The very best of classical 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.
1000 Playlist starter β listen and send us your ideas for the next step in our musical journey today.
1030 Song of the Day β harnessing the magic of words, music and the human voice.
1115 Playlist reveal β a sequence of music suggested by you in response to our starter today.
1145 Slow Moment β time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.
1230 Album of the Week
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Edward Elgar
Chanson de matin, Op 15 No 2, arr for string quartet
Music Arranger: Brodsky Quartet. Ensemble: Brodsky Quartet.- Petits-Fours: Favourite Encores: Brodsky Quartet.
- Chandos.
- 5.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No 7 in A major, Op 92 (3rd mvt)
Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Christian Thielemann.- Beethoven - 9 Symphonies.
- Sony Classical.
- 3.
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CΓ©cile Chaminade
Fileuse (Etudes de Concert - Bk.1 Op.35)
Performer: Joanne Polk.- Steinway & Sons.
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Scott Joplin
The Easy Winners
Music Arranger: Itzhak Perlman. Performer: Leila Josefowicz. Performer: John Novacek.- Philips.
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Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Straussiana
Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.- Korngold - Symphony in F sharp.
- Chandos.
- 6.
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Leo Brouwer
Berceuse
Performer: John Williams.- SONY CLASSICAL.
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Ermanno WolfβFerrari
Intermezzo from I gioielli della Madonna
Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Eugene Ormandy.- Opear Overtures & Incidental Music.
- Sony Classical.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Keyboard Concerto no.5 in F minor BWV.1056
Music Arranger: Avi Avital. Performer: Avi Avital. Orchestra: Potsdam Chamber Academy. Performer: Shalev Ad-El. Performer: Ophira Zakai. Performer: Ira Givol.- Avi Avital Bach.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
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James Newton Howard
Flying (Peter Pan)
Performer: Anna Lapwood.- Luna.
- Sony Classical.
- 1.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No 40 in G minor, K 550 (1st mvt)
Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.- Mozart: Symphonies No. 40 & No. 41 "Jupiter".
- Philips.
- 1.
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Thomas Tallis
O nata lux
Choir: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin. -
Jamie W. Hall
O nata lux
Choir: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin. -
James Oswald
A Sonata of Scots Tunes: Polwart on the Green [Andante]
Performer: Benjamin Perrot. Performer: Florence Bolton. Ensemble: La RΓͺveuse.- London circa 1740: Handel's musicians.
- harmonia mundi.
- 20.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
5 Variants of 'Dives and Lazarus'
Orchestra: HallΓ©. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder.- HALLE.
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Franz Schubert
Impromptu in F minor, D.935 no.4
Performer: Alfred Brendel.- Schubert: Impromptus Op.90 and Op.142.
- Philips Classics.
- 8.
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Oskar Nedbal
Valse triste
Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: VΓ‘clav Neumann.- SUPRAPHON.
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Leonard Bernstein
Times Square (3 Dance Episodes from On the Town)
Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.- Bernstein: Marin Alsop's Complete Naxos Recordings.
- Naxos.
- 603.
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Trad.
The Fidgety Bairn
Performer: John Newmark. Lyricist: Trad.. Music Arranger: Hugh Roberton. Singer: Kathleen Ferrier.- Kathleen Ferrier Centenary Edition - The Complete Decca Recordings.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
- 7.
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Edward Elgar
Slumber Scene (The Wand of Youth Suite No 1)
Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.- Capriccio.
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William Walton
5 Bagatelles (no.2)
Performer: Sean Shibe.- Delphian.
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Georges Bizet
Carmen (Act 2: Entr'acte)
Conductor: Claudio Abbado. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.- 111 Years of Deutsche Grammophon: The Collectors' Edition 2.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 020.
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Robert B. Sherman
Stay Awake
Composer: Richard M. Sherman. Lyricist: Robert B. Sherman. Lyricist: Richard M. Sherman. Singer: Julie Andrews.- Mary Poppins (Originalnyi Saundtrek).
- Walt Disney Records.
- 9.
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George Frideric Handel
Prelude & Alla Hornpipe (Water Music Suite in F, HWV.348)
Orchestra: Le Concert des Nations. Conductor: Jordi Savall.- Handel: Water Music, Music For The Royal Fireworks.
- ALIA VOX.
- 001.
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Anna Meredith
Bubble Gun
Performer: Jess Gillam. Music Arranger: Jack Ross. Ensemble: Jess Gillam Ensemble.- TIME.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
- 5.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
The Lark Ascending
Music Arranger: Paul Drayton. Performer: Elodie Chousmer-Howelles. Choir: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin. -
Paul Jeanjean
Clair matin
Performer: Julian Bliss. Performer: Julien Quentin.- Music for Clarinet and Piano: Bliss/Quentin.
- EMI.
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Hector Berlioz
Hungarian March (The Damnation of Faust)
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Colin Davis.- Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust, Op. 24: LSO & Chorus/Davis.
- LSO Live.
- 3.
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FrΓ©dΓ©ric Chopin
Nocturne in D flat, Op.27 no.2
Performer: Marc-AndrΓ© Hamelin.- Chopin: Piano Sonatas 2 & 3 etc..
- Hyperion.
- 07.
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Robert Schumann
Overture, Scherzo and Finale, Op 52
Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Georg Solti.- DECCA.
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Felix Mendelssohn
A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61: I. Scherzo (Transcr. Rachmaninof
Performer: Isata KannehβMason. Music Arranger: Sergey Rachmaninov.- Mendelssohn.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Eric Whitacre
i thank you God for this most amazing day
Choir: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Singers. Conductor: Benjamin Goodson. -
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
String Quintet in E flat major, K 614 (4th mvt)
Performer: Heinz-Otto Graf. Ensemble: Heutling Quartet.- Mozart The Collectors Edition 50 CDs The Masterpieces The Greatest Artists.
- EMI Classics.
- 12.
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Vincent dβIndy
Symphony no.1 in A major 'Symphonie Italienne' (Florence)
Orchestra: Iceland Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.- d'Indy: Poème des Rivages & Symphony No. 1.
- Chandos.
- 8.
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- Wed 2 Oct 2024 09:30ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3