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Most popular songs in BBC Radio 3 playlist

Title

Popularity

First heard

Last heard

Johannes Brahms - Violin Concerto in D major, Op.77 (3rd mvt)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months30%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 2 days ago

Camille Saint‐Saëns - Tarantelle in A minor Op.6

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months50.02%

12months60.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 22 days ago

Gioachino Rossini - Quartet for flute, clarinet, horn and bassoon no 6 in F major

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months20%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 17 hours ago

Antonín Dvořák - Symphony no.9 in E minor 'From the New World' (3rd mvt)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months10%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 5 days ago

Sir Alexander Campbell Mackenzie - Burns Op.24 (3rd mvt)

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months10%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard a month ago

Hildegard von Bingen - Instrumental piece

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months30%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 2 days ago

Johannes Brahms - Piano Concerto No. 2 (3rd mvt)

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months20%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 11 days ago

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach - Harpsichord Concerto in D minor, Wq 17

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months30.01%

12months40%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 15 days ago

Jennifer Higdon - Harp Concerto (Lullaby)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months30.01%

12months40%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard a day ago

Claudio Monteverdi - Magnificat II

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months30.01%

12months40%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 12 days ago

Ola Gjeilo - Serenity (O Magnum Mysterium)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months30%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 6 days ago

Franz Schubert - 6 Deutsche Tänze, D820

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months30%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 20 days ago

Sergey Rachmaninov - Symphony no.2 in E minor, Op.27

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months20%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 24 days ago

Franz Schubert - String Quartet in G minor D.173

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months10%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 6 days ago

Francesco Cavalli - Salve Regina (Hail, Holy Queen)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months40.01%

12months50%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 7 days ago

Johann Sebastian Bach - Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 639, chorale prelude

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months20%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 17 days ago

Sergey Rachmaninov - Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months100.02%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard a day ago

Česlovas Sasnauskas - Requiem

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months30%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 15 days ago

Caroline Shaw - Partita (Sarabande)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months20%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 7 days ago

Ralph Vaughan Williams - A London Symphony (3rd mvt)

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months30%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 10 days ago

Giacomo Puccini - O mio babbino caro (Gianni Schicchi)

2021-11-12

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months50.02%

12months90.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 9 days ago

Frédéric Chopin - Nocturne in E flat major, Op 9 no 2

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months30.01%

12months50%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard a month ago

Gaetano Donizetti - Una furtiva lagrima (L'elisir d'amore)

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months40%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 17 days ago

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - Salieri's Aria from Mozart and Salieri - opera in 1 act, Op 48

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months30%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 21 days ago

Charles Mouton - Pièces de Lute in C minor

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months30%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard a month ago

George Frideric Handel - Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (Solomon)

1995-01-01

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months70.02%

12months130.02%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 7 days ago

Maurice Ravel - Oiseaux tristes (Miroirs)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months20%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 7 days ago

Edward Elgar - Salut d'amour

2015-09-18

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months120.04%

12months210.04%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard a month ago

Joby Talbot - Transit of Venus

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months30%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard a month ago

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Clarinet Concerto in A major K.622 (3rd mvt)

2025-04-04

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months80.03%

12months170.03%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Joseph Haydn - Cello Concerto in C major, H.7b.1 (1st mvt)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months30%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 4 days ago

William Byrd - Mass for 3 voices (Agnus Dei)

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months40%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 13 days ago

Isaac Albéniz - Suite española (Granada)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months10%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard a day ago

Gwenllian Llŷr - Strawberry Moon

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months40.01%

12months40%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 21 days ago

Leroy Anderson - The Syncopated Clock

2008-06-24

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months40%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 14 days ago

Johannes Hieronymus Kapsberger - Toccata Arpeggiata

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months30%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 2 days ago

Maurice Ravel - Alborada del gracioso

1994

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months130.04%

12months240.04%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 9 hours ago

Louise Farrenc - Symphony no.3 in G minor Op.36 (3rd mvt)

2010-10-26

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months50%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 11 days ago

Imant Raminsh - Ave Verum Corpus

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months20%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard a month ago

Giacomo Puccini - The Humming Chorus (Madama Butterfly)

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months10%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 8 days ago

Guillaume de Machaut - Ballade 32, 'Ploures, dames'

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months30%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 12 days ago

Bedrich Smetana - Vltava (Ma Vlast)

1994-08-05

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months50%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard a month ago

Jean Sibelius - Andante Festivo

2003-09-01

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months80.03%

12months180.03%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 6 days ago

Dora Pejačević - Four piano pieces

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months40%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 4 days ago

Joaquín Rodrigo - Concierto de Aranjuez

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months30.01%

12months60.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 2 days ago

Camille Saint‐Saëns - Havanaise

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months20%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 20 days ago

Joaquín Rodrigo - Canario (Fantasía para un gentilhombre)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months50.02%

12months80.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 8 days ago

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina - Sicut Cervus

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months60.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard a month ago

Thea Musgrave - Loch Ness - a postcard from Scotland for orchestra

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months30.01%

12months60.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 10 days ago

Leonard Bernstein - West Side Story (Overture)

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months10%

12months10%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 19 days ago

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