Notturnometer

Works by length

The most-aired works in each length class. A work's class is derived from the typical performance length as measured from the recording metadata available since 2012.

Short — under 10 minutes

#WorkComposerMedianAirings
1 Italian Serenade Hugo Wolf 7:09 161
2 L'Isle joyeuse Claude Debussy 6:00 146
3 Nocturne no 1 in E flat minor, Op 33 no 1 Gabriel Fauré 7:57 142
4 Keyboard Concerto in F minor, BWV.1056 Johann Sebastian Bach 9:56 140
5 Sonata for piano in C, K 545 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 9:15 138
6 Norwegian Dance no 1 for piano duet, Op 35 Edvard Grieg 6:03 131
7 Slavonic Dance no 10 in E minor, Op 72 no 2 Antonín Dvořák 6:09 127
8 Piano Trio in E flat, 'Notturno' Franz Schubert 9:47 127
9 Elegy Op 23 arr. for piano trio Josef Suk 6:53 126
10 5 Ancient Hungarian Dances for wind quintet Ferenc Farkas 9:39 125
11 Coriolan Overture, Op 62 Ludwig van Beethoven 7:27 123
12 Ballade for piano no 1 in G minor, Op 23 Frédéric Chopin 9:26 123
13 Fantasia and Variations on a theme of Franz Danzi in B flat major, Op 81 Louis Spohr 7:52 122
14 Adagio and allegro in A flat major, Op 70 Robert Schumann 8:48 121
15 Introduction and variations on a theme from Mozart's Magic Flute, Op 9 Fernando Sor 8:24 118
16 Overture in the Italian Style, D.590 Franz Schubert 8:01 115
17 Komm, Jesu, komm, BWV.229 Johann Sebastian Bach 8:41 106
18 12 Variations on 'Ein Madchen oder Weibchen' for cello and piano, Op 66 Ludwig van Beethoven 9:27 106
19 Le Carnaval Romain, Op 9 Hector Berlioz 9:04 104
20 Concerto in C major, RV.444 for recorder, strings & continuo Antonio Vivaldi 9:18 103
21 Trio Sonata in D minor, Op 1 no 12, 'La Folia' (1705) Antonio Vivaldi 9:13 103
22 Scherzo no 2 in B flat minor, Op 31 Frédéric Chopin 9:59 100
23 Overture from Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K.620 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 6:43 100
24 Overture to The Wasps - Aristophanic suite (from incidental music) Ralph Vaughan Williams 9:14 99
25 Academic Festival Overture Johannes Brahms 9:52 98

Medium — 10 to 30 minutes

#WorkComposerMedianAirings
1 Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune Claude Debussy 10:43 217
2 Serenade for Strings in E minor, Op 20 Edward Elgar 11:08 163
3 Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis Ralph Vaughan Williams 13:59 163
4 Holberg Suite, Op 40 Edvard Grieg 20:02 153
5 Cello Sonata in D minor Claude Debussy 11:10 143
6 Phantasiestucke Op 73 for clarinet & piano Robert Schumann 10:36 143
7 Hebrides - overture (Op.26) Felix Mendelssohn 10:34 141
8 Violin Sonata in A major, M.8 César Franck 27:11 140
9 Overture from Suite no 1 in C major, BWV.1066 Johann Sebastian Bach 22:30 131
10 String Quartet in G minor, Op 10 Claude Debussy 25:06 129
11 Clarinet Quintet in B flat major, Op 34 Carl Maria von Weber 24:29 118
12 Symphony no 4 in A major, Op 90 'Italian' Felix Mendelssohn 29:16 117
13 Variations on a theme by Haydn vers. for orchestra, Op 56a Johannes Brahms 17:59 115
14 Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied - motet BWV.225 Johann Sebastian Bach 13:10 114
15 Symphony no 1 in D major, Op 25 'Classical' Sergey Prokofiev 14:13 107
16 Quintet in E flat major, K452 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 23:51 106
17 Violin Concerto in E minor, Op 64 Felix Mendelssohn 26:46 105
18 Suite for orchestra no.3 in D major (BWV.1068) Johann Sebastian Bach 20:10 103
19 Romeo and Juliet - fantasy overture Pyotr Tchaikovsky 20:30 103
20 La Mer Claude Debussy 24:55 101
21 String Quartet no 12 in F major, Op 96, 'American' Antonín Dvořák 23:55 101
22 Jesu, meine Freude - motet BWV.227 Johann Sebastian Bach 21:13 100
23 Estampes Claude Debussy 14:05 98
24 Piano Trio in A minor Maurice Ravel 26:10 98
25 Le Tombeau de Couperin Maurice Ravel 18:47 98

Long — over 30 minutes

#WorkComposerMedianAirings
1 Pictures at an Exhibition Modest Mussorgsky 32:26 129
2 String Octet in E flat major, Op 20 Felix Mendelssohn 31:59 119
3 24 Preludes for piano, Op 28 Frédéric Chopin 37:15 107
4 Symphony No.41 in C major (K.551) "Jupiter" Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 34:20 99
5 String Quartet no 1 in G minor, Op 27 Edvard Grieg 34:23 92
6 Variations on an original theme 'Enigma' for orchestra (Op.36) Edward Elgar 30:42 88
7 Symphony no 7 in A major, Op 92 Ludwig van Beethoven 40:08 87
8 Piano Quintet in A major (D.667), "Trout" Franz Schubert 37:40 87
9 Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op 115 Johannes Brahms 37:10 85
10 Violin Concerto in D major, Op 35 Pyotr Tchaikovsky 34:49 85
11 Cello Concerto in B minor, Op 104 Antonín Dvořák 40:12 82
12 Piano Quintet in A major, Op 81 Antonín Dvořák 38:28 82
13 Symphony no 3 in F major, Op 90 Johannes Brahms 36:11 79
14 Piano Concerto no 3 in C minor, Op 37 Ludwig van Beethoven 36:15 78
15 Symphony no 9 in C major, D.944 "Great" Franz Schubert 51:18 77
16 Piano Concerto no 2 in F minor, Op 21 Frédéric Chopin 32:22 76
17 Piano Quintet in E flat major, Op 44 Robert Schumann 30:18 76
18 String Quartet no 2 in A minor, Op 13 Felix Mendelssohn 30:17 74
19 Cello Sonata in G minor, Op 65 Frédéric Chopin 30:44 73
20 Piano Trio No.4 in E Minor, Op.90 'Dumky' Antonín Dvořák 31:01 73
21 Symphony no 3 in A minor, Op 56 'Scottish' Felix Mendelssohn 39:12 73
22 Sheherazade - symphonic suite Op.35 Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov 44:33 73
23 Serenade in C major for strings, Op 48 Pyotr Tchaikovsky 33:02 73
24 Piano Quintet in F minor César Franck 34:54 72
25 Cantata - 'Ich hatte viel Bekummernis' BWV 21 Johann Sebastian Bach 34:40 71