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George Gershwin - It ain't necessarily so (Porgy and Bess)

George Gershwin - It ain't necessarily so (Porgy and Bess)

Popularity:

7days10.09%28days10.02%6months10%12months10%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 2 days 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

Rudolf Matz - Ballade for violin, cello & piano

Rudolf Matz - Ballade for violin, cello & piano

Popularity:

7days00%28days10.02%6months30.01%12months60.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 8 days ago

Henry Purcell - Curtain Tune (Timon of Athens Z.632)

Henry Purcell - Curtain Tune (Timon of Athens Z.632)

Popularity:

7days00%28days10.02%6months20%12months40%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard a month ago

Sergey Rachmaninov - Symphony no.2 in E minor Op.27 (2nd mvt)

Sergey Rachmaninov - Symphony no.2 in E minor Op.27 (2nd mvt)

2023-06-30

Popularity:

7days00%28days10.02%6months50.02%12months80.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 11 days ago

Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni & Remo Giazotto - Adagio in G minor

Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni & Remo Giazotto - Adagio in G minor

Popularity:

7days00%28days10.02%6months30.01%12months40%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard a month ago

Gioachino Rossini - La Cenerentola (Overture)

Gioachino Rossini - La Cenerentola (Overture)

Popularity:

7days00%28days10.02%6months20%12months40%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 23 days ago

Eric Coates - Calling All Workers

Eric Coates - Calling All Workers

Popularity:

7days00%28days10.02%6months10%12months20%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 13 days ago

Madeleine Dring - Trio for flute, oboe and piano (2nd mvt)

Madeleine Dring - Trio for flute, oboe and piano (2nd mvt)

Popularity:

7days10.09%28days10.02%6months10%12months20%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 4 days ago

Johannes Brahms - Academic Festival Overture, Op 80

Johannes Brahms - Academic Festival Overture, Op 80

Popularity:

7days00%28days10.02%6months20%12months40%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 13 days ago

Antonín Dvořák - Silent Woods

Antonín Dvořák - Silent Woods

Popularity:

7days00%28days10.02%6months20%12months60.01%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 24 days ago

Francis Poulenc - Flute Sonata, FP 164

Francis Poulenc - Flute Sonata, FP 164

Popularity:

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

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard a month ago

Pierre de la Rue - Missa Sancto Job

Pierre de la Rue - Missa Sancto Job

Popularity:

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

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 11 days ago

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Piano Concerto no.23 in A major K.488 (1st mvt)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Piano Concerto no.23 in A major K.488 (1st mvt)

Popularity:

7days00%28days10.02%6months10%12months40%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 17 days ago

George Gershwin - Cuban Overture

George Gershwin - Cuban Overture

2002-04-14

Popularity:

7days00%28days10.02%6months30.01%12months40%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard a month ago

Pérotin - Viderunt Omnes

Pérotin - Viderunt Omnes

Popularity:

7days00%28days10.02%6months30.01%12months50%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 14 days ago

Johann Sebastian Bach - Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring

Johann Sebastian Bach - Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring

Popularity:

7days00%28days10.02%6months10%12months40%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 19 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

Lili Boulanger - D'un matin de printemps

Lili Boulanger - D'un matin de printemps

1999-07-01

Popularity:

7days00%28days10.02%6months60.02%12months130.02%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 20 days ago

Haydn Wood - Joyousness

Haydn Wood - Joyousness

1992-03-02

Popularity:

7days10.09%28days10.02%6months10%12months10%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 4 days ago

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

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

1988-01-01

Popularity:

7days10.09%28days10.02%6months30.01%12months40%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 4 days ago

Felix Mendelssohn - The Hebrides Overture 'Fingal's Cave', Op.26

Felix Mendelssohn - The Hebrides Overture 'Fingal's Cave', Op.26

Popularity:

7days00%28days10.02%6months10%12months40%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 11 days ago

Frédéric Chopin - 3 Waltzes for piano (Op.34), no.2 in A minor

Frédéric Chopin - 3 Waltzes for piano (Op.34), no.2 in A minor

Popularity:

7days10.09%28days10.02%6months10%12months10%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 5 days ago

Edvard Grieg - Holberg Suite, Op.40 (Praeludium)

Edvard Grieg - Holberg Suite, Op.40 (Praeludium)

2025-11-21

Popularity:

7days10.09%28days10.02%6months20%12months50%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 13 hours ago

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - Dance of the Tumblers (Snow Maiden Suite)

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - Dance of the Tumblers (Snow Maiden Suite)

Popularity:

7days00%28days10.02%6months10%12months50%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 21 days ago

