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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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Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns
Bacchanale (Samson et Dalila)
Orchestra: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Lorin Maazel.- Saint-Saens: Organ Symphony/Tone Poems: Pittsburgh Symphony/Maazel.
- Sony Classical.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Mandolin Concerto in C major RV.425 (1st mvt)
Performer: Duilio Galfetti. Performer: Luca Pianca. Performer: Enrico Onofri. Orchestra: Il Giardino Armonico. Orchestra: Il Giardino Armonico. Director: Giovanni Antonini.- Vivaldi: Lute & Mandolin Concertos: Giovanni Antonini.
- Teldec.
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Madeleine Dring
Trio for Flute, Oboe and Piano (2nd mvt)
Performer: Joseph Robinson. Performer: Jeanne Baxtresser. Performer: Pedja Mu啪ijevi膰.- Joseph Robinson Plays Saint-Sa毛ns, Still, Martin, Piston, Godard, Dring, Nielsen.
- Signum-Cala.
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Robert Schumann
Symphony No 2 in C major, Op 61 (4th mvt)
Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.- Schumann: The Symphonies.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Claudio Monteverdi
Beatus vir
Ensemble: Cantus C枚lln. Ensemble: Concerto Palatino. Director: Konrad Jungh盲nel.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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Arthur Honegger
Pastorale d'ete
Orchestra: Lausanne Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Jes煤s L贸pez Cobos.- VIRGIN CLASSICS.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Concerto for 2 Pianos in E flat K.365 (1st mvt)
Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy. Performer: Daniel Barenboim. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra.- Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 7 & 10.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Carl Nielsen
Symphony No.2 'The Four temperaments' (4th mvt)
Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.- BIS.
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Henry Purcell
When I am laid in earth (Dido and Aeneas)
Singer: Tatiana Troyanos. Choir: Hamburg Monteverdi Choir. Orchestra: North German Radio Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.- ARCHIV.
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Carl Maria von Weber
Euryanthe (Overture)
Orchestra: WDR Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Howard Griffiths.- Carl Maria von Weber: Complete Overtures.
- CPO.
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Elena Kats鈥怌hernin
Blue Tears
Performer: Tamara Anna Cislowska.- Butterflying: Piano Music By Elena Kats-Chernin.
- Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC).
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Jean Sibelius
Symphony no.2 in D major Op.43 (1st mvt)
Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Klaus M盲kel盲.- DECCA.
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George Frideric Handel
Concerto grosso in F major Op.3 No.4
Ensemble: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin. Director: Georg Kallweit.- Handel: Concerti grossi, Op. 3.
- PENTATONE.
- 401.
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Waldemar 脜hl茅n
En V盲nlig Gr枚nskas Rika Dr盲kt
Ensemble: Zell am See String Quartet.- Gudagott.
- Talking Music.
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George Gershwin
Summertime (Porgy and Bess)
Singer: Kathleen Battle. Orchestra: Orchestra of St. Luke鈥檚. Conductor: Andr茅 Previn.- DG.
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William Grant Still
Summerland (Visions)
Performer: Itamar Zorman. Performer: Ieva Jokubaviciut臈.- First Hand Records.
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Richard Strauss
Alpine Symphony Op.64: closing section (Sunset; Quiet settles; Night)
Performer: Vladimir Jurowski. Orchestra: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin.- Pentatone.
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Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
Slavonic Dance in E minor Op.72 no.2
Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.- Berliner Philharmoniker Recordings.
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Nonet in F minor Op.2 (1st mvt)
Ensemble: Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective.- Chandos.
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Caroline Shaw
And the Swallow
Music Arranger: Julian Azkoul. Orchestra: United Strings of Europe. Conductor: Julian Azkoul.- Renewal.
- BIS.
- 501.
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Franz Liszt
La Campanella
Performer: Ji Liu.- Piano Encores.
- Decca (UMO) (Classics).
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Alexander von Zemlinsky
The Mermaid (2nd mvt)
Orchestra: Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest. Conductor: Marc Albrecht.- Zemlinsky: Die Seejungfrau (After H. Andersen) [Live].
- PENTATONE.
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John Lennon
Good Day Sunshine
Composer: Paul McCartney. Music Arranger: Eric Milnes. Ensemble: Les Bor茅ades de Montr茅al. Conductor: Eric Milnes.- Beatles Baroque (Vol. 1).
- ATMA Classique.
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Gabriel Faur茅
Nocturne no. 6 in D flat major Op.63
Performer: Kathryn Stott.- Hyperion.
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Johann Strauss II
Wine, Women and Song - Waltz
Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Riccardo Muti.- Neujahrskonzert 2025 / New Year's Concert 2025 / Concert du Nouvel An 2025.
- Sony Classical.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto no.4 in G major BWV.1049 (1st mvt)
Orchestra: Concerto Italiano. Director: Rinaldo Alessandrini.- J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concertos: Concerto Italiano/Alessandrini.
- Naive.
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Nikolai Girshevich Kapustin
Toccatina Op.36
Performer: Marc-Andr茅 Hamelin.- Kaleidoscope: Marc-Andre Hamelin.
- Hyperion.
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Emilie Mayer
Symphony No 2 in E minor (Finale)
Orchestra: NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Leo McFall.- Mayer: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2.
- CPO.
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