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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

3 hours, 30 minutes

Music Played

  • Aram Khachaturian

    Waltz from Masquerade

    Orchestra: Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France. Conductor: Paavo Järvi.
    • Ballets russes.
    • Parlophone (France).
    • 2.
  • Franz Schubert

    Piano trio in E flat major, D 929 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Christian Tetzlaff. Performer: Tanja Tetzlaff. Performer: Lars Vogt.
    • Schubert: Chamber Works.
    • Ondine.
    • 8.
  • Hector Berlioz

    Harold in Italy (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Antoine Tamestit. Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • Berlioz: Les Nuits d'Ete & Harold in Italy.
    • Naive.
    • 1.
  • John Adams

    China Gates

    Performer: Daniil Trifonov.
    • Adams: China Gates.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1.
  • Gregor Joseph Werner

    Sinfonia in D major (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: la festa musicale. Conductor: Lajós Rovátkay.
    • Werner, Caldara.
    • Audite.
    • 4.
  • Anatoly Konstantinovich Lyadov

    Village Scene by the Inn

    Orchestra: 鶹Լ Philharmonic. Conductor: Vassily Sinaisky.
    • Chandos.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Rhapsody in E flat major, Op 119 No 4

    Performer: Emanuel Ax.
    • Brahms: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2, 2 Rhapsodies, Op. 79, 3 Intermezzos, Op. 1.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 6.
  • Eleonora d’Este

    Sicut lilium inter spinas

    Choir: Lyyra.
    • More Love.
    • VOCES8 Records.
    • 1.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String quartet in F major, Op 135 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Takács Quartet.
    • Beethoven: Complete String Quartets.
    • Decca.
    • 70.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Griselda, RV 718 - Sinfonia

    Ensemble: Ensemble Matheus. Conductor: Jean‐Christophe Spinosi.
    • Naive.
  • Franz Schubert

    Das Wirtshaus, (Winterreise, D 911)

    Performer: Ryan Corbett. Singer: Nicholas Mulroy.
  • Aaron Copland

    Variations on a Shaker Hymn (Appalachian Spring)

    Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.
    • Warner.
  • Luigi Cherubini

    2 Marches for the prefect of Eure-et-Loir

    Orchestra: La Scala Philharmonic. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Decca.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Polonaise-Fantasy in A flat major, Op 61

    Performer: Maurizio Pollini.
    • Deutsche Grammophon : 479 6127.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 5.
  • Édouard Lalo

    Symphonie espagnole, Op 21 (5th mvt)

    Performer: Jean‐Jacques Kantorow. Orchestra: Orquesta Ciudad de Granada. Conductor: Kees Bakels.
    • Lalo: Symphonie Espagnole: Granada City Orchestra, Kees Bakels.
    • BIS.
    • 11.
  • Luigi Boccherini

    Cello Sonata no.4 in A major G.4 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Cécile Licad. Performer: Alban Gerhardt.
    • Casals: Encores: Alban Gerhardt, Cecile Licad.
    • Hyperion.
    • 12.
  • Hermann Suter

    Mein Schatz, der ist auf die Wanderschaft hin

    Choir: Basler Madrigalisten. Conductor: Raphael Immoos.
    • Stilles Leuchten - Swiss Choral Music of the Late Romantic Era.
    • Prospero Classical.
    • 6.
  • Mikhail Mikhaylovich Ippolitov-Ivanov

    In the Village (from Caucasian Sketches)

    Orchestra: Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Loris Tjeknavorian.
    • Khachaturian: Spartacus, Gayaneh, Masquerade / Ippolitov-Ivanov: Caucasian Sketc.
    • Decca (UMO).
    • 16.
  • Carl Orff

    In the tavern (Carmina burana)

    Conductor: Riccardo Muti. Choir: Philharmonia Chorus. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra.
    • Orff: Carmina burana.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 114.
  • Henry Purcell

    Come, let us drink

    Ensemble: The Merry Companions. Ensemble: Baltimore Consort.
    • The Art of the Bawdy Song.
    • Sono Luminus.
    • 33.
  • Arthur Wood

    Barwick Green (from My Native Heath - suite)

    Orchestra: 鶹Լ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.
    • The Best Of British Light Music.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 19.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    Madam Butterfly; Humming Chorus

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome. Choir: Chorus of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • Puccini: Madama Butterfly.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 13.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Ondine (Gaspard de la nuit)

    Performer: Alim Beisembayev.
  • Helvi Leiviskä

    Orchestral Suite No. 2, Op. 11: II. Humoreski (Humoresque)

    Orchestra: Lahti Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dalia Stasevska.
    • Helvi Leiviskä: Orchestral Works Vol. 1.
    • BIS.
    • 3.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Kommt, ihr angefocht'nen Sunder (Cantata No 30)

    Singer: Lorraine Hunt Lieberson. Orchestra: Orchestra of Emmanuel Music. Conductor: Craig Smith.
    • Lorraine Hunt Lieberson at Emmanuel.
    • Avie.
    • 001.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Gloria in excelsis Deo (Gloria)

    Ensemble: Polyphony. Choir: The Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge. Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Director: Stephen Layton.
    • Poulenc: Gloria; Motets.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.
  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Septet in E flat major, Op 65

    Performer: David Guerrier. Performer: Renaud Capuçon. Performer: Esther Hoppe. Performer: Béatrice Muthelet. Performer: Gautier Capuçon. Performer: Janne Saksala. Performer: Frank Braley.
    • Virgin Classics.
  • Veljo Tormis

    Three I had these words of beauty

    Performer: Linda Vood. Orchestra: Tallinna Kammerorkester. Conductor: Tõnu Kaljuste.
    • Veljo Tormis: Reminiscentiae.
    • ECM New Series.
    • 26.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenade in G major, K 525, 'Eine kleine Nachtmusik' (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: The English Concert. Conductor: Andrew Manze.
    • Mozart: Night music: The English Concert/Manze.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 2.
  • Trad.

    As I Walked Out

    Ensemble: Danish String Quartet. Music Arranger: Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen. Music Arranger: Frederik Øland. Music Arranger: Asbjørn Nørgaard. Music Arranger: Fredrik Sjölin.
    • Keel Road.
    • ECM New Series.
    • 12.
  • Karen Tanaka

    Water Dance (Very lightly, like a harp)

    Performer: Signe Bakke.
    • Crystalline.
    • 2L.
    • 4.
  • Wilhelm Friedemann Bach

    Prelude in C Minor, F 29 (Transcr. for harp)

    Performer: Magdalena Hoffmann.
    • Fantasia.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 2.
  • John Williams

    Superman (Main theme)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: John Williams.
    • Rhino.
  • Josquin des Prez

    Gloria (Missa Pange lingua)

    Choir: Stile Antico.
    • The Golden Renaissance.
    • Decca.
    • 5.
  • Franz Berwald

    Symphony No 4 in E flat major (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • Neeme Järvi & Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 18.

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