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Your perfect classical playlist

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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Mon 26 Feb 2024 09:00
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Music Played

  • Jean Sibelius

    Karelia Suite (Intermezzo)

    Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme JΓ€rvi.
    • Sibelius: Finlandia/Luonnota U.A. : Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra/Jarvi.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1.

  • Franz Schubert

    4 Impromptus D.899 (no.3 in G flat major)

    Performer: Maria JoΓ£o Pires.
    • Le Voyage Magnifique, Schubert: Impromptus; Maria Joao Pires.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 3.

  • Ferruccio Busoni

    Violin Concerto Op.35a (1st mvt)

    Performer: Francesca Dego. Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dalia Stasevska.
    • Chandos.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Vespers (All-night vigil) Op.37 - V Nunc Dimittis (Song of Simeon)

    Choir: Ex Cathedra. Conductor: Jeffrey Skidmore. Singer: Andrew Fletcher.
    • Ex Cathedra.

  • Bedrich Smetana

    The Bartered bride (Polka)

    Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.
    • DvorΓ‘k: Symphony No. 9; Carnival Overture; Slavonic Dances [Expanded Edition].
    • Sony Classical.
    • 9.

  • Jacques Offenbach

    Can-Can (Orpheus in the Underworld)

    Choir: Paris Philharmonic Chorus. Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris – Philharmonie. Conductor: RenΓ© Leibowitz.
    • Offenbach: OrphΓ©e aux Enfers and 12 Arias.
    • Regis Records.
    • 36.

  • Clara Schumann

    Piano Trio in G Minor Op.17 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Anne‐Sophie Mutter. Performer: Pablo FerrΓ‘ndez. Performer: Lambert Orkis.
    • Brahms: Double Concerto & C. Schumann: Piano Trio.
    • Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.
    • 05.

  • Emmanuel Chabrier

    Bourree Fantasque

    Music Arranger: Charles Koechlin. Orchestra: Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Heinz Holliger.
    • Koechlin: Orchestral Works.
    • SWR.
    • 14.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Clarinet Quintet in F sharp minor (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Anthony McGill. Ensemble: Catalyst Quartet.
    • Uncovered.
    • Azica Records.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    O ewiges Feuer, o Ursprung der Liebe (Cantata no.34)

    Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Bach Choruses - Gardiner.
    • SDG.
    • 1.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Piano Concerto in A minor Op.16 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes. Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Dmitri Georgievich Kitayenko.
    • Leif Ove Andsnes: A Portrait.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 2.

  • Claude Debussy

    Sonata for flute, viola and harp (Finale)

    Performer: Wolfgang Schulz. Performer: Wolfram Christ. Performer: Margit-Anna Süß.
    • Ravel/Debussy: Sonata/Pavane/Chansons de Bilitis: Ensemble Wien-Berlin/Deneuve.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Franz Schubert

    Fantasy in C major D.934 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Pieter Wispelwey. Performer: Paolo Giacometti.
    • In Memoriam I.
    • Evil Penguin Classic.
    • 18.

  • Thomas Morley

    It Was a Lover and His Lass

    Performer: Elizabeth Kenny. Singer: Ian Bostridge.
    • Shakespeare Songs.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 7.

  • Edward Elgar

    Nimrod (Enigma Variations, Op. 36)

    Orchestra: West–Eastern Divan Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Warner.

  • AgustΓ­n Barrios MangorΓ©

    La catedral (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Sean Shibe.
    • Profesion.
    • Pentatone.
    • 3.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony no.6 in B Minor 'PathΓ©tique' (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: MusicAeterna. Conductor: Teodor Currentzis.
    • Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 74 "PathΓ©tique".
    • Sony Classical.
    • 3.

  • Arthur Sullivan

    Dance a Cachucha (The Gondoliers)

    Librettist: William Gilbert. Ensemble: The D’Oyly Carte Opera Company. Orchestra: New Symphony Orchestra of London. Conductor: John Pryce-Jones.
    • The Gondoliers.
    • That’s Entertainment.
    • 5.

  • Camille Saint‐SaΓ«ns

    Tortoises (Carnival of the Animals)

    Performer: Martha Argerich. Performer: Andrey Baranov. Performer: Michael Guttman. Performer: Lyda Chen. Performer: Alexandre Debrus. Performer: Enrico Fagone.
    • Martha Argerich and Friends Live from the Lugano Festival 2013.
    • WARNER CLASSICS.
    • 13.

  • Leonard Bernstein

    Wonderful Town (Conga!)

    Singer: Alysha Umphress. Choir: London Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • LSO Live.

  • Hubert Giraud

    Sous Le Ciel De Paris

    Singer: Γ‰dith Piaf.
    • I Love Paris.
    • Moulin.
    • 7.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Zadok the priest

    Choir: The Sixteen. Orchestra: Orchestra of The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Coro.

  • Steve Reich

    Nagoya Marimbas

    Performer: Colin Currie. Performer: Sam Walton.
    • EMI.

  • Anon.

    Were You There?

    Music Arranger: Baptiste Trotignon. Singer: Reginald Mobley. Performer: Baptiste Trotignon.
    • Because.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 2.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Divertimento in D major K.136

    Orchestra: Manchester Camerata. Conductor: GΓ‘bor TakΓ‘cs‐Nagy.
    • Chandos.

  • Trad.

    Moj E Bukura

    Music Arranger: Giovanni Sollima. Performer: Giovanni Sollima. Ensemble: Il Pomo d’Oro.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata no.7 in D major Op.10 No.3 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Maurizio Pollini.
    • Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 34.

  • Francis Poulenc

    Salve Regina

    Choir: Apollo5.
    • Where All Roses Go.
    • VOCES8 Records.
    • 11.

  • Anna Clyne

    Cello Concerto 'Dance' (When You're Broken Up)

    Performer: Inbal Segev. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • Avie.

  • Arthur Bliss

    Kenilworth

    Performer: Black Dyke Band.
    • ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ recording.

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