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Your perfect classical playlist

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

1030 Song of the Day 鈥 harnessing the magic of words, music and the human voice.

1100 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.

1230 Album of the Week

3 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Mon 20 May 2024 09:30

Music Played

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    The Wasps (Overture)

    Orchestra: Hall茅. Conductor: Mark Elder.
    • Vaughan Williams: Orchestral works including Symphony no.3, The Wasps Overture,.
    • HALLE.
    • 7.
  • Franz Schubert

    4 Impromptus D.935 (no.2 in A flat major)

    Performer: Imogen Cooper.
    • OTTAVO.
  • John Adams

    Tromba lontana

    Performer: Gareth Bimson. Performer: Martin Hurrell. Conductor: John Adams. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra.
    • John Adams: Tromba Lontana etc: SSC SO/Adams.
    • Late Junction.
    • 1.
  • Alessandro Scarlatti

    Nacque, e il Gran messia (Cantata pastorale)

    Singer: Matthew White. Ensemble: Les Voix Baroques.
    • Disperato Amore.
    • Analekta.
    • 17.
  • Carl Nielsen

    Serenata in vano FS.68

    Ensemble: Fibonacci Sequence.
    • Chamber Music for Horn.
    • Deux-Elles.
    • 10.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Andante festivo

    Orchestra: Lahti Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Osmo V盲nsk盲.
    • BIS.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Flute Sonata (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Sharon Bezaly. Performer: Ronald Brautigam.
    • BIS.
  • Giovanni Gabrieli

    Canzon a 10 [1597 no.9]

    Ensemble: Gabrieli Players. Director: Paul McCreesh.
    • Archiv.
  • Reynaldo Hahn

    A Chloris

    Singer: Dame Sarah Connolly. Performer: Eugene Asti.
    • The Exquisite Hour.
    • SIGNUM CLASSICS.
    • 009.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Suite no. 3 in D major BWV.1068 for orchestra - Air

    Ensemble: Concerto Copenhagen. Director: Lars Ulrik Mortensen.
    • CPO.
  • Johan Svendsen

    Norwegian rhapsody no.2 Op.19

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Svendsen: Orchestral Works, Vol.1: Thorsen, BPO, Jarvi.
    • Chandos.
    • 10.
  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

    Trio Sonata No 4 in B flat major

    Ensemble: Aura Musicale. Director: Bal谩zs M谩t茅.
    • CHR. W. Gluck The Seven Trio Sonatas Aura Musicale.
    • Hungaroton Classic.
    • 10.
  • John Ireland

    A Downland Suite (Minuet)

    Music Arranger: John Ireland. Music Arranger: Geoffrey Bush. Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Ireland: A Downland Suite etc..
    • Chandos.
    • 3.
  • Witold Lutos艂awski

    Variations on a theme of Paganini for piano and orchestra

    Performer: Louis Lortie. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Deh, vieni alla finestra (Don Giovanni)

    Singer: Bryn Terfel. Performer: Greg Lawson. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Mozart: Tutto Mozart!: Bryn Terfel/Sir Charles Mackerras.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 14.
  • Claude Debussy

    La s茅r茅nade interrompue (Preludes, Book 1)

    Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.
    • Debussy: Complete works for piano vol.1: Bavouzet.
    • Chandos.
    • 9.
  • Derek Bourgeois

    Serenade

    Ensemble: Ad Hoc Orchestra. Conductor: Derek Bourgeois.
    • Crazy.
    • HAFABRA Music.
    • 2.
  • 脡lisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre

    C茅phale et Procris (Overture)

    Orchestra: Concerto K枚ln.
    • Coviello Classics.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    String Quartet no.13 in G major, Op.106 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Pavel Haas Quartet.
    • Dvorak String Quartets - Pavel Haas Quartet.
    • Supraphon.
    • 1.
  • Louis Moreau Gottschalk

    Danse ossianique, Op 12

    Performer: Philip Martin.
    • Gottschalk: Piano Music 6: Philip Martin.
    • Hyperion.
    • 8.
  • Giovanni Battista Pergolesi

    Stabat mater in F minor (opening)

    Singer: Sandrine Piau. Singer: Christopher Lowrey. Ensemble: Les Talens Lyriques. Conductor: Christophe Rousset.
    • PERGOLESI - Stabat Mater.
    • ALPHA.
    • 1.
  • Edwin York Bowen

    Allegro de Concert

    Performer: Lawrence Power. Performer: Simon Crawford鈥怭hillips.
    • Bowen: The Complete Works for Viola and Piano.
    • Hyperion.
    • 5.
  • Georges Bizet

    L'arlesienne: Suite No.1

    Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Kazuki Yamada.
    • PENTATONE.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Concerto in D major TWV.54:D3

    Performer: Lorraine Wood. Performer: Paul Goodwin. Performer: Mark Bennett. Performer: Michael Harrison. Performer: Nicholas Thompson. Orchestra: The English Concert. Director: Trevor Pinnock.
    • Telemann: Suites, Concerto in D major: English Concert, Pinnock.
    • Archiv.
    • 1.
  • Sigfrid Karg鈥怑lert

    Valse mignonne

    Performer: Thomas Trotter.
    • A Celebration.
    • Regent Records.
  • Vittorio Monti

    Czardas arr Parhamovsky

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Performer: Tam谩s Andras. Performer: Ksenija Sidorova. Performer: Thomas Carroll.
  • C茅cile Chaminade

    Flute Concertino Op.107

    Performer: Susan Milan. Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • La Flute Enchantee.
    • Chandos.
    • 4.
  • William Byrd

    Sing Joyfully Unto God

    Choir: The Cambridge Singers. Conductor: John Rutter.
    • Ave verum corpus: Motets and Anthems by William Byrd.
    • Collegium.
  • Paul Hindemith

    Symphonic metamorphosis of themes by Carl Maria von Weber (March)

    Orchestra: Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Wolfgang Sawallisch.
    • Hindemith: Mathis der Maler etc: Philadelphia Orchestra/Sawallisch.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 4.

Broadcast

  • Mon 20 May 2024 09:30

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