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Most popular songs in BBC Radio 3 (London) playlist

Title
Popularity
First heard
Last heard
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina - O magnum mysterium
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina - O magnum mysterium
2026-10-30
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months10%12months20%
First heard 3 years ago
Last heard 2 days ago
Sergey Prokofiev - Juliet - the young girl (Romeo and Juliet - suite no. 2)
Sergey Prokofiev - Juliet - the young girl (Romeo and Juliet - suite no. 2)
2009-11-09
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months30.01%12months50%
First heard 3 years ago
Last heard 4 days ago
Sergey Rachmaninov - Symphony No 2 (3rd mvt)
Sergey Rachmaninov - Symphony No 2 (3rd mvt)
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months10%12months10%
First heard 3 years ago
Last heard 6 days ago
Sergey Rachmaninov - Lilacs Op.21'5
Sergey Rachmaninov - Lilacs Op.21'5
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months10%12months30%
First heard 3 years ago
Last heard 7 days ago
Paul Reade - Summer (The Victorian Kitchen Garden)
Paul Reade - Summer (The Victorian Kitchen Garden)
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months20%12months20%
First heard 3 years ago
Last heard 11 hours ago
Joseph Shabalala - Rain, Rain, Beautiful Rain
Joseph Shabalala - Rain, Rain, Beautiful Rain
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months20%12months20%
First heard 3 years ago
Last heard 6 days ago
Sergey Prokofiev - Symphony No 1 in D major, Op 25, 'Classical'
Sergey Prokofiev - Symphony No 1 in D major, Op 25, 'Classical'
2026-10-29
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months20%12months40%
First heard 3 years ago
Last heard 4 days ago
Jean‐Baptiste Lully - Phaeton: Overture
Jean‐Baptiste Lully - Phaeton: Overture
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months10%12months10%
First heard 3 years ago
Last heard 7 days ago
Hector Berlioz - Overture, Le Corsaire, Op 21
Hector Berlioz - Overture, Le Corsaire, Op 21
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months10%12months10%
First heard 3 years ago
Last heard 7 days ago
Joseph Haydn - String Quartet in C major, Op 54 No 2 (1st mvt)
Joseph Haydn - String Quartet in C major, Op 54 No 2 (1st mvt)
2001-01-01
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months10%12months10%
First heard 3 years ago
Last heard 16 hours ago
Jacques Offenbach - Can-Can (Orpheus in the Underworld)
Jacques Offenbach - Can-Can (Orpheus in the Underworld)
2024-11-09
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days20.04%6months40.01%12months70.01%
First heard 3 years ago
Last heard 4 days ago
Fritz Kreisler - Praeludium and Allegro in the style of Pugnani
Fritz Kreisler - Praeludium and Allegro in the style of Pugnani
1992-12-08
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months20%12months40%
First heard 3 years ago
Last heard 5 days ago
Johannes Brahms - Academic Festival Overture
Johannes Brahms - Academic Festival Overture
2013-01-01
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months20%12months60.01%
First heard 3 years ago
Last heard 2 days ago
Anatoly Konstantinovich Lyadov - Baba-Yaga Op.56
Anatoly Konstantinovich Lyadov - Baba-Yaga Op.56
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months10%12months20%
First heard 3 years ago
Last heard 7 days ago
Jacques Offenbach - Barcarolle (Tales of Hoffmann)
Jacques Offenbach - Barcarolle (Tales of Hoffmann)
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months10%12months20%
First heard 3 years ago
Last heard 6 days ago
Antonio Vivaldi - The Four Seasons
Antonio Vivaldi - The Four Seasons
2007-11-03
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months10%12months10%
First heard 3 years ago
Last heard 3 days ago
Orlando Gibbons - O clap your hands together
Orlando Gibbons - O clap your hands together
2019-05-03
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months10%12months20%
First heard 3 years ago
Last heard 4 days ago
Susan Spain-Dunk - Stonehenge
Susan Spain-Dunk - Stonehenge
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months40.01%12months40%
First heard 3 years ago
Last heard 7 days ago
Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony no.1 in C major Op.21 (3rd mvt)
Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony no.1 in C major Op.21 (3rd mvt)
2025-07-11
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days20.04%6months40.01%12months50%
First heard 3 years ago
Last heard 16 hours ago
Morten Lauridsen - O nata lux (Lux aeterna)
Morten Lauridsen - O nata lux (Lux aeterna)
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months10%12months10%
First heard 3 years ago
Last heard 7 days ago
Johann Sebastian Bach - English Suite No. 4 in F Major, BWV 809: IV. Sarabande
Johann Sebastian Bach - English Suite No. 4 in F Major, BWV 809: IV. Sarabande
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months10%12months10%
First heard 3 years ago
Last heard 5 days ago
Johann Strauss II - Perpetuum mobile
Johann Strauss II - Perpetuum mobile
2026-08-21
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months30.01%12months30%
First heard 3 years ago
Last heard 2 days ago
Erik Satie - Gymnopédie no.1 in D major
Erik Satie - Gymnopédie no.1 in D major
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months20%12months80.01%
First heard 3 years ago
Last heard 7 days ago
Cristóbal de Morales - Spem in alium
Cristóbal de Morales - Spem in alium
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months10%12months20%
First heard 3 years ago
Last heard 6 days ago
Felix Mendelssohn - Piano Sonata in E major, Op 6
Felix Mendelssohn - Piano Sonata in E major, Op 6
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months20%12months40%
First heard 3 years ago
Last heard 5 days ago
Franz Schubert - Quintet in C major D.956 (2nd mvt)
Franz Schubert - Quintet in C major D.956 (2nd mvt)
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months20%12months20%
First heard 3 years ago
Last heard 5 days ago
Charles Gounod - Waltz (Faust)
Charles Gounod - Waltz (Faust)
1998
