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Most popular songs in BBC Radio 3 playlist

Title
Popularity
First heard
Last heard
Sergey Rachmaninov - Scherzo in D minor
Sergey Rachmaninov - Scherzo in D minor
Popularity:
7days00%
28days10.02%
6months20%
12months40%
First heard a year ago
Last heard 11 days ago
Ludwig van Beethoven - Wind Octet in E flat major, Op.103 (4th mvt)
Ludwig van Beethoven - Wind Octet in E flat major, Op.103 (4th mvt)
Popularity:
7days00%
28days10.02%
6months10%
12months10%
First heard a year ago
Last heard 14 days ago
Johann Strauss II - Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka
Johann Strauss II - Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka
Popularity:
7days00%
28days10.02%
6months30.01%
12months50%
First heard a year ago
Last heard 11 days ago
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach - Cello Concerto No 2 (3rd mvt)
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach - Cello Concerto No 2 (3rd mvt)
Popularity:
7days00%
28days10.02%
6months10%
12months10%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 16 days ago
Orlande de Lassus - Missa Osculetur me
Orlande de Lassus - Missa Osculetur me
Popularity:
7days10.09%
28days10.02%
6months20%
12months30%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard a day ago
William Cornysh - Ah Robin
William Cornysh - Ah Robin
Popularity:
7days00%
28days10.02%
6months10%
12months10%
First heard a year ago
Last heard 10 days ago
Jean Sibelius - At The Castle Gate (Pelleas et Melisande Op.46)
Jean Sibelius - At The Castle Gate (Pelleas et Melisande Op.46)
Popularity:
7days10.09%
28days10.02%
6months20%
12months40%
First heard a year ago
Last heard 5 days ago
Edward Elgar - Variations on an original theme 'Enigma', Op.36
Edward Elgar - Variations on an original theme 'Enigma', Op.36
Popularity:
7days00%
28days10.02%
6months10%
12months20%
First heard a year ago
Last heard 8 days ago
Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka - Ruslan i Lyudmila (Overture)
Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka - Ruslan i Lyudmila (Overture)
Popularity:
7days00%
28days10.02%
6months20%
12months60.01%
First heard a year ago
Last heard 11 days ago
Erik Satie - Gnossienne No.1
Erik Satie - Gnossienne No.1
Popularity:
7days00%
28days10.02%
6months30.01%
12months40%
First heard a year ago
Last heard 8 days ago
César Franck - Piano Quintet in F minor
César Franck - Piano Quintet in F minor
Popularity:
7days00%
28days10.02%
6months10%
12months30%
First heard a year ago
Last heard 12 days ago
Johann Sebastian Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No.5 in D major, BWV.1050 (1st mvt)
Johann Sebastian Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No.5 in D major, BWV.1050 (1st mvt)
Popularity:
7days00%
28days10.02%
6months20%
12months40%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 19 days ago
Giacomo Puccini - Nessun dorma (Turandot)
Giacomo Puccini - Nessun dorma (Turandot)
1993-01-01
Popularity:
7days10.09%
28days10.02%
6months20%
12months100.02%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 18 hours ago
Richard Wagner - Der Engel (Wesendonck-Lieder)
Richard Wagner - Der Engel (Wesendonck-Lieder)
Popularity:
7days10.09%
28days10.02%
6months10%
12months20%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 2 days ago
Jean Sibelius - Karelia Suite (Alla marcia)
Jean Sibelius - Karelia Suite (Alla marcia)
Popularity:
7days00%
28days10.02%
6months50.02%
12months70.01%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 19 days ago
Pietro Mascagni - Cavalleria rusticana (Intermezzo)
Pietro Mascagni - Cavalleria rusticana (Intermezzo)
Popularity:
7days00%
28days10.02%
6months10%
12months40%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 8 days ago
Vittorio Monti - Czardas
Vittorio Monti - Czardas
Popularity:
7days00%
28days10.02%
6months30.01%
12months60.01%
First heard a year ago
Last heard a month ago
Ottorino Respighi - La Befana (Feste Romane)
Ottorino Respighi - La Befana (Feste Romane)
Popularity:
7days10.09%
28days10.02%
6months10%
12months20%
First heard a year ago
Last heard 7 days ago
Stanislaw Moniuszko - Ballet Music for the Merry Wives of Windsor by Otto Nicolai
