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A feast of great 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, with familiar favourites alongside new discoveries and musical surprises.

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.

1100 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.

1230 Album of the Week

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Wed 3 Apr 2024 09:30
麻豆约拍 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Leonard Bernstein

    Wonderful Town (Overture)

    Ensemble: Birmingham Contemporary Music Group. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Wonderful Town.
    • EMI.
    • 1.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Fantaisie-impromptu in C sharp minor, Op.66

    Performer: Pavel Kolesnikov.
    • Chopin: Impromptus, Waltzes & Mazurkas.
    • Hyperion.
    • 001.

  • Franz Danzi

    Sinfonia Concertante in E flat major (3rd mvt)

    Music Arranger: Eugen Bodart. Ensemble: Les Vents Fran莽ais. Orchestra: M眉nchener Kammerorchester. Conductor: Daniel Giglberger.
    • Concertante!.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 3.

  • Enrique Granados

    Andaluza (Danzas espa帽olas Set 2)

    Performer: Milo拧 Karadagli膰.
    • Milos - The Guitar.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 16.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Dixit Dominus, HWV 232: I. Dixit Dominus

    Conductor: Justin Doyle. Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin. Choir: RIAS Chamber Choir.
    • Handel: Dixit Dominus, Laudate pueri, Nisi Dominus.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 101.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Meditation (Souvenir d'un lieu cher Op.42)

    Performer: Janine Jansen. Orchestra: Mahler Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Harding.
    • DECCA.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Prelude (Le tombeau de Couperin)

    Performer: Steven Osborne.
    • Ravel: The Complete Solo Piano Music: Steven Osborne, Piano.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.

  • Franz Schubert

    Die Zauberharfe, D 644 (Overture)

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Schubert: 8 Symphonies: Chamber Orchestra of Europe/Abbado.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 5.

  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    Dardanus - suite (Sommeil)

    Music Arranger: Simon Cox. Ensemble: Septura.
    • Music for Brass Septet 2.
    • Naxos.
    • 06.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Orpheus with his lute

    Singer: Anthony Rolfe Johnson. Performer: Graham Johnson.
    • HYPERION.

  • Hector Berlioz

    Symphonie fantastique (A Ball)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • EMI.

  • C茅cile Chaminade

    Concertino for flute & piano

    Performer: Adam Walker. Performer: Pavel Kolesnikov.
    • Belle 脡poque: French Music for Wind.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Johan Svendsen

    Festival Polonaise Op.12

    Orchestra: Iceland Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Bjarte Engeset.
    • Naxos.

  • George Gershwin

    Gershwin Songbook: No. 5, I Got Rhythm

    Performer: Martin James Bartlett.
    • Rhapsody.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 32.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Going 麻豆约拍

    Composer: William Arms Fisher. Singer: Paul Robeson.
    • Going 麻豆约拍.
    • Fantastic Voyage.
    • 3.

  • Francisco T谩rrega

    Recuerdos de la Alhambra

    Performer: John Williams.
    • Spanish Guitar Music.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 16.

  • Frank Bridge

    The Sea (Moonlight)

    Performer: Janice Graham. Orchestra: 麻豆约拍 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Bridge: Orchestral Works: Hickox.
    • Chandos.
    • 11.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto no.3 in C minor Op.37 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes. Orchestra: Mahler Chamber Orchestra.
    • Sony.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Liebeslieder Waltzes No. 1

    Music Arranger: Wilhelm Weismann. Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard.
    • Brahms: Orchestral Works.
    • BIS.
    • 201.

  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Piano Trio in D minor Op.120 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Trio Kar茅nine.
    • Faur茅, Ravel & Tailleferre.
    • Mirare.
    • 102.

  • Jean鈥怋aptiste Lully

    La f锚te infernale; Les d茅mons (Suite from Alceste)

    Orchestra: Concert Des Nations. Conductor: Jordi Savall.
    • Lully: L'Orchestre du Roi Soleil.
    • Alia Vox.
    • 28.

  • Morten Lauridsen

    O Magnum Mysterium

    Choir: ORA. Conductor: Suzi Digby.
    • The Mystery of Christmas.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 19.

  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Clarinet Quintet in B flat major Op.34 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Julian Bliss. Ensemble: Carducci String Quartet.
    • Mozart: Clarinet Quintet in Major, K. 581 - Weber: Clarinet Quintet in B-Flat Ma.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 4.

  • Leos Jan谩膷ek

    The Cunning Little Vixen - Suite

    Music Arranger: V谩clav Talich. Music Arranger: Charles Mackerras. Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Chandos.

  • Charles鈥怣arie Widor

    Toccata (Organ Symphony No 5 in F minor)

    Performer: Simon Preston.
    • Widor/Vierne: Symphony no.5/Carillon de Westminster: Simon Preston.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Theodora, HWV 68: To Thee, Thou Glorious Son of Worth

    Performer: Jonathan Freeman-Attwood. Performer: Tom Freeman鈥怉ttwood. Performer: Anna Szalucka.
    • Handel for Trumpet.
    • Linn Records.
    • 27.

  • Astor Piazzolla

    Las Cuatro estaciones portenas (Primavera portena)

    Performer: Gidon Kremer. Orchestra: Kremerata Baltica. Director: Gidon Kremer.
    • Eight Seasons: Gidon Kremer / Kremerata Baltica.
    • Nonesuch.
    • 16.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Symphony no.7 in D minor Op.70 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.
    • Dvorak: Symphonies no. 7 & 8: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra/Jansons.
    • EMI.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Cello Concerto No. 1 in E flat major, Op. 107 1st mvt

    Performer: Alban Gerhardt. Orchestra: WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne. Conductor: Jukka鈥怭ekka Saraste.
    • Hyperion.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony no.31 in D major K.297 'Paris' (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Christopher George. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Symphonies; SCO; Sir Charles Mackerras.
    • Linn.
    • 8.

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  • Wed 3 Apr 2024 09:30
    麻豆约拍 Radio 3

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