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Most popular songs in BBC Radio 3 playlist

Title

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First heard

Last heard

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

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

Michael A. Muller - Blue Hour

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months20%

First heard 5 months ago

Last heard 2 days ago

Johann Sebastian Bach - Peasant Cantata, BWV 212 (Aria: Klein-zschocher musse)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months30.01%

12months30%

First heard 5 months ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Eivind Aarset - Strange Hands

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months20%

First heard 5 months ago

Last heard 2 days ago

Niccolò Paganini - Violin Concerto No 1 (3rd mvt)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months30.01%

12months30%

First heard 6 months ago

Last heard 7 days ago

Edwin York Bowen - Viola Concerto in C Minor, Op. 25: II. Andante cantabile

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months20%

First heard 5 months ago

Last heard 6 days ago

Ni Maxine - Freedom

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months20%

First heard 6 months ago

Last heard 6 days ago

Jody Prewett - Places Beyond

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months20%

First heard 5 months ago

Last heard 2 days ago

Joseph Haydn - Sonata in G minor, H.16.44

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months20%

First heard 6 months ago

Last heard 6 days ago

Steve Reich - Dance Patterns

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months30%

First heard 6 months ago

Last heard 5 days ago

Felix Mendelssohn - Lied ohne Worte in D major, Op 109

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months20%

First heard 6 months ago

Last heard 7 days ago

Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No 5 (1st mvt)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.05%

6months60.02%

12months60.01%

First heard 6 months ago

Last heard 6 days ago

Mel Bonis - Nocturne (Scènes de la Foret)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months20%

First heard 7 months ago

Last heard 6 days ago

Leokadiya Kashperova - Symphony in B Minor (2nd mvt)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months30.01%

12months40%

First heard 7 months ago

Last heard 6 days ago

Johann Sebastian Bach - Flute Sonata in E flat major, BWV 1031 (2nd mvt)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months20%

First heard 7 months ago

Last heard 6 days ago

Claude Debussy - Images oubliées, CD 94: III. Très vite. Quelques aspects de 'Nous n'irons plus au bois' parce qu'il fait un temps insupportable

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months10%

First heard 7 days ago

Last heard 7 days ago

Johannes Pullois - Globus igneus cantasi come Pour prison; Flos de spina

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months20%

First heard 7 months ago

Last heard 21 hours ago

Gilles Binchois & Guillaume Dufay - Je ne vis onques la pareille; Je veulx chanter

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months20%

First heard 7 months ago

Last heard 20 hours ago

Modest Mussorgsky - Khovanshchina: Dawn over the Moscow River

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months30%

First heard 8 months ago

Last heard 2 days ago

Jean Sibelius - Symphony No 2 (1st mvt)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months40.01%

12months50%

First heard 7 months ago

Last heard 2 days ago

Percy Grainger - The Three Ravens

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months30%

First heard 8 months ago

Last heard 6 days ago

Theresa Wong - Beacons in the Fog

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months20%

First heard 8 months ago

Last heard 5 days ago

Johann Sebastian Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 (3rd mvt)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months30%

First heard 8 months ago

Last heard a day ago

Fritz Kreisler - Tempo di Minuetto

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months20%

First heard 7 months ago

Last heard 7 days ago

Gustav Holst - St Paul's suite Op.29 no.2 (Finale - The Dargason)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months60.02%

12months80.01%

First heard 9 months ago

Last heard 6 days ago

George Frideric Handel - Aria "Lascia la spina" - from the oratorio Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months30%

First heard 9 months ago

Last heard 6 days ago

Franz Schubert - German Dance No 1

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months20%

First heard 10 months ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Arthur Benjamin - Jamaican Rumba

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months30%

First heard 9 months ago

Last heard 4 days ago

Olivia Belli - Tàmâr Mĕtūshelāḥ

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months40%

First heard 10 months ago

Last heard 8 days ago

Joseph Haydn - Symphony No 104 in D major "London" (4th mvt)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months40%

First heard 10 months ago

Last heard 7 days ago

Josef Strauss - Music of the Spheres

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months30%

First heard 7 months ago

Last heard 4 days ago

Bálint Bakfark - Fantasia; Je prens en gré for lute (after Clemens non Papa)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months40%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 8 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

Augusta Holmès - Night and Love (interlude from the symphonic ode Ludus pro Patria)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months40.01%

12months70.01%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 6 days ago

John Dowland - Now, O Now I Needs Must Part

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days40.09%

6months50.02%

12months60.01%

First heard a year ago

Last heard a day ago

Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita - Clarach

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months10%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 6 days ago

Lucy Walker & Sara Teasdale - Give Me Your Stars

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months30%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 4 days ago

George Walker - Trombone Concerto (3rd mvt)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months40%

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

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

Karl Goldmark - Scherzo for orchestra in E minor, Op 19

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months40%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 7 days ago

Gioachino Rossini - Otello, ossia Il moro di Venezia (Assisa appie d'un salice 'Willow song')

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months10%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 5 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

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

Cécile Schott - Sun against my eyes

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months10%

First heard 7 days ago

Last heard 7 days ago

Cosmic Tones Research Trio - The Sacred Garden

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months10%

First heard 7 days ago

Last heard 7 days ago

Johann Sebastian Bach - O Jesu christ, mein Lebens Licht, BWV 118

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months10%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 days ago

Henri Duparc - L'Invitation au voyage

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months50.02%

12months60.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 3 days ago

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