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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 – 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

3 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Thu 7 Nov 2024 09:30

Music Played

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Symphony no.1 in D major 'Classical' (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Claudio Abbado Conducts Prokofiev, Hindemith & Janácek.
    • Decca.
    • 3.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Waltz in A flat major Op.42

    Performer: Dmitri Alexeev.
    • Chopin : Waltzes.
    • EMI.
    • 2.
  • Johann Nepomuk Hummel

    Bassoon Concerto in F major s63/w23 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Jaakko Luoma. Orchestra: Tapiola Sinfonietta. Conductor: Janne Nisonen.
    • Mozart, Winter, Hummel & Rossini: Bassoon Concertos.
    • Ondine.
    • 103.
  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Serenade Op.37

    Performer: Daniel Müllerâ€Schott. Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin. Conductor: Aziz Shokhakimov.
    • Trip to Russia.
    • Orfeo.
    • 601.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony No.3 "Scottish" (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Manze.
    • Mendelssohn: The 5 Symphonies.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 304.
  • George Fenton

    The Blue Planet (Original Television Soundtrack)

    Orchestra: Â鶹Éç Concert Orchestra. Choir: The Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford. Conductor: George Fenton.
    • Silva Screen.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Organ Concerto in B flat major, Op.4`2

    Performer: Richard Egarr. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music.
    • Handel: Organ Concertos Op.4: Academy of Ancient Music/Egarr.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 5-8.
  • Emilie Mayer

    Piano Quartet in E Flat Major (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Mariani Klavierquartett.
    • Mayer: Piano Quartets.
    • CPO.
    • 102.
  • Ferenc Farkas

    Romanian Folk Dances from Bihar County

    Performer: András Adorján. Performer: Viktória Herencsár. Orchestra: Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: János Rolla.
    • Toccata Classics.
  • Darius Milhaud

    Scaramouche Op.165b (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Katia Labèque. Performer: Marielle Labèque.
    • Poulenc: Music for 2 Pianos: Katia & Marielle Labeque.
    • Philips.
    • 10.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Abendempfindung (Abend ist's) K.523

    Singer: Christoph Prégardien. Performer: Michael Gees.
    • Between Life and Death - Songs and Arias.
    • Challenge Classics.
    • 6.
  • Georges Bizet

    Farandole (L'Arlesienne Suite no.2)

    Ensemble: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • Naive.
  • David Orlowsky

    Ada

    Performer: David Orlowsky. Performer: David Bergmüller.
    • Alter Ego.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 9.
  • Edward Elgar

    Introduction and Allegro Op.47

    Ensemble: LSO String Ensemble. Conductor: Roman Simović.
    • LSO LIVE.
  • Debbie Wiseman

    Wolf Hall (main theme)

    Ensemble: Locrian Ensemble of London. Conductor: Debbie Wiseman.
    • Wolf Hall (Original Television Soundtrack).
    • Silva Screen Records Ltd.
    • 1.
  • Joachim Raff

    Symphony no.3 in F major, Op.153 'Im Walde' (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Francesco d'Avalos.
    • Raff: Symphony No.3.
    • ASV Digital.
    • 3.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Anitra's Dance (Peer Gynt)

    Music Arranger: Tormod Tvete Vik. Performer: Ragnhild Hemsing. Ensemble: TrondheimSolistene.
    • Berlin Classics.
  • Vangelis

    In The Magic of Cosmos

    Performer: Vangelis.
    • DECCA.
  • Edward Elgar

    Sea Pictures Op.37 (Where Corals Lie)

    Singer: Dame Sarah Connolly. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.
    • Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius, Sea Pictures.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 4.
  • Trad.

    Pájaro Campana

    • Vintage Music No. 104 - LP: Trío Los Paraguayos.
    • Vintage Music.
    • 4.
  • Amanda Lee Falkenberg

    Earth Moon Earthrise - The Overview (The Moons Symphony)

    Singer: Leo Jemison. Singer: Daniel Koek. Choir: London Voices. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • Amanda Lee Falkenberg: The Moons Symphony.
    • Signum Records.
    • 7.
  • Charles Gounod

    Valse (Faust)

    Orchestra: Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Barcarole - Favourite Orchestral Pieces.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 14.
  • Marin Marais

    La sonnerie de Sainte-Geneviève du Mont de Paris

    Ensemble: Le Concert des Nations. Director: Jordi Savall.
    • Tous Les Matins Du Monde: Bande Originale du Film, Jordi Savall.
    • Alia Vox.
  • Anon.

    Polorum Regina

    Ensemble: Peltomaa Fraanje Perkola.
    • AER.
    • Fuga Libera.
  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Keyboard Sonata in G Major, Kk. 146

    Music Arranger: Leo Brouwer. Performer: Xianji Liu.
    • Scarlatti, Tárrega, Sor, Malats, Albéniz, Piazzolla, Coste & Berkeley: Works for.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Trio in B flat major Op.11 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Filipe Pinto-Ribeiro. Performer: Pascal Moraguès. Performer: Adrian Brendel.
    • Beethoven: Trios for piano, clarinet and cello, Ops. 11 & 38.
    • Paraty.
    • 103.
  • Arnold Bax

    November Woods

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Bryden Thomson.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Moritz Moszkowski

    Étincelles (8 Morceaux caracteristiques Op.36)

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Hyperion.
  • Randall Thompson

    Frostiana (The Road Not Taken)

    Choir: Landesjugendchor Sachsen. Orchestra: Jugendsinfonieorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Ron-Dirk Entleutner.
    • Barber: The Lovers, Op. 43.
    • Rondeau.
    • 101.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Romanza

    Music Arranger: Edgar Olivero. Performer: Sarah Willis. Ensemble: The Sarahbanda.
    • Sarahbanda.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 3.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Quintet in D major (4th mvt)

    Performer: Richard Watkins. Performer: Marianne Thorsen. Performer: Richard Hosford. Performer: Paul Watkins. Performer: Ian Brown.
    • Ralph Vaughan Williams: the Early Chamber Music.
    • Hyperion.
    • 8.
  • John Adams

    Harmonielehre (Meister Eckhardt and Quackie)

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Adams: Harmonielehre.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 3.

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  • Thu 7 Nov 2024 09:30

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