The best classical morning music
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 Essential Carol - introduced by a special guest
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 Adams
Short Ride in a Fast Machine
Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Peter Oundjian.- Chandos.
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Franz Schubert
Impromptu in A flat major D.899 no.4
Performer: Mitsuko Uchida.- PHILIPS.
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Edvard Grieg
Homage March (Sigurd Jorsalfar Suite)
Orchestra: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Esa‐Pekka Salonen.- Sibelius: Finlandia; Valse Triste; Grieg: Sigurd Jorsalfar; Salonen.
- Sony Classical.
- 5.
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Arnold Schoenberg
Weihnachtsmusik for 2 violins, cello, harmonium and piano
Ensemble: Taverner Consort. Conductor: Andrew Parrott.- Christmas Carols: Taverner Consort, Choir and Players/Andrew Parrott.
- Virgin Classics.
- 14.
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Henry Purcell
King Arthur (Overture)
Ensemble: Barokopera Amsterdam. Director: Frédérique Chauvet.- Ligia.
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Joaquín Rodrigo
Concierto Andaluz (1st mvt)
Ensemble: Amadeus Guitar Duo. Ensemble: Eden-Stell Guitar Duo. Orchestra: The International Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Horst-Hans Bäcker.- Spanish Night.
- Naxos.
- 1.
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Maurice Ravel
Sonata for violin and cello (1st mvt)
Performer: Julia Fischer. Performer: Daniel Müller‐Schott.- Duo Sessions.
- Orfeo.
- 8.
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Georg Philipp Telemann
Burlesque de Quixotte (Overture)
Orchestra: Collegium Musicum 90. Conductor: Simon Standage.- Telemann: Burlesque De Quixotte: Collegium Musicum 90/Standage.
- Chandos.
- 6.
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Sally Beamish
In The Stillness
Choir: The Chapel Choir of Pembroke College, Cambridge. Conductor: Anna Lapwood.- Signum.
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Camille Saint‐Saëns
Africa - fantasy in G minor Op.89 for piano and orchestra
Performer: Alexandre Kantorow. Orchestra: Tapiola Sinfonietta. Conductor: Jean‐Jacques Kantorow.- Saint-Saëns: Works for Piano & Orchestra.
- BIS.
- 601.
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Jean‐Philippe Rameau
Suite in A Minor, RCT 5 (Arr. R. Hekkema for Reed Quintet): I. Allemande
Composer: Raaf Hekkema. Ensemble: Vienna Reed Quintet.- 4 Woods + 1 Sax Play Rameau, Mozart & Ravel.
- Naxos.
- 201.
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Dobrinka Tabakova
Suite in Old Style, for solo viola, harpsichord and strings: no.2 The rose garden by moonlight
Performer: Maxim Rysanov. Performer: Vaiva Eidukaitytė-Storastienė. Orchestra: Lietuvos kamerinis orkestras. Conductor: Maxim Rysanov.- ECM.
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Juan de Araujo
Los coflades de la estleya
Ensemble: Ex Cathedra Choir. Conductor: Jeffrey Skidmore.- New World Symphonies - Baroque Music from L:atin America: Ex Cathedra, Jeffrey S.
- Hyperion.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Clarinet Concerto in A major K.622 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Annelien Van Wauwe. Orchestra: Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie. Conductor: Andrew Manze.- Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K. 622.
- PENTATONE.
- 103.
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John Blow
So ceas'd the rival crew (Ode on the Death of Henry Purcell)
Singer: Alfred Deller. Ensemble: Deller Consort.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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Thomas Arne
Fame's an eccho (Comus)
Singer: Julianne Baird. Performer: Colin Tilney. Performer: Alison Mackay.- Dorian.
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Caroline Dale
Merlin's Hat
Performer: Caroline Dale. Orchestra: London Metropolitan Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Brown.- Such Sweet Thunder.
- Dharma Records.
- 8.
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Frederick Loewe
Camelot
Composer: Alan Jay Lerner. Performer: Richard Burton.- Camelot: Original Cast Recording.
- Columbia.
- 3.
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Frédéric Chopin
Berceuse in D flat major, Op.57
Performer: Maria João Pires.- DG.
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Franz Liszt
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 3 in D
Orchestrator: Franz Liszt. Orchestrator: Franz Doppler. Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iván Fischer.- PHILIPS.
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Valentin Silvestrov
2 Christmas Lullabies: No. 2, Quiet Night
Singer: Ieva Ezeriete. Choir: Latvian Radio Choir. Conductor: Sigvards Kļava.- Silvestrov: To Thee We Sing.
- Ondine.
- 15.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano trio in E flat major, Op 1 No 1 (4th mvt)
Ensemble: Sitkovetsky Trio.- Beethoven Piano Trios Vol. 3.
- Bis.
- 7.
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Richard Wagner
Siegfried Idyll
Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.- Bruckner: Symphonies Nos. 0-9 – Wagner: Orchestral Music.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
- 32.
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Claudio Monteverdi
Dixit Dominus primo (Selva morale e spirituale)
Ensemble: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.- Coro.
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Gabriel Fauré
3 mélodies, Op.23'1 - Les berceaux (arr. for String Quartet)
Music Arranger: Gildas Guillon. Ensemble: Van Kuijk Quartet.- Impressions parisiennes.
- Alpha Classics.
- 14.
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Johannes Brahms
Serenade No. 1 in D Major, Op. 11: I. Allegro molto
Orchestra: Gävle symfoniorkester. Conductor: Jaime Martín.- Brahms: Serenades Nos. 1 & 2.
- Ondine.
- 101.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Swan Lake Suite (Waltz)
Orchestra: St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yuri Temirkanov.- Signum.
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- Thu 5 Dec 2024 09:30鶹Լ Radio 3