Great classical music for your morning
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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John Stanley
Trumpet Voluntary
Performer: Wynton Marsalis. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Anthony Newman.- Sony Classical.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Venetian Gondola Song (Songs Without Words book 1 Op.19)
Performer: Daniel Barenboim.- Mendelssohn: Songs Without Words: Daniel Barenboim.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Quintet in B flat major (3rd mvt)
Performer: Eric Le Sage. Ensemble: Les Vents Français.- Warner.
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Adrian Sutton
5 Theatre Miniatures; 5. Contagion (from 'Dr. Semmelweis')
Orchestra: Â鶹ԼÅÄ Philharmonic. Conductor: Michael Seal.- CHANDOS.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Cello Suite No 1 in G major, BWV 1007 (Prelude)
Performer: Alisa Weilerstein.- Bach: Cello Suites, BWVV 1007-1012.
- PENTATONE.
- 1.
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Richard Strauss
Don Juan
- Richard Strauss: Three Tone Poems.
- Cleveland Orchestra.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Michael Torke
Bright Blue Music
Orchestra: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: David Zinman.- Michael Torke - Ecstatic Orange etc..
- Argo.
- 005.
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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.
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Dora PejaÄević
Piano Concerto in G minor Op.33 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Peter Donohoe. Orchestra: Â鶹ԼÅÄ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.- Chandos.
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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.
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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.
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Trevor Duncan
Little suite for orchestra: March
Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Penny.- MARCO POLO.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Morten Lauridsen
O Magnum Mysterium
Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.- Song of the Nativity.
- CORO.
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Sofia Gubaidulina
Serenade for solo guitar
Performer: David Tannenbaum.- NAXOS.
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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.
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Ólafur Arnalds
Tomorrow's Song
Performer: Lavinia Meijer.- The Glass Effect (The Music of Philip Glass & Others).
- Masterworks.
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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.
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Scott Joplin
Maple Leaf Rag
Performer: Katia & Marielle Labèque.- Gladrags - Works by Joplin, Mayerl etc.: Katia & Marielle Labeque.
- EMI.
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Francis Poulenc
2 Poèmes de Louis Aragon
Music Arranger: Jean-Christophe Masson. Ensemble: Van Kuijk Quartet.- Impressions parisiennes.
- Alpha Classics.
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Nigel Hess
A Christmas Overture
Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Rutter.- John Rutter - A Christmas Festival.
- COLLEGIUM.
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Gerald Finzi
5 Bagatelles Op.23 (Prelude)
Performer: Michael Collins. Performer: Michael McHale.- The Lyrical Clarinet: Michael Collins.
- Chandos.
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Reinhold Moritzevich Glière
Holiday at Ferghana, Op.75
Orchestra: Â鶹ԼÅÄ Philharmonic. Conductor: Vassily Sinaisky.- Chandos.
Broadcast
- Wed 4 Dec 2024 09:30Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 3