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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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Manuel de Falla
Jota (La vida breve)
Orchestra: Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jes煤s L贸pez Cobos.- Falla: La Vida Breve: Lopez-Cobos, Cincinnati Symphony Orchstra.
- Telarc.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Clarinet Quintet in A major K.581 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Martin Frost. Ensemble: Vertavo Quartet.- Mozart: Clarinet Concerto & Quintet: Martin Frost.
- BIS.
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Arthur Sullivan
Symphony in E major, 'Irish' (3rd mvt)
Orchestra: 麻豆社 Philharmonic. Conductor: Richard Hickox.- Sullivan: Symphony in E major 'Irish': 麻豆社 Phil/Hickox.
- Chandos.
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Leonard Bernstein
Wonderful Town (Entr'acte)
Ensemble: Birmingham Contemporary Music Group. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.- Wonderful Town.
- EMI.
- 012.
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Francisco T谩rrega
Capricho Arabe
Performer: Milo拧 Karadagli膰.- Milos: The Guitar.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 14.
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Karl Davydov
At the Fountain, Op.20 no.2
Performer: Leonid Gorokhov. Performer: Colin Stone.- Olympia.
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Ambroise Thomas
Mignon (Overture)
Orchestra: 麻豆社 Philharmonic. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.- Chandos.
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Georg Philipp Telemann
Concerto in D Major, TWV.54:D3
Ensemble: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin.- Telemann: Concerti per molti stromenti.
- harmonia mundi.
- 1 - 4.
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Fr茅d茅ric Chopin
Polonaise in A flat major Op.53 'Eroica'
Performer: Martha Argerich.- Chopin: 26 Preludes Scherzo NR. 2 - Martha Argerich.
- Deutsche Grammaphon.
- 28.
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Charles Villiers Stanford
Drake's Drum (Songs of the Sea, Op.91)
Singer: Gerald Finley. Choir: 麻豆社 National Chorus of Wales. Orchestra: 麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Richard Hickox.- Chandos.
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James P. Johnson
Charleston
Featured Artist: St茅phane Grappelli. Ensemble: Quintette du Hot Club de France.- The Very Best Of.
- Stardust.
- 28.
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Gioachino Rossini
Serenata in E flat major
Orchestra: Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.- DECCA.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Capriccio Brillante in B minor, Op.22
Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Lawrence Foster.- Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos.
- Hyperion.
- 1.
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Henry Purcell
Hole in the Wall [Hornpipe] (Abdelazer)
Music Arranger: Bjarte Eike. Music Arranger: Barokksolistene. Performer: Bjarte Eike. Ensemble: Barokksolistene.- The Alehouse Sessions.
- RUBICON.
- 6.
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Malcolm Arnold
Four English Dances, Set 1, Op 27
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Bryden Thomson.- Malcolm Arnold: Dances: Philharmonia, Thomson.
- Chandos.
- 1.
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Charles Tomlinson Griffes
Roman Sketches, Op. 7: III. The Fountain of the Acqua Paola. Allegro mo
- Charles Tomlinson Griffes: Piano Music.
- Hyperion.
- 9.
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Robert Lowry
Shall We Gather At The River
Singer: Bruce Molsky. Ensemble: Anonymous 4.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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Alphonse Jean Hasselmans
Concert Study: 'La Source'
Performer: Marisa Robles.- Pieces From My Childhood.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
- 8.
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Giuseppe Verdi
Bella figlia dell'amore (Rigoletto)
Singer: Dmitri Hvorostovsky. Singer: Oksana Volkova. Singer: Francesco Demuro. Singer: Nadine Sierra. Orchestra: Kauno Miesto Simfoninis Orkestras. Conductor: Constantine Orbelian.- Verdi: Rigoletto.
- Delos.
- 204.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata in G major, Op. 14 No.2 (1st mvt)
Performer: Daniel Barenboim.- WARNER.
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Franz Liszt
Consolation in D flat Major
Performer: Stomu Yamashta. Music Arranger: Stomu Yamashta.- Listen to the Future.
- SONY Music Entertainment Japan.
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Johannes Brahms
Symphony no.3 in F major Op.90 (3rd mvt)
Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.- Brahms: Symphonies: Rattle.
- EMI.
- 7.
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Anton Stepanovich Arensky
Concert Waltz in B flat major
Performer: Sergei Nakariakov. Performer: Alexander Markovich.- Sergei Nakariakov: Trumpet & Piano.
- Teldec.
- 2.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No 5 in D major, BWV 1050
Performer: Malcolm Proud. Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.- Bach: Brandenburg Concertos, English Baroque Soloists.
- Soli Deo Gloria.
- 4.
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Joseph Haydn
Cello Concerto no.2 in D major H.7b.2 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Alisa Weilerstein. Orchestra: TrondheimSolistene.- Pentatone.
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Josef Strauss
Dorfschwalben aus 脰sterreich, Walzer, Op. 164
Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Riccardo Muti.- Neujahrskonzert 2025 / New Year's Concert 2025 / Concert du Nouvel An 2025.
- Sony Classical.
- 2.
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Giovanni Paisiello
Mandolin Concerto in E Flat Major (3rd mvt)
Performer: Avi Avital. Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.- Concertos.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
- 12.
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Joseph Haydn
Piano Trio in D major Op. 40 No. 2 Hob.15.7; 3rd mvt Allegro assai
Ensemble: Trio Gaspard.- CHANDOS.
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Ethel Smyth
Symphonic Serenade (Finale)
Orchestra: 麻豆社 Philharmonic. Conductor: Odaline de la Martinez.- Chandos.
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