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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George Gershwin
Concerto in F (3rd mvt, Allegro agitato)
Performer: Kirill Gerstein. Orchestra: Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: David Robertson.- The Gershwin Moment.
- Myrios Classics.
- 8.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Serenade in C major for strings, Op 48 (Waltz)
Ensemble: Camerata Tchaikovsky. Director: Yuri Zhislin.- ORCHID CLASSICS.
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Giovanni Gabrieli
O quam suavis a 7
Choir: London Oratory Schola Cantorum. Conductor: Charles Cole.- Sacred Treasures of Venice: Motets from the Golden Age of Venetian Polyphony.
- Hyperion.
- 4.
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Dmitry Shostakovich
Symphony no.9 in E flat major Op.70 (1st mvt)
Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Kirill Petrenko.- Shostakovich: Symphony No. 9.
- Berliner Philharmoniker Recordings.
- 101.
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Johann David Heinichen
Dresden Concerto in F major S.235 (3rd mvt)
Orchestra: Musica Antiqua Köln. Conductor: Reinhard Goebel.- Johann David Heinichen Dresden Concerti Musica Antiqua Koln Reinhard Goebel.
- Archiv Produktion.
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François-Joseph Gossec
Tambourin (Le Triomphe de la Republique)
Music Arranger: Charles Gerhardt. Performer: James Galway. Orchestra: National Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Gerhardt.- James Galway - Celebrating 70 - A collection of Personal Favourites.
- RCA.
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Thomas Adès
L'embarquement (Arcadiana)
Ensemble: Endellion Quartet.- Ades: Living Toys.
- EMI Classics.
- 13.
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Nacio Herb Brown
Doll Dance
Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.- Alexandre Tharaud: Le Boeuf sur le Toit.
- Virgin Classics.
- 7.
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Edvard Grieg
Homage March (Sigurd Jorsalfar)
Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Gennady Nikolayevich Rozhdestvensky.- Grieg: Symphonic Dances, etc.
- CHANDOS.
- 013.
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Larsâ€Erik Larsson
Pastoral suite Op.19 (Scherzo)
Orchestra: Helsingborgs Symfoniorkester. Conductor: Okko Kamu.- Naxos.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Concert Rondo in E flat major K371 for horn and orchestra
Performer: Sarah Willis. Orchestra: Havana Lyceum Orchestra. Conductor: José Antonio Méndez Padrón.- ALPHA.
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Henryk Wieniawski
Etude-Caprice for 2 Violins, Op 18 No 5 in E Major
Performer: David Oistrakh. Performer: Igor Oistrakh.- DG.
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Robert Schumann
Kerner Lieder, Op. 35: Stille Tränen
Performer: Michael Gees. Singer: Christoph Prégardien.- RCA.
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Joseph Haydn
Symphony no.59 in A major H.1.59 'Fire' (4th mvt)
Orchestra: Il Giardino Armonico. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.- Haydn 2032, Vol. 13: Horn Signal.
- ALPHA.
- 05.
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Jessie Montgomery
Strum
Ensemble: Catalyst Quartet.- Azica Records.
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Edward Elgar
The Dream of Gerontius, Pt II: Praise to the Holiest in the height
Singer: Anna Stéphany. Singer: Nicky Spence. Choir: Polish National Youth Choir. Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort & Players. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.- The Dream of Gerontius.
- SIGNUM.
- 110.
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Gwenllian LlÅ·r
Strawberry Moon
Performer: Gwenllian LlÅ·r.- SAIN.
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Jean Sibelius
Finlandia, Op.26
Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.- Sibelius: Orchestral Works.
- Warner Classics.
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Francis Poulenc
L'embarquement pour Cythère
- Poulenc: Works for Piano Solo and Duo.
- Signum Classics.
- 22.
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Henri Duparc
L'invitation au voyage
Singer: Sandrine Piau. Orchestra: Orchestre Victor Hugo. Conductor: Jean-François Verdier.- Reflet.
- Alpha Classics.
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Ottorino Respighi
Spring (3 Botticelli Pictures)
Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.- Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Béla Bartók
Romanian Folk Dances (Nos. 5 & 6)
Performer: Midori. Performer: Robert McDonald.- Encore!.
- SONY.
- 26-7.
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John Blow
Chaconne in G major
Ensemble: Arcangelo. Director: Jonathan Cohen.- HYPERION.
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Georges Bizet
Symphony in C major (4th mvt)
Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.- Prokofiev, Britten, Bizet: Symphonies: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Olivier Messiaen
Vingt regards sur l'Enfant-Jésus: I. Regard du Père
Performer: Steven Osborne.- Messiaen: Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant-Jésus.
- Hyperion.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No 3 in E flat major, Op 55, 'Eroica' (3rd mvt)
Orchestra: Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.- Beethoven: The Symphonies, John Eliot Gardiner.
- Archiv Produktion.
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Johannes Brahms
Violin Concerto (1st mvt)
Performer: Janine Jansen. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.- Brahms: Violin Concerto; Bartók: Violin Concerto No.1.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Frédéric Chopin
Grande Valse Brillante in E flat major Op.18
Performer: Ingrid Fliter.- Chopin: Complete Waltzes.
- EMI Classics.
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Hubert Parry
Fantasia and Fugue in G: Fugue
Performer: Thomas Trotter.- A Celebration.
- Regent Records.
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Jan Dismas Zelenka
Trio Sonata no.5 in F major (Allegro)
Ensemble: Collegium 1704. Performer: Václav Luks.- Accent.
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William Byrd
Mass for 4 voices (Kyrie)
Choir: Tallis Scholars. Director: Peter Phillips.- The Tallis Scholars Sing William Byrd.
- Gimell.
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Alexander Borodin
Polovtsian Dances
Choir: Czech Philharmonic Choir, Brno. Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iván Fischer.- Channel Classics.
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- Fri 24 May 2024 09:30Â鶹Éç Radio 3