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Most popular songs in BBC Radio 3 playlist

Title

Popularity

First heard

Last heard

Maurice Ravel - Boléro

2025-02-03

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months40.01%

12months70.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - The Flight of the Bumble Bee

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months20%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 6 days ago

Richard Rodgers - South Pacific Overture

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months40.01%

12months70.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 days ago

Antonio Vivaldi - Mandolin Concerto in C major, RV 425 (1st mvt)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months20%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 days ago

Joseph Shabalala - Rain, Rain, Beautiful Rain

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months10%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 6 days ago

Gertrude van den Bergh - Rondeau, Op 3

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months30.01%

12months50%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 4 days ago

Ludwig van Beethoven - Piano Concerto no.3 in C minor Op.37 (3rd mvt)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months30%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 days ago

Fritz Kreisler - Schön Rosmarin - Old Viennese Dance no.3

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months30.01%

12months40%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 4 days ago

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Symphony no. 40 in G minor, K. 550

1988-10-15

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months40%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 5 days ago

Robert Schumann - Piano Quartet in E flat, Op.47 (3rd mvt)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months40.01%

12months40%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 5 days ago

Miles Davis - Milestones

1958-04

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months40.01%

12months50%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 6 days ago

Julienne Bialonga - Nkolo na biso Yesu

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months10%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Edward Elgar - Serenade for strings, Op 20

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months20%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Roderick Williams - World without End Cantata

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months10%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 4 days ago

Elmer Bernstein - The Great Escape (main theme)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.04%

6months20%

12months20%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Edward Elgar & Jon Cohen - Land Of Hope And Glory (Pomp & Circumstance March No.1)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months10%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 4 days ago

Jean Sibelius - Finlandia

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months60.02%

12months80.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 4 days ago

Trad. - Uti Vår Hage

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months10%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 4 days ago

Jan Dismas Zelenka - Concerto a 8 in G major ZWV.186 (3rd mvt)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months20%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 days ago

Ennio Morricone - Gabriel's Oboe (The Mission)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months40.01%

12months60.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 7 days ago

John Dowland - Can She Excuse My Wrongs

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months40.01%

12months60.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard a day ago

Bohuslav Martinů - Part-song book - 4 madrigals for mixed chorus

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months30%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard a day ago

Isaac Albéniz - Iberia Book 2 for piano (Triana)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months20%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Pauline Viardot - Havanaise

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months30.01%

12months40%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 5 days ago

Gustav Mahler - Symphony no.5 in C sharp minor (4th mvt)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months70.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Anon. - Shenandoah

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months10%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 6 days ago

Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber - Violin Sonata No 6 in C minor

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.04%

6months30.01%

12months40%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 days ago

Leonard Bernstein - Prelude, Fugue and Riffs

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.04%

6months20%

12months40%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 5 days ago

Josquin des Prez - Benedicta es caelorum Regina

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months10%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 7 days ago

Domenico Scarlatti - Sonata in G major Kk.427

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months20%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 7 days ago

Grażyna Bacewicz - Suite for chamber orchestra

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.04%

6months50.02%

12months70.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard a day ago

Johan Halvorsen - Entry March of the Boyars

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months10%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 days ago

Frederick Delius - The Walk to the Paradise Garden (A Village Romeo and Juliet)

1997-01-01

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months60.02%

12months110.02%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 days ago

Johann Sebastian Bach - Geist und Seele wird verwirret, Cantata, BWV 35: I. Sinfonia

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months10%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 21 hours ago

Percy Grainger - Country Gardens

2018-01-12

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.04%

6months60.02%

12months140.02%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 9 hours ago

Frederick Delius - The Walk to the Paradise Garden

1997-01-01

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months40.01%

12months80.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 7 days ago

Frédéric Chopin - Nocturne in G minor, Op 15 No 3

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months20%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 6 hours ago

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

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months40.01%

12months50%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Frédéric Chopin - Piano concerto No 1 in E minor, Op 11

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.04%

6months30.01%

12months40%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Camille Saint‐Saëns - Piano Concerto no.2 in G minor Op.22 (3rd mvt)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.04%

6months30.01%

12months30%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 15 hours ago

Henriëtte Bosmans - Cello Sonata in A minor (2nd mvt)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months30%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 16 hours ago

Antonín Dvořák - Nocturne in B major Op.40

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months30%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 5 days ago

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

2002-04-15

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months40.01%

12months80.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard a day ago

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Ave verum corpus, K 618

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months50.02%

12months100.02%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 2 days ago

Eric Whitacre - Sleep

2010-01-01

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.04%

6months90.03%

12months180.03%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 6 hours ago

Dmitry Shostakovich - Waltz 2 (Suite no.2 for Jazz Band)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months40.01%

12months90.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 6 hours ago

Johann Strauss II - Champagne Polka

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months40%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 7 days ago

Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op 67

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months50.02%

12months90.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Igor Stravinsky - Pulcinella, ballet suite

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months50%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 5 days ago

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

1972-10-01

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months30.01%

12months70.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 2 days ago

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