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The best classical morning music

Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with familiar favourites.

Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with familiar favourites.

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.

1115 Playlist reveal – a sequence of music suggested by you in response to our starter today.

1145 Slow Moment – time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.

1230 Album of the Week

3 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Tue 6 Aug 2024 09:30

Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude and Fugue in C major, BWV 846 (from the Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1)

    Performer: Sir AndrΓ‘s Schiff.
    • Decca.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Cello Concerto no.2 in D major H.7b.2 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Alisa Weilerstein. Orchestra: TrondheimSolistene.
    • Pentatone.
  • ZoltΓ‘n KodΓ‘ly

    Intermezzo

    Ensemble: Notos Quartett.
    • Hungarian Treasures.
    • RCA Red Seal.
    • 5.
  • Jean‐FΓ©ry Rebel

    Les caracteres de la danse

    Ensemble: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • Rebel/Les Elemens/Les Caracteres de la Danse.
    • Musifrance.
    • 12-25.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony No 2 in D major, Op 73 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Yannick NΓ©zet‐SΓ©guin.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • John Philip Sousa

    The Liberty Bell

    Ensemble: Eastman Wind Ensemble. Conductor: Frederick Fennell.
    • Fennell Conducts Sousa Marches.
    • Mercury.
    • 9.
  • Franz Schubert

    Impromptu in A flat major, D.899 no.4

    Performer: Maria JoΓ£o Pires.
    • Le Voyage Magnifique - Schubert: Impromptus: MAria Joao Pires.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • William Byrd

    Sing joyfully

    Music Arranger: Stefano Pierini. Ensemble: Delian Quartet.
    • Im wachen Traume.
    • ECM New Series.
    • 1.
  • William Byrd

    Ave Verum Corpus

    Ensemble: The Gesualdo Six. Director: Owain Park.
    • Hyperion.
  • LΓ©o Delibes

    Pizzicato (from Sylvia)

    Orchestra: Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: JΓ‘nos SΓ‘ndor.
    • 99 Must-Have Sunday Morning Classics.
    • Cobra Entertainment LLC.
    • 84.
  • Johann Gottlieb Goldberg

    Gigue (Trio sonata in C major)

    Performer: Johannes Pramsohler. Ensemble: Ensemble Diderot.
    • Audax Records.
  • Lili Boulanger

    Hymne au soleil

    Performer: Antonii Baryshevskyi. Singer: Anne Bierwirth. Choir: Orpheus Vokalensemble. Conductor: Michael Alber.
    • Lili Boulanger: Hymne au Soleil. Chorwerke.
    • Carus.
    • 15.
  • Johan Svendsen

    Polonaise No 2, Op 28

    Orchestra: Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard.
    • Svendsen: Pympphonies, Polonaise No.2: DNRSO, Dausgaard.
    • Chandos.
    • 9.
  • Arvo PΓ€rt

    Spiegel im Spiegel

    Performer: Daniel Hope. Performer: Simon Mulligan.
    • Shostakovich/Penderecki/Part: Violin Sonata: Daniel Hope.
    • Nimbus.
    • 005.
  • Jean-Baptiste Krumpholz

    Harp concerto in B flat major (Rondeau - Allegro)

    Performer: Xavier de Maistre. Orchestra: Les Arts Florissants. Conductor: William Christie.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Rondo in C major, Op 51 No 1

    Performer: Louis Lortie.
    • Beethoven: Eroica Variations, Fur Elise: Louis Lortie.
    • Chandos.
    • 25.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Sin nel placido soggiorno (La Fede tradita e vendicata)

    Singer: Simone Kermes. Orchestra: Venice Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Andrea Marcon.
    • Archiv.
  • Trevor Duncan

    Little suite for orchestra: March

    Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Penny.
    • MARCO POLO.
  • LΓ©o Delibes

    OΓΉ va la jeune hindoue (LakmΓ©)

    Singer: Sabine Devieilhe. Orchestra: Les SiΓ¨cles. Conductor: FranΓ§ois‐Xavier Roth.
    • Mirages.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 103.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Gigue in G major, K 574

    Performer: Marc-AndrΓ© Hamelin.
    • Hyperion.
  • Malcolm Arnold

    The Belles of St Trinian's (Prelude)

    Music Arranger: Christopher Palmer. Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Philharmonic. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony no.41 in C major K.551 'Jupiter' (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphonies 38 - 41 Scottish Chamber Orchestra Sir Charle.
    • Linn.
    • 7.
  • Aldemaro Romero

    Fuga con Pajarillo from Suite for strings

    Ensemble: Sphinx Virtuosi.
    • Songs for Our Times.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 2.
  • Toru Takemitsu

    Secret Love (from 12 Songs for guitar)

    Performer: Masao Tanibe.
    • Toru Takemitsu: Guitar Works.
    • ALM RECORDS.
    • 13.
  • Edmund Finnis

    String Quartet No 3 (Devotions) - 3rd mvt

    Ensemble: Solem Quartet.
    • Devotions (String Quartet No 3): III..
    • Delphian Records.
    • 1.
  • Helena Munktell

    Menuetto a l'antique (from Suite for large orchestra)

    Orchestra: GΓ€vle symfoniorkester. Conductor: Tobias Ringborg.
    • Sterling.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Menuet antique

    Performer: Bertrand Chamayou.
    • Erato.
  • Paul Dukas

    La Peri

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Domingo Hindoyan.
    • Onyx.
  • Ennio Morricone

    Nella Fantasia

    Lyricist: Chiara FerraΓΊ. Singer: Wynne Evans. Orchestra: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Adam Klemens.
    • Wynne.
    • Decca.
    • 2.
  • Henri Rabaud

    Solo de concours, Op 10

    Performer: Michael Collins. Performer: Michael McHale.
    • Chandos.
  • Franz Schubert

    An die Musik D.547

    Singer: Ian Bostridge. Performer: Julius Drake.
    • Schubert: Lieder: Bostridge, Drake.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 12.
  • HΓ©lΓ¨ne de Montgeroult

    Piano concerto No 1 in E flat major

    Performer: Γ‰lisabeth Pion. Orchestra: Arion Orchestre Baroque. Conductor: Mathieu Lussier.
    • Amadeus et l'ImpΓ©ratrice: Mozart - Montgeroult.
    • Les Disques ATMA Inc..
    • 1.
  • Errollyn Wallen

    Horseplay (Lively)

    Ensemble: Ensemble X.
    • AVIE.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Violin Concerto in E minor, Op 64 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Hilary Hahn. Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Hugh Wolff.
    • Mendelssohn & Shostakovich: Violin Concertos: Hilary Hahn.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 2.

Broadcast

  • Tue 6 Aug 2024 09:30

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