Celebrating classical greats
Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with familiar favourites.
Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with familiar favourites.
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.
1115 Playlist reveal – a sequence of music suggested by you in response to our starter today.
1145 Slow Moment – time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.
1230 Album of the Week
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François-Joseph Gossec
Tambourin
Performer: Şefika Kutluer. Performer: Craig Ogden.- Bizet - Ravel - Debussy - Fauré - Ibert: Carmen Fantasy for Flute & Piano.
- VDE-GALLO.
- 5.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Egmont Op.84 (Overture)
Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.- The Berlin Album: Berliner Philharmoniker/Abbado.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 7.
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Frédéric Chopin
Ballade No 3 in A flat major, Op 47
Performer: Cédric Tiberghien.- Harmonia Mundi.
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Serenade Op.37
Performer: Daniel Müllerâ€Schott. Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin. Conductor: Aziz Shokhakimov.- Trip to Russia.
- Orfeo.
- 601.
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Will Gregory
High life
Ensemble: Quatuor Ellipsos.- United Colors.
- NoMadMusic.
- 102.
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Percy Whitlock
Spade and Bucket Polka (Holiday Suite)
Orchestra: RTÉ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Gavin Sutherland.- Marco Polo.
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JoaquÃn Rodrigo
Concierto de Aranjuez (1st mvt)
Performer: Xuefei Yang. Orchestra: Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya. Conductor: Eije Oue.- Rodrigo, Concierto de Aranjuez: Xuefei Yang.
- EMI Classics.
- 1.
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Rebecca Clarke
Midsummer Moon
Performer: Jonathan Rees. Performer: Kathron Sturrock.- Rebecca Clarke.
- Gamut Classics.
- 7.
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James Oswald
Poppy (Airs for the Seasons - Summer)
Ensemble: Ensemble Hesperi.- Full of the Highland Humours.
- EM Records.
- 1.
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Johannes Brahms
Piano Quartet No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 25 (Arr. for Orch by Schoenberg) iv Rondo
Performer: Kansas City Symphony. Music Arranger: Arnold Schoenberg. Conductor: Michael Stern.- Brahms: Reimagined Orchestrations.
- Reference Recordings.
- 116.
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Irving Berlin
Cheek to Cheek
Performer: Fred Astaire. Orchestra: Leo Reisman and His Orchestra.- Verve.
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Carl Nielsen
Dance of the Cockerels (Maskarade)
Orchestra: Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Schønwandt.- DaCapo.
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Edwin York Bowen
The Way to Polden
Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.- Stephen Hough's English Piano Album.
- Hyperion.
- 15.
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AntonÃn Dvořák
Scherzo capriccioso Op.66
Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.- Dvorak: Symphony No. 5, Scherzo Capriccioso etc..
- EMI.
- 6.
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Giuseppe Verdi
Anvil Chorus (Il trovatore)
Choir: Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.- Famous Opera Choruses: Haitink.
- EMI.
- 1.
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Bernard Herrmann
Souvenirs de voyage (3rd mvt)
Orchestra: Nash Ensemble.- Hermann Gershwin Waxman Copland.
- Hyperion.
- 3.
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Edward Elgar
The Wand of youth - suite no. 1 Op.1a - Sun Dance
Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Mark Elder.- EMI.
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Trad.
Ar lan y mor
Singer: Bryn Terfel. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera. Conductor: Gareth Jones.- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Grace Williams
Calm Sea in Summer (Sea Sketches)
Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: David Atherton.- Grace Williams: Fantasia On Welsh Nursery Tunes, Carillons, Penillion, Trumpet C.
- Lyrita.
- 17.
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Alain Romans
Quel temps fait-il à Paris
Performer: No performers credited.- Polygram.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No 2 in D major, Op 36 (3rd mvt)
Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.- The Beethoven Symphonies: Live from the Edinburgh Festival.
- Hyperion.
- 7.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Man singet mit Freuden vom Sieg... (from BWV 149)
Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan. Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki.- Bach - Cantatas Vol. 50.
- BIS.
- 001.
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William Grant Still
Cumbia y congo (Danzas de Panama)
Ensemble: Serafin String Quartet.- Centaur.
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Jon Lord
Evening Song
Performer: Fiona Paterson. Performer: David Pigott. Performer: Tim Nicholson. Performer: Thelma Handy. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Clark Rundell.- Jon Lord: To Notice Such Things.
- Avie.
- 7.
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Franz Schubert
Divertissement à la hongroise, D. 818, Op. 54: II. Marcia. Andante con moto
Ensemble: Pavel Kolesnikov. Ensemble: Samson Tsoy.- Schubert: Divertissement à la Hongroise, Fantasie in F Minor - Desyatnikov: Trom.
- harmonia mundi.
- 102.
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Joseph Haydn
Symphony No 7 in C major, 'Le midi'
Director: Trevor Pinnock. Orchestra: The English Concert.- Archiv.
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Arnold Bax
Concertante (2nd mvt)
Performer: John Bradbury. Orchestra: Â鶹Éç Philharmonic. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.- Chandos.
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York Bowen
Obbligato to Beethoven's "Moonlight" Sonata
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven. Performer: Timothy Ridout. Performer: James Baillieu.- A Lionel Tertis Celebration.
- harmonia mundi.
- 14.
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William Walton
Prelude (Richard III)
Music Arranger: Muir Mathieson. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: William Walton.- The Walton Edition.
- EMI Classics.
- 1.
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Gioachino Rossini
Serenata in E flat major
Orchestra: Members of the Bologna Municipal Theatre Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.- DECCA.
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Reinhold Moritzevich Glière
Symphony no. 1 - II: Allegro molto vivace
Orchestra: Â鶹Éç Philharmonic. Conductor: Sir Edward Downes.- CHANDOS.
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- Fri 21 Jun 2024 09:30Â鶹Éç Radio 3