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months20%12months40%
First heard 3 years ago
Last heard 5 days ago
William Walton - Viola Concerto
William Walton - Viola Concerto
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months20%12months30%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 4 days ago
Agustín Barrios Mangoré - Cueca
Agustín Barrios Mangoré - Cueca
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months10%12months10%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 4 days ago
Antonio Vivaldi - Concerto for 2 trumpets and orchestra in C major, RV.537
Antonio Vivaldi - Concerto for 2 trumpets and orchestra in C major, RV.537
2023-02-10
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months10%12months30%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 4 days ago
Johann Sebastian Bach - Keyboard Concerto no.5 in F minor BWV.1056 (2nd mvt)
Johann Sebastian Bach - Keyboard Concerto no.5 in F minor BWV.1056 (2nd mvt)
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months10%12months10%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 2 days ago
Vincenzo Bellini - Oboe Concerto in E flat (arr for trumpet)
Vincenzo Bellini - Oboe Concerto in E flat (arr for trumpet)
2010-01-01
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months20%12months50%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 5 days ago
Nicolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov - The Flight of the Bumblebee
Nicolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov - The Flight of the Bumblebee
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months10%12months10%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 5 days ago
Modest Petrovich Musorgsky - A Night on the Bare Mountain
Modest Petrovich Musorgsky - A Night on the Bare Mountain
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months10%12months10%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 7 days ago
Nicolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov - Sheherazade, Op 35 (The Sea and Sinbad's Ship)
Nicolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov - Sheherazade, Op 35 (The Sea and Sinbad's Ship)
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months10%12months10%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 6 days ago
Malcolm Arnold - The Padstow Lifeboat
Malcolm Arnold - The Padstow Lifeboat
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days20.04%6months50.02%12months50%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 3 days ago
Robert Ramsey - Sleep fleshly birth
Robert Ramsey - Sleep fleshly birth
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months10%12months30%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 5 days ago
Alexander Borodin - Polovtsian Dances
Alexander Borodin - Polovtsian Dances
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months30.01%12months40%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 4 days ago
Ludwig van Beethoven - Piano Sonata no 30 in E major, Op 109
Ludwig van Beethoven - Piano Sonata no 30 in E major, Op 109
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months10%12months10%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 6 days ago
Johann Sebastian Bach - Orchestral Suite no.4 in D major BWV.1059 (Overture)
Johann Sebastian Bach - Orchestral Suite no.4 in D major BWV.1059 (Overture)
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months10%12months20%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 5 days ago
Vittorio Monti - Csárdás
Vittorio Monti - Csárdás
2010-05-31
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months10%12months10%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 5 days ago
Trond H.F.Kverno - Corpus Christi Carol; Missa Fidei Mysterii
Trond H.F.Kverno - Corpus Christi Carol; Missa Fidei Mysterii
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months10%12months10%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 7 days ago
Reynaldo Hahn - Venezia: 1. Sopra l'acqua indormenzada
Reynaldo Hahn - Venezia: 1. Sopra l'acqua indormenzada
1987-09-01
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months20%12months30%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 12 hours ago
Felix Mendelssohn - Symphony No 3 in A minor, Op 56 'Scottish' (2nd mvt)
Felix Mendelssohn - Symphony No 3 in A minor, Op 56 'Scottish' (2nd mvt)
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months10%12months10%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 6 days ago
Antonio Vivaldi - Violin Concerto in F major RV.293 'Autumn'
Antonio Vivaldi - Violin Concerto in F major RV.293 'Autumn'
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days20.04%6months40.01%12months40%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 7 days ago
Franz Schubert - Winterreise: Der Lindenbaum
Franz Schubert - Winterreise: Der Lindenbaum
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months10%12months10%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard a day ago
Isabella Leonarda - Sonata in A minor Op.16 no.7
Isabella Leonarda - Sonata in A minor Op.16 no.7
2012-10-01
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months10%12months20%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 4 days ago
Léo Delibes - Coppélia (Valse)
Léo Delibes - Coppélia (Valse)
1995-12-13
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months10%12months10%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 2 days ago
Adam Jarzębski - Corona Aurea - concerto a 3
Adam Jarzębski - Corona Aurea - concerto a 3
1999-03-15
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months10%12months30%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 4 days ago
Franz Schubert - Wanderers Nachtlied
Franz Schubert - Wanderers Nachtlied
Popularity:
7days10.09%28days10.02%6months10%12months10%
First heard 2 years ago
Last heard 4 days ago
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Rating: 18%
Rotation quality: 98%
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Rotation quality: 89%
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Rotation quality: 51%
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Rotation quality: 52%
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