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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John Williams
Flying Theme (E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial)
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: John Williams. Conductor: John Williams.- MCA.
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Gabriel Fauré
Pavane
Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.- SFS Media.
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Dana Suesse
Piano Concerto in Three Rhythms (3rd mvt)
Music Arranger: Ferde Grofé. Performer: Michael Gurt. Orchestra: Hot Springs Music Festival Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Rosenberg.- Jazz Nocturne.
- Naxos.
- 009.
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Giuseppe Tartini
Violin Concerto in A major (3rd mvt)
Performer: Chouchane Siranossian. Orchestra: Venice Baroque Orchestra. Director: Andrea Marcon.- ALPHA.
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Francis Poulenc
Rondeau (Les Biches)
Orchestra: RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jean-Luc Tingaud.- Poulenc: Les biches Suite, Les animaux modèles Suite & Sinfonietta.
- Naxos.
- 101.
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Richard Wagner
Die Walkure - conclusion "Magic Fire Music"
Singer: Matthias Goerne. Orchestra: Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Jaap van Zweden.- Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen (Highlights).
- Naxos.
- 706.
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Johann Strauss II
Tritsch-Tratsch Polka
Music Arranger: Georges Cziffra. Performer: Yuja Wang.- Yuja Wang - Fantasia.
- DG.
- 10.
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Johannes Brahms
Symphony no.4 in E minor (1st mvt)
Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.- Brahms: The Symphonies.
- DECCA.
- 5.
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Michael Tippett
String Quartet no.2 (3rd mvt)
Ensemble: Heath Quartet.- WIGMORE HALL LIVE.
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Giovanni Gabrieli
Canzon duodecimi toni à 10, C178
Ensemble: Wallace Collection. Conductor: Simon Wright.- Gabrieli and St.Marks: Venetian Brass Music: The Wallace Collection/Wallace/Wrig.
- Nimbus.
- 1.
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George Frideric Handel
Welcome as the dawn of day (Solomon)
Singer: Carolyn Sampson. Singer: Robin Blaze. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Nicholas Kraemer.- BIS.
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Édouard Lalo
Symphonie espagnole Op.21 (5th mvt)
Performer: Augustin Hadelich. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Omer Meir Wellber.- Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto - Lalo: Symphonie Espagnole.
- London Philharmonic Orchestra.
- 8.
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Nikolai Girshevich Kapustin
Bagatelle Op.59`9
Performer: Marc-André Hamelin.- HYPERION.
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Charles Villiers Stanford
Magnificat (Evening Service in G major)
Performer: Andrew Lucas. Choir: St Paul's Cathedral Choir. Singer: Jeremy Budd. Singer: Timothy Jones.- Hear my Prayer: Budd/St Paul's Cathedral Choir/Scott.
- Hyperion.
- 8.
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Kurt Atterberg
A Värmland Rhapsody Op.36
Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.- CHANDOS.
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Franz Krommer
Concerto for 2 clarinets in E flat Op.35 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Sabine Meyer. Performer: Wolfgang Meyer. Orchestra: Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn. Conductor: Jörg Faerber.- Krommer: Concertos for 2 Clarinets and Orchestra Op.35 & Op.91 / Rossini: Variat.
- Warner Classics.
- 103.
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Fritz Kreisler
Schön Rosmarin
Performer: Joshua Bell. Performer: Paul Coker.- The Romantic Violin: Joshua Bell.
- Decca.
- 5.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Toccata in C major, BWV 564
Performer: Peter Hurford.- J.S. Bach Toccata and Fugue in D minor.
- HMV Classics.
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Thomas Morley
Fyer! Fyer!
Choir: Laudibus. Conductor: Mike Brewer.- All in the April Evening: A Cappella Favourites from the British Isles.
- Hyperion.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
The Creatures of Prometheus (Overture)
Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. Conductor: Daniel Harding.- VIRGIN CLASSICS.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Elijah: "Is not his word like a fire!"
Lyricist: Felix Mendelssohn. Singer: Bryn Terfel. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Paul Daniel.- Mendelssohn: Elijah.
- DECCA.
- 19.
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Richard Wagner
'Fliegt hei, ihr Raben!' From Immolation Scene of Gotterdammerung
Performer: Birgit Nilsson. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Georg Solti.- Wagner: Götterdämmerung. Solti.
- Decca.
- 15.
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Gustav Holst
Wind Quintet in A flat major, Op 14 (3rd mvt)
Ensemble: Hexagon Ensemble.- The British Connection.
- Etcetera.
- 005.
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Scott Joplin
Maple Leaf Rag
Music Arranger: Evelyn Glennie. Performer: Evelyn Glennie. Orchestra: National Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Ray Russell.- RCA.
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Giacomo Puccini
Manon Lescaut - Sola perduta abbandonata (act 4)
Singer: Kristine Opolais. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano. -
Marin Marais
La Reveuse (from Suitte d'un gout etranger [Book 4 part 2 no.7])
Performer: Jean‐Guihen Queyras. Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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Joseph Haydn
String Quartet in A major, Op 20 No 6 (4th mvt)
Ensemble: London Haydn Quartet.- Hyperion.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Seventeen come Sunday (English Folk Song Suite)
Orchestra: Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra. Conductor: Timothy Reynish.- Holst/Vaughan Williams: British Wind Band Classics: Timothy Reynish.
- Chandos.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No 5 'Emperor' (1st mvt)
Performer: Krystian Zimerman. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.- DG.
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Robert Schumann
John Anderson (Romances and Ballads Set 3, Op.145)
Choir: Polyphony. Conductor: Stephen Layton.- HYPERION.
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Vittorio Monti
Czardas no.1 arr Parhamovsky
Performer: Maxim Vengerov. Performer: Vag Papian. Ensemble: Virtuosi.- Vengerov and Virtuosi.
- EMI.
- 15.
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Gabriel Fauré
Romance, Op 69
Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma. Performer: Kathryn Stott.- Merci.
- Sony Classical.
- 12.
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Jules Massenet
Overture: Le Roi de Lahore
Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.- CHANDOS.
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Domenico Scarlatti
Sonata in C major Kk.251
Music Arranger: Sérgio Assad. Performer: Odair Assad. Performer: Sérgio Assad.- Nonesuch.
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Edward Elgar
The Dream of Gerontius, Pt II: Praise to the Holiest in the height
Singer: Anna Stéphany. Singer: Nicky Spence. Choir: Polish National Youth Choir. Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort & Players. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.- The Dream of Gerontius.
- SIGNUM.
- 110.
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