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Most popular songs in BBC Radio 3 playlist

Title

Popularity

First heard

Last heard

Witold Lutosławski - Little Suite

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months10%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Richard Strauss - Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche Op.28

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months10%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 8 days ago

Johann Strauss II - Perpetuum mobile Op.257

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months30.01%

12months30%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Jessie Montgomery - Starburst

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months30.01%

12months50%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 4 days ago

Camille Saint‐Saëns - Piano Concerto no.2 Op.22 (2nd mvt)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months30%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 4 days ago

George Frideric Handel - Music for the Royal Fireworks (Overture)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days30.07%

6months90.03%

12months140.02%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Gustav Holst - St Paul's Suite, Op 29 no 2

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.05%

6months70.02%

12months130.02%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 5 days ago

Maurice Ravel - Piano Trio in A minor

2025-03-20

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months60.02%

12months90.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 6 days ago

Jerome Moross - The Big Country (Main theme)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.05%

6months50.02%

12months80.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 4 days ago

Emmanuel Chabrier - Habanera

1999-10-19

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.05%

6months100.03%

12months230.04%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 7 days ago

Francis Poulenc - Flute Sonata, FP 164

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months20%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 6 days ago

Albertus Groneman - Concerto in G major for solo flute, two flutes, viola & basso continuo

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.05%

6months40.01%

12months50%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 5 days ago

Franz Schubert - Sonata for arpeggione and piano (D.821) in A minor

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months30.01%

12months30%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 5 days ago

Domenico Scarlatti - Sonata in G major, Kk.91

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months20%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Claude Debussy - En bateau (Petite suite)

2011-05-03

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.05%

6months70.02%

12months110.02%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 6 days ago

Giuseppe Verdi - The Force of Destiny (Overture)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months30.01%

12months60.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 4 days ago

Ernest Chausson - Chanson perpetuelle

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months30%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 7 days ago

Gustav Mahler - St. Anthony's Sermon to the Fishes (Des Knaben Wunderhorn)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months10%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Jean‐Joseph de Mondonville - Sonate en symphonie in G major Op.3'5

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months20%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 8 days ago

Toivo Kuula - Prelude and Fugue Op.10

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months10%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 2 days ago

Tauno Pylkkänen - Suite for oboe and strings, Op 32

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months50%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 7 days ago

Reinhold Moritzevich Glière - Harp Concerto in E flat, op. 74

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months30.01%

12months40%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Ralph Vaughan Williams - Five variants of Dives and Lazarus

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months40.01%

12months80.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Frédéric Chopin - Nocturne in E flat major, Op 9 no 2

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.05%

6months60.02%

12months80.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 5 days ago

Joaquín Rodrigo - Concierto de Aranjuez

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months30.01%

12months50%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 7 days ago

Česlovas Sasnauskas - Requiem

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months40%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 7 days ago

Joseph Haydn - The heavens are telling (The Creation)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months20%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 4 days ago

Max Richter - On The Nature Of Daylight

2013-04-09

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months70.02%

12months130.02%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard a day ago

Emilie Mayer - Symphony no.6 in E major (4th mvt)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months20%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 2 days ago

Maurice Ravel - Le tombeau de Couperin

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.05%

6months20%

12months110.02%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 7 days ago

Kerensa Briggs - Media Vita

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.05%

6months50.02%

12months100.02%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 7 days ago

Helena Munktell - Suite for large orchestra (Finale)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months20%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 7 days ago

Joaquín Rodrigo - Cuatro madrigales amatorios

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months20%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 7 days ago

Chiara Margarita Cozzolani - Laudate pueri - psalm for 8 voices

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months30.01%

12months50%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 2 days ago

Gustav Holst - Venus, the Bringer of Peace (The Planets, Op.32)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months30.01%

12months50%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard a day ago

Johann Strauss II - Tritsch-Tratsch Polka

1998-01-01

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months40.01%

12months70.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard a day ago

Henry Purcell - Trumpet Suite

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months30%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 4 days ago

Frédéric Chopin - Berceuse in D flat major Op.57

2019-01-25

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months50.02%

12months100.02%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 5 days ago

Frédéric Chopin - Barcarolle in F sharp major, Op 60

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months50.02%

12months70.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Arvo Pärt - Spiegel im Spiegel

2010-03-02

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.05%

6months70.02%

12months130.02%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina - Pulchra es amica mea

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months10%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 2 days ago

Cristóbal de Morales - Parce mihi Domine

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months40%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 4 days ago

Clara Schumann - Piano Concerto in A minor Op.7 (3rd mvt)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months20%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 4 days ago

Jean‐Philippe Rameau - Dardanus (orchestral suites)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.05%

6months40.01%

12months50%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Hugo Wolf - Italian serenade

1998-10-05

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.05%

6months60.02%

12months90.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 6 days ago

Ralph Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on 'Greensleeves'

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months30%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 7 days ago

Claude Debussy - Clair de Lune

1994

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months40%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 4 days ago

Alexander Glazunov - Bacchanale (Autumn, The Seasons Op 67)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.05%

6months20%

12months20%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 7 days ago

Margaret Hermant - A Leap into Silence

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months20%

First heard 5 months ago

Last heard 2 days ago

Jody Prewett - Places Beyond

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months20%

First heard 5 months ago

Last heard 2 days ago

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