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Celebrating classical greats

Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with familiar favourites alongside new discoveries and musical surprises.

Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with familiar favourites alongside new discoveries and musical surprises.

0930 Playlist starter 鈥� listen and send us your ideas for the next step in our musical journey today.

1010 Song of the Day 鈥� harnessing the magic of words, music and the human voice.

1045 Playlist reveal 鈥� a sequence of music suggested by you in response to our starter today.

1130 Slow Moment 鈥� time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.

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Thu 7 Mar 2024 09:00
麻豆社 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Festive Overture Op.96

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Signum.

  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Quintet in A major, D 667, 'The Trout' - 4th movement, Theme and Variations

    Performer: Thomas Ad猫s. Performer: Corina Belcea. Performer: Krzysztof Chorzelski. Performer: Alasdair Tait. Performer: Corin Long.
    • EMI.

  • Dobrinka Tabakova

    Desert Swimmers

    Performer: Joby Burgess.
    • A Percussionist's Songbook.
    • Signum Records.
    • 7.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony no.5 in D major Op.107 'Reformation' (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Manze.
    • Mendelssohn: The 5 Symphonies.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 502.

  • 葮erban Nichifor

    Klezmer Dance

    Performer: Patricia Kopatchinskaja. Performer: Reto Bieri. Performer: Polina Leschenko. Performer: Ilya Gringolts. Performer: Ruslan Lutsyk.
    • Take 3.
    • Outhere Music France.
    • 19.

  • Arvo P盲rt

    Spiegel im Spiegel

    Performer: Tasmin Little. Performer: Martin Roscoe.
    • EMI.

  • Tomasso Traetta

    Armida (Overture)

    Ensemble: Concerto K枚ln. Conductor: Pablo Heras鈥怌asado.
    • El Maestro - Farinelli.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 20.

  • Claude Debussy

    Prelude (Suite Bergamasque)

    Music Arranger: Andr茅 Caplet. Music Arranger: Gustave Clo毛z. Orchestra: Orchestre national de Lyon. Conductor: Jun M盲rkl.
    • Debussy: Orchestral Works 6.
    • naxos.
    • 1.

  • Svend S. Schultz

    Yndigt dufter Danmark [Lovely is the scent of Denmark]

    Choir: Ars Nova Copenhagen. Conductor: Paul Hillier.
    • DACAPO.

  • Michael Torke

    Bright Blue Music

    Orchestra: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: David Zinman.
    • Michael Torke - Ecstatic Orange etc..
    • Argo.
    • 005.

  • Niccol貌 Paganini

    Moto perpetuo, Op.11

    Music Arranger: Donald Hunsberger. Performer: Wynton Marsalis. Ensemble: Eastman Wind Ensemble. Conductor: Donald Hunsberger.
    • Carnaval: Wynton Marsalis.
    • Sony.
    • 5.

  • Ey镁贸r Stef谩nsson

    脕 vegam贸tum

    Performer: Kristinn 枚rn Kristinsson. Singer: Egill Arni Palsson. Singer: Oddur Arnpor Jonsson.
    • Egill Arni Palsson.

  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Violin Concerto in D (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Anne鈥怱ophie Mutter. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andr茅 Previn.
    • Tchaikovsky / Korngold: Violin Concertos.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 6.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    French suite no. 5 in G major BWV.816 for keyboard - Sarabande

    Performer: Peter Hill.
    • J.S. Bach: The French Suites.
    • Delphian.
    • 003.

  • Aaron Copland

    El salon Mexico

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Philharmonic. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Chandos.

  • Luigi Boccherini

    Symphony No 19 in D major, G 521 (Overture)

    Director: Jeanne Lamon. Orchestra: Tafelmusik.
    • Boccherini: Cello Concertos: Bylsma, Tafelmusik, Lamon.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Robert Schumann

    Liederkreis, Op. 39 - V. Mondnacht

    Performer: J枚rg Demus. Singer: Elly Ameling.
    • Eloquence.

  • Aram Khachaturian

    Khachaturian: Gayane: Adagio (From "2001: A Space Odyssey")

    Orchestra: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra. Conductor: Erich Kunzel.
    • Time Warp.
    • Telarc.
    • 10.

  • Bill Evans

    Peace Piece

    Performer: Bill Evans.
    • Everybody Digs Bill Evans.
    • Riverside.
    • 7.

  • John Williams

    Theme from Jurassic Park

    • MCA Records.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto in E-Flat Major, RV 252

    Performer: Th茅otime Langlois de Swarte. Ensemble: Le Consort.
    • Vivaldi: Concerti per una vita.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 220.

  • Isaac Alb茅niz

    Iberia Book 2 for piano (Triana)

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Stephen Hough's Spanish Album.
    • Hyperion.
    • 4.

  • Dani Howard

    Argentum

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Seal.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Concerto in C major for flute and harp, K.299 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Lisa Beznosiuk. Performer: Frances Kelly. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Director: Christopher Hogwood.
    • Mozart - Flute And Harp Concerto.
    • L'Oiseau-Lyre.
    • 2.

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Marche militaire fran莽aise (Suite alg茅rienne, Op.60)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Chandos.

  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in C major, K 159

    Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • Hyperion.

  • Anton Bruckner

    Symphony no 4 in E flat 'Romantic' - 3rd mvt "Scherzo"

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Domingo Hindoyan.
    • Onyx.

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