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Most popular songs in BBC Radio 3 (London) playlist

Title
Popularity
First heard
Last heard
Marianna Martines - Sinfonia in C major
Marianna Martines - Sinfonia in C major
2026-04-01
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months50.02%12months80.01%
First heard 3 years ago
Last heard 4 days ago
Frédéric Chopin - Waltz, Op 64 No 1, 'Minute'
Frédéric Chopin - Waltz, Op 64 No 1, 'Minute'
2010-01-01
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months30.01%12months40%
First heard 3 years ago
Last heard 4 days ago
Einojuhani Rautavaara - Notturno e danza
Einojuhani Rautavaara - Notturno e danza
2011-06-07
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months30.01%12months40%
First heard 3 years ago
Last heard 19 hours ago
Thomas Tallis - Videte miraculum
Thomas Tallis - Videte miraculum
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months10%12months40%
First heard 3 years ago
Last heard a day ago
Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 9 in D minor, op. 125 ('Choral')
Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 9 in D minor, op. 125 ('Choral')
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months10%12months10%
First heard 3 years ago
Last heard 3 days ago
Johann Strauss II - The Blue Danube
Johann Strauss II - The Blue Danube
2009-11-23
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months30.01%12months60.01%
First heard 3 years ago
Last heard 11 hours ago
Richard Wagner - Siegfried Idyll
Richard Wagner - Siegfried Idyll
2017-09-08
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months60.02%12months150.03%
First heard 3 years ago
Last heard 4 days ago
Erich Wolfgang Korngold - Violin Concerto in D, Op 35
Erich Wolfgang Korngold - Violin Concerto in D, Op 35
2026-05-28
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days20.04%6months30.01%12months30%
First heard 3 years ago
Last heard 2 days ago
Olivier Messiaen - O sacrum convivium
Olivier Messiaen - O sacrum convivium
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months10%12months30%
First heard 3 years ago
Last heard 7 days ago
Bartlomiej Pekiel - Missa Pulcherrima
Bartlomiej Pekiel - Missa Pulcherrima
2019-01-18
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months10%12months20%
First heard 3 years ago
Last heard 2 days ago
Antonín Dvořák - Symphony No. 8 in G, op. 88
Antonín Dvořák - Symphony No. 8 in G, op. 88
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months10%12months10%
First heard 3 years ago
Last heard 6 days ago
John Harle - The Three Ravens
John Harle - The Three Ravens
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months10%12months10%
First heard 3 years ago
Last heard 5 days ago
Florence Price - Adoration
Florence Price - Adoration
2023-04-14
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months70.02%12months130.02%
First heard 3 years ago
Last heard 7 days ago
Felix Mendelssohn - Violin Concerto in E minor, Op 64
Felix Mendelssohn - Violin Concerto in E minor, Op 64
2002
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months40.01%12months70.01%
First heard 3 years ago
Last heard 2 days ago
John Ireland - A Downland Suite (3rd mvt: Minuet)
John Ireland - A Downland Suite (3rd mvt: Minuet)
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months40.01%12months90.01%
First heard 3 years ago
Last heard 7 days ago
Fritz Kreisler - Liebesleid
Fritz Kreisler - Liebesleid
1999-03-31
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days20.04%6months80.03%12months150.03%
First heard 3 years ago
Last heard 6 days ago
Isaac Albéniz - Iberia
Isaac Albéniz - Iberia
1992-02-10
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months20%12months20%
First heard 3 years ago
Last heard 3 days ago
Edward Elgar - La capricieuse, Op.17
Edward Elgar - La capricieuse, Op.17
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months30.01%12months60.01%
First heard 3 years ago
Last heard 5 days ago
Franz Schubert - Die Forelle, D.550
Franz Schubert - Die Forelle, D.550
2003-01-01
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months10%12months10%
First heard 3 years ago
Last heard 2 days ago
William Grant Still - Singing River (Wood Notes)
William Grant Still - Singing River (Wood Notes)
2011-12-06
