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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Franz Schubert
Marche militaire in D major, D.733 no.1
Performer: Maria João Pires. Performer: Hüseyin Sermet.- Schubert: Fantasie...: Pires, Sermet.
- Erato.
- 2.
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JoaquÃn Rodrigo
Concierto de Aranjuez (3rd mvt)
Performer: MiloÅ¡ Karadaglić. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick Nézetâ€Séguin.- Milos Karadaglic: Aranjuez.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 3.
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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.
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Christoph Willibald Gluck
Paride ed Elena (Act 1: Ballo No 3)
Ensemble: Gabrieli Players. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.- ARCHIV.
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AntonÃn Kubálek
Concert Study No 3 in D flat major, 'Un sospiro'
- My gift to you - piano encores: Antonin Kubalek.
- Dorian.
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Eleanor Daley
Grandmother Moon
Choir: Pembroke College Girls' Choir. Conductor: Anna Lapwood.- All Things are Quite Silent.
- Signum Classics.
- 11.
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Emmanuel Chabrier
L'étoile (Overture)
Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.- Chabrier: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande/Neeme Jarvi.
- Chandos.
- 11.
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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.
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AntonÃn Dvořák
Carnival Overture, Op.92
Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rafael KubelÃk.- Dvorak: Symphony no.8 etc: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orch/Kubelik.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Gabriel Fauré
La bonne chanson, Op. 61: No. 8, N'est-ce pas?
- The Complete Songs of Fauré, Vol. 4.
- Signum Classics.
- 1208.
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Eleanor Daley
Grandmother Moon
Choir: The Chapel Choir of Pembroke College, Cambridge. Conductor: Anna Lapwood.- Signum.
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Emilie Mayer
String Quartet in G Minor, Op. 14: IV. Finale. Allegro molto
Ensemble: Erato Quartet.- String Quartets.
- CPO.
- 204.
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Isaac Albéniz
Málaga (Iberia - Bk.4)
Performer: Nelson Goerner.- ALPHA.
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George Frideric Handel
Organ Concerto in B flat major, Op. 4 No. 6
Performer: Richard Egarr. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 101 in D major, 'The Clock' (2nd mvt, Andante)
Ensemble: London Classical Players. Conductor: Sir Roger Norrington.- EMI CLASSICS.
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Bohuslav Martinů
Sextet for Piano and Winds, H 174 - V Finale
Ensemble: Philharmonisches Bläserquintett Berlin.- BIS.
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Laura Mvula
Sing to the Moon
Choir: Pembroke College Girls' Choir. Choir: Pembroke College Girls' Choir. Director: Anna Lapwood.- Signum.
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Anna Meredith
moonmoons
Performer: Anna Meredith. Performer: Maddie Cutter.- Fibs.
- Moshi Moshi Records.
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Ludovico Einaudi
Full Moon
Music Arranger: Michael Lewin.- The Moon & The Forest.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
- 8.
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William Cornysh
Magnificat
Choir: Tallis Scholars. Director: Peter Phillips.- Gimell.
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Carl Orff
Carmina Burana: Dance
Orchestra: German Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Christian Thielemann.- DG.
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Anton Webern
Langsamer Satz
Ensemble: Belcea Quartet.- ALPHA.
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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.
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Claude Debussy
La mer
Conductor: Claudio Abbado. Orchestra: Lucerne Festival Orchestra.- Debussy: La Mer: Abbado, Lucerne Festival Orchestra.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 1.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 14 in C Minor, K. 457: III. Molto allegro
Performer: Piotr Anderszewski.- Fantaisies.
- Warner Classics.
- 104.
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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.
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Domenico Cimarosa
I tre amanti (Overture)
Orchestra: New Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Raymond Leppard.- Overtures - Leppard.
- Philips Classics.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
French Suite No. 1 in D Minor, BWV812: Sarabande, Minuets & Gigue
Performer: Murray Perahia.- DG.
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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.
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