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Most popular songs in BBC Radio 3 playlist

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Ester Mägi - Bucolic

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Einojuhani Rautavaara - Cantus Arcticus, Concerto for Birds and Orchestra, Op 61

Popularity:

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First heard 2 years ago

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Richard Strauss - Metamorphosen

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Grażyna Bacewicz - Suite for chamber orchestra

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First heard 2 years ago

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Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni - Adagio In G Minor

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Arnold Bax - 4 Orchestral Sketches (Dance in the Sun)

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Richard Strauss - Serenade in E flat major, Op.7

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First heard 3 years ago

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Felix Mendelssohn - A Midsummer Night's Dream (Scherzo)

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First heard 3 years ago

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Charles‐Marie Widor - Toccata (Organ Symphony No 5 in F minor)

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Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No 8 in F major, Op 93 (2nd mvt)

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George Frideric Handel - Concerto Grosso in B flat major Op.3'1

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First heard 2 years ago

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Edward Elgar - Enigma Variations, Op 36 (Variation 9, 'Nimrod')

2020-01-10

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First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 24 days ago

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

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First heard 3 years ago

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

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Franz Schubert - Octet in F major D.803 (3rd mvt)

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Eugen Suchon - Ballade for Horn and Orchestra

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First heard 2 years ago

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George Gershwin - I got rhythm

2016-10-14

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First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 8 days ago

Ottorino Respighi - Bergamasca (Ancient Airs and Dances - suite no. 2)

Popularity:

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 24 days ago

Sergey Rachmaninov - Variations on a theme of Corelli, Op 42

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César Franck - Violin sonata in A major (4th mvt)

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First heard 3 years ago

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Amy Beach - Peace I leave with you

2020-09-25

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First heard 3 years ago

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Chan Ka Nin - Four seasons suite

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Gabriel Fauré - Agnus Dei (Requiem, Op.48)

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First heard 3 years ago

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Ludwig van Beethoven - Violin Concerto in D major, Op 61

Popularity:

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 22 days ago

Arthur Bliss - Things to come (March)

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First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 2 months ago

Gioachino Rossini - William Tell (Overture)

2014-06-13

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.02%

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First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 22 days ago

Frédéric Chopin - Berceuse in D flat major, Op 57

2025-04-24

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First heard 2 years ago

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Joseph Haydn - Trumpet Concerto in E flat major, H.7e.1 (1st mvt)

2007-11-12

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First heard 2 years ago

Last heard 25 days ago

Jean Sibelius - Symphony No 5 in E flat major, Op 82

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First heard 2 years ago

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Ludwig van Beethoven - Coriolan Overture

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Ottorino Respighi - Spring (3 Botticelli Pictures)

1996-11-29

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First heard 2 years ago

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Dmitry Shostakovich - Romance (The Gadfly)

2019-05-24

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First heard 2 years ago

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Max Bruch - Violin Concerto No 1 in G minor, Op 26

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Felix Mendelssohn - Violin Concerto in E minor, Op.64 (3rd mvt)

Popularity:

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First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 5 days ago

Ludwig van Beethoven - Coriolan Overture, Op 62

Popularity:

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First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 16 days ago

Henry Purcell - Music for a while (Oedipus)

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First heard 3 years ago

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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - Quintet in B flat major (3rd mvt)

Popularity:

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First heard 3 years ago

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Giacomo Puccini - Crisantemi

2023-11-17

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First heard 2 years ago

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Claude Debussy - Syrinx for solo flute

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

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

Popularity:

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First heard 2 years ago

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Johann Sebastian Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No 3 in G major, BWV 1048 (2nd mvt)

2000-09-20

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Leonard Bernstein - Symphonic Dances from West Side Story

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Igor Stravinsky - The Shrovetide Fair (Petrushka)

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Leos Janáček - Moon Waltz (The Excursions of Mr Broucek - Suite)

Popularity:

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First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 4 months ago

Joaquín Rodrigo - Concierto de Aranjuez

Popularity:

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First heard 3 years ago

Last heard 2 days ago

Alexander Glazunov - Symphony no.5 in B flat major Op.55 (2nd mvt)

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Ralph Vaughan Williams - Romance for viola and piano

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Sergey Rachmaninov - Vocalise

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First heard 3 years ago

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Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina - Sicut Cervus

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