The very best of classical music
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 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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Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue in C major BWV.846 (The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1)
Performer: Sir Andr谩s Schiff.- Decca.
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Vincenzo Bellini
Casta diva (Norma)
Singer: Maria Callas. Choir: Chorus of La Scala, Milan. Orchestra: Orchestra of La Scala, Milan. Conductor: Tullio Serafin.- EMI.
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Johannes Brahms
Serenade no.1 in D major Op.11 (6th mvt)
Orchestra: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Robin Ticciati.- Tudor.
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Dietrich Becker
Canzon in C major
Singer: Hans-J枚rg Mammel. Ensemble: Ensemble La Fenice. Director: Jean Tub茅ry.- O Frohliche Stunden.
- ALPHA.
- 4.
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Giacomo Puccini
Crisantemi
Ensemble: Signum Quartet.- Quartet Movements: Signum Quartett.
- Capriccio.
- 2.
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Oliver Knussen
Flourish with Fireworks, Op.22
Orchestra: London Sinfonietta. Conductor: Oliver Knussen.- DG.
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Joseph Haydn
Symphony no.82 in C major H.1.82 'The Bear' (1st mvt)
Orchestra: Orchestre de chambre de Paris. Conductor: Douglas Boyd.- Haydn: Complete Paris Symphonies Nos. 82-87.
- NoMadMusic.
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Claude Debussy
L'isle joyeuse
Performer: Angela Hewitt.- Debussy: Children's Corner, Suite Bergamasque, Pour le Piano: Angela Hewitt.
- Hyperion.
- 18.
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Johann Strauss II
Die Fledermaus (Overture)
Ensemble: Ensemble Wien.- A Vienna Souvenir: Ensemble Wien.
- Sony Classical.
- 10.
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Morfydd Owen
Gweddi y Pechadur
Performer: Andrew Matthews-Owen. Singer: Natalya Romaniw.- Ty Cerdd.
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Jules Massenet
Le Cid - ballet suite (Aubade; Castillane; Andalouse; Aragonaise)
Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.- CHANDOS.
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Robert Schumann
Arabeske in C major Op.18
Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.- Hyperion.
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Aaron Copland
El salon Mexico
Orchestra: 麻豆社 Philharmonic. Conductor: John Wilson.- Chandos.
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Dobrinka Tabakova
Alma Redemptoris Mater
Choir: Choir of Merton College, Oxford. Conductor: Benjamin Nicholas.- DELPHIAN.
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Jean鈥怓茅ry Rebel
Le chaos (Les 茅l茅mens)
Orchestra: Musica Antiqua K枚ln. Conductor: Reinhard Goebel.- Rebel: Die Elemente; Gluck: Alessandro.
- Archiv Produktion.
- 1.
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Claude Debussy
Feux d'artifice (Preludes, Bk.2)
Performer: Jean鈥怸ves Thibaudet.- Debussy, Preludes etc.: Jean-Yves Thibaudet.
- Decca.
- 12.
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Sergey Prokofiev
The Bonfire (Winter Bonfire Op.122)
Narrator: Gabriel Prokofiev. Narrator: Oleg Prokofiev. Singer: Penelope Walmsley-Clark. Ensemble: Finchley Childrens Music Group. Performer: David Juritz. Orchestra: New London Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.- Prokofiev: Music for Children: New London Orchestra/Corp.
- Hyperion.
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Leonard Bernstein
Glitter and be gay (Candide)
Singer: Barbara Cook. Orchestra: Orchestra. Conductor: Samuel Krachmalnick.- Sony.
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B茅la Bart贸k
Hungarian Sketches Sz.97
Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.- Bartok: Miraculous Mandarin (The) (Complete Ballet) / Hungarian Pictures / Dance.
- Naxos.
- 18.
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Fran莽ois Couperin
Troisi猫me Le莽on de t茅n猫bres
Singer: Julia Doyle. Singer: Grace Davidson. Performer: Jonathan Rees. Performer: Steven Devine.- Couperin: Le莽ons de T茅n猫bres 鈥 Gesualdo: Tenebrae Responsories for Maundy Thursd.
- Signum Classics.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
The 49th Parallel (Prelude. Opening Titles)
Orchestra: 麻豆社 Philharmonic. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.- The Film Music of Ralph Vaughan Williams, Vol. 2.
- Chandos.
- 1.
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George Frideric Handel
Music for the Royal Fireworks
Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.- G.F. Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks: English Concert/Pinnock.
- Archiv Produktion.
- 1-5.
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Fanny Mendelssohn
String quartet in E flat major (2nd mvt)
Ensemble: Quatuor 脡b猫ne.- Mendelssohn: Felix & Fanny: Quatuor Ebene.
- Virgin Classics.
- 6.
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Franz Liszt
Valse Impromptu S.213
Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.- Horizons - A Personnal Collection of Piano Encores.
- Warner Classics.
- 13.
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Compay Segundo
Chan Chan
Music Arranger: Jorge Arag贸n. Performer: Sarah Willis. Ensemble: The Sarahbanda.- Sarahbanda.
- Alpha Classics.
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Charles Gounod
Funeral March of a Marionette
Orchestra: New London Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.- European Light Music Classics: New London Orchestra, Ronald Corp.
- Hyperion.
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Barbara Strozzi
L'usignuolo [The Nightingale] Op.1 no.5
Singer: Mariana Flores. Singer: Fabi谩n Schofrin. Singer: Jaime Caicompai. Singer: Matteo Bellotto. Ensemble: Cappella Mediterranea. Director: Leonardo Garc铆a Alarc贸n.- Ambronay.
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Traditional Scottish
Lord Moira's Hornpipe
Performer: Jordi Savall.- The Celtic Viol 2: Savall/Lawrence-King/McGuire.
- Alia Vox.
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George Gershwin
I Got Rhythm
Performer: Wayne Marshall.- A Gershwin Songbook: Wayne Marshall.
- Virgin Classics.
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Carl Maria von Weber
The Ruler of the Spirits Op.27
Orchestra: Tapiola Sinfonietta. Conductor: Jean鈥怞acques Kantorow.- Weber: Overtures.
- Bis.
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