The very best of classical music
Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, featuring new discoveries, some musical surprises and plenty of familiar favourites.
Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, featuring new discoveries, some musical surprises and plenty of familiar favourites.
0930 Playlist starter 鈥� listen and send us your ideas for the next step in our musical journey today.
1010 Song of the Day 鈥� harnessing the magic of words, music and the human voice.
1045 Playlist reveal 鈥� a sequence of music suggested by you in response to our starter today.
1130 Slow Moment 鈥� time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.
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Richard Rodgers
Carousel Waltz (Carousel)
Music Arranger: Edward Benson Powell. Music Arranger: Edward Benson Powell. Music Arranger: Gus Levene. Music Arranger: Gus Levene. Lyricist: Oscar Hammerstein II. Lyricist: Oscar Hammerstein II. Orchestra: John Wilson Orchestra. Orchestra: John Wilson Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson. Conductor: John Wilson.- The Best of The John Wilson Orchestra.
- Warner Classics.
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Erik Satie
Gnossienne no.1 in F minor
Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau
Suite from Dardanus (Overture)
Music Arranger: Simon Cox. Ensemble: Septura.- Music for Brass Septet Volume 2.
- Naxos.
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Claude Debussy
Tarantelle styrienne [Danse]
Orchestrator: Maurice Ravel. Orchestra: Orchestre de chambre de Paris. Conductor: Thomas Zehetmair.- Debussy; Ravel.
- Naive.
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Erich Wolfgang Korngold
String Quartet no.2 in E flat major, Op.26 (4th mvt)
Ensemble: Jerusalem Quartet.- The Yiddish Cabaret.
- harmonia mundi.
- 104.
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Carl Nielsen
Love and the Poet Op.54 (Overture)
Orchestra: Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard.- Carl Nielsen: Orchestral music: Danish National Symphony Orch/Dausgaard.
- Dacapo.
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Fr茅d茅ric Chopin
Prelude in D flat major, Op.28 no.15 'Raindrop'
Performer: Murray Perahia.- Perahia Plays Chopin.
- Sony Classical.
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Ethel Smyth
The Wreckers (Overture)
Orchestra: 麻豆约拍 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.- Chandos.
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Natalya Pasichnyk
Nun komm der Heiden Heiland [after J.S. Bach's Prelude in C sharp minor BWV.849]
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach. Performer: Natalya Pasichnyk. Ensemble: Calmus Ensemble Leipzig.- Navona Records.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony no.4 in F minor Op.36 (3rd mvt)
Orchestra: Tonhalle-Orchester Z眉rich. Conductor: Paavo J盲rvi.- Alpha.
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Henry Purcell
The Fairy Queen (Act 4 Symphony)
Ensemble: Gabrieli Players. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.- Purcell: The Fairy Queen, 1692.
- Signum Classics.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Silent Noon (The House of Life)
Singer: Benjamin Luxon. Performer: David Willison.- R. Vaughan Williams: Songs Luxon/Willison.
- Chandos.
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Franz Schubert
Symphony no.9 in C major D.944 'Great' (4th mvt)
Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iv谩n Fischer.- Schubert: Symphony no.9 etc: Budapest Festival Orchestra/Fischer.
- Channel Classics.
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Albert Roussel
Divertissement Op.6
Performer: Pavel Kolesnikov. Ensemble: Orsino Ensemble.- Chandos.
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Il F谩solo
Ciaconna 'Acceso mio core'
Ensemble: Le Po猫me Harmonique. Conductor: Vincent Dumestre.- Il Fasolo: Le Poeme Harmonique/Dumestre.
- Alpha.
- 17.
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Erich Wolfgang Korngold
The Enchanted Princess (M盲rchenbilder Op.3)
Orchestra: 麻豆约拍 Philharmonic. Conductor: Matthias Bamert.- Korngold: Schauspiel Ouverture, M盲rchenbilder & Violanta.
- Chandos.
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Sir James MacMillan
So Deep
Choir: The Elysian Singers. Director: Sam Laughton.- The Elysian Singers - Cantos Sagrados.
- Signum.
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Leos Jan谩膷ek
String Quartet no.1 'The Kreutzer Sonata' (4th mvt)
Ensemble: Pavel Haas Quartet.- SUPRAPHON.
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Frank Loesser
Ugly Duckling
Singer: Danny Kaye.- Vintage Danny Kaye, Vol. 1.
- Top Tracks.
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Alessandro Marcello
Oboe Concerto in D minor (2nd mvt)
Performer: Paolo Grazzi. Orchestra: Il Giardino Armonico. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.- Teldec.
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Richard Wagner
Spinning Chorus (The Flying Dutchman)
Music Arranger: Franz Liszt. Performer: Louis Lortie.- Liszt at the Opera.
- Chandos.
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Michael Nyman
If (The Diary of Anne Frank)
Performer: Esther Abrami. Orchestra: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Ben Palmer.- 颁颈苍茅尘补.
- Sony Classical/Sony Music.
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Giuseppe Verdi
La forza del destino (Overture)
Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.- Verdi - Overtures and Preludes: Abbado.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Antonio Valente
Gallarda; Jarabe loco (Fol铆as criollas)
Lyricist: Enrique Barona. Ensemble: Tembembe Ensamble Continuo. Ensemble: La Capella Reial de Catalunya. Ensemble: Hesp猫rion XXI. Conductor: Jordi Savall.- El Nuevo Mundo: Fol铆as Criollas.
- Alia Vox.
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Gerald Finzi
Cello Concerto in A minor Op.40 (2nd mvt)
Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.- LYRITA.
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C茅cile Chaminade
Deuxi猫me Valse, Op.77
Performer: Peter Jacobs.- Chaminade: Piano Music - 1, Peter Jacobs.
- Helios.
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Francis Poulenc
Rag-Mazurka (Les Biches - suite)
Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Jun'ichi Hirokami.- RLPO LIVE.
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