Great classical music for your morning
Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with familiar favourites alongside new discoveries and musical surprises.
Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with familiar favourites alongside new discoveries and musical surprises.
0930 Playlist starter – listen and send us your ideas for the next step in our musical journey today.
1010 Song of the Day – harnessing the magic of words, music and the human voice.
1045 Playlist reveal – a sequence of music suggested by you in response to our starter today.
1130 Slow Moment – time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.
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Henry Purcell
Abdelazer (Rondeau - Air - Air - Minuet)
Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.- Purcell: Theatre Music.
- Decca.
- 002.
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Franz Schubert
4 Impromptus D.899 (no.4 in A flat major)
Performer: Sir András Schiff.- Schubert: Impromptus; Moments Musicaux; 6 German Dances.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
- 5.
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Camille Saint‐Saëns
Samson et Dalila Op.47 (Bacchanale)
Conductor: François‐Xavier Roth. Orchestra: Les Siècles.- Saint-Saëns: Symphonic Poems - Le Carnaval des animaux - L'Assassinat du Duc de.
- harmonia mundi.
- 105.
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Ola Gjeilo
Northern lights [Pulchra es, amica mea]
Choir: Apollo5.- VOCES8.
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Carl Nielsen
String Quintet in G major (4th mvt)
Performer: Tim Frederiksen. Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.- Carl Nielsen: String Quartets Vol.1.
- Da Capo.
- 12.
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Ottorino Respighi
The cuckoo (The birds)
Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Henry Raudales.- Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances & The Birds.
- CPO.
- 17.
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Nonet Op.2 'Gradus ad Parnassum' (4th mvt)
Ensemble: Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective.- Chandos.
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Aaron Copland
Hoe-Down (Rodeo)
Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton. Conductor: Andrew Litton.- Copland.
- BIS Records.
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Leó Weiner
Csűrdöngölő [Barn dance] (Két Tétel)
Performer: Andreas Ottensamer. Performer: Leonidas Kavakos. Performer: Christoph Koncz. Performer: Antoine Tamestit. Performer: Stephan Koncz. Performer: Ödön Rácz. Performer: Oszkár Ökrös. Performer: Predrag Tomic.- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Cantata BWV.169 'Gott soll allein mein Herze haben' (Sinfonia)
Orchestra: Arcangelo. Performer: Tom Foster. Conductor: Jonathan Cohen.- HYPERION.
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John Tavener
Song for Athene
Choir: Gabrieli Consort. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.- DG.
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Igor Stravinsky
Scherzo à la russe
Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iván Fischer.- Channel Classics.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Serenade in C minor K.388 (4th mvt)
Ensemble: Ensemble Marsyas. Director: Peter Whelan.- LINN.
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Charles Villiers Stanford
Blackberry Time (A Fire of Turf Op.139)
Singer: Benjamin Russell. Performer: Finghin Collins.- Stanford: Cushendall, Op. 118 & Other Song Cycles.
- SOMM Recordings.
- 112.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto in E flat major, RV.253 'La Tempesta di Mare'
Ensemble: Europa Galante. Director: Fabio Biondi.- Vivaldi: The Four Seasons; Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi.
- Virgin Classics.
- 13.
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Robert Schumann
Faschingsschwank aus Wien Op.26
Performer: Maria João Pires.- DG.
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Trad.
Steal Away
Music Arranger: Jim Clements. Ensemble: VOCES8. Performer: Matthew Sharp.- Eventide (10th Anniversary Edition).
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
- 12.
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Einojuhani Rautavaara
Cantus arcticus Op.61 (Melancholy)
Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Hannu Lintu.- Rautavaara: Cantus Arcticus / Piano Concerto No. 1 / Symphony No. 3.
- Naxos.
- 2.
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Louis‐Claude Daquin
Le Coucou (Harpsichord Suite no.3 in E minor)
Performer: Fazil Say.- Morning Piano - Daquin: le Coucou.
- Warner Classics.
- 1.
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Clément Janequin
Le chant des oiseaux
Performer: Ensemble Clément Janequin.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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Frederick Delius
On hearing the first cuckoo in spring
Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Mark Elder.- HALLE.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Trio in D major [arr. from Symphony no.2] (4th mvt)
Ensemble: Beethoven Trio Bonn.- Beethoven: Piano Trio Op. 70 No. 2 & Symphony No. 2.
- CAvi-music.
- 108.
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Sergey Prokofiev
Symphony no.5 in B flat major Op.100 (2nd mvt)
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Santtu-Matias Rouvali.- Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5.
- Signum Classics.
- 102.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Valse sentimentale (6 Pieces Op.51)
Performer: Esther Abrami. Orchestra: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Ben Palmer.- Valse sentimentale, Op. 51, No. 6.
- Sony Classical/Sony Music.
- 1.
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Claude Debussy
Fêtes (Nocturnes)
Music Arranger: Maurice Ravel. Performer: Katya Apekisheva. Performer: Charles Owen.- Poulenc, Debussy & Milhaud: Works for 2 Pianos.
- Orchid Classics.
- 115.
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Ernest Chausson
Symphony in B flat major Op.20 (2nd mvt)
Orchestra: Orchestre national de Lille. Conductor: Alexandre Bloch.- Chausson: Poème de l'amour et de la mer & Symphonie, Op. 20.
- Alpha Classics.
- 5.
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Mel Bonis
Violin Sonata in F sharp minor Op.112 (2nd mvt)
Performer: Elena Urioste. Performer: Tom Poster.- Chandos.
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Heitor Villa‐Lobos
Aria [Cantilena] (Bachianas brasileiras no.5)
Singer: Arleen Augér. Ensemble: The 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic.- WARNER.
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Zequinha de Abreu
Tico Tico
Performer: Ethel Smith.- Tico Tico - Greatest Hits.
- Stardust Records.
- 1.
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- Mon 29 Jan 2024 09:00鶹Լ Radio 3