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Most popular songs in BBC Radio 3 playlist

Title

Popularity

First heard

Last heard

Gustav Holst - The Planets, Op. 32, H. 125: II. Venus, the Bringer of Peace

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months20%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 24 days ago

François Couperin - Les baricades mistérieuses (Pieces de clavecin - ordre no. 6)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months40%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard a day ago

Orlando Gibbons - The Silver swan

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months50.02%

12months80.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 9 days ago

Henry Purcell - Chacony in G minor

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months70.02%

12months90.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 12 hours ago

George Frideric Handel - Music for the Royal Fireworks (La réjouissance)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months50.02%

12months50%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 5 hours ago

Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann - Etudes instructives, Op 53 (1851)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months20%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 4 days ago

Franz Schmidt - Symphony No. 1 in E major - mov. 2 Langsam

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months10%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 10 days ago

Giovanni Battista Viotti - Duo concertante in G major

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months20%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 4 days ago

Väinö Raitio - The Swans

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months20%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard a month ago

Engelbert Humperdinck - Overture from Hansel and Gretel

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months10%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 18 days ago

Peter Maxwell Davies - One star, at last

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months30%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard a month ago

Joseph Haydn - Symphony No 100 in G major, 'Military' (4th mvt)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months30%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 6 days ago

Carl Friedrich Abel - Sonata for viola da gamba and harpsichord in D major, A 2:50

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months30%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 10 days ago

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Quintet in E flat major K.452 for piano, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and horn

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months30%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 7 days ago

Robert Schumann - Arabeske in C major, Op 18

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months30.01%

12months60.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 3 hours ago

Sergey Prokofiev - March (The Love for Three Oranges - suite)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months50%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard a day ago

Santiago de Murcia - 2 pieces from 'Codex de Saldívar'

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months40.01%

12months60.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 9 days ago

Chiara Margarita Cozzolani - O quam bonus es - motet for 2 voices

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months30.01%

12months70.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 8 days ago

Erich Wolfgang Korngold - Symphony in F sharp major, Op.40 (2nd mvt)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months40%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 6 days ago

Ludwig van Beethoven - String Trio in G major, Op 9 no 1

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months30.01%

12months40%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 14 days ago

Paul Dukas - The Sorcerer's Apprentice, symphonic scherzo

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months40.01%

12months50%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard a month ago

Felix Mendelssohn - The Hebrides Op.26

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months40.01%

12months60.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 17 days ago

Claude Debussy - Reflets dans l'eau (Images, set 1)

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months40%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 19 days ago

Léo Delibes - Flower Duet from Lakme

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months10%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 20 days ago

Gustav Holst - St Paul's Suite Op 29'2 (Finale; The Dargason)

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months60.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 20 days ago

Ed Bennett - Strange Waves

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months10%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 16 days ago

Johannes Brahms - Intermezzo in E major, Op.116 no.4

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months30.01%

12months60.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 8 days ago

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Marche Slave, Op.31

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months30.01%

12months50%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 6 days ago

Antonio Rosetti - Horn Concerto in D minor, C 38

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months20%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard a month ago

Jean Sibelius - Symphony no 7 in C major, Op 105

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months30.01%

12months60.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 4 days ago

Manuel de Falla - Ritual Fire Dance (El amor brujo)

2007-01-23

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months50.02%

12months100.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard a month ago

Johann Pachelbel - Canon in D major

2009-01-01

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months60.02%

12months100.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 6 days ago

Emmanuel Chabrier - España

1996-01-01

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months60.02%

12months170.03%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 12 days ago

Nicolaus Bruhns - De Profundis

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months10%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 11 days ago

Édouard Lalo - Symphonie espagnole Op.21 (5th mvt)

1981-01-01

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months50.02%

12months130.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 4 days ago

Miles Davis - Generique

1958-01-29

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months10%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 6 days ago

Franz Schubert - An die Musik

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months30.01%

12months40%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 days ago

Camille Saint‐Saëns - Havanaise Op.83

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months40.01%

12months110.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 5 days ago

Felix Mendelssohn - A Midsummer Night's Dream (Scherzo)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months30.01%

12months70.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 5 days ago

Jean Sibelius - Finlandia, Op.26

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months30%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 19 days ago

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor - Nonet in F minor Op.2 (3rd mvt)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months40%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 4 hours ago

Sergey Prokofiev - Dance of the Knights (Romeo and Juliet Op.64)

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months30.01%

12months50%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 16 days ago

Benjamin Britten - A Hymn to the Virgin

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months20%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 days ago

Eric Coates - Covent Garden (London (London every day) suite)

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months30%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 7 days ago

Frédéric Chopin - Scherzo no.3 in C sharp minor Op.39

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months20%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 25 days ago

Clara Schumann - Scherzo no.2 in C minor Op.14

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months20%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 23 days ago

Alice Coltrane - Turiya and Ramakrishna

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months10%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard a month ago

Teresa Carreño - Mi Teresita

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months30%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 5 days ago

Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No 2 in D Major, Op 36 (4th mvt)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months30%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 12 hours ago

Claude Debussy - L'isle joyeuse

1989-01-01

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months50.02%

12months160.03%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard a month ago

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