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Gustav Holst - In the bleak midwinter

Gustav Holst - In the bleak midwinter

2021-10-15

Popularity:

7days00%28days00%6months00%12months80.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard a year ago

Arthur Butterworth - Romanza for horn and strings

Arthur Butterworth - Romanza for horn and strings

2000-01-01

Popularity:

7days10.09%28days10.02%6months40.01%12months80.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 5 days ago

Jerome Moross - The Big Country (Main theme)

Jerome Moross - The Big Country (Main theme)

Popularity:

7days00%28days00%6months40.01%12months80.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 2 months ago

Claude Debussy - Rêverie

Claude Debussy - Rêverie

Popularity:

7days10.09%28days10.02%6months40.01%12months80.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 7 days ago

George Frideric Handel - For unto us a child is born (Messiah)

George Frideric Handel - For unto us a child is born (Messiah)

Popularity:

7days00%28days00%6months10%12months80.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 2 months ago

Arturo Márquez - Danzón no.2

Arturo Márquez - Danzón no.2

Popularity:

7days00%28days10.02%6months60.02%12months80.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 8 days ago

Johannes Brahms - Intermezzo in A major, Op 118 No 2

Johannes Brahms - Intermezzo in A major, Op 118 No 2

Popularity:

7days00%28days20.04%6months60.02%12months80.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 21 days ago

Joseph Haydn - String Quartet in D major, Op.64'5 'The Lark' (1st mvt)

Joseph Haydn - String Quartet in D major, Op.64'5 'The Lark' (1st mvt)

1977

Popularity:

7days00%28days00%6months30.01%12months80.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard a month ago

Clara Schumann - Piano Trio in G minor Op.17 (4th mvt)

Clara Schumann - Piano Trio in G minor Op.17 (4th mvt)

Popularity:

7days00%28days10.02%6months60.02%12months80.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 15 days ago

George Gershwin - Girl Crazy (Overture)

George Gershwin - Girl Crazy (Overture)

1976

Popularity:

7days00%28days00%6months20%12months80.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 2 months ago

Robert Schumann - Arabeske in C major, Op 18

Robert Schumann - Arabeske in C major, Op 18

2024-05-17

Popularity:

7days10.09%28days10.02%6months60.02%12months80.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 18 hours ago

Gabriel Fauré - Berceuse (Dolly Suite, Op.56)

Gabriel Fauré - Berceuse (Dolly Suite, Op.56)

Popularity:

7days00%28days00%6months20%12months80.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 5 months ago

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 5 days ago

Ralph Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis for double string orchestra

Ralph Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis for double string orchestra

Popularity:

7days00%28days00%6months40.01%12months80.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 3 months ago

Joanna Marsh - In Winter's House

Joanna Marsh - In Winter's House

2022-10-14

Popularity:

7days00%28days00%6months10%12months80.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 2 months ago

Felix Mendelssohn - Violin Concerto in E minor, Op 64

Felix Mendelssohn - Violin Concerto in E minor, Op 64

2002

Popularity:

7days20.18%28days20.04%6months50.02%12months80.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard a day ago

Edvard Grieg - Piano Concerto in A minor, Op 16 (2nd mvt)

Edvard Grieg - Piano Concerto in A minor, Op 16 (2nd mvt)

Popularity:

7days00%28days20.04%6months40.01%12months80.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 18 days ago

Caroline Shaw - Entr'acte

Caroline Shaw - Entr'acte

Popularity:

7days00%28days10.02%6months50.02%12months80.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 14 days ago

Edward Elgar - Cello Concerto in E minor, Op 85

Edward Elgar - Cello Concerto in E minor, Op 85

Popularity:

7days00%28days00%6months20%12months80.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 3 months 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 5 days ago

Gregorio Allegri - Miserere mei Deus

Gregorio Allegri - Miserere mei Deus

Popularity:

7days00%28days10.02%6months60.02%12months80.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 8 days ago

Catrin Finch - Listen to the Grass Grow

Catrin Finch - Listen to the Grass Grow

2018-04-27

Popularity:

7days00%28days00%6months30.01%12months80.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard a month ago

César Franck - Panis angelicus (Mass Op.12)

César Franck - Panis angelicus (Mass Op.12)

Popularity:

7days00%28days00%6months40.01%12months80.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 2 months ago

Gabriel Fauré - Berceuse (Dolly Suite)

Gabriel Fauré - Berceuse (Dolly Suite)

Popularity:

7days00%28days10.02%6months30.01%12months80.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 20 days ago

Fanny Mendelssohn - Overture in C major

Fanny Mendelssohn - Overture in C major

Popularity:

7days00%28days00%6months20%12months80.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 3 months ago

Johannes Brahms - Academic Festival Overture Op.80

Johannes Brahms - Academic Festival Overture Op.80

Popularity:

7days00%28days00%6months50.02%12months80.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard a month ago

