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Most popular songs in BBC Radio 3 playlist

Title
Popularity
First heard
Last heard
Claude Debussy - Clair de lune (Suite bergamasque)
Claude Debussy - Clair de lune (Suite bergamasque)
2018-07-27
Popularity:
7days00%
28days10.02%
6months60.02%
12months100.02%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard a month ago
Sergey Rachmaninov - Symphonic Dances, Op 45
Sergey Rachmaninov - Symphonic Dances, Op 45
Popularity:
7days00%
28days10.02%
6months20%
12months30%
First heard a year ago
Last heard 20 days ago
George Frideric Handel - Every valley shall be exalted (Messiah)
George Frideric Handel - Every valley shall be exalted (Messiah)
Popularity:
7days00%
28days10.02%
6months20%
12months60.01%
First heard a year ago
Last heard 20 days ago
Maurice Ravel - Sonatine
Maurice Ravel - Sonatine
Popularity:
7days00%
28days10.02%
6months30.01%
12months70.01%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 23 days ago
George Walker - Lyric for Strings
George Walker - Lyric for Strings
2022-10-28
Popularity:
7days00%
28days10.02%
6months70.02%
12months160.03%
First heard a year ago
Last heard a month 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 12 days ago
Peter Warlock - Capriol Suite
Peter Warlock - Capriol Suite
Popularity:
7days00%
28days10.02%
6months30.01%
12months80.01%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard a month 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 17 days ago
Antonín Dvořák - Prague Waltzes
Antonín Dvořák - Prague Waltzes
Popularity:
7days00%
28days10.02%
6months30.01%
12months50%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard a month ago
Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni - Adagio In G Minor
Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni - Adagio In G Minor
Popularity:
7days10.09%
28days10.02%
6months40.01%
12months80.01%
First heard a year ago
Last heard 2 days ago
Ottorino Respighi - La Primavera (Trittico Botticelliano)
Ottorino Respighi - La Primavera (Trittico Botticelliano)
Popularity:
7days00%
28days10.02%
6months30.01%
12months60.01%
First heard a year ago
Last heard a month ago
Johann Pachelbel - Canon and Gigue in D major
Johann Pachelbel - Canon and Gigue in D major
2023-11-03
Popularity:
7days00%
28days10.02%
6months40.01%
12months70.01%
First heard a year ago
Last heard 22 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 9 days ago
Erik Satie - Gnossienne No.1
Erik Satie - Gnossienne No.1
Popularity:
7days10.09%
28days10.02%
6months30.01%
12months40%
First heard a year ago
Last heard 5 days ago
Pietro Mascagni - Cavalleria rusticana (Intermezzo)
Pietro Mascagni - Cavalleria rusticana (Intermezzo)
Popularity:
7days10.09%
28days10.02%
6months10%
12months40%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 4 days ago
Vittorio Monti - Czardas
Vittorio Monti - Czardas
Popularity:
7days00%
28days10.02%
6months30.01%
12months60.01%
First heard a year ago
Last heard 23 days ago
Felix Mendelssohn - Capriccio Brillante in B minor, Op.22
Felix Mendelssohn - Capriccio Brillante in B minor, Op.22
Popularity:
7days00%
28days10.02%
6months20%
12months40%
First heard a year ago
Last heard 19 days ago
Trad. - I will give my love an apple
Trad. - I will give my love an apple
Popularity:
7days00%
28days10.02%
6months20%
12months40%
First heard a year ago
Last heard 20 days 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 4 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 15 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 11 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 9 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:
7days10.09%
28days10.02%
6months20%
12months30%
First heard a year ago
Last heard 7 days ago
Domenico Scarlatti - Sonata in G Major, Kk. 13, L. 486
Domenico Scarlatti - Sonata in G Major, Kk. 13, L. 486
Popularity:
7days10.09%
28days10.02%
6months10%
12months20%
First heard a year ago
Last heard 6 days ago
Julie Cooper - Ascensio
Julie Cooper - Ascensio
Popularity:
7days10.09%
28days10.02%
6months10%
12months10%
First heard a year ago
Last heard 5 days ago
Trad. - Deep River
Trad. - Deep River
Popularity:
7days00%
28days10.02%
6months40.01%
12months70.01%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 15 days ago
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Symphony no.6 in B minor Op.74 'Pathetique' (3rd mvt)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Symphony no.6 in B minor Op.74 'Pathetique' (3rd mvt)
Popularity:
7days00%
28days10.02%
6months10%
12months30%
First heard a year ago
Last heard 25 days ago
Edvard Grieg - Piano Concerto in A minor, op. 16
Edvard Grieg - Piano Concerto in A minor, op. 16
Popularity:
7days10.09%
28days10.02%
6months10%
12months10%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 6 days ago
John Tavener - The Lamb
John Tavener - The Lamb
2019-08-09
