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Most popular songs in BBC Radio 3 playlist

Title

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Scott Joplin - Silver Swan Rag

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months20%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard a day ago

Johann Strauss II - Wiener Blut: Waltz Op.354

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months10%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 7 days ago

James MacMillan - The Gallant Weaver

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months40%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 7 days ago

Jean Sibelius - Ballad from Karelia suite, Op 11

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months30%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 4 days ago

Germaine Tailleferre - Arabesque for clarinet in B flat and piano

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 days ago

Johann Sebastian Bach - Fürchte dich nicht, BWV 228

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 5 days ago

Heinrich Biber - Violin Sonata No 3 in F major (4th mvt)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months10%

First heard 4 days 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

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina - Pulchra es amica mea

Popularity:

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First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 2 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

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

George Frideric Handel - Sinfonia, from 'Orlando' (HWV.31)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 8 days ago

John Ireland - A Downland Suite: 4) Rondo

Popularity:

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28days10.02%

6months10%

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 7 days ago

Edvard Grieg - Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16: II. Adagio

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months30.01%

12months30%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 7 days ago

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Laudate Dominum (Vesperae solennes de confessore, K 339)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

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First heard 2 years ago

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Anna Clyne - PIVOT

Popularity:

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 days ago

Frederick Keel - Trade Winds

Popularity:

7days10.09%

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 5 days ago

Vasily Pavlovich Solovyov-Sedoy - Moscow Nights

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months10%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 days ago

Ilmari Hannikainen - Rural Dances, Op 39a

Popularity:

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28days10.02%

6months10%

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 days ago

Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre - Passacaille (Céphale et Procris)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months10%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 days ago

Thomas Tallis - O Salutaris hostia (Proms 2015)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months10%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard a day ago

Henry Purcell - Chacony in G minor, Z. 730

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months30.01%

12months40%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard a day ago

Franz Schubert - Overture to Die Zauberharfe, D.644

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months10%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 7 days ago

Göran Fröst - Klezmer Dance no.2

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months40%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Luciano Berio - Ritirata notturna di Madrid

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months30%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 5 days ago

Aram Khachaturian - Spartacus - Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months20%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 5 days ago

Judith Weir - Fragile

Popularity:

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6months10%

12months10%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 6 days ago

Judith Weir - Chorale, for Steve

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months10%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 6 days ago

Maurice Ravel - Tzigane - rapsodie de concert for violin and piano

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months40%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - 4 Notturni

Popularity:

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28days10.02%

6months20%

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First heard 2 years ago

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Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn - Isfahan

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 5 days ago

Antonio Vivaldi - Concerto in B minor for 4 violins and cello, RV 580

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months50%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 days ago

Sergey Rachmaninov - Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 6 days ago

Maurice Ravel - Concerto for piano and orchestra in G major, 2nd mvt; Adagio assai

Popularity:

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28days10.02%

6months10%

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 4 days ago

Johann Friedrich Fasch - Trumpet Concerto in D major

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 5 days ago

Malcolm Arnold - The Padstow Lifeboat

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.05%

6months30.01%

12months30%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 days ago

Franz Schubert - Gesang der Geistern über den Wassern, Op 167

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months30%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 days ago

Francis Poulenc - Les Biches - suite (Rondeau)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months40%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 7 days ago

Alberta Suriani - Partita for harp

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months30.01%

12months40%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 days ago

Claude Debussy - Marche ecossaise sur un theme populaire orch. composer

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.05%

6months30.01%

12months40%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 days ago

Sergey Rachmaninov - Prelude in C sharp minor (5 Morceaux de fantaisie Op.3)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months30.01%

12months30%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 4 days ago

Nico Muhly - Quiet Music

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months10%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard a day 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 3 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

Henry Purcell - Trumpet Suite

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months30%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 4 days ago

Giacomo Puccini - La Boheme (Act I conclusion)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months10%

First heard 4 days ago

Last heard 4 days ago

Hélène de Montgeroult - Piano Etude No. 65 in E-Flat Minor

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months10%

First heard 4 days ago

Last heard 4 days ago

Jean‐Philippe Rameau - Achante et Céphise: Ouverture

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months10%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 4 days ago

Eric Whitacre - The Seal Lullaby

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months60.02%

12months90.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 2 days ago

George Frideric Handel - Concerto grosso in D major Op.3'6

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months50.02%

12months70.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 4 days ago

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