Louise Farrenc - Symphony no 3 in G minor, Op 36

Louise Farrenc - Symphony no 3 in G minor, Op 36

2021-07-09

Popularity:

7days10.09%28days10.02%6months40.01%12months80.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 6 days ago

Grace Williams - Sea Sketches

Grace Williams - Sea Sketches

Popularity:

7days00%28days10.02%6months40.01%12months80.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 11 days ago

Dmitry Shostakovich - Foxtrot (Suite for Jazz Band no.1)

Dmitry Shostakovich - Foxtrot (Suite for Jazz Band no.1)

2002-04-15

Popularity:

7days00%28days10.02%6months40.01%12months80.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 11 days ago

Antonín Dvořák - Scherzo capriccioso Op.66

Antonín Dvořák - Scherzo capriccioso Op.66

1999-01-01

Popularity:

7days00%28days10.02%6months50.02%12months80.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 23 days ago

George Frideric Handel - Ombra mai fu (Serse)

George Frideric Handel - Ombra mai fu (Serse)

2004-09-15

Popularity:

7days00%28days00%6months40.01%12months80.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard a month ago

John Adams - China Gates

John Adams - China Gates

2025-01-03

Popularity:

7days00%28days00%6months50.02%12months80.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 2 months ago

Pauline Viardot - Havanaise

Pauline Viardot - Havanaise

Popularity:

7days10.09%28days20.04%6months60.02%12months80.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Antonio Vivaldi - Concerto in C major for 2 trumpets, RV.537

Antonio Vivaldi - Concerto in C major for 2 trumpets, RV.537

Popularity:

7days00%28days00%6months20%12months80.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 2 months ago

Antonín Dvořák - Symphony no.7 in D minor Op.70 (3rd mvt)

Antonín Dvořák - Symphony no.7 in D minor Op.70 (3rd mvt)

Popularity:

7days00%28days10.02%6months60.02%12months80.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 14 days ago

Aaron Copland - Buckaroo Holiday (Rodeo - 4 dance episodes)

Aaron Copland - Buckaroo Holiday (Rodeo - 4 dance episodes)

Popularity:

7days00%28days00%6months40.01%12months80.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard a month ago

Maurice Ravel - Boléro

Maurice Ravel - Boléro

2025-02-03

Popularity:

7days00%28days10.02%6months40.01%12months80.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 19 days ago

Jean Sibelius - Lemminkainen's Return (Lemminkainen Suite, Op 22)

Jean Sibelius - Lemminkainen's Return (Lemminkainen Suite, Op 22)

Popularity:

7days00%28days00%6months60.02%12months80.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 2 months ago

Amy Beach - Berceuse (3 Pieces Op.40)

Amy Beach - Berceuse (3 Pieces Op.40)

Popularity:

7days00%28days00%6months30.01%12months80.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 5 months ago

Erik Satie - Gymnopédie no.1 in D major

Erik Satie - Gymnopédie no.1 in D major

Popularity:

7days00%28days10.02%6months20%12months80.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 8 days ago

Joe Hisaishi - Merry-Go-Round of Life (Howl's Moving Castle)

Joe Hisaishi - Merry-Go-Round of Life (Howl's Moving Castle)

Popularity:

7days00%28days00%6months30.01%12months80.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 3 months ago

Anon. - Sumer is Icumen in

Anon. - Sumer is Icumen in

Popularity:

7days00%28days00%6months50.02%12months80.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 4 months ago

Maurice Ravel - Piano Concerto in G major

Maurice Ravel - Piano Concerto in G major

Popularity:

7days00%28days00%6months50.02%12months80.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 4 months ago

Nadia Boulanger - Three Pieces for Cello and Piano

Nadia Boulanger - Three Pieces for Cello and Piano

Popularity:

7days00%28days00%6months40.01%12months80.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard a month ago

Benjamin Britten - Matinées musicales, Op 24 (Waltz)

Benjamin Britten - Matinées musicales, Op 24 (Waltz)

Popularity:

7days00%28days00%6months60.02%12months80.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard a month ago

Grace Williams - Sea Sketches for String Orchestra: V. Calm Sea in Summer

Grace Williams - Sea Sketches for String Orchestra: V. Calm Sea in Summer

Popularity:

7days00%28days00%6months70.02%12months80.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard a month ago

Dobrinka Tabakova - Nocturne

Dobrinka Tabakova - Nocturne

Popularity:

7days00%28days10.02%6months40.01%12months80.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 18 days ago

William Grant Still - Mother and Child (Suite for violin and piano)

William Grant Still - Mother and Child (Suite for violin and piano)

2024-01-26

Popularity:

7days00%28days00%6months10%12months80.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 4 months ago

Johannes Brahms - Symphony no 4 in E minor, Op 98

Johannes Brahms - Symphony no 4 in E minor, Op 98

Popularity:

7days00%28days20.04%6months50.02%12months80.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 8 days ago

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

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

Popularity:

7days00%28days00%6months40.01%12months80.01%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 2 months ago

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