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months30.01%12months40%
First heard 3 years ago
Last heard 4 days ago
Sergey Rachmaninov - Variations on a theme of Corelli, Op 42
Sergey Rachmaninov - Variations on a theme of Corelli, Op 42
2018-05-11
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months20%12months70.01%
First heard 3 years ago
Last heard 4 days ago
Antonín Dvořák - Slavonic Dance in E minor Op.72 no.2
Antonín Dvořák - Slavonic Dance in E minor Op.72 no.2
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months40.01%12months120.02%
First heard 3 years ago
Last heard 6 days ago
Max Bruch - Scottish Fantasy, Op.46 - 3. Andante sostenuto
Max Bruch - Scottish Fantasy, Op.46 - 3. Andante sostenuto
2013-01-01
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months20%12months20%
First heard 3 years ago
Last heard 2 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:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months60.02%12months110.02%
First heard 3 years ago
Last heard 13 hours ago
Gaspar Sanz - 4 pieces from "Instrucción de música sobre la guitara española"
Gaspar Sanz - 4 pieces from "Instrucción de música sobre la guitara española"
1971-01-01
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months20%12months40%
First heard 3 years ago
Last heard a day ago
Ludwig van Beethoven - Piano Sonata in G major, Op. 14 No.2 (1st mvt)
Ludwig van Beethoven - Piano Sonata in G major, Op. 14 No.2 (1st mvt)
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months10%12months10%
First heard 3 years ago
Last heard 7 days ago
Arthur Bliss - Things to come (March)
Arthur Bliss - Things to come (March)
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months50.02%12months70.01%
First heard 3 years ago
Last heard 6 days ago
Maurice Ravel - Piano Concerto in G
Maurice Ravel - Piano Concerto in G
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months20%12months70.01%
First heard 3 years ago
Last heard 4 days ago
Ludwig van Beethoven - Piano Sonata No 31 in A flat, Op 110
Ludwig van Beethoven - Piano Sonata No 31 in A flat, Op 110
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months10%12months10%
First heard 3 years ago
Last heard 4 days ago
Ottorino Respighi - La Primavera (Trittico Botticelliano)
Ottorino Respighi - La Primavera (Trittico Botticelliano)
1988
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days20.04%6months60.02%12months70.01%
First heard 3 years ago
Last heard 2 days ago
Ludwig van Beethoven - 8 Variations on Mozart's 'La ci darem la mano'
Ludwig van Beethoven - 8 Variations on Mozart's 'La ci darem la mano'
2008-11-04
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months10%12months20%
First heard 3 years ago
Last heard 19 hours ago
George Walker - Lyric for Strings
George Walker - Lyric for Strings
2022-10-28
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months50.02%12months90.01%
First heard 3 years ago
Last heard 19 hours ago
Leonard Bernstein - Mambo (West Side Story)
Leonard Bernstein - Mambo (West Side Story)
1961
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months60.02%12months90.01%
First heard 3 years ago
Last heard 5 days ago
Alexander Glazunov - Elegie Op.44
Alexander Glazunov - Elegie Op.44
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months20%12months20%
First heard 3 years ago
Last heard 6 days ago
Ralph Vaughan Williams - The Lark Ascending
Ralph Vaughan Williams - The Lark Ascending
2013-11-01
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days20.04%6months180.06%12months310.05%
First heard 3 years ago
Last heard 7 days ago
Robert Schumann - Piano Sonata No 1 in F sharp minor, Op 11
Robert Schumann - Piano Sonata No 1 in F sharp minor, Op 11
2025-08-26
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days20.04%6months50.02%12months80.01%
First heard 3 years ago
Last heard 4 days ago
Leopold Mozart & Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Menuetto from 'Nannerls Notenbuch'
Leopold Mozart & Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Menuetto from 'Nannerls Notenbuch'
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months10%12months10%
First heard 3 years ago
Last heard 7 days ago
Franz Liszt - Petrarch Sonnet No 104 (Années de Pelerinage, année 2, S 161)
Franz Liszt - Petrarch Sonnet No 104 (Années de Pelerinage, année 2, S 161)
