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, featuring new discoveries, some musical surprises and plenty of familiar favourites.
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
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Maurice Ravel
Rigaudon (Le tombeau de Couperin)
Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris – Philharmonie. Conductor: Paavo Järvi.- RCA.
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Joseph Canteloube
Baïlèro (Chants d'Auvergne)
Singer: Karita Mattila. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Director: Neville Marriner.- Villa-Lobos, Bachianas Brasileiras No.5.
- Phillips.
- 8.
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R. Nathaniel Dett
In the Bottoms (Juba)
Performer: Monica Gaylord.- Black Piano, A Treasury of Works for Solo Piano by Black Composers.
- MUSIC & ARTS.
- 9.
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Ruth Gipps
Seascape Op.53 for wind ensemble
Performer: Alex Jakeman. Performer: Ben Goldscheider. Performer: Meyrick Alexander. Performer: Alyson Frazier. Performer: Elise Campbell. Performer: Mark van de Wiel. Performer: Jonathan Parkin. Performer: Graham Hobbs.- Winds of Change.
- Three Worlds Records.
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Franz von Suppè
Poet and Peasant (overture)
Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.- Suppé: Overtures and Marches.
- Chandos.
- 6.
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Reena Esmail
This Love Between Us "Prayers for Unity" (5th mvt)
Lyricist: Anonymous. Choir: Yale Schola Cantorum. Conductor: David Hill.- New England Choirworks.
- Hyperion.
- 12.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No 4 in G major (1st mvt)
Ensemble: Apollo’s Fire. Director: Jeannette Sorrell.- AVIE.
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Sally Whitwell
Astral Dance (Starwalker)
Performer: Matt Withers. Performer: Sally Whitwell.- Women of Note Vol. 6.
- ABC Classic.
- 3.
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Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges
Violin Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Op. 5 No. 1: III. Rondeau
Conductor: Renaud Capuçon. Orchestra: Lausanne Chamber Orchestra.- Vivaldi: Les 4 Saisons.
- Warner Classics.
- 18.
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Traditional Spiritual
It's me, O Lord
Performer: Vivian Taylor. Music Arranger: Betty Jackson King. Singer: Robert Honeysucker.- Watch and Pray. Spirituals and Art Songs by African-American Women Composers.
- KOCH.
- 018.
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Antonín Dvořák
Violin Concerto in A minor, Op 53 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Julia Fischer. Orchestra: Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra. Conductor: David Zinman. -
Ronald Binge
Elizabethan Serenade
Orchestra: Studio 2 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Reginald Kilbey.- British Light Classics.
- Warner Classics.
- 11.
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Johannes Brahms
Selig sind die Toten (A German Requiem)
Lyricist: Anonymous. Choir: SWR Vocal Ensemble, Stuttgart. Choir: North German Radio Choir. Orchestra: Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Roger Norrington.- Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem, Op. 45.
- SWR Classic.
- 7.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major (1st mvt)
Performer: Olga Pashchenko. Ensemble: Il Gardellino.- Mozart: Piano Concertos 20 & 23.
- Alpha Classics.
- 4.
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Gustav Holst
Hymn to the Dawn (Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda, Op.23`3)
Choir: Holst Singers. Performer: Thelma Owen. Conductor: Hilary Davan Wetton.- Britten: Choral Dances, Bliss Pastoral, Holst Rig Veda: Holst Singers & Orch/Dav.
- Helios.
- 2.
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Philip Glass
Evening Song (Satyagraha)
Singer: Douglas Perry. Orchestra: New York City Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Christopher Keene.- Sony Classical.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 9 in D minor "Choral" (4th mvt)
Singer: June Anderson. Singer: Sarah Walker. Singer: Klaus Konig. Singer: Jan‐Hendrik Rootering. Choir: Bavarian Radio Symphony Choir. Choir: Berlin Radio Chorus, Members. Choir: Kinderchor des Philharmonischen Chores Dresden. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein. Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Ensemble: Members of the Staatskapelle Dresden. Ensemble: Members of the Kirov Orchestra, Leningrad. Ensemble: Members Of The London Symphony Orchestra. Ensemble: Members Of The New York Philharmonic. Ensemble: Members of the Orchestre de Paris.- Beethoven: Symphony No.9 (Ode To Freedom - Bernstein in Berlin).
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
- 4.
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Georges Bizet
Carmen Suite No 1 (Aragonaise)
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.- Bizet - L'Arlesienne: Suites; Carmen: Suites.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Victor Bendix
Symphony No. 1 in C major "Ascension" (1st mvt)
Orchestra: Malmö SymfoniOrkester. Conductor: Joachim Gustafsson.- Bendix: Symphonies 1 & 3.
- Dacapo.
- 1.
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Scarborough Fair
Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Plínio Fernandes. Music Arranger: Simon Parkin. Music Arranger: Harry Baker. Orchestra: Fantasia Orchestra. Conductor: Tom Fetherstonhaugh. -
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata in E minor Op. 90 (2nd mvt)
Performer: Igor Levit.- Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas.
- Sony Classical.
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Ottorino Respighi
La Boutique Fantasque
Orchestra: 鶹Լ Philharmonic. Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda.- Respighi: La Boutique fantasque, La pentola magica & Prelude and Fugue in D.
- Chandos.
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Eric Whitacre
Sleep
Choir: Eric Whitacre Singers. Choir: Laudibus. Conductor: Eric Whitacre.- Eric Whitacre, Light & Gold.
- Decca.
- 16.
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André Messager
Solo de concours
Performer: Michael Collins. Performer: Noriko Ogawa.- La clarinette parisienne.
- BIS.
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Joseph Haydn
Symphony no. 83 in G minor 'The Hen' (1st mvt)
Orchestra: Concentus Musicus Wien. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.- Sony Classical.
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Domenico Scarlatti
Sonata in A major Kk.113
Performer: Joanna MacGregor.- COLLINS CLASSICS.
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Manuel de Falla
The Neighbour's Dance, Seguidillas (The Three-Cornered Hat)
Orchestra: Mahler Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Pablo Heras‐Casado.- Falla: El sombrero de tres picos.
- harmonia mundi.
- 105.
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Manuel de Falla
The miller's dance (The Three-Cornered Hat)
Singer: Carmen Romeu. Orchestra: Mahler Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Pablo Heras‐Casado.- Falla: El sombrero de tres picos.
- harmonia mundi.
- 106.
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