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Classical coffee break

Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with familiar favourites, new discoveries and the occasional musical surprise.

Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with familiar favourites alongside new discoveries and musical surprises.

1000 Playlist starter – listen and send us your ideas for the next step in our musical journey today.

1030 Song of the Day – harnessing the magic of words, music and the human voice.

1100 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.

1230 Album of the Week

3 hours, 30 minutes

Music Played

  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Dance of the tumblers (Snow maiden - suite)

    Music Arranger: WIlfred Heaton. Ensemble: Black Dyke Band. Conductor: Major Peter Parkes.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Violin Sonata no.5 in F major Op.24 'Spring' (1st mvt)

    Performer: James Ehnes. Performer: Andrew Armstrong.
    • Onyx Classics.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    Scherzo

    Orchestra: Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Puccini: Discoveries: Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi/Chailly.
    • Decca.
    • 2.
  • Morten Lauridsen

    O nata lux (Lux aeterna)

    Choir: VOCES8.
    • Lux.
    • Decca.
    • 11.
  • Amy Beach

    Danse des fleurs (3 Morceaux caracteristiques Op.28)

    Performer: Kirsten Johnson.
    • Amy Beach: Piano Music Volume 1 - Johnson.
    • Guild.
    • 21.
  • Isaac Albéniz

    The Magic Opal - suite (Overture)

    Orchestra: 鶹Լ Philharmonic. Conductor: Juanjo Mena.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Manuel de Falla

    El amor brujo: Ritual Fire Dance

    Performer: Arabella Steinbacher. Performer: Peter von Wienhardt.
    • Violino Latino.
    • Orfeo.
    • 801.
  • Richard Strauss

    Serenade for 13 wind instruments in E flat, Op 7

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Director: Alexei Ogrintchouk.
    • BIS.
  • Antonio Salieri

    Les Danaides - tragedie lyrique in 5 acts: Overture

    Orchestra: Les Talens Lyriques. Director: Christophe Rousset.
    • Antonio Salieri: Les Danaides.
    • EDICIONES SINGULARES.
    • 1.
  • Franz Schubert

    Du bist die Ruh, D. 776

    Singer: Florian Boesch. Orchestra: Concentus Musicus Wien. Conductor: Stefan Gottfried.
    • Schubert: Symphony No. 7 in B-Flat Major, D. 759 "Unfinished", Lieder (Orchestra.
    • 貹é.
    • 107.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in F major RV.574

    Performer: Gottfried von der Goltz. Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra.
    • Vivaldi@ Dresden Concertos/Goltz.
    • OPUS111.
    • 14-16.
  • Georges Bizet

    Farandole (L'Arlésienne Suite no.2)

    Orchestra: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.
    • Rossini-Respighi: La Boutique Fantasque - Davis.
    • CBS.
    • 12.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Piano Trio No 1 in D minor, Op 49 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Sitkovetsky Trio.
    • BIS: 2109 SACD.
    • BIS.
    • 6.
  • Arthur Sullivan

    My Name Is John Wellington Wells (The Sorcerer)

    Singer: Peter Pratt. Orchestra: New Symphony Orchestra of London. Conductor: Isidore Godfrey.
    • Gilbert & Sullivan: Highlights & Overtures - The Essential Collection (Digitally.
    • AVID Entertainment.
    • 27.
  • Howard Shore

    The Fellowship (The Lord of the Rings)

    Orchestra: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Evan Jolly. Conductor: Nic Raine.
    • Silva Screen.
  • Charles Gounod

    Ah! je ris de me voir si belle (Faust)

    Singer: Nicole Car. Orchestra: Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra. Conductor: Andrea Molino.
    • Nicole Car: The Kiss.
    • ABC.
    • 1.
  • Béla Bartók

    Romanian Folk Dances for orchestra

    Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Bartok: Romanian Folk Dances, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 4.
  • Nicola Fago

    Alla gente a Dio diletta (Il Faraone Sommerso)

    Singer: Jakub Józef Orliński. Ensemble: Il Pomo d’Oro. Conductor: Maxim Emelyanychev.
    • Erato.
  • Hector Berlioz

    Le Corsaire - overture Op.21

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.
    • Chandos.
  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Symphony in G major, Wq.173

    Ensemble: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    12 Études Op. 10 No. 12 in C Minor "Revolutionary"

    Performer: Yunchan Lim.
    • Chopin: 12 Études, Op. 10: No. 12 in C Minor "Revolutionary".
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Firebird Suite (conclusion)

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iván Fischer.
    • Channel Classics.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No 12 in A major, K 414 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Daniel Barenboim. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Director: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Mozart The Collectors Edition 50 CDs The Masterpieces The Greatest Artists.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 6.
  • Lili Boulanger

    Deux Morceaux: Nocturne and Cortege

    Ensemble: tenThing.
    • LAWO.
  • Aram Khachaturian

    Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia (Spartacus)

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kirill Karabits.
    • Onyx.
  • William Byrd

    Ave verum corpus (Gradualia Vol 1)

    Choir: Westminster Cathedral Choir. Director: Martin Baker.
    • Byrd: The Three Masses; Ave Verum Corpus.
    • Hyperion.
    • 19.
  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Samson et Dalila Op.47 (Bacchanale)

    Orchestra: Les Siècles. Conductor: François‐Xavier Roth.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

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  • Thu 25 Apr 2024 09:30

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