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Most popular songs in BBC Radio 3 playlist

Title

Popularity

First heard

Last heard

Henry Purcell - When I am laid in earth (Dido and Aeneas)

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months30.01%

12months70.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 5 days ago

Giacomo Puccini - E lucevan le stelle (Tosca)

1979-01-01

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months40.01%

12months70.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 20 days ago

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Horn Concerto No 4 in E flat major, K 495 (3rd mvt)

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

6months40.01%

12months70.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 months ago

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

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months50.02%

12months70.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 16 days ago

Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony no 8 in F major, Op 93

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

6months40.01%

12months70.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard a month ago

Frédéric Chopin - Fantaisie-impromptu in C sharp minor, Op.66

2009-11-23

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days20.04%

6months40.01%

12months70.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 5 days ago

Leonard Bernstein - Mambo (West Side Story)

1961

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months30.01%

12months70.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 17 days ago

Maurice Ravel - Alborada del gracioso (Miroirs)

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

6months50.02%

12months70.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard a month ago

Alice Mary Smith - The Masque of Pandora (Overture)

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

6months30.01%

12months70.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard a month ago

Edward Elgar - Cello Concerto in E minor, Op 85

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

6months40.01%

12months70.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 3 months ago

John Gardner - Tomorrow shall be my dancing day

2009-11-17

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

6months70.02%

12months70.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 4 months ago

Arnold Bax - Tintagel

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months40.01%

12months60.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 14 days ago

Francesca Caccini - Ciaccona

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months30.01%

12months60.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard a month ago

Gabriel Fauré - Cantique de Jean Racine

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months40.01%

12months60.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 7 days ago

Johann Pachelbel - Canon and Gigue in D major

2023-11-03

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

6months40.01%

12months60.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 3 months ago

Giuseppe Verdi - String Quartet in E minor

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

6months20%

12months60.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 3 months ago

Luise Adolpha Le Beau - Cello Sonata Op.17 (3rd mvt)

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months60.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 22 days ago

Howard Skempton - Lento

Popularity:

7days00%

28days30.07%

6months40.01%

12months60.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 13 days ago

Malcolm Arnold - 4 English dances - set 2 Op.33 (no.1)

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

6months20%

12months60.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 3 months ago

John Field - Aria; Nocturne & Chanson

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

6months30.01%

12months60.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 3 months ago

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Eugene Onegin (Act 2 Waltz)

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

6months40.01%

12months60.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard a month ago

Maria Theresia von Paradis - Sicilienne

2007-01-01

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months60.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 23 days ago

Nadia Boulanger - 3 Pieces for cello and piano

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

6months30.01%

12months60.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 months ago

Ronald Binge - The Water Mill

2017-12-13

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months30.01%

12months60.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard a month ago

Darius Milhaud - Brazileira (Scaramouche)

2019-04-26

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

6months30.01%

12months60.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 months ago

Hélène de Montgeroult - Étude no.41 in E flat major

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

6months20%

12months60.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 4 months ago

John Barry - The Beyondness Of Things

1998-01-01

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months60.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 12 days ago

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor - African Dance (African Suite)

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

6months40.01%

12months60.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 months ago

Rebecca Dale - Salve Regina

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

6months20%

12months60.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 months ago

Fanny Mendelssohn - Excerpts from Songs Without Words, Op 6 (1846)

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months40.01%

12months60.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 11 days ago

Carl Davis - Pride and Prejudice: Main Title

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months30.01%

12months60.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 23 days ago

George Gershwin - I got rhythm

2016-10-14

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months40.01%

12months60.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Camille Saint‐Saëns - Aquarium (Carnival of the Animals)

2025-06-05

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months60.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 15 days ago

Florence Price - Symphony no.1 in E Minor (3rd mvt)

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

6months20%

12months60.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard a month ago

Hugo Alfvén - Swedish Rhapsody no.1 'Midsummer Vigil'

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months30.01%

12months60.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 days ago

Dorothy Howell - Lamia

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months60.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 18 days ago

Jean Sibelius - Karelia Suite (Intermezzo)

1996-01-01

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

6months20%

12months60.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard a month ago

Maria Herz - Concerto for Harpsichord or Fortepiano, String Orchestra and Flute, op. 15

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

6months30.01%

12months60.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 months ago

Léo Delibes - Pizzicato (Sylvia)

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

6months20%

12months60.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 months ago

Carl Nielsen - Serenata in vano

Popularity:

7days10.09%

28days10.02%

6months40.01%

12months60.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 4 days ago

Richard Strauss - Metamorphosen

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months30.01%

12months60.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 17 days ago

Alexander Glazunov - Concert waltz no.1 in D major Op.47

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months40.01%

12months60.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 23 days ago

Camille Saint‐Saëns - Piano Concerto no.2 Op.22 (2nd mvt)

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months60.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 21 days ago

Caroline Shaw - Entr'acte

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

6months30.01%

12months60.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 4 months ago

Giacomo Puccini - Vissi d'Arte (Tosca)

1965

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

6months30.01%

12months60.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 months ago

Johannes Brahms - Serenade no 2 in A major, Op 16

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

6months20%

12months60.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard a month ago

Franz Liszt - Hungarian Rhapsody No 2 in C sharp minor

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

6months30.01%

12months60.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 2 months ago

Felix Mendelssohn - Violin Concerto in E minor, Op 64

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

6months30.01%

12months60.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard a month ago

George Frideric Handel - Ombra mai fu (Serse)

2004-09-15

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.04%

6months40.01%

12months60.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 8 days ago

Edward Elgar - Salut d'amour Op.12

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

6months20%

12months60.01%

First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 23 days ago

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