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The ideal morning mix of classical 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

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Last on

Wed 11 Sep 2024 09:30

Music Played

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No.1 in C (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Le Concert des Nations. Conductor: Jordi Savall.
    • Alia Vox.
  • Charles Gounod

    Ave Maria (Meditation sur le premier prelude de piano de J.S. Bach)

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Music Arranger: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Hyperion.
  • Johann Adolf Hasse

    Mandolin Concerto in G major Op.3 no.11

    Performer: Anna Torge. Orchestra: Il cantino. Director: Mayumi Hirasaki.
    • CPO.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Trio in E flat major K.498 'Kegelstatt' (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Martin Frost. Performer: Antoine Tamestit. Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.
    • BIS.
  • Moondog

    FΓΌr Fritz [Chaconne in A minor]

    Performer: Dominique Ponty. Performer: Stefan Lakatos.
    • Shiiin.
  • Jerome Moross

    The Big Country (main theme)

    Orchestra: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Nic Raine.
    • The Big Country.
    • Silva Screen Records.
    • 1.
  • Franz Schubert

    Concertstuck D.345

    Performer: Gidon Kremer. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Max Volbers

    Fantasia on Mr. Purcell's Chacony (After H. Purcell's Z. 629)

    Performer: Max Volbers. Performer: Axel Wolf. Performer: Robert Smith. Performer: Alexander von Heißen.
    • Whispers of Tradition.
    • Genuin.
    • 107.
  • T. C. Kelly

    Three pieces for strings

    Orchestra: Irish Chamber Orchestra. Director: Fionnuala Hunt.
    • Silver Apples of the Moon.
    • Black Box Classics.
    • 018.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Les chemins de l'amour

    Singer: VΓ©ronique Gens. Performer: Roger Vignoles.
    • Nuits d'Etoiles.
    • Virgin.
    • 27.
  • Camille Saint‐SaΓ«ns

    Saint-SaΓ«ns: Carnival of the Animals - Aquarium

    Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Konya Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Braimah Kanneh-Mason. Performer: Ayla Sahin. Performer: Timothy Ridout. Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Adam Walker. Performer: Alasdair Malloy.
    • The Kanneh-Masons.
    • Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd..
    • 22.
  • AntonΓ­n DvoΕ™Γ‘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.
  • Jo KnΓΌmann

    Έι³ά³ΎΓ€²ΤΎ±²υ³¦³σ

    Performer: Daniel Hope. Performer: Avi Avital. Performer: Jacques Ammon. Ensemble: German Chamber Orchestra, Berlin.
    • My Tribute to Yehudi Menuhin.
    • DG.
    • 16.
  • Peter Warlock

    Capriol Suite

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.
    • Chandos.
  • James M. Stephenson

    Colors (Green)

    Performer: John Bruce Yeh. Performer: Alex Klein. Ensemble: Chicago Pro Musica.
    • Liquid Melancholy: Clarinet Music of James M Stephenson.
    • Cedille.
    • 203.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Jeux d'eau

    Performer: Hélène Grimaud.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
  • Aaron Copland

    Billy the Kid: I. Introduction. The Open Prairie

    Conductor: Leonard Slatkin. Orchestra: Detroit Symphony Orchestra.
    • Copland: Grohg & Billy the Kid.
    • Naxos.
    • 201.
  • Oscar Hammerstein II

    Oh, What A Beautiful Mornin'

    Composer: Richard Rodgers. Singer: Hugh Jackman.
    • Oklahoma! (1998 Royal National Theatre Recording).
    • First Night Records.
    • 2.
  • Alexander Borodin

    In the Steppes of Central Asia

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Geoffrey Simon.
    • Borodin: Requiem/Polovtsian Dances: Philharmonia Orchestra: Geoffrey Simon.
    • Cala.
    • 8.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony no.3 in A minor, Op.56 'Scottish' (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Mendelssohn in Birmingham, Vol.2.
    • Chandos.
    • 7.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Concerto for 3 Violins in F major. 1. Allegro

    Orchestra: Concentus Musicus Wien. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
    • G.F.Telemann: Tafelmusik.
    • Warner Classics International.
    • 34.
  • Heitor Villa‐Lobos

    Choro No. 1

    Performer: Craig Ogden.
    • Craig Ogden in Concert.
    • Chandos.
    • 14.
  • AndrΓ© Previn

    Vocalise

    Singer: Sylvia McNair. Performer: AndrΓ© Previn. Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma.
    • Andre Previn An 80th Birthday Celebration.
    • RCA Red Seal.
    • 11.
  • Jehan Alain

    Chanson a bouche fermee

    Choir: Camerata Saint Louis.
    • Arion.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Venetian Gondola Song, Op 19 No 6

    Performer: Peter Donohoe.
    • Chandos.
  • CΓ©sar Franck

    String Quartet in D major M.9 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Quatuor Danel.
    • Franck: String Quartet in D Major & Piano Quintet in F Minor.
    • CPO.
    • 2.
  • Leos JanÑček

    Sinfonietta

    Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.
    • JanΓ‘cek : Sinfonietta; Ballad of Blanek; Fiddler's Child; Taras Bulba.
    • Fazer Records/Finlandia.
    • 1-5.
  • Owain Park

    The wings of the wind

    Choir: The Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge. Singer: Anita Monserrat. Director: Stephen Layton.
    • HYPERION.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto for 2 oboes, strings & continuo in C, RV 534

    Performer: Rachel Chaplin. Performer: Mark Baigent. Ensemble: La Serenissima. Director: Adrian Chandler.
    • Vivaldi X2Β².
    • Signum.
  • Florence Price

    Whirl Away Waltz

    Performer: Kirsten Johnson.
    • Guild.
  • Giulio Briccialdi

    Wind Quintet no.1 in D major, Op.124 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Arnold Quintet.
    • Briccialdi: I quattro quintetti per fiati.
    • Stradivarius.
    • 3.
  • Georges Bizet

    Petite Suite 'Jeux d'enfants'

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
    • Bizet: Symphony in C etc.: Concertgebouw Orchestra/Haitink.
    • Philips.
    • 5.

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  • Wed 11 Sep 2024 09:30

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