Celebrating classical greats
Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, featuring new discoveries, some musical surprises and plenty of familiar favourites.
Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, featuring new discoveries, some musical surprises and plenty of familiar favourites.
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.
1115 Playlist reveal 鈥 a sequence of music suggested by you in response to our starter today.
1145 Slow Moment 鈥 time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.
1230 Album of the Week
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Max Bruch
Violin Concerto No 1 in G minor (3rd mvt)
Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Jakub Hr暖拧a.- Tchaikovsky/Bruch: Violin Concertos: Nicola Benedetti.
- Decca.
- 6.
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Prelude in B flat major, Op 23 No 2
Performer: Steven Osborne.- Hyperion.
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Joseph Haydn
String Quartet in C major, Op.76`3 'Emperor' (1st mvt)
Ensemble: Calidore String Quartet.- COLBURN.
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Rutland Boughton
3 Folk Dances
Orchestra: New London Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.- R. Boughton: Aylesbury Games etc: Beynon/New London Orchestra/Corp.
- Hyperion.
- 1.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Cello Suite No.1 in G major, BWV.1007 (Prelude)
Performer: Mischa Maisky.- J.S. Bach: Cello Suites 1, 4 and 5: Mstislav Rostropovich.
- EMI.
- 1.
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Robert Lucas Pearsall
Lay a garland on her hearse
Choir: Royal Holloway Choir. Conductor: Rupert Gough.- Hyperion.
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Alan Menken
Beauty and the Beast (Overture)
Music Arranger: James Shearman. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Kosarin.- Beauty and the Beast.
- Walt Disney Records.
- 1.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Piano Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 25: III. Presto - Molto allegr
Performer: Isata Kanneh鈥怣ason. Orchestra: London Mozart Players. Conductor: Jonathan Bloxham.- Mendelssohn.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
- 3.
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Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
String Quartet No 12 in F major, Op 96, 'American' (4th mvt)
Ensemble: Smetana Quartet.- Dvorak: Streichquartette Nr. 12 and 14.
- EMI.
- 4.
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George Frideric Handel
Partenope (Overture)
Orchestra: Early Opera Company. Conductor: Christian Curnyn.- CHANDOS.
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Eric Coates
Green Hills o'Somerset
Performer: Christopher Glynn. Singer: Kathryn Rudge.- Coates: Songs.
- SOMM Recordings.
- 15.
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Dorothy Howell
The Rock
Orchestra: 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Rebecca Miller.- Dorothy Howell Orchestral Works.
- Signum Classics.
- 102.
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William Byrd
Quomodo cantabimus
Music Arranger: Edmund Horace Fellowes.- Harmonia Mundi UK Limited.
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Fr茅d茅ric Chopin
Scherzo no. 2 in B flat minor Op.31
Performer: Simon Trpceski.- Frederic Chopin.
- EMI.
- 6.
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Josef Myslivecek
Overture in A major
Ensemble: Concerto K枚ln. Director: Werner Ehrhardt.- Archiv.
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Henry Purcell
Sound the Trumpet/Lost is my Quiet
Performer: Joseph Middleton. Singer: Carolyn Sampson. Singer: Iestyn Davies.- Lost is My Quiet - Duets and Solo Songs.
- BIS.
- 1.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The Sleeping Beauty Op 66 (Act 1: Garland Waltz...Rose Adagio)
Orchestra: Baltic Sea Philharmonic. Conductor: Kristjan J盲rvi.- Sony.
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Arthur Sullivan
The Long Day Closes
Composer: Henry F. Chorley. Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.- Sirens' Song.
- CORO.
- 24.
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Joseph Horovitz
Sonatina for clarinet and piano (3rd mvt)
Performer: Julian Bliss. Performer: Julien Quentin.- Music for Clarinet and Piano.
- EMI.
- 7.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for 2 trumpets and orchestra RV.537 in C major: 1st mvt
Performer: Wynton Marsalis. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Raymond Leppard.- Sony.
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Franz Schubert
Piano Quintet in A major D.667 "Trout" (3rd mvt)
Performer: Thomas Ad猫s. Performer: Corina Belcea. Performer: Krzysztof Chorzelski. Performer: Alasdair Tait. Performer: Corin Long.- Ades: Piano Quintet & Schubert: Piano Quintet.
- EMI Classics.
- 6.
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Samuel Barber
Adagio for Strings
Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Jukka鈥怭ekka Saraste.- Barber: Cello concerto/sonata/Adagio: SCO/Jukka-Pekka Saraste.
- Virgin Classics.
- 7.
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Karl Jenkins
Troika (Concerto for euphonium and brass band)
Performer: Cory Band. Conductor: Robert Childs.- Moto Perpetuo - David Childs.
- Doyen.
- 6.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No 19 in F major, K 459
Performer: Murray Perahia. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra.- Mozart; English Chamber Orchestra/Murray Perahia.
- Sony Classical.
- 1.
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Raimbaut de Vaqueiras
Estampie ancienne, 'Kalenda Maya'
Ensemble: Hesp猫rion XXI. Director: Jordi Savall.- ALIA VOX.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Silent Noon (The House of Life)
Orchestrator: Roderick Williams. Singer: Roderick Williams. Orchestra: Hall茅. Conductor: Mark Elder.- A Shropshire Lad: English Songs Orchestrated by Roderick Williams.
- Halle Concerts Society.
- 13.
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Fritz Kreisler
Praeludium and Allegro
Performer: Jack Liebeck. Performer: Katya Apekisheva.- Hyperion.
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
The Tsar's Bride (Overture)
Orchestra: Seattle Symphony. Conductor: Gerard Schwarz.- Naxos.
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Domenico Scarlatti
Sonata in D major, Kk.96
Performer: Angela Hewitt.- Scarlatti: Sonatas.
- Hyperion.
- 015.
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Jean Sibelius
Symphony No.1 (3rd mvt)
Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Santtu-Matias Rouvali.- Alpha.
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- Wed 28 Aug 2024 09:30麻豆社 Radio 3