Stanislaw Moniuszko - Ballet Music for the Merry Wives of Windsor by Otto Nicolai
Popularity:
7days00%
28days10.02%
6months30.01%
12months60.01%
First heard a year ago
Last heard 18 days ago
Gustav Holst - Ave Maria (Hail Mary)
Gustav Holst - Ave Maria (Hail Mary)
Popularity:
7days00%
28days10.02%
6months20%
12months40%
First heard a year ago
Last heard 14 days ago
Johan Svendsen - Carnival in Paris, Op 9
Johan Svendsen - Carnival in Paris, Op 9
Popularity:
7days00%
28days10.02%
6months20%
12months50%
First heard a year ago
Last heard 12 days ago
Franz Schubert - Piano Quintet in A major, D 667, 'Trout' (3rd mvt)
Franz Schubert - Piano Quintet in A major, D 667, 'Trout' (3rd mvt)
Popularity:
7days00%
28days10.02%
6months20%
12months30%
First heard a year ago
Last heard 10 days ago
Domenico Scarlatti - Sonata in G Major, Kk. 13, L. 486
Domenico Scarlatti - Sonata in G Major, Kk. 13, L. 486
Popularity:
7days00%
28days10.02%
6months10%
12months20%
First heard a year ago
Last heard 9 days ago
Leonard Bernstein - Candide (Overture)
Leonard Bernstein - Candide (Overture)
1960
Popularity:
7days10.09%
28days10.02%
6months60.02%
12months140.02%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard a day ago
Julie Cooper - Ascensio
Julie Cooper - Ascensio
Popularity:
7days00%
28days10.02%
6months10%
12months10%
First heard a year ago
Last heard 9 days ago
Frédéric Chopin - Nocturne in D flat major, Op 27 No 2
Frédéric Chopin - Nocturne in D flat major, Op 27 No 2
2024-08-26
Popularity:
7days10.09%
28days10.02%
6months30.01%
12months100.02%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard a day ago
Arcangelo Corelli - Trio Sonata in C minor, Op 1 No 8
Arcangelo Corelli - Trio Sonata in C minor, Op 1 No 8
Popularity:
7days00%
28days10.02%
6months20%
12months30%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 16 days ago
Ludwig van Beethoven - Piano Concerto no 3 in C minor
Ludwig van Beethoven - Piano Concerto no 3 in C minor
Popularity:
7days10.09%
28days10.02%
6months10%
12months40%
First heard a year ago
Last heard 3 days ago
Florence Price - Symphony no.1 in E Minor (3rd mvt)
Florence Price - Symphony no.1 in E Minor (3rd mvt)
Popularity:
7days10.09%
28days10.02%
6months20%
12months30%
First heard a year ago
Last heard 20 hours ago
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina - Stabat Mater for 8 voices
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina - Stabat Mater for 8 voices
Popularity:
7days00%
28days10.02%
6months20%
12months30%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 8 days ago
Paule Maurice - The Bumblebee (Pictures of Provence)
Paule Maurice - The Bumblebee (Pictures of Provence)
Popularity:
7days00%
28days10.02%
6months40.01%
12months40%
First heard a year ago
Last heard 25 days ago
George Frideric Handel - Eternal source of light divine (Birthday Ode for Queen Anne)
George Frideric Handel - Eternal source of light divine (Birthday Ode for Queen Anne)
2019-10-11
Popularity:
7days00%
28days10.02%
6months40.01%
12months100.02%
First heard a year ago
Last heard 25 days ago
Luigi Boccherini - Fandango (Guitar Quintet No 4 in D major)
Luigi Boccherini - Fandango (Guitar Quintet No 4 in D major)
Popularity:
7days10.09%
28days10.02%
6months10%
12months10%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard a day ago
Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No 1 in C major, Op 21 (2nd mvt)
Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No 1 in C major, Op 21 (2nd mvt)
Popularity:
7days00%
28days10.02%
6months10%
12months20%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 20 days ago
Johann Sebastian Bach - Partita no.1 in B flat major BWV.825 (Praeludium)
Johann Sebastian Bach - Partita no.1 in B flat major BWV.825 (Praeludium)
Popularity:
7days10.09%
28days10.02%
6months30.01%
12months30%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 19 hours ago
Franz Schubert - Die Forelle, D.550
Franz Schubert - Die Forelle, D.550
Popularity:
7days00%
28days10.02%
6months50.02%
12months70.01%
First heard a year ago
Last heard 19 days ago
Johann Friedrich Fasch - Sonata in D minor
Johann Friedrich Fasch - Sonata in D minor
Popularity:
7days00%
28days10.02%
6months10%
12months30%
First heard a year ago
Last heard 14 days ago
Caroline Shaw - And So
Caroline Shaw - And So
Popularity:
7days00%
28days10.02%
6months20%
12months20%
First heard a year ago
Last heard a month ago
Fritz Kreisler - Liebesleid
Fritz Kreisler - Liebesleid
1999-03-31
Popularity:
7days10.09%
28days10.02%
6months50.02%
12months130.02%
First heard a year ago
Last heard 3 days ago
Max Bruch - Kol Nidrei
Max Bruch - Kol Nidrei
Popularity:
7days00%
28days10.02%
6months40.01%
12months40%
First heard a year ago
Last heard 22 days ago
Anton Bruckner - Ave Maria
Anton Bruckner - Ave Maria
Popularity:
7days00%
28days10.02%
6months20%
12months50%
First heard a year ago
Last heard 12 days ago
Maurice Ravel - Jeux d'eau
Maurice Ravel - Jeux d'eau
2011-06-28
Popularity:
7days00%
28days10.02%
6months120.04%
12months230.04%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 19 days ago
Trad. - Deep River
Trad. - Deep River
Popularity:
7days00%
28days10.02%
6months40.01%
12months70.01%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 18 days ago
Pietro Locatelli - Concerto grosso in F major Op.1'1
Pietro Locatelli - Concerto grosso in F major Op.1'1
Popularity:
7days00%
28days10.02%
6months20%
12months50%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 24 days ago
César Franck - Cello or violin sonata in A major (4th mvt)
César Franck - Cello or violin sonata in A major (4th mvt)
Popularity:
7days10.09%
28days10.02%
6months10%
12months10%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 20 hours ago
Giacomo Puccini - Crisantemi (Chrysanthemums)
Giacomo Puccini - Crisantemi (Chrysanthemums)
Popularity:
7days00%
28days10.02%
6months20%
12months60.01%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 22 days ago
Eric Fenby - Rossini on Ilkla moor
Eric Fenby - Rossini on Ilkla moor
Popularity:
7days10.09%
28days10.02%
6months20%
12months30%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 2 days ago
Edvard Grieg - Piano Concerto in A minor, op. 16
Edvard Grieg - Piano Concerto in A minor, op. 16
Popularity:
7days00%
28days10.02%
6months10%
12months10%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 9 days ago
Edvard Grieg - Triumphal March (Sigurd Jorsalfar)
Edvard Grieg - Triumphal March (Sigurd Jorsalfar)
Popularity:
7days00%
28days10.02%
6months20%
12months40%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard a month ago
Claude Debussy - Valse romantique
Claude Debussy - Valse romantique
Popularity:
7days00%
28days10.02%
6months10%
12months20%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 18 days ago
Total: 1,000
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92%
10 minutes ago: Kokoroko - Just Cant Wait (6 Music Session, 10th June 2025)
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18%
94%
2 minutes ago: Frankie Miller - Ain't Got No Money
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12%
83%
7 minutes ago: Adrian Lyles - Right Place (from High School Musical series 3)
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10%
95%
4 minutes ago: Jane's Addiction - Imminent redemption
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86%
13 minutes ago: Charles Mackerras: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Shostakovich: Symphony #5 In D Minor, Op. 47 - 2. Allegretto
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99%
14 minutes ago: Ludwig van Beethoven - Piano Concerto no 5, Emperor (Finale)
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25%
99%
10 minutes ago: ABBA - The Winner Takes It All
play
6%
98%
22 minutes ago: The Plaid Overcoat Case - Richard Diamond
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12%
100%
an hour ago: Jan A.P. Kaczmarek-Neverland - Piano Variation In Blue-Finding Neverland
play watch
33%
53%
a minute ago: Weeknd - Hot-Cry For Me (radio single)
play watch
100%
53%
2 minutes ago: ONE OR EIGHT - DSTM
play watch
34%
65%
2 minutes ago: FAME ON FIRE - NIGHTMARE (THE DEVIL) - NIGHTMARE (THE DEVIL)
play watch
28%
92%
9 minutes ago: The Beach Boys - Good Vibrations
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30%
100%
14 minutes ago: Raúl Di Blasio - Soy Pan, Soy Paz, Soy Mas