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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

Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek - Donna Diana (Overture)

Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek - Donna Diana (Overture)

Popularity:

7days00%28days00%6months30.01%12months70.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 3 months 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

Charles Ives - The Unanswered Question

Charles Ives - The Unanswered Question

Popularity:

7days00%28days00%6months30.01%12months70.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 2 months 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

Edvard Grieg - Solveig's Song (Peer Gynt Suite no.2)

Edvard Grieg - Solveig's Song (Peer Gynt Suite no.2)

Popularity:

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

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard a month 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

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

Aaron Copland - Quiet City

Aaron Copland - Quiet City

2002-12-24

Popularity:

7days00%28days00%6months50.02%12months70.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard a month ago

Henri Duparc - L'Invitation au voyage

Henri Duparc - L'Invitation au voyage

Popularity:

7days00%28days10.02%6months50.02%12months70.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 10 days ago

Alice Mary Smith - The Masque of Pandora (Overture)

Alice Mary Smith - The Masque of Pandora (Overture)

Popularity:

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

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 22 days ago

Giacomo Puccini - Che gelida manina (La bohème)

Giacomo Puccini - Che gelida manina (La bohème)

Popularity:

7days00%28days20.04%6months40.01%12months70.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 11 days ago

Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre - Céphale et Procris (Overture)

Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre - Céphale et Procris (Overture)

Popularity:

7days00%28days10.02%6months20%12months70.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard a month ago

Claude Debussy - Estampes

Claude Debussy - Estampes

Popularity:

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

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 13 days ago

Jessie Montgomery - Strum

Jessie Montgomery - Strum

Popularity:

7days00%28days00%6months20%12months70.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 4 months ago

Steve Reich - Clapping Music

Steve Reich - Clapping Music

Popularity:

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

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard a month ago

Edward Elgar - Introduction & Allegro

Edward Elgar - Introduction & Allegro

Popularity:

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

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 3 months ago

Johannes Brahms - Hungarian Dance No 1 in G minor

Johannes Brahms - Hungarian Dance No 1 in G minor

Popularity:

7days00%28days10.02%6months50.02%12months70.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 16 days ago

Dorothy Howell - Two Pieces for Muted Strings

Dorothy Howell - Two Pieces for Muted Strings

Popularity:

7days00%28days00%6months20%12months70.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 2 months ago

Hildegard von Bingen - Ave Generosa

Hildegard von Bingen - Ave Generosa

Popularity:

7days00%28days00%6months20%12months70.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 4 months ago

Ludwig van Beethoven - Violin Concerto in D major, Op 61

Ludwig van Beethoven - Violin Concerto in D major, Op 61

Popularity:

7days00%28days00%6months50.02%12months70.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 3 months ago

Eugen Suchon - Ballade for Horn and Orchestra

Eugen Suchon - Ballade for Horn and Orchestra

Popularity:

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

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 13 days ago

Anton Bruckner - Os justi

Anton Bruckner - Os justi

2011

Popularity:

7days00%28days00%6months30.01%12months70.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 5 months ago

Sergey Rachmaninov - Vocalise, Op.34 no.14

Sergey Rachmaninov - Vocalise, Op.34 no.14

2025-05-29

Popularity:

7days00%28days00%6months30.01%12months70.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 4 months ago

Philip Glass - Violin Concerto no.1 (2nd mvt)

Philip Glass - Violin Concerto no.1 (2nd mvt)

2024-09-13

Popularity:

7days10.09%28days10.02%6months30.01%12months70.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 4 days ago

Grażyna Bacewicz - Suite for chamber orchestra

Grażyna Bacewicz - Suite for chamber orchestra

Popularity:

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

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 3 months ago

Ludwig van Beethoven - Piano Concerto no 3 in C minor, Op 37

Ludwig van Beethoven - Piano Concerto no 3 in C minor, Op 37

Popularity:

