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Your perfect classical playlist

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 Essential Carol - introduced by a special guest

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

To listen on most smart speakers say "Ask 麻豆社 Sounds to play Essential Classics鈥

3 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Tue 3 Dec 2024 09:30

Music Played

  • Jeremiah Clarke

    Trumpet Voluntary 'The Prince of Denmark's March'

    Performer: Wynton Marsalis. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra.
    • Sony.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Dopo notte (Ariodante)

    Singer: Magdalena Ko啪en谩. Orchestra: Venice Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Andrea Marcon.
    • ARCHIV.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Piano Concerto no.2 in F minor (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Elim Chan.
    • DECCA.
  • Wilhelm Stenhammar

    S氓nger och visor: I skogen

    Performer: Paul Rivinius. Singer: Camilla Tilling.
    • BIS.
  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in G major Kk.455

    Performer: Yevgeny Sudbin.
    • BIS.
  • Richard Rodney Bennett

    Waltz Theme (Murder on the Orient Express)

    Orchestra: Hollywood Bowl Orchestra. Conductor: John Mauceri.
    • PHILIPS.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony No 5 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.
    • ORFEO.
  • Claude Debussy

    Piano Trio in G major - III. Andante espressivo

    Ensemble: Trio Atanassov.
    • Chic 脿 la fran莽aise.
    • Paraty.
    • 103.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Tragic Overture

    Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Herbert Blomstedt. Conductor: Herbert Blomstedt.
    • Brahms: Symphony No. 1 & Tragic Overture.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 201.
  • Guillaume Connesson

    Divertimento (Dynamique)

    Music Arranger: Vlatko Nushev. Performer: Simon Trpceski. Performer: Gjorgi Dimchevski. Performer: Sorin Spacinovici. Performer: Alexander Somov. Performer: Hidan Mamudov. Performer: Vlatko Nushev.
    • LINN.
  • Julius Fucik

    Entry of the Gladiators

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Chandos.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Piano Concerto No 5 'Egyptian' (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Tapiola Sinfonietta. Conductor: Jean鈥怞acques Kantorow.
    • Saint-Sa毛ns: Piano Concertos Nos. 3-5.
    • BIS.
    • 303.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Symphony no.1 in E minor Op.39 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Klaus M盲kel盲.
    • DECCA.
  • John Rutter

    Hymn to the Creator of Light

    Choir: Choir of The Queen's College, Oxford. Choir: Choir of The Queen's College, Oxford. Conductor: Owen Rees. Conductor: Owen Rees.
    • A New Heaven.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 12.
  • Mons Leidvin Takle

    Yes!

    Performer: Christopher Herrick.
    • Northern Lights.
    • Hyperion.
    • 01.
  • Franz von Supp猫

    Light Cavalry (Overture)

    Orchestra: Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Paray.
    • Mercury.
  • Maurice Ravel

    La Valse - opening

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Nino Rota

    Death on the Nile (Main Titles)

    Orchestra: Unnamed orchestra. Conductor: Marcus Dods.
    • CNR.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Giunse alfin il momento (The Marriage of Figaro)

    Singer: Sandrine Piau. Orchestra: Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg. Conductor: Ivor Bolton.
    • NAIVE.
  • Christopher Gunning

    Agatha Christie's Poirot - Theme

    Ensemble: London Music Works.
    • DECCA.
  • Vivian Ellis

    Coronation Scot

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.
    • The Best Of British Light Music.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 2.
  • Walter Donaldson

    Yes Sir, That's My Baby

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • Le Boeuf sur le toit.
    • ERATO.
    • 3.
  • Edward Elgar

    The Dream of Gerontius (Prelude)

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Claudio Monteverdi

    L'Orfeo (Toccata)

    Ensemble: His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts. Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • ARCHIV.
  • John Sheppard

    Audivi vocem de caelo

    Choir: Choir of Clare College, Cambridge. Conductor: Timothy Brown.
    • Light of the Spirit.
    • Collegium.
    • 17.
  • Errollyn Wallen

    Concerto Grosso for violin, double bass, piano, strings: 3rd movement

    Performer: Tai Murray. Performer: Isata Kanneh鈥怣ason. Performer: Chi-Chi Nwanoku. Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Anthony Parnther.
    • Spark Catchers.
    • NMC Recordings.
    • 103.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Adagio (after the 2nd mvt of Bach's Concerto in D Minor, BWV 974)

    Performer: Gabriela Montero. Music Arranger: Gabriela Montero.
    • Bach and Beyond.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 11.
  • Richard Strauss

    Four Last Songs

    Singer: Gundula Janowitz. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.
    • DG.
  • Benjamin Britten

    A Hymn to the Virgin

    Choir: Westminster Cathedral Choir. Conductor: David Hill.
    • Britten: A Ceremony of Carols, Missa brevis & Other Choral Works.
    • Hyperion.
    • 17.
  • Johann Strauss II

    Thunder and Lightning Polka, Op.324

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
    • TELDEC.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Les chemins de l'amour

    Music Arranger: Jean-Christophe Masson.
    • Impressions parisiennes.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 4.
  • Baldassare Galuppi

    Piano Sonata No 9 in F Minor (1st mvt)

    Performer: V铆kingur 脫lafsson.
    • Mozart & Contemporaries.
    • DG.
    • 1.
  • William Walton

    Portsmouth Point

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andr茅 Previn.
    • William Walton Symphonies & Concertos.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 4.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Cello Concerto in B minor Op.104 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Alisa Weilerstein. Performer: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Ji艡铆 B臎lohl谩vek.
    • Alisa Weilerstein Dvorak.
    • DECCA.
    • 3.

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