A feast of great 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
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The Sleeping Beauty (Waltz)
Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.- New Year Concert 2012.
- Sony.
- 5.
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Christoph Willibald Gluck
Dance of the Blessed Spirits (Orfeo ed Euridice)
Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.- Classical Hits: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 3.
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Doreen Carwithen
Overture: Men of Sherwood Forest
Conductor: Gavin Sutherland. Orchestra: 鶹Լ Concert Orchestra.- Dutton.
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Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto grosso in F major, Op 6 No 12 (Preludio)
Ensemble: Brandenburg Consort. Conductor: Roy Goodman.- Corelli: 12 Concerti Grossi, Op. 6.
- Hyperion.
- 60.
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Carl Maria von Weber
Invitation to the dance
Orchestrator: Hector Berlioz. Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Manze.- HYPERION.
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Melanie Bonis
Scènes de la Forêt (Pour Artémis)
Performer: Anthony Robb. Performer: Richard Dilley. Performer: Diana Ambache.- Liberté, Égalité, Sororité.
- AMBACHE RECORDINGS.
- 8.
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Edvard Grieg
The Last Spring (2 Elegiac melodies Op.34)
Orchestra: Norwegian Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Iona Brown.- VIRGIN CLASSICS.
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Adriaan Willaert
Vecchie letrose
Ensemble: La Capella Reial de Catalunya. Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI. Director: Jordi Savall.- ALIA VOX.
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William Grant Still
Miniatures (No 1, I Ride an Old Paint)
Performer: Calico Winds. Music Arranger: Adam Lesnick.- Vintage America.
- Albany Records.
- 11.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No 23 in A major, K 488 (3rd mvmt, Allegro assai)
Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes. Orchestra: Mahler Chamber Orchestra.- Sony.
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Richard Strauss
At Sunset (Im Abendrot), from Four Last Songs
Conductor: Neeme Järvi. Singer: Felicity Lott. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra.- Strauss: Orchestral Songs, Vol. 1.
- Chandos.
- 116.
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Elena Kats‐Chernin
Fast Blue Village 2
Ensemble: Del Sol String Quartet.- Zia.
- Dorian Sono Luminus.
- 14.
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Melanie Bonis
Scènes de la Forêt (Pour Artémis)
Performer: Anthony Robb. Performer: Richard Dilley. Performer: Diana Ambache.- Liberté, Égalité, Sororité.
- AMBACHE RECORDINGS.
- 8.
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Gioachino Rossini
L'Inganno felice (Overture)
Orchestra: La Scala Philharmonic. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.- Rossini: 10 Overtures - Chailly.
- Decca.
- 7.
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Gabriel Grovlez
Petites litanies de Jésus (L'Almanach aux images, No 8)
Performer: Peter Katin.- Childrens Corner.
- Simax Classics.
- 8.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No 5 in D major, BWV 1050 (1st mvt)
Performer: Jacques Zoon. Performer: Giuliano Carmignola. Performer: Ottavio Dantone. Orchestra: Orchestra Mozart. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.- J.S. Bach: The Brandenburg Concertos; Orchestra Mozart, Abbado.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 8.
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Avril Coleridge-Taylor
Sussex Landscape
Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Roderick Cox.- Chineke! Records.
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Melanie Bonis
Scènes de la Forêt (Pour Artémis)
Performer: Anthony Robb. Performer: Richard Dilley. Performer: Diana Ambache.- Liberté, Égalité, Sororité.
- AMBACHE RECORDINGS.
- 8.
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Marc‐Antoine Charpentier
Actéon (Overture)
Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants. Conductor: William Christie.- M.A. Charpentier: Actéon & Intermèdes nouveaux du Mariage forcé.
- harmonia mundi.
- 1.
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Scott Joplin
Aunt Dinah has blowed the horn (Treemonisha, Act 2)
Music Arranger: Gunther Schuller. Orchestra: Houston Grand Opera Orchestra. Choir: Houston Grand Opera Chorus. Conductor: Gunther Schuller.- Scott Joplin: Treemonisha.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
- 18.
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Charles Koechlin
La Chasse d'Artémis (No 5 of 11 Monodies, Op 216)
Performer: Dirk Altmann.- Koechlin: Chamber Music.
- SWR Classic.
- 4.
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Leos Janáček
The Cunning Little Vixen (final scene)
Singer: Gerald Finley. Singer: Olivia Solomou. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.- LSO LIVE.
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John Williams
The Raiders' March (Raiders of the Lost Ark)
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: John Williams.- John Williams: Greatest Hits 1969-1999.
- Sony Classical.
- 13.
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William Lawes
Royall Consort Suite No 5 in F major (Aire No 1)
Performer: Elizabeth Kenny. Ensemble: Phantasm.- Royal Consort.
- Linn.
- 19.
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Helena Munktell
Suite for Large Orchestra (Finale)
Orchestra: Gävle symfoniorkester. Conductor: Tobias Ringborg.- Sterling.
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Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Marietta's Song (Die Tote Stadt)
Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma. Performer: Kathryn Stott.- Songs of Comfort and Hope.
- Sony Classical.
- 15.
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Luigi Boccherini
String Quintet in E major, Op 11 No 5 (Minuet and Trio)
Ensemble: Europa Galante.- Boccherini: String Quintets.
- Virgin Veritas.
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Antonín Dvořák
The Golden Spinning-Wheel
Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.- Supraphon.
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Reena Esmail
We look for you (A Winter Breviary, No 1)
Choir: St Martin's Voices. Conductor: Andrew Earis.- A Winter Breviary: Choral Works for Christmas.
- Resonus Classics.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Piano Concerto No 1 in G minor, Op 25 (3rd mvmt)
Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason. Orchestra: London Mozart Players. Conductor: Jonathan Bloxham.- Mendelssohn.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Giacomo Puccini
E lucevan le stelle (Tosca)
Singer: Freddie De Tommaso. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Paolo Arrivabeni.- Il Tenore.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Peggy Glanville-Hicks
Sinfonia da Pacifica (3rd mvt, Allegro giocoso)
Orchestra: Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Mills.- ABC CLASSICS.
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Marin Marais
La Rêveuse (Suitte d'un gout etranger)
Performer: Jordi Savall. Performer: Rolf Lislevand. Performer: Pierre Hantaï.- Tous les matins du monde (Bande originale du film).
- Aliavox.
- 8.
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Carl Nielsen
Dance of the Cockerels (Maskarade)
Orchestra: Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard.- DaCapo.
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