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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

3 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Tue 5 Nov 2024 09:30

Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude and Fugue in C major BWV.846 (The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1)

    Performer: Sir Andr谩s Schiff.
    • Decca.
  • Vincenzo Bellini

    Casta diva (Norma)

    Singer: Maria Callas. Choir: Chorus of La Scala, Milan. Orchestra: Orchestra of La Scala, Milan. Conductor: Tullio Serafin.
    • EMI.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Serenade no.1 in D major Op.11 (6th mvt)

    Orchestra: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Robin Ticciati.
    • Tudor.
  • 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.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    Crisantemi

    Ensemble: Signum Quartett.
    • Quartet Movements: Signum Quartett.
    • Capriccio.
    • 2.
  • Oliver Knussen

    Flourish with Fireworks, Op.22

    Orchestra: London Sinfonietta. Conductor: Oliver Knussen.
    • DG.
  • 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.
  • Claude Debussy

    L'isle joyeuse

    Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • Debussy: Children's Corner, Suite Bergamasque, Pour le Piano: Angela Hewitt.
    • Hyperion.
    • 18.
  • Johann Strauss II

    Die Fledermaus (Overture)

    Ensemble: Ensemble Wien.
    • A Vienna Souvenir: Ensemble Wien.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 10.
  • Morfydd Owen

    Gweddi y Pechadur

    Performer: Andrew Matthews-Owen. Singer: Natalya Romaniw.
    • Ty Cerdd.
  • Jules Massenet

    Le Cid - ballet suite (Aubade; Castillane; Andalouse; Aragonaise)

    Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Robert Schumann

    Arabeske in C major Op.18

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Hyperion.
  • Aaron Copland

    El salon Mexico

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Philharmonic. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Chandos.
  • Dobrinka Tabakova

    Alma Redemptoris Mater

    Choir: Choir of Merton College, Oxford. Conductor: Benjamin Nicholas.
    • DELPHIAN.
  • 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.
  • Claude Debussy

    Feux d'artifice (Preludes, Bk.2)

    Performer: Jean鈥怸ves Thibaudet.
    • Debussy, Preludes etc.: Jean-Yves Thibaudet.
    • Decca.
    • 12.
  • 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.
  • Leonard Bernstein

    Glitter and be gay (Candide)

    Singer: Barbara Cook. Orchestra: Orchestra. Conductor: Samuel Krachmalnick.
    • Sony.
  • 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.
  • 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.
    • 3.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    String quartet in E flat major (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Quatuor 脡b猫ne.
    • Mendelssohn: Felix & Fanny: Quatuor Ebene.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 6.
  • Franz Liszt

    Valse Impromptu S.213

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.
    • Horizons - A Personnal Collection of Piano Encores.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 13.
  • Compay Segundo

    Chan Chan

    Music Arranger: Jorge Arag贸n. Performer: Sarah Willis. Ensemble: The Sarahbanda.
    • Sarahbanda.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 2.
  • Charles Gounod

    Funeral March of a Marionette

    Orchestra: New London Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.
    • European Light Music Classics: New London Orchestra, Ronald Corp.
    • Hyperion.
  • 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.
  • Traditional Scottish

    Lord Moira's Hornpipe

    Performer: Jordi Savall.
    • The Celtic Viol 2: Savall/Lawrence-King/McGuire.
    • Alia Vox.
    • 13.
  • George Gershwin

    I Got Rhythm

    Performer: Wayne Marshall.
    • A Gershwin Songbook: Wayne Marshall.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 17.
  • Carl Maria von Weber

    The Ruler of the Spirits Op.27

    Orchestra: Tapiola Sinfonietta. Conductor: Jean鈥怞acques Kantorow.
    • Weber: Overtures.
    • Bis.
    • 1.

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