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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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3 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Tue 19 Nov 2024 09:30

Music Played

  • Franz Schubert

    Marche militaire in D major, D.733 no.1

    Performer: Maria João Pires. Performer: Hüseyin Sermet.
    • Schubert: Fantasie...: Pires, Sermet.
    • Erato.
    • 2.
  • Joaquín Rodrigo

    Concierto de Aranjuez (3rd mvt)

    Performer: MiloÅ¡ Karadaglić. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick Nézetâ€Séguin.
    • Milos Karadaglic: Aranjuez.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 3.
  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Symphony in B minor, Wq. 182, No. 5

    Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music. Director: Christopher Hogwood.
    • CPE Bach: Six Symphonies.
    • Oiseau Lyre.
    • 13-15.
  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

    Paride ed Elena (Act 1: Ballo No 3)

    Ensemble: Gabrieli Players. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.
    • ARCHIV.
  • Antonín Kubálek

    Concert Study No 3 in D flat major, 'Un sospiro'

    • My gift to you - piano encores: Antonin Kubalek.
    • Dorian.
  • Eleanor Daley

    Grandmother Moon

    Choir: Pembroke College Girls' Choir. Conductor: Anna Lapwood.
    • All Things are Quite Silent.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 11.
  • Emmanuel Chabrier

    L'étoile (Overture)

    Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • Chabrier: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande/Neeme Jarvi.
    • Chandos.
    • 11.
  • Anna Bon di Venezia

    Sonata No.6 in G major (Six Sonate da Camera Op.1)

    Performer: Stefano Bet. Performer: Francesco Cera.
    • Sonate Veneziane del '700.
    • TACTUS.
    • 016.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Carnival Overture, Op.92

    Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rafael Kubelík.
    • Dvorak: Symphony no.8 etc: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orch/Kubelik.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Gabriel Fauré

    La bonne chanson, Op. 61: No. 8, N'est-ce pas?

    • The Complete Songs of Fauré, Vol. 4.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 1208.
  • Eleanor Daley

    Grandmother Moon

    Choir: The Chapel Choir of Pembroke College, Cambridge. Conductor: Anna Lapwood.
    • Signum.
  • Emilie Mayer

    String Quartet in G Minor, Op. 14: IV. Finale. Allegro molto

    Ensemble: Erato Quartet.
    • String Quartets.
    • CPO.
    • 204.
  • Isaac Albéniz

    Málaga (Iberia - Bk.4)

    Performer: Nelson Goerner.
    • ALPHA.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Organ Concerto in B flat major, Op. 4 No. 6

    Performer: Richard Egarr. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No. 101 in D major, 'The Clock' (2nd mvt, Andante)

    Ensemble: London Classical Players. Conductor: Sir Roger Norrington.
    • EMI CLASSICS.
  • Bohuslav Martinů

    Sextet for Piano and Winds, H 174 - V Finale

    Ensemble: Philharmonisches Bläserquintett Berlin.
    • BIS.
  • Laura Mvula

    Sing to the Moon

    Choir: Pembroke College Girls' Choir. Choir: Pembroke College Girls' Choir. Director: Anna Lapwood.
    • Signum.
  • Anna Meredith

    moonmoons

    Performer: Anna Meredith. Performer: Maddie Cutter.
    • Fibs.
    • Moshi Moshi Records.
    • 6.
  • Ludovico Einaudi

    Full Moon

    Music Arranger: Michael Lewin.
    • The Moon & The Forest.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 8.
  • William Cornysh

    Magnificat

    Choir: Tallis Scholars. Director: Peter Phillips.
    • Gimell.
  • Carl Orff

    Carmina Burana: Dance

    Orchestra: German Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Christian Thielemann.
    • DG.
  • Anton Webern

    Langsamer Satz

    Ensemble: Belcea Quartet.
    • ALPHA.
  • Elena Katsâ€Chernin

    Eliza's Aria (Wild Swans)

    Singer: Jane Sheldon. Orchestra: Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ola Rudner.
    • Elena Kats-Chernin - Wild Swans.
    • ABC.
    • 2.
  • Claude Debussy

    La mer

    Conductor: Claudio Abbado. Orchestra: Lucerne Festival Orchestra.
    • Debussy: La Mer: Abbado, Lucerne Festival Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 14 in C Minor, K. 457: III. Molto allegro

    Performer: Piotr Anderszewski.
    • Fantaisies.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 104.
  • Hildegard von Bingen

    O Euchari in leta via

    Lyricist: Hildegard von Bingen. Singer: Emily Van Evera. Conductor: Christopher Page. Choir: Gothic Voices.
    • A Feather on the Breath of God: Songs of Hildegard von Bingen.
    • Hyperion.
    • 5.
  • Domenico Cimarosa

    I tre amanti (Overture)

    Orchestra: New Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Raymond Leppard.
    • Overtures - Leppard.
    • Philips Classics.
    • 7.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    French Suite No. 1 in D Minor, BWV812: Sarabande, Minuets & Gigue

    Performer: Murray Perahia.
    • DG.
  • Ottorino Respighi

    Bergamasca (Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite No 2)

    Orchestra: Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances: Marriner.
    • HMV Classics.
    • 8.

Broadcast

  • Tue 19 Nov 2024 09:30

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