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Henriette Renié - Danse des Lutins

Henriette Renié - Danse des Lutins

Popularity:

7days00%28days00%6months40.01%12months50%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 4 months ago

Heitor Villa‐Lobos - Aria (Bachiana brasileira no.5)

Heitor Villa‐Lobos - Aria (Bachiana brasileira no.5)

Popularity:

7days10.09%28days10.02%6months40.01%12months60.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 5 days ago

Emmanuel Chabrier - España

Emmanuel Chabrier - España

1996-01-01

Popularity:

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

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 2 months ago

Edward Elgar - Chanson de matin Op.15'2

Edward Elgar - Chanson de matin Op.15'2

Popularity:

7days00%28days00%6months40.01%12months70.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard a month ago

Igor Stravinsky - The Rite of Spring

Igor Stravinsky - The Rite of Spring

Popularity:

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

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard a month ago

Percy Grainger - Shepherd's Hey

Percy Grainger - Shepherd's Hey

Popularity:

7days00%28days10.02%6months40.01%12months70.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 18 days ago

Trad. - Deep River

Trad. - Deep River

Popularity:

7days10.09%28days20.04%6months40.01%12months70.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 6 days ago

Louise Farrenc - Overture in E flat major Op.24

Louise Farrenc - Overture in E flat major Op.24

Popularity:

7days00%28days00%6months40.01%12months90.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 4 months ago

Robert Schumann - Piano Quintet in E flat major, Op 44

Robert Schumann - Piano Quintet in E flat major, Op 44

Popularity:

7days00%28days10.02%6months40.01%12months50%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard a month ago

Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony no.2 in D major Op.36 (4th mvt)

Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony no.2 in D major Op.36 (4th mvt)

Popularity:

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

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard a month ago

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina - Sicut Cervus

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina - Sicut Cervus

Popularity:

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

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 10 days ago

Henry Litolff - Concerto Symphonique no.4 Op.102 (2nd mvt)

Henry Litolff - Concerto Symphonique no.4 Op.102 (2nd mvt)

Popularity:

7days00%28days00%6months40.01%12months70.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 2 months ago

Joaquín Rodrigo - Concierto de Aranjuez

Joaquín Rodrigo - Concierto de Aranjuez

Popularity:

7days00%28days00%6months40.01%12months60.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard a month ago

Johann Sebastian Bach - Cello Suite No 1 in G major, BWV 1007 (Prelude)

Johann Sebastian Bach - Cello Suite No 1 in G major, BWV 1007 (Prelude)

Popularity:

7days00%28days10.02%6months40.01%12months70.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 10 days ago

Errollyn Wallen - Peace on Earth

Errollyn Wallen - Peace on Earth

2020-10-30

Popularity:

7days00%28days20.04%6months40.01%12months100.02%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 15 days ago

Ralph Vaughan Williams - Five variants of Dives and Lazarus

Ralph Vaughan Williams - Five variants of Dives and Lazarus

Popularity:

7days00%28days10.02%6months40.01%12months90.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 17 days ago

Maurice Ravel - Le tombeau de Couperin

Maurice Ravel - Le tombeau de Couperin

Popularity:

7days00%28days00%6months40.01%12months110.02%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard a month ago

Carl Maria von Weber - Clarinet Quintet in B flat major, Op 34

Carl Maria von Weber - Clarinet Quintet in B flat major, Op 34

Popularity:

7days00%28days00%6months40.01%12months60.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 2 months ago

Maurice Ravel - Gaspard de la nuit

Maurice Ravel - Gaspard de la nuit

Popularity:

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

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 6 months ago

Judith Weir - String quartet

Judith Weir - String quartet

Popularity:

7days00%28days00%6months40.01%12months50%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard a month ago

Ralph Vaughan Williams - 5 Variants of 'Dives and Lazarus'

Ralph Vaughan Williams - 5 Variants of 'Dives and Lazarus'

1972-10-01

Popularity:

7days00%28days10.02%6months40.01%12months70.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 25 days ago

Thomas Tallis - Spem in Alium, for 40 voices

Thomas Tallis - Spem in Alium, for 40 voices

Popularity:

7days00%28days00%6months40.01%12months60.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard a month ago

