

6months50.02%

12months60.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 9 days ago

George Frideric Handel - Eternal source of light divine (Birthday Ode for Queen Anne)

2019-10-11

Popularity:

7days00%

28days30.07%

6months50.02%

12months70.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 20 days ago

Igor Stravinsky - Pulcinella Suite

Popularity:

7days00%

28days30.07%

6months50.02%

12months70.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 14 days ago

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Requiem in D minor, K.626

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months20%

12months20%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard a month ago

Michael Haydn - Cantata: Lauft, ihr Hirten allzugleich (Run ye shepherds, to the light)

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months40.01%

12months70.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 16 days ago

Claude Debussy - Tarantelle styrienne

2024-07-30

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.04%

6months90.03%

12months140.02%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard a day ago

Franz Schubert - Symphony no.3 in D major D.200 (4th mvt)

1997-01-01

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months90.03%

12months130.02%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 18 days ago

Frédéric Chopin - 12 Studies, Op 25

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months30.01%

12months30%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 24 days ago

Gioachino Rossini - Overture to La Gazza ladra (The thieving magpie)

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months20%

12months30%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 16 days ago

Jean Sibelius - Finlandia, Op 26

2001-09-01

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.04%

6months100.03%

12months190.03%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 6 days ago

Gustav Mahler - Piano Quartet in A minor

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months50.02%

12months110.02%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 11 days ago

Claude Debussy - Jeux de vagues (La mer)

2008-05-27

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months60.02%

12months80.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 15 days ago

Paul Hindemith - Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber (March)

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months20%

12months20%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard a month ago

Jean Sibelius - Andante Festivo

2003-09-01

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months90.03%

12months170.03%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 13 days ago

Francesco Cavalli - Salve Regina (Hail, Holy Queen)

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months30.01%

12months50%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 9 days ago

Camille Saint‐Saëns - Le Carnaval des animaux

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months20%

12months30%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard a month ago

Steve Reich - Nagoya Marimbas

1998

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.04%

6months60.02%

12months110.02%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 14 hours ago

Leonard Bernstein - Candide (Overture)

1960

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months80.03%

12months150.03%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 12 days ago

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Clarinet Concerto in A major K.622 (3rd mvt)

2025-04-04

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.04%

6months90.03%

12months150.03%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 2 days ago

Francisco Tárrega - Recuerdos de la Alhambra

2022-10-22

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.04%

6months90.03%

12months180.03%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 6 days ago

Fanny Mendelssohn - String Quartet in E Flat major

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months40.01%

12months50%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 23 days ago

George Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue

1959

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.04%

6months120.04%

12months230.04%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 5 days ago

Leonard Bernstein - Wonderful Town (Overture)

2018-02-09

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.04%

6months90.03%

12months170.03%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 6 days ago

Teresa Carreño - Mi Teresita

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.04%

6months50.02%

12months50%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 2 days ago

Evelyn Glennie - A Little Prayer

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months50.02%

12months80.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 10 days ago

Edward Elgar - Salut d'amour

2015-09-18

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.04%

6months120.04%

12months190.03%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 6 days ago

Louise Farrenc - Overture in E flat major Op.24

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.04%

6months60.02%

12months120.02%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 4 days ago

Johannes Brahms - Serenade no 2 in A major, Op 16

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.04%

6months40.01%

12months80.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 2 days ago

Cécile Chaminade - Concertino, Op.107

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months40.01%

12months90.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 10 days ago

Samuel Barber - Violin Concerto, Op 14

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months40.01%

12months40%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 16 days ago

William Byrd - Vigilate

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months30.01%

12months40%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 9 days ago

Ralph Vaughan Williams - Oboe Concerto in A minor

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months50.02%

12months80.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 21 days ago

Total: 1,000

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