Johannes Brahms - Rhapsody in E flat major, Op 119, No 4

Johannes Brahms - Rhapsody in E flat major, Op 119, No 4

Popularity:

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

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard a month ago

Edward Elgar - Romance for bassoon and piano Op 62

Edward Elgar - Romance for bassoon and piano Op 62

Popularity:

7days00%28days10.02%6months10%12months20%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 20 days ago

Philippe Gaubert - Tarantelle for flute, oboe and piano

Philippe Gaubert - Tarantelle for flute, oboe and piano

Popularity:

7days00%28days10.02%6months10%12months30%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 10 days ago

Johannes Brahms - Piano Sonata no 3 in F minor, Op 5

Johannes Brahms - Piano Sonata no 3 in F minor, Op 5

Popularity:

7days10.09%28days10.02%6months10%12months10%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 7 days ago

Carl Ludvig Lithander - Divertimento No.1 for flute and fortepiano

Carl Ludvig Lithander - Divertimento No.1 for flute and fortepiano

2005-01-01

Popularity:

7days10.09%28days10.02%6months30.01%12months50%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 5 days ago

Arcangelo Corelli - Sonata da chiesa in D minor, Op 3 no 5

Arcangelo Corelli - Sonata da chiesa in D minor, Op 3 no 5

Popularity:

7days00%28days10.02%6months10%12months30%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard a month ago

Johann Sebastian Bach - Violin Sonata No.3 in C (BWV.1005)

Johann Sebastian Bach - Violin Sonata No.3 in C (BWV.1005)

Popularity:

7days00%28days10.02%6months20%12months40%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard a month 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

Lili Boulanger - D'un vieux jardin

Lili Boulanger - D'un vieux jardin

Popularity:

7days10.09%28days10.02%6months20%12months50%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 6 days ago

Gerald Finzi - It was a lover and his lass (Let us garlands bring, Op 18)

Gerald Finzi - It was a lover and his lass (Let us garlands bring, Op 18)

Popularity:

7days00%28days10.02%6months10%12months10%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard a month 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

Igor Stravinsky - Pulcinella Suite

Igor Stravinsky - Pulcinella Suite

Popularity:

7days00%28days10.02%6months70.02%12months100.02%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 10 days ago

Christoph Willibald Gluck - Dance of the Blessed Spirits (Orfeo ed Euridice)

Christoph Willibald Gluck - Dance of the Blessed Spirits (Orfeo ed Euridice)

1995-01-01

Popularity:

7days00%28days10.02%6months110.04%12months160.03%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 10 days ago

Gustav Holst - St Paul's Suite, Op 29 no 2

Gustav Holst - St Paul's Suite, Op 29 no 2

Popularity:

7days00%28days10.02%6months80.03%12months130.02%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard a month ago

Ludwig van Beethoven - Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage

Ludwig van Beethoven - Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage

Popularity:

7days10.09%28days10.02%6months20%12months20%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 2 days ago

Cécile Chaminade - Flute Concertino, Op 107

Cécile Chaminade - Flute Concertino, Op 107

Popularity:

7days00%28days10.02%6months60.02%12months100.02%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 11 days ago

Emmanuel Chabrier - Habanera

Emmanuel Chabrier - Habanera

1999-10-19

Popularity:

7days10.09%28days10.02%6months90.03%12months220.04%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 2 days ago

Ralph Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis

Ralph Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis

1972-10-01

Popularity:

7days00%28days10.02%6months110.04%12months260.04%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 20 days ago

Charles Lloyd - The Water Is Wide

Charles Lloyd - The Water Is Wide

2000-08-28

Popularity:

7days00%28days10.02%6months10%12months10%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 15 days ago

Johann Sebastian Bach - Sonata No 1 for solo violin in G minor, BWV1001

Johann Sebastian Bach - Sonata No 1 for solo violin in G minor, BWV1001

Popularity:

7days10.09%28days10.02%6months10%12months10%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 4 days ago

Ruth Gipps - Jane Grey Fantasy, Op 15

Ruth Gipps - Jane Grey Fantasy, Op 15

2026-08-14

Popularity:

7days10.09%28days10.02%6months50.02%12months100.02%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 4 days ago

Elizabeth Poston - Jesus Christ the apple tree

Elizabeth Poston - Jesus Christ the apple tree

2023-09-26

Popularity:

7days00%28days10.02%6months10%12months50%

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 18 days ago

Claude Debussy - Passepied (Suite bergamasque)

Claude Debussy - Passepied (Suite bergamasque)

Popularity:

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

First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 9 days 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

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