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Most popular songs in BBC Radio 3 playlist

Title

Popularity

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Last heard

Olivier Messiaen - Theme and Variations

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months10%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 7 days ago

Johann Sebastian Bach - Concerto in D minor for two violins, BWV 1043 (2nd mvt)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months10%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 4 days ago

Armas Järnefelt - Praeludium

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months30.01%

12months40%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 5 days ago

Maurice Jarre - Lawrence of Arabia - music for the film

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months10%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Jean Sibelius - Pohjola's Daughter, Op 49

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months30%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Georg Philipp Telemann - Quartet in D major TWV.43:D1 for flute, violin, viola da gamba and continuo

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 4 days ago

Frigyes Hidas - Harpsichord Concerto

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months10%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 5 days ago

Charles Gounod - Waltz (Faust)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months20%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 4 days ago

Béla Bartók - Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta (4th mvt)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months10%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard a day ago

Johann Sebastian Bach - Brandenburg concerto no. 6 (BWV.1051) in B flat major

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months10%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 4 days ago

William Henry Harris - Bring us, O Lord God

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months30.01%

12months90.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 4 days ago

Mel Bonis - Suite en forme de valses

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months30.01%

12months30%

First heard a year ago

Last heard a day ago

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Hamlet - fantasy overture, Op 67

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months30%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 4 days ago

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Meditation (Souvenir d'un lieu cher Op.42)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months30%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 days ago

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Dance of the Cygnets (Swan Lake, Op 20)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months20%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 5 days ago

Johann Sebastian Bach - Prelude and Fugue in G sharp minor (Book 2, The Well-Tempered Clavier)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months10%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Arcangelo Corelli - Trio sonata in G major Op.2'12 (Ciacona)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months10%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 5 days ago

Robert Schumann - Arabeske for piano in C major, Op 18

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months30%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 4 days ago

Johann Sebastian Bach - Orchestral Suite no.4 in D major BWV.1069 (Overture)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.04%

6months20%

12months30%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 4 days ago

Enrique Granados - Goyescas: El Fandango de Candil

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months10%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 6 days ago

Amanda Röntgen-Maier - Violin sonata in B minor (3rd mvt)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months20%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Carl Maria von Weber - Divertimento assai facile for guitar and fortepiano (J.207)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months10%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 7 days ago

Bill Evans - Peace Piece

1959

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months30.01%

12months40%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 5 days ago

Camille Saint‐Saëns - Tarantelle, Op 6

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months30%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 days ago

Delia Derbyshire - Mattachin

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.04%

6months20%

12months30%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 7 days ago

Robert Ramsey - How are the mighty fall'n

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months20%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Piano Concerto no.20 in D minor, K.466 (2nd mvt)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months20%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 6 days ago

Johannes Brahms - Symphony No 2 in D major, Op 73 (4th mvt)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months20%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 5 days ago

Dieterich Buxtehude - Missa brevis (BuxWV.114)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months10%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 8 days ago

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Romeo and Juliet - fantasy overture

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months80.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard a day ago

Ralph Vaughan Williams - Distant Glacier (Scott of the Antarctic)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months10%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Robert Schumann - Piano Quintet in E flat major Op.44 (2nd mvt)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months20%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 6 days ago

Gustav Holst - Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age (The Planets, Op 32)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months20%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 4 days ago

Frédéric Chopin - Study in A flat major, Op.25 no.1

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months40.01%

12months50%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 4 days ago

Johannes Brahms - Schicksalslied Op.54

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months10%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 days ago

Franz Schubert - 4 Impromptus D.899 (no.3 in G flat major)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months40.01%

12months70.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 6 days ago

Malcolm Arnold - 4 Scottish dances Op.59 (Scottish Waltz)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months30%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 4 days ago

Trad. - Scarborough Fair

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months40.01%

12months60.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 4 days ago

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Horn Concerto No 3 in E flat major, K 447 (3rd mvt)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months50%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 5 days ago

Astor Piazzolla - Milonga Del Angel

2005-09-13

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months50%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 5 days ago

Thomas Arne - Overture No 3 in G major

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months20%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 4 days ago

John Williams - Schindler's List (Theme)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months20%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 6 days ago

William Grant Still - Serenade

2022-05-27

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.04%

6months50.02%

12months90.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard a day ago

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Symphony no.4 in F minor Op.36 (3rd mvt)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months30.01%

12months60.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Gabriel Fauré - Pavane, Op 50

2025-02-22

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.04%

6months60.02%

12months100.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Fritz Kreisler - Praeludium and Allegro

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months40.01%

12months70.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 days ago

Richard Strauss - Burleske

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months30.01%

12months30%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 4 days ago

William Walton - Violin Concerto in B minor

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months30%

First heard a year ago

Last heard 8 days ago

Duchess Maria Antonia of Bavaria - Sinfonia from 'Talestri, Regina delle Amazzoni' - Dramma per musica

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months20%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 days ago

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor - African Dance (African Suite)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months40.01%

12months70.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 4 days ago

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