Popularity:
7days00%
28days10.02%
6months60.02%
12months130.02%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard a month ago
Sergey Rachmaninov - Variations on a theme of Corelli, Op 42
Sergey Rachmaninov - Variations on a theme of Corelli, Op 42
Popularity:
7days00%
28days10.02%
6months30.01%
12months60.01%
First heard a year ago
Last heard 20 days ago
Domenico Scarlatti - Sonata in G minor (K 88) arranged for 2 harpsichords
Domenico Scarlatti - Sonata in G minor (K 88) arranged for 2 harpsichords
Popularity:
7days00%
28days10.02%
6months20%
12months40%
First heard a year ago
Last heard a month 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 22 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 22 days ago
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - The Flight of the Bumblebee (The Tale of Tsar Saltan)
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - The Flight of the Bumblebee (The Tale of Tsar Saltan)
Popularity:
7days10.09%
28days10.02%
6months50.02%
12months70.01%
First heard a year ago
Last heard 4 days 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 16 days ago
Hubert Parry - Jerusalem
Hubert Parry - Jerusalem
2007-08-03
Popularity:
7days10.09%
28days10.02%
6months30.01%
12months60.01%
First heard a year ago
Last heard 4 days ago
Caroline Shaw - And So
Caroline Shaw - And So
Popularity:
7days00%
28days10.02%
6months20%
12months20%
First heard a year ago
Last heard 23 days ago
George Frideric Handel - Concerto grosso in D major Op.3'6
George Frideric Handel - Concerto grosso in D major Op.3'6
Popularity:
7days10.09%
28days10.02%
6months10%
12months40%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 2 days ago
Georges Auric - Suite from 'Passport to Pimlico'
Georges Auric - Suite from 'Passport to Pimlico'
Popularity:
7days00%
28days10.02%
6months10%
12months30%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 24 days ago
Camille Saint‐Saëns - Havanaise
Camille Saint‐Saëns - Havanaise
Popularity:
7days00%
28days10.02%
6months20%
12months50%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 23 days ago
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina - Stabat Mater for 8 voices
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina - Stabat Mater for 8 voices
Popularity:
7days10.09%
28days10.02%
6months20%
12months30%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 5 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 21 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 24 days ago
Wilhelm Bernhard Molique - 6 Songs without words
Wilhelm Bernhard Molique - 6 Songs without words
Popularity:
7days10.09%
28days10.02%
6months20%
12months40%
First heard a year ago
Last heard 2 days ago
Anton Bruckner - Ave Maria
Anton Bruckner - Ave Maria
Popularity:
7days00%
28days10.02%
6months20%
12months50%
First heard a year ago
Last heard 9 days ago
Johan Halvorsen & George Frideric Handel - Passacaglia after Handel
Johan Halvorsen & George Frideric Handel - Passacaglia after Handel
Popularity:
7days10.09%
28days10.02%
6months50.02%
12months70.01%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 2 days ago
Germaine Tailleferre - Harp Sonata (Perpetuum Mobile)
Germaine Tailleferre - Harp Sonata (Perpetuum Mobile)
Popularity:
7days00%
28days10.02%
6months20%
12months60.01%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 22 days ago
Jóhann Jóhannsson - A Sparrow Alighted upon our Shoulder
Jóhann Jóhannsson - A Sparrow Alighted upon our Shoulder
Popularity:
7days10.09%
28days10.02%
6months20%
12months20%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 7 days ago
Joaquín Rodrigo - 3 Piezas espanolas for guitar
Joaquín Rodrigo - 3 Piezas espanolas for guitar
Popularity:
7days00%
28days10.02%
6months20%
12months30%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 10 days ago
Träd - Scarborough Fair
Träd - Scarborough Fair
Popularity:
7days00%
28days10.02%
6months10%
12months20%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard a month ago
Total: 1,000
a minute ago: Eddie Stone and His Orchestra - Learning
play
7%
100%
5 minutes ago: Dan Trudell - I Let A Song Out Of My Heart
play
7%
93%
6 minutes ago: Peter Erskine & The Dr. Um Band - Willow Weep for Me
play watch
16%
92%
5 minutes ago: Reflekt ft. Delline Bass - Need to Feel Loved (Tinlicker Remix)
play watch
29%
70%
4 minutes ago: Avril Lavigne - Complicated
play watch
10%
96%
18 minutes ago: Monsters And Angels - Voice Of The Beehive
play watch
15%
99%
3 minutes ago: Claude Debussy - Clair de Lune
play watch
28%
92%
2 hours ago: Ella Henderson - Me And You
play watch
39%
86%
5 minutes ago: Audien, Shallou, Rosie Darling - Bittersweet
play watch
33%
51%
4 minutes ago: Tom Grennan - Remind Me
play watch
28%
92%
2 hours ago: Ella Henderson - Me And You
play watch
38%
70%
6 minutes ago: DOMINGO - Dilemma - NELLY
play watch
33%
53%
4 minutes ago: Miguel - Hot-Sure Thing