Claude Debussy - Jeux de vagues (La mer)

Claude Debussy - Jeux de vagues (La mer)

2008-05-27

Popularity:

7days00%28days10.02%6months40.01%12months90.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard a month ago

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

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

Popularity:

7days00%28days00%6months40.01%12months50%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 2 months ago

Franz Schubert - Sonata for arpeggione and piano (D.821) in A minor

Franz Schubert - Sonata for arpeggione and piano (D.821) in A minor

Popularity:

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

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 17 days 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%12months90.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 4 days ago

Ralph Vaughan Williams - The Wasps (Overture)

Ralph Vaughan Williams - The Wasps (Overture)

1991-05-27

Popularity:

7days00%28days00%6months40.01%12months120.02%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 2 months 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

Johann Sebastian Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048

Johann Sebastian Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048

Popularity:

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

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 23 days ago

Claude Debussy - Rêverie

Claude Debussy - Rêverie

Popularity:

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

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 5 days ago

Eric Coates - By the sleepy lagoon

Eric Coates - By the sleepy lagoon

2018-06-01

Popularity:

7days00%28days20.04%6months40.01%12months100.02%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 10 days ago

Antonín Dvořák - Carnival Overture

Antonín Dvořák - Carnival Overture

Popularity:

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

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 18 days ago

Maurice Ravel - Rigaudon (Le tombeau de Couperin)

Maurice Ravel - Rigaudon (Le tombeau de Couperin)

2013-11-05

Popularity:

7days00%28days00%6months40.01%12months90.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard a month ago

Claude Debussy - La fille aux cheveux de lin (Preludes, Book 1)

Claude Debussy - La fille aux cheveux de lin (Preludes, Book 1)

2020-02-29

Popularity:

7days00%28days00%6months40.01%12months70.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard a month ago

Maria Theresia von Paradis - Sicilienne

Maria Theresia von Paradis - Sicilienne

2007-01-01

Popularity:

7days00%28days10.02%6months40.01%12months60.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard a month ago

Anton Bruckner - Locus Iste

Anton Bruckner - Locus Iste

2002

Popularity:

7days00%28days00%6months40.01%12months90.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 2 months ago

Bedrich Smetana - Vltava (Moldau), from 'Má vlast' (My Homeland)

Bedrich Smetana - Vltava (Moldau), from 'Má vlast' (My Homeland)

Popularity:

7days00%28days00%6months40.01%12months60.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard a month ago

John Williams - Jurassic Park (main theme)

John Williams - Jurassic Park (main theme)

Popularity:

7days00%28days00%6months40.01%12months70.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard a month 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

Jacobus Clemens non Papa - Ego flos campi

Jacobus Clemens non Papa - Ego flos campi

Popularity:

7days00%28days00%6months40.01%12months60.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 2 months ago

Giuseppe Verdi - La Donna e Mobile (Rigoletto)

Giuseppe Verdi - La Donna e Mobile (Rigoletto)

Popularity:

7days00%28days20.04%6months40.01%12months60.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 11 days ago

Maurice Ravel - Le tombeau de Couperin (Prélude)

Maurice Ravel - Le tombeau de Couperin (Prélude)

Popularity:

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

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 13 days ago

Joseph Haydn - Trumpet Concerto in E flat major

Joseph Haydn - Trumpet Concerto in E flat major

Popularity:

7days00%28days00%6months40.01%12months60.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard a month ago

Florence Price - Concert Overture No 2

Florence Price - Concert Overture No 2

Popularity:

7days00%28days10.02%6months40.01%12months90.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 23 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

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 17 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

Maurice Ravel - Une barque sur l'océan (Miroirs)

Maurice Ravel - Une barque sur l'océan (Miroirs)

Popularity:

7days00%28days00%6months40.01%12months50%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard a month ago

Alexander Borodin - Polovtsian dances (Prince Igor)

Alexander Borodin - Polovtsian dances (Prince Igor)

2005-08-01

Popularity:

7days00%28days00%6months40.01%12months70.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard a month ago

Jessie Montgomery - Starburst

Jessie Montgomery - Starburst

Popularity:

7days00%28days10.02%6months40.01%12months60.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 24 days ago

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