7days00%28days20.04%6months30.01%12months70.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 14 days ago

Miles Davis - Blue in Green

Miles Davis - Blue in Green

1959-08-17

Popularity:

7days00%28days00%6months60.02%12months70.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 3 months ago

Laura Mvula - Sing To The Moon

Laura Mvula - Sing To The Moon

2016-02-02

Popularity:

7days00%28days00%6months10%12months70.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 3 months ago

Bill Evans - Peace Piece

Bill Evans - Peace Piece

1959

Popularity:

7days00%28days00%6months20%12months70.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard a month ago

Cecilia McDowall - Standing as I do before God

Cecilia McDowall - Standing as I do before God

Popularity:

7days00%28days00%6months20%12months70.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 4 months ago

Ethel Smyth - Concerto for violin and horn in A major

Ethel Smyth - Concerto for violin and horn in A major

Popularity:

7days00%28days10.02%6months30.01%12months70.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 13 days ago

Jean Sibelius - Finlandia

Jean Sibelius - Finlandia

Popularity:

7days00%28days00%6months20%12months70.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 4 months ago

Georges Bizet - Farandole (L'Arlesienne Suite no.2)

Georges Bizet - Farandole (L'Arlesienne Suite no.2)

Popularity:

7days00%28days20.04%6months60.02%12months70.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 8 days ago

Richard Wagner - Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Prelude)

Richard Wagner - Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Prelude)

Popularity:

7days00%28days00%6months20%12months70.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 3 months 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

William Henry Harris - Bring us, O Lord God

William Henry Harris - Bring us, O Lord God

Popularity:

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

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard a month ago

Frédéric Chopin - 24 Preludes, Op 28

Frédéric Chopin - 24 Preludes, Op 28

Popularity:

7days00%28days00%6months30.01%12months70.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 2 months ago

Hector Berlioz - Symphonie fantastique

Hector Berlioz - Symphonie fantastique

Popularity:

7days00%28days10.02%6months50.02%12months70.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 20 days ago

George Frideric Handel - Rinaldo (Overture)

George Frideric Handel - Rinaldo (Overture)

Popularity:

7days00%28days10.02%6months20%12months70.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 15 days ago

Frédéric Chopin - Ballade no 3 in A flat major, Op 47

Frédéric Chopin - Ballade no 3 in A flat major, Op 47

Popularity:

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

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 months ago

Joseph Canteloube - Bailero (Chants d'Auvergne)

Joseph Canteloube - Bailero (Chants d'Auvergne)

Popularity:

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

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 22 days ago

Oscar Peterson - Hymn To Freedom

Oscar Peterson - Hymn To Freedom

1963-01-01

Popularity:

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

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard a month ago

Hector Berlioz - Le carnaval romain

Hector Berlioz - Le carnaval romain

Popularity:

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

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 22 days ago

Clara Schumann - Piano Concerto in A minor, Op.7

Clara Schumann - Piano Concerto in A minor, Op.7

Popularity:

7days00%28days10.02%6months30.01%12months70.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 12 days ago

Gregorio Allegri - Miserere mei, Deus

Gregorio Allegri - Miserere mei, Deus

Popularity:

7days00%28days00%6months30.01%12months70.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 months ago

Dobrinka Tabakova - Whispered lullaby

Dobrinka Tabakova - Whispered lullaby

Popularity:

7days00%28days00%6months30.01%12months70.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 months ago

Antonín Dvořák - Slavonic Dance in E minor, Op 72 No 2

Antonín Dvořák - Slavonic Dance in E minor, Op 72 No 2

Popularity:

7days00%28days10.02%6months60.02%12months70.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 25 days ago

Aaron Copland - Variations on a Shaker Hymn (Appalachian Spring)

Aaron Copland - Variations on a Shaker Hymn (Appalachian Spring)

2014-10-03

Popularity:

7days00%28days00%6months50.02%12months70.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard a month ago

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