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.
1000 Playlist starter – listen and send us your ideas for the next step in our musical journey today.
1030 Song of the Day – harnessing the magic of words, music and the human voice.
1100 Playlist reveal – a sequence of music suggested by you in response to our starter today.
1130 Slow Moment – time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.
1230 Album of the Week
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Leonard Bernstein
Wonderful Town (Overture)
Ensemble: Birmingham Contemporary Music Group. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.- Wonderful Town.
- EMI.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No 3 in G major, BWV 1048 (2nd mvt)
Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin. -
Frédéric Chopin
Ballade No.2 in F major (op. 38)
Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.- SONY.
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André Caplet
A la Francaise (2 Divertissements)
Performer: Lavinia Meijer.- Divertissements.
- Channel Classics Records.
- 4.
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Anatoly Konstantinovich Lyadov
Scherzo in D major, Op.16
Orchestra: Â鶹Éç Philharmonic. Conductor: Vassily Sinaisky.- Chandos.
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Joseph Haydn
Overture (Sinfonia) (L'Isola disabitata, Hob.28:9)
Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.- Solo E Pensoso.
- Alpha.
- 5.
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Malcolm Arnold
Little Suite for Brass Band no.1 Op.80
Ensemble: Grimethorpe Colliery Band. Conductor: Elgar Howarth.- SONY.
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Woldemar Bargiel
Piano Trio no.1 in F major Op.6 (3rd mvt)
Ensemble: Leonore Piano Trio.- HYPERION.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No 1 in C major, Op 21 (4th mvt)
Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.- The Beethoven Symphonies: Live from the Edinburgh Festival.
- Hyperion.
- 4.
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Johannes Brahms
An die Nachtigall
Performer: Michael Pandya. Singer: James Atkinson. -
Zoltán Kodály
Dances of Galanta
Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iván Fischer.- Kodaly: Psalmus hungaricus, Marosszék Dances, Galánta Dances: Fischer.
- Hungaroton.
- 3.
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Richard Wagner
Mild und leise 'Isolde's Liebestod' arr. Liszt
Performer: Nikolai Lugansky.- Richard Wagner: Famous Opera Scenes.
- harmonia mundi.
- 8.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Suite no.2 in C major Op.53 (Valse)
Orchestra: Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neville Marriner.- The Stuttgart Recordings.
- CapriccioNR.
- 602.
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Giacomo Puccini
Crisantemi
Ensemble: Signum Quartet.- Quartet Movements: Signum Quartett.
- Capriccio.
- 2.
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Michael Nyman
Prospero's Magic (Prospero's Books)
Ensemble: Michael Nyman Band. Director: Michael Nyman.- Prospero's Books.
- Decca.
- 4.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
3 Shakespeare songs for chorus, no.2; The Cloud-capp'd towers
Choir: The Finzi Singers. Conductor: Paul Spicer.- Chandos.
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Robert Mellin
Robinson Crusoe
Orchestra: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Nic Raine.- TV Themes.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
- 52.
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Edvard Grieg
4 Norwegian dances Op.35 (no.1)
Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Ole Kristian Ruud.- Grieg: The Orchestral Music: Bergen PO, Ruud.
- BIS.
- 1.
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Eric Whitacre
Sleep
Performer: VOCES8.- After Silence.
- Voces8 Records.
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Improvisation
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Ensemble: Tembembe Ensamble Continuo. Ensemble: La Capella Reial de Catalunya. Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI. Conductor: Jordi Savall.- El Nuevo Mundo: FolÃas Criollas.
- Alia Vox.
- 12.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Keyboard Partita no.4 in D major BWV.828 (Allemande)
Performer: Murray Perahia.- SONY CLASSICAL.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Octet in E flat major, Op.20 (4th mvt)
Performer: James Ehnes. Ensemble: Seattle Chamber Players.- Onyx.
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Richard Strauss
Don Juan, Op. 20
Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.- The Asia Tour.
- Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra.
- 101.
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Albert Roussel
Divertissement Op.6
Ensemble: Les Vents Français.- WARNER.
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Anon.
Galliarde
Performer: Paul O’Dette.- Rippe: Works for lute 'Un perfaict sonneur de Leut'.
- harmonia mundi.
- 18.
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Ernesto Lecuona
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Performer: Gabriela Montero.- SOLATINO.
- Warner Classics.
- 9.
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Thomas Tallis
Thomas Tallis: Te lucis ante terminum
Performer: Christian Forshaw. Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.- When Sleep Comes: Evening Meditations for Voices & Saxophone.
- Signum Classics.
- 11.
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Erich Wolfgang Korngold
String Sextet in D major Op.10 (Finale)
Ensemble: Doric String Quartet. Performer: Jennifer Stumm. Performer: Bartholomew LaFollette.- CHANDOS.
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Federico GarcÃa Lorca
El Cafe de Chinitas (Canciones espanolas antiguas)
Performer: Thibaut Garcia. Singer: Alessandro Fisher. -
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No 39 in E flat major, K 543 (4th mvt)
Orchestra: Potsdam Chamber Academy. Conductor: Antonello Manacorda.- Mozart Symphonies Nos. 39, 40, 41.
- Sony Classical.
- 4.
Broadcast
- Thu 16 May 2024 09:30Â鶹Éç Radio 3