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The very best of classical music

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.

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 27 Aug 2024 09:30

Music Played

  • Percy Grainger

    Country Gardens

    Orchestra: 鶹Լ Philharmonic. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Chandos.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

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

    Performer: Alina Ibragimova. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski.
    • Mendelssohn: Violin Concertos: Ibragimova/OAE/Jurowski.
    • Hyperion.
    • 3.
  • Christian Onyeji

    Chineke Diri Ekele [Thanks be to God]

    Performer: Rebeca Omordia.
    • HERITAGE.
  • Louise Farrenc

    Nonet in E flat major, Op.38 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Consortium Classicum.
    • Farrenc: Nonet & Clarinet Trio.
    • Divox.
    • 4.
  • Samuel Barber

    The School for Scandal Overture

    Orchestra: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: David Zinman.
    • Barber: Adagio / Violin Concerto.
    • Decca (UMO).
    • 6.
  • Isaac Albéniz

    Merlin (Prelude, Act 3)

    Orchestra: Orquesta sinfónica de Madrid. Conductor: José de Eusebio.
    • Albéniz: Merlin.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 36.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Concerto for 2 Pianos in E flat, K 365 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Alexei Lubimov. Performer: Ronald Brautigam. Orchestra: Haydn Sinfonietta Wien. Conductor: Manfred Huss.
    • Mozart: Complete Piano Concertos.
    • BIS.
    • 1.
  • Aaron Copland

    Hoe-Down (4 Dance Episodes from Rodeo)

    Orchestra: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Louis Lane.
    • Copland: Appalachian Spring, Rodeo, Fanfare.
    • Telarc.
    • 5.
  • Arcangelo Corelli

    Concerto Grosso in D major Op.6`4

    Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Gottfried von der Goltz.
    • ʴÉ.
  • Trad.

    The lark in the clear air

    Performer: Graham Johnson. Music Arranger: Phyllis Tate. Singer: Ann Murray.
    • The Last Rose of Summer - Best-Loved Songs of Ireland.
    • Helios.
    • 6.
  • Léon Boëllmann

    Variations symphoniques for cello and orchestra

    Performer: Henri Demarquette. Orchestra: Orchestre symphonique de Mulhouse. Conductor: Patrick Davin.
    • Fuga Libera.
  • Edvard Grieg

    To the Spring (Lyric Pieces, Op.43)

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.
    • EMI.
  • Richard Strauss

    Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche Op.28

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.
    • Andris Nelsons conducts Richard Strauss.
    • Orfeo.
    • 11.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto no.5 in D major BWV.1050 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Concerto Italiano. Conductor: Rinaldo Alessandrini.
    • J. S. Bach: Brandenburg Concertos: Concerto Italiano.
    • Naive.
    • 10.
  • Caroline Dale

    Merlin's Hat

    Performer: Caroline Dale. Orchestra: London Metropolitan Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Brown.
    • Such Sweet Thunder.
    • Dharma Records.
    • 8.
  • Henry Purcell

    King Arthur Suite (extract)

    Music Arranger: Alison Balsom. Performer: Alison Balsom. Orchestra: The English Concert. Director: Trevor Pinnock.
    • EMI.
  • Manuel de Falla

    Ritual Fire Dance (El Amor Brujo)

    Orchestra: Mahler Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Pablo Heras‐Casado.
    • Harmonia mundi.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Symphony no.8 in G major Op.88 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iván Fischer.
    • Philips.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Organ Concerto in F major, Op.4`5

    Performer: Matthew Halls. Ensemble: Sonnerie. Director: Monica Huggett.
    • AVIE.
  • Hanna Havrylets

    Topar (Prayer to the holy mother of God)

    Performer: Raphaela Gromes. Orchestra: National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine. Conductor: Volodymyr Sirenko.
    • Sony.
  • Franz Krommer

    Clarinet Quartet in B flat, Op 83 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Dieter Klöcker. Ensemble: Consortium Classicum.
    • Krommer: Clarinet Quartets.
    • CPO.
    • 1.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Missa solemnis (Sanctus; Agnus Dei)

    Lyricist: Anonymous. Singer: Amanda Halgrimson. Singer: Cornelia Kallisch. Singer: John Aler. Singer: Alastair Miles. Choir: SWR Vocal Ensemble, Stuttgart. Choir: North German Radio Choir. Orchestra: Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Roger Norrington.
    • Beethoven: Missa Solemnis in D Major, Op. 123.
    • SWR Classic.
    • 4.
  • George Gershwin

    Prelude No.1

    Music Arranger: Roy Bargy. Ensemble: Harmonie Ensemble New York. Conductor: Steven Richman.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • John Ireland

    Sea Fever (Orchestrated by Roderick Williams)

    Singer: Roderick Williams. Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Mark Elder.
    • A Shropshire Lad: English Songs Orchestrated by Roderick Williams.
    • Halle Concerts Society.
    • 2.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    3 Symphonic Dances, Op. 45 (no.1)

    Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.
    • Rachmaninoff: The Bells & Symphonic Dances.
    • BR-Klassik.
    • 5.
  • Johann Georg Pisendel

    Concerto in G major for violin, horn, oboes, bassoon and strings (1st mvt)

    Performer: Johannes Pramsohler. Ensemble: International Baroque Players.
    • Pisendel.
    • RAUMKLANG.
    • 16.
  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Piano Concerto no. 2 in G minor Op.22 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: James Judd.
    • Gershwin, Saint-Daens, Ravel: Benjamin Grosvenor, RLPO, James Judd.
    • Decca.
    • 3.

Broadcast

  • Tue 27 Aug 2024 09:30

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