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Most popular songs in BBC Radio 3 playlist

Title

Popularity

First heard

Last heard

Camille Saint‐Saëns - Aquarium (Carnival of the Animals)

2025-06-05

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.04%

6months60.02%

12months100.02%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 7 days ago

Bernard Herrmann - Jason and the Argonauts "Scherzo Macabre"

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months10%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Symphony no.6 in B Minor 'Pathétique' (3rd mvt)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.04%

6months40.01%

12months40%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 4 days ago

Richard Wagner - Tannhäuser (Overture)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months30.01%

12months40%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Alexander Glazunov - Melody, Op.20 No.1

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months20%

First heard a year ago

Last heard a day ago

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - The Sleeping Beauty Suite (Waltz)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months40.01%

12months50%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 2 days ago

Franz Liszt - Hungarian Rhapsody No 2 in C sharp minor

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months50%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 4 days ago

Malcolm Arnold - Four Scottish Dances, Op 59 (No 3, Scottish Waltz)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months30%

First heard a year ago

Last heard a day ago

Georges Bizet - Symphony in C major (3rd mvmt, Scherzo and Trio)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months10%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 4 days ago

David Baker - Calypso (Jazz Suite '3 Ethnic dances')

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months10%

First heard a year ago

Last heard a day ago

Trad. - Ten Thousand Miles Away

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months10%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 5 days ago

Aaron Copland - Clarinet Concerto (Slowly and expressively)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months40.01%

12months50%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 4 days ago

George Frideric Handel - Where'er you walk (Semele)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months60.02%

12months80.01%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 5 days ago

Alfonso X el Sabio - Saltarello

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months10%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Antonio Vivaldi - Veni,veni me sequere fida (Juditha Triumphans)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months20%

First heard a year ago

Last heard a day ago

Jean Sibelius - Symphony No 5 in E flat major, Op 82

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months20%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 2 days ago

Robert Schumann - Meine Rose (7 Songs, Op 90 No 2)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months20%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 7 days ago

Rebecca Clarke - Lullaby

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months30%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 20 hours ago

Jean Sibelius - Serenade no 2 in G minor for violin & orchestra, Op 69b

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months20%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 4 days ago

Camille Saint‐Saëns - The Swan (Carnival of the Animals)

2020-09-25

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months70.02%

12months120.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 5 days ago

Henk Badings - Canamus, amici, canamus; Finnigan's wake

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months20%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 5 days ago

Ion Dumitrescu - Symphonic Prelude

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months50%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Jean Sibelius - Pan and Echo

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months20%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 7 days ago

John Barry - Out of Africa (Main Title)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months10%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 20 hours ago

Georg Philipp Telemann - Concerto in A minor for Two Recorders, TWV.52:a2

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months30%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 6 days ago

Antoine Reicha - Oboe Quintet in F major, Op 107

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.04%

6months40.01%

12months60.01%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 6 days ago

Louise Farrenc - Symphony no. 2 in D major (3rd mvt)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months20%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 6 days ago

François-Joseph Gossec - Tambourin (Le Triomphe de la Republique)

2014-06-27

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months90.03%

12months130.02%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 6 days ago

Henry Purcell - Sonata No.6 for 2 violins and continuo in G minor (Z.807)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months10%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 2 days ago

Frédéric Chopin - Rondo in C for Two Pianos, Op 73

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months30%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 5 days ago

Eric Whitacre - The Seal Lullaby

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months40.01%

12months60.01%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Léo Delibes - Waltz (Coppelia)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days30.07%

6months70.02%

12months90.01%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 6 days ago

Frédéric Chopin - Nocturne in G major, Op 37 No 2

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months20%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Domenico Scarlatti - Sonata in D major Kk.430

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months50%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 14 hours ago

Maurice Ravel - Bolero

2020-11-20

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months30.01%

12months90.01%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Maurice Ravel - Très vif, from Sonata for Violin and Cello

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months20%

First heard 7 months ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Claudio Monteverdi - Laudate pueri (Psalm 113), SV 270

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months40%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Richard Strauss - Aria: "Was erblicke ich?" from the opera 'Daphne', Op 82

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months20%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 2 days ago

Caroline Shaw - And the Swallow

2020-09-25

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.04%

6months140.05%

12months220.04%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 5 days ago

Katia Beaugeais - Like Snowdrops You Will Shine

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.04%

6months40.01%

12months80.01%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 5 days ago

Felix Mendelssohn - String Octet in E flat major Op.20 (3rd mvt)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months10%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard a day ago

Camille Saint‐Saëns - Piano Concerto no.2 Op.22 (2nd mvt)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months30%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 days ago

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina - Dum complerentur

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months10%

First heard 3 days ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Igor Stravinsky - The Rite of Spring, K. 015, Part II, The Sacrifice: XIII

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months10%

First heard 3 days ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Johannes Brahms - 25 Variations and fugue on a theme by G F Handel, Op 24 for piano

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months20%

First heard 7 months ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Richard Wagner - The Flying Dutchman (Overture)

2004-10-01

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months60.02%

12months100.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 6 days ago

Marcel Tournier - Images for harp and string quartet, Op 35

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months30%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 days ago

George Frideric Handel - Concerto grosso in C major HWV.318 'Alexander's Feast'

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months20%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard a day ago

Modest Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition

2016-04-01

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.04%

6months40.01%

12months90.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 7 days ago

John Adams - Short Ride in a Fast Machine

2004-10-17

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months60.02%

12months140.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 7 days ago

Total: 1,000

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7 minutes ago: Rihanna Feat. Drake - What's My Name

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12%

86%

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13%

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10%

93%

3 minutes ago: Charlie Barnet - Bunny

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34%

77%

5 minutes ago: Gerald Albright - Winelight

12%

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86%

6 minutes ago: Chicago - Baby, What A Big Surprise

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28%

93%

2 hours ago: Miley Cyrus - Easy Lover

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34%

77%

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41%

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