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Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with familiar favourites alongside new discoveries and musical surprises.

Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with familiar favourites alongside new discoveries and musical surprises.

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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Last on

Wed 4 Dec 2024 09:30

Music Played

  • John Stanley

    Trumpet Voluntary

    Performer: Wynton Marsalis. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Anthony Newman.
    • Sony Classical.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Venetian Gondola Song (Songs Without Words book 1 Op.19)

    Performer: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Mendelssohn: Songs Without Words: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Quintet in B flat major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Eric Le Sage. Ensemble: Les Vents Français.
    • Warner.
  • Adrian Sutton

    5 Theatre Miniatures; 5. Contagion (from 'Dr. Semmelweis')

    Orchestra: Â鶹ԼÅÄ Philharmonic. Conductor: Michael Seal.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cello Suite No 1 in G major, BWV 1007 (Prelude)

    Performer: Alisa Weilerstein.
    • Bach: Cello Suites, BWVV 1007-1012.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 1.
  • Richard Strauss

    Don Juan

    • Richard Strauss: Three Tone Poems.
    • Cleveland Orchestra.
    • 2.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Trumpet Concerto in E flat major, H.7e.1 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Alison Balsom. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen.
    • Haydn, Hummel etc: Trumpet Concertos: Alison Balsom.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 4.
  • Jean Sibelius

    5 Christmas Songs, Op. 1: No. 4, Giv mig ej glans, ej guld...

    Choir: Helsingin kamarikuoro. Conductor: Nils Schweckendiek.
    • Riemuitkaamme!: A Finnish Christmas.
    • Naxos Music UK Ltd.
    • 02.
  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Flute Concerto no. 1 in A minor Wq.166 (3rd movement 'Allegro assai')

    Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Orchestra: Potsdam Chamber Academy. Director: Trevor Pinnock.
    • CPE Bach Flute Concertos.
    • Warner.
    • 3.
  • Michael Torke

    Bright Blue Music

    Orchestra: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: David Zinman.
    • Michael Torke - Ecstatic Orange etc..
    • Argo.
    • 005.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Serse, HWV 40, Act 1: "Ombra mai fù"

    Singer: Joyce DiDonato. Conductor: Maxim Emelyanychev. Ensemble: Il Pomo d’Oro.
    • EDEN (Deluxe Edition).
    • Warner Classics.
    • 16.
  • Dora PejaÄević

    Piano Concerto in G minor Op.33 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Peter Donohoe. Orchestra: Â鶹ԼÅÄ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • Chandos.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quintet in C Minor, Op.104: IV. Finale (Prestissimo)

    Performer: Louise Williams. Ensemble: The Lindsays.
    • String Quartet, Op.132 & String Quintet, Op. 104.
    • ASV.
    • 9.
  • Franz Schubert

    String Quartet no.14 in D Minor D.810 'Death and the Maiden' (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Chiaroscuro Quartet.
    • Schubert: String Quartets Nos. 14 & 9.
    • BIS.
    • 3.
  • Trevor Duncan

    Little suite for orchestra: March

    Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Penny.
    • MARCO POLO.
  • Béla Bartók

    44 Duos for 2 Violins, Sz. 98: No. 11, Cradle Song. Lento

    Performer: András Kiss. Performer: Ferenc Balogh.
    • Bartók: 44 Duos for 2 Violins.
    • Hyperion.
    • 11.
  • Richard M. Sherman

    A Spoonful of Sugar (Mary Poppins)

    Composer: Robert B. Sherman. Singer: Julie Andrews. Orchestra: Studio orchestra.
    • The Magic Of Disney.
    • Walt Disney Records.
    • 6.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-Flat Major, K. 595: III. Rondo. Allegro

    Orchestra: Frankfurt Radio Symphony. Conductor: Paavo Järvi.
    • W.A. Mozart: Piano Concertos No. 21 in C Major, K. 467; Piano Concerto No. 27 in.
    • Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin.
    • 6.
  • Georges Bizet

    Carmen, Act 2: "Les tringles des sistres tintaient..."

    Singer: Christina Landshammer. Singer: Magdalena Kožená. Singer: Rachel Frenkel. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Bizet: Carmen.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 19.
  • Morten Lauridsen

    O Magnum Mysterium

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Song of the Nativity.
    • CORO.
    • 1.
  • Sofia Gubaidulina

    Serenade for solo guitar

    Performer: David Tannenbaum.
    • NAXOS.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony No. 2 In D Major Op.73

    Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. Conductor: Paavo Järvi.
    • Brahms Symphony No.2.
    • RCA Red Seal/Sony.
    • 1.
  • Ólafur Arnalds

    Tomorrow's Song

    Performer: Lavinia Meijer.
    • The Glass Effect (The Music of Philip Glass & Others).
    • Masterworks.
    • 8.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto in B flat major, RV.359

    Performer: Rachel Podger. Orchestra: Holland Baroque Society.
    • Holland Baroque Society meets Rachel Podger.
    • CHANNEL CLASSICS.
    • 2.
  • Scott Joplin

    Maple Leaf Rag

    Performer: Katia & Marielle Labèque.
    • Gladrags - Works by Joplin, Mayerl etc.: Katia & Marielle Labeque.
    • EMI.
    • 7.
  • Francis Poulenc

    2 Poèmes de Louis Aragon

    Music Arranger: Jean-Christophe Masson. Ensemble: Van Kuijk Quartet.
    • Impressions parisiennes.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 1.
  • Nigel Hess

    A Christmas Overture

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Rutter.
    • John Rutter - A Christmas Festival.
    • COLLEGIUM.
    • 10.
  • Gerald Finzi

    5 Bagatelles Op.23 (Prelude)

    Performer: Michael Collins. Performer: Michael McHale.
    • The Lyrical Clarinet: Michael Collins.
    • Chandos.
    • 2.
  • Reinhold Moritzevich Glière

    Holiday at Ferghana, Op.75

    Orchestra: Â鶹ԼÅÄ Philharmonic. Conductor: Vassily Sinaisky.
    • Chandos.

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