Your perfect classical playlist
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 – 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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Aram Khachaturian
Sabre Dance (Gayaneh)
Music Arranger: Ruben Asatryan. Ensemble: Z.E.N. Trio.- Burning through the cold.
- DG.
- 8.
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George Frideric Handel
Ombra mai fu (Serse)
Singer: Andreas Scholl. Orchestra: Berlin Academy for Early Music.- Handel: Ombra mai fu: Andreas Scholl.
- Harmonia Mundi.
- 7.
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Joseph Haydn
Symphony no. 9 in C major H.1.9
Orchestra: Kammerorchester Basel. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.- Alpha.
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William Byrd
Salve regina (Gradualia 1605)
Ensemble: The Cardinall’s Musick. Conductor: Andrew Carwood.- HYPERION.
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Cheryl Frances-Hoad
Vocalise for flute, clarinet and harp
Ensemble: Korros Ensemble.- Convivium.
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
The Willow Song
Performer: Joseph Middleton. Lyricist: William Shakespeare. Singer: Carolyn Sampson.- Sounds and Sweet Airs - A Shakespeare Songbook.
- BIS.
- 35.
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Alfredo Casella
Scarlattiana, Op.44 (Minuetto)
Performer: Martin Roscoe. Orchestra: 鶹Լ Philharmonic. Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda.- Casella: Symphony No.2 / Scarlattiana - Roscoe/ 鶹Լ Phil./ Noseda.
- Chandos.
- 7.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Partita No 1 in B minor for violin, BWV 1002 (Courante and Double)
Performer: Viktoria Mullova.- Bach: 6 Sonatas & Partitas.
- Onyx.
- 7.
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Edvard Grieg
Holberg Suite, Op 40
Orchestra: Norwegian Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Terje Tønnesen.- BIS.
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Emilie Mayer
Abendstern
Performer: Jonathan Ware. Singer: Golda Schultz.- This Be Her Verse.
- Alpha Classics.
- 7.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Meditation (Souvenir d'un lieu cher Op.42)
Performer: Janine Jansen. Orchestra: Mahler Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Harding.- DECCA.
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Marianna Martines
Cantata: Il primo amore
Singer: Núria Rial. Ensemble: La Floridiana. Director: Nicoleta Paraschivescu.- DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI.
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Claudio Monteverdi
L'Orfeo: Toccata
Ensemble: Concerto Italiano. Conductor: Rinaldo Alessandrini.- Naive.
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Felix Mendelssohn
String Quintet No. 1 in A Major, Op. 18, MWV R 21: IV. Allegro vivace
Performer: Timothy Ridout. Ensemble: Doric String Quartet.- Mendelssohn: The String Quintets.
- Chandos.
- 4.
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Adolphus Hailstork
Symphony no. 1, 3rd mvt; Scherzo - Allegretto
Orchestra: Virginia Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: JoAnn Falletta.- Adolphus Hailstork: An American Port of Call.
- Naxos.
- 3.
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Ann Ronell
Willow Weep for Me
- Lady in Satin / Lady Sings the Blues.
- AudioSonic Music.
- 23.
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Jacob Gade
Jealousy
Orchestra: Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya. Conductor: José Serebrier.- Tango in Blue: Barcelona SO, Serebrier.
- Bis.
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Percy Grainger
Willow Willow
Singer: Peter Pears. Conductor: Benjamin Britten. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra, Members.- Britten The Performer.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
- 2.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Serenade for winds in B flat major K.361, 6th movement; Thema mit Variationen
Ensemble: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.- Mozart: Serenades: Academy of St Martin in the fields/Marriner.
- Philips.
- 7.
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Claude Debussy
La cathédrale engloutie (Preludes, Book 1)
Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.- Debussy: Complete works for piano vol.1: Bavouzet.
- Chandos.
- 10.
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Jean‐Philippe Rameau
Entrée de Polymnie (Les Boréades)
Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.- Archiv.
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Peggy Glanville-Hicks
Etruscan Concerto, 1st mvt 'Promenade'
Performer: Caroline Almonte. Orchestra: Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Mills.- Women of Note.
- ABC.
- 07.
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Lili Boulanger
Nocturne
Performer: Alina Ibragimova. Performer: Cédric Tiberghien.- Hyperion.
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Edward Elgar
Sea Pictures
Singer: Helen Charlston. Orchestra: 鶹Լ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Adam Hickox. -
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto in B minor for 4 violins, RV 580
Ensemble: Brecon Baroque. Director: Rachel Podger.- CHANNEL CLASSICS.
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Max Richter
Love Song (After JE)
Performer: Max Richter. Performer: Eloisa‐Fleur Thom. Performer: Max Baillie. Performer: Connie Pharoah. Performer: Max Ruisi. Performer: Zara Hudson‐Kozdoj.- In A Landscape.
- Decca.
- 17.
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Anton Stepanovich Arensky
Concert Waltz in B flat major
Performer: Sergei Nakariakov. Performer: Alexander Markovich.- Teldec.
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Georges Bizet
Carmen Suite No 2 (Danse bohème)
Conductor: Jesús López Cobos. Orchestra: Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.- Bizet: Carmen Suite, Symphony No. 1: Jesus Lopez-Cobos.
- Telarc.
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Gabriel Fauré
Cantique de Jean Racine
Choir: Accentus. Ensemble: Orchestre national de France. Conductor: Laurence Equilbey.- Naive.
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- Tue 15 Oct 2024 09:30鶹Լ Radio 3