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Celebrating classical greats

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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Thu 3 Oct 2024 09:30
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Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Mass in B minor (Sanctus)

    Choir: La Capella Reial de Catalunya. Ensemble: Le Concert des Nations. Conductor: Jordi Savall.
    • Alia Vox.

  • Franz Schubert

    Impromptu in E flat major D 899 No 2

    Performer: Alfred Brendel.
    • PHILIPS.

  • Paul Hindemith

    March (Symphonic Metamorphosis of themes by Carl Maria von Weber)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Decca.

  • Florence Price

    Piano Quintet in A minor (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective.
    • American Quintets.
    • Chandos.
    • 6.

  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Cello Concerto in A major, Wq 172 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Jean‐Guihen Queyras. Orchestra: Ensemble Resonanz. Conductor: Riccardo Minasi.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Nino Rota

    Legend of the Glass Mountain (The Glass Mountain)

    Orchestra: Prague Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • SILVA SCREEN.

  • Max Bruch

    Violin Concerto No. 1: Finale

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Jakub HrΕ―Ε‘a.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.

  • Percy Grainger

    The Gum-suckers' March (In a Nutshell Suite)

    Orchestra: Symphony Nova Scotia. Conductor: Georg Tintner.
    • CBC Records.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in G major for 2 mandolins, RV 532

    Performer: Giovanni Scaramuzzino. Performer: Sonia Maurer. Orchestra: Europa Galante. Director: Fabio Biondi.
    • Vivaldi: Concert Per Mandolini: Europa Galante, Gabio Biondi.
    • Virgin Veritas.

  • Elisabeth Bettina von Arnim Brentano

    Ach neige, du Schmerzenreiche

    Performer: Axel Bauni. Singer: Verena Reim.
    • Dreyer Gaido.

  • AntonΓ­n DvoΕ™Γ‘k

    Symphony no.5 in F major Op.76 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.
    • Symphony No 5.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 101.

  • Eric Whitacre

    Lux Aurumque

    Music Arranger: Joby Burgess. Music Arranger: Joby Burgess. Ensemble: Joby Burgess Marimba Quartet. Ensemble: Joby Burgess Marimba Quartet.
    • Eric Whitacre: Marimba Quartets.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 101.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    3 Symphonic dances Op.45 (no.3)

    Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick NΓ©zet‐SΓ©guin.
    • Rachmaninoff: Symphony 1 + Symphonic Dances.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 7.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata in D minor, Op 31 No 2, 'Tempest' (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Ingrid Fliter.
    • Beethoven: Sonatas 8, 17 and 23.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 6.

  • Gabriel Yared

    The English Patient (Main Theme)

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Carl Davis.
    • NAXOS.

  • Richard Strauss

    An Alpine Symphony (Vision)

    Orchestra: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin. Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski.
    • Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie.
    • Pentatone.
    • 113.

  • Joseph Canteloube

    Bailero (Songs of the Auvergne)

    Singer: Victoria de los Ángeles. Orchestra: Orchestre Lamoureux. Conductor: Jean‐Pierre Jacquillat.
    • EMI.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony No 5 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.
    • ORFEO.

  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Zefiro torna

    Music Arranger: Christina Pluhar. Singer: Philippe Jaroussky. Singer: NΓΊria Rial. Ensemble: L’Arpeggiata. Conductor: Christina Pluhar.
    • ERATO.

  • Dorothy Howell

    Recuerdos preciosos (1st mvt)

    Performer: Hiroaki Takenouchi. Performer: Simon Callaghan.
    • Danza Gaya: Music for Two Pianos.
    • Lyrita.
    • 05.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Divertimento in E flat major K.563 (6th mvt)

    Performer: Henning Kraggerud. Performer: Lars Anders Tomter. Performer: Christoph Richter.
    • Mozart: Divertimento in E flat major.
    • NAXOS.
    • 6.

  • Edward Elgar

    Violin Concerto in B Minor (1st mvt)

    Performer: Vilde Frang. Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin. Conductor: Robin Ticciati.
    • Elgar: Violin Concerto, Op. 61.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.

  • Hugo AlfvΓ©n

    Shepherd Girl's Dance (The Mountain King Suite)

    Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme JΓ€rvi.
    • BIS.

  • Philip Glass

    The Windcatcher, Pt. III

    Ensemble: Lautten Compagney. Conductor: Wolfgang Katschner.
    • Philip Glass - Recent Recordings.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 8.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Auf Flugeln des Gesanges

    Music Arranger: Franz Liszt.
    • Mendelssohn.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 6.

  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Sheherazade (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Zubin Mehta.
    • Zubin Mehta conducts Strauss and Rimsky-Korsakov.
    • London Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • 106.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Water music - suite (HWV.348) in F major, Presto

    Orchestra: London Classical Players. Director: Sir Roger Norrington.
    • Handel: Water & Fireworks Music: London Classical Players, Norrington.
    • Virgin Veritas.
    • 4.

  • Dora PejačeviΔ‡

    Symphony in F sharp minor (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • CHANDOS.

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