2005-06-01
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months20%12months20%
First heard 3 years ago
Last heard 3 days ago
Cristóbal de Morales - Parce mihi Domine (Officium Defunctorum)
Cristóbal de Morales - Parce mihi Domine (Officium Defunctorum)
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months30.01%12months50%
First heard 3 years ago
Last heard 7 days ago
Gioachino Rossini - Serenata in E flat major
Gioachino Rossini - Serenata in E flat major
2004
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months10%12months10%
First heard 3 years ago
Last heard 17 hours ago
Peter Maxwell Davies - Farewell to Stromness
Peter Maxwell Davies - Farewell to Stromness
2006-01-01
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months50.02%12months120.02%
First heard 3 years ago
Last heard 5 days ago
Edward Elgar - Nimrod (Enigma Variations Op.36)
Edward Elgar - Nimrod (Enigma Variations Op.36)
1982-01-01
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months10%12months20%
First heard 3 years ago
Last heard 2 days ago
Gregorio Allegri - Miserere mei Deus
Gregorio Allegri - Miserere mei Deus
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days20.04%6months60.02%12months80.01%
First heard 3 years ago
Last heard 7 days ago
Gioachino Rossini - The Thieving Magpie (Overture)
Gioachino Rossini - The Thieving Magpie (Overture)
1989-06-15
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days20.04%6months60.02%12months130.02%
First heard 3 years ago
Last heard 13 hours ago
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina - Stabat Mater
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina - Stabat Mater
2003
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months30.01%12months60.01%
First heard 3 years ago
Last heard 5 days ago
Jacques Offenbach - Die Rheinnixen: Overture
Jacques Offenbach - Die Rheinnixen: Overture
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months10%12months10%
First heard 3 years ago
Last heard a day ago
Arthur Sullivan - The Pirates of Penzance (Overture)
Arthur Sullivan - The Pirates of Penzance (Overture)
1968-01-01
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days20.04%6months70.02%12months110.02%
First heard 3 years ago
Last heard 3 days ago
Felix Mendelssohn - The Hebrides (Fingal's Cave) - overture Op.26
Felix Mendelssohn - The Hebrides (Fingal's Cave) - overture Op.26
1985-01-01
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months40.01%12months60.01%
First heard 3 years ago
Last heard 3 days ago
Georg Philipp Telemann - Oboe d'amore Concerto in E minor, TWV.51:e2
Georg Philipp Telemann - Oboe d'amore Concerto in E minor, TWV.51:e2
2002-01-01
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months10%12months20%
First heard 3 years ago
Last heard 12 hours ago
Franz Schubert - Rondo in A major, D.951
Franz Schubert - Rondo in A major, D.951
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months30.01%12months40%
First heard 3 years ago
Last heard 6 days ago
Total: 1,000
Rating: 8%
Rotation quality: 100%
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Rating: 6%
Rotation quality: 89%
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Rating: 13%
Rotation quality: 86%
12 minutes ago: Liszt - Rhapsodie espagnole : Georges Cziffra, piano
Rating: 8%
Rotation quality: 86%
5 minutes ago: Air Supply - The One That You Love
Rating: 12%
Rotation quality: 100%
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Rating: 11%
Rotation quality: 92%
5 minutes ago: Moses Boyd - It Is Well
Rating: 63%
Rotation quality: 87%
4 minutes ago: Ben E. King - Stand By Me
Rating: 10%
Rotation quality: 97%
3 minutes ago: Paul Simon - You Can Call Me Al
Rating: 17%
Rotation quality: 88%
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Rating: 12%
Rotation quality: 91%
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Rating: 54%
Rotation quality: 65%
9 minutes ago: Diana Ross - Aint No Mountain High Enough
Rating: 63%
Rotation quality: 87%
4 minutes ago: Ben E. King - Stand By Me
Rating: 47%
Rotation quality: 80%
8 minutes ago: Sleep Theory - Giving In
Rating: 30%
Rotation quality: 84%
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Rating: 39%
Rotation quality: 81%
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