Classical soundtrack for your morning
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 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 Williams
Hedwig's Theme
Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: John Williams.- Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone (AKA Philosopher's Stone) Original Motion.
- Atlantic Records.
- 19.
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Dance of the Tumblers (The Snow Maiden)
Orchestra: Seattle Symphony. Conductor: Gerard Schwarz.- Rimsky-Korsakov: Orchestral Suites.
- Naxos.
- 4.
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Peter Warlock
I Saw a Fair Maiden
Conductor: Nigel Short. Choir: Tenebrae.- A Very English Christmas.
- Signum Classics.
- 901.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No 1 in C major, Op 15 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Paul Lewis. Orchestra: Â鶹ԼÅÄ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jiřà BÄ›lohlávek.- Beethoven Complete Piano Concertos Lewis - Belohlavek.
- Harmonia Mundi.
- 3.
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Judith Weir
Drop down, ye heavens, from above
Conductor: Benjamin Nicholas.- Advent at Merton.
- Delphian Records.
- 5.
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Pablo de Sarasate
Zapateado
Performer: Sarah Chang. Performer: Charles Abramovic.- Simply Sarah.
- EMI.
- 14.
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Jonathan Dove
The Star-Song
Choir: Wells Cathedral Choir. Performer: Jonathan Vaughn. Conductor: Matthew Owens.- HYPERION.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony No 3 in A minor, Op 56, 'Scottish' (2nd mvt)
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.- Mendelssohn: Symphony no.3 & The Hebrides Overture/Schumann; Piano Concerto.
- LSO LIVE.
- 6.
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Thomas Tallis
Videte miraculum
Ensemble: Stile Antico.- Puer Natus Est, Tudor Music For Advent and Christmas: Stile Antico.
- Harmonia Mundi.
- 1.
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Frédéric Chopin
Mazurka in B flat major, Op 7 No 1
Performer: Garrick Ohlsson.- Chopin: Mazurkas - 1, Garrick Ohlsson.
- Helios.
- 5.
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Camille Saintâ€Saëns
Marche militaire française (Suite algérienne, Op.60)
Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.- Chandos.
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Philip Stopford
Lully, Lulla, Lullay
Choir: VOCES8.- Voces8 Records.
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Robert Schumann
Arabeske in C major Op.18
Performer: Maurizio Pollini.- DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
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John Linton Gardner
Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day
Performer: Christopher Herrick. Choir: Choir of Westminster Abbey. Conductor: Simon Preston.- Choir of Westminster Abbey - Christmas Carols.
- DG.
- 17.
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Max Bruch
Violin Concerto in G minor (3rd mvt)
Performer: Janine Jansen. Orchestra: Gewandhaus Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.- DECCA.
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Benjamin Britten
A Shepherd's Carol
Choir: Choir of Westminster Abbey. Conductor: Simon Preston.- Choir of Westminster Abbey - Christmas Carols.
- DG.
- 19.
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Howard Blake
The Snowman (excerpt)
Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: Howard Blake.- SONY.
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Vincent Youmans
Tahiti trot [Tea for two] (No, no, Nanette)
Orchestrator: Dmitry Shostakovich. Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.- Shostakovich: The Jazz Album - Brautigam, Masseurs.
- Decca.
- 16.
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Garth Edmundson
Toccata on 'Von Himmel hoch'
Performer: Simon Bell.- Christmas from Winchester: Winchester Cathedral Choir.
- Regent.
- 26.
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Jonathan Dove
Seek Him that maketh the Seven Stars
Performer: Jeremy Filsell. Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.- SIGNUM.
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Hoagy Carmichael
Stardust
Performer: Wynton Marsalis. Music Arranger: Bob Freedman. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: Bob Freedman.- Resolution to Swing.
- COLUMBIA.
- 1.
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Edward Elgar
Suite from The Starlight Express - conclusion
Singer: Elin Manahan Thomas. Singer: Roderick Williams. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.- The Starlight Express.
- Chandos.
- 34.
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Gabriel Fauré
Allegretto moderato for 2 cellos
Performer: Steven Isserlis. Performer: David Waterman.- RCA.
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Thomas Adès
The Fayrfax Carol
Choir: Polyphony. Conductor: Stephen Layton.- British Composers - Ades: America A Prophecy.
- Warner Classics.
- 3.
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William Walton
Crown Imperial
Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.- Walton: The Centenary Edition: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/Litton.
- Decca.
- 1.
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Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen (There is a rose in bloom)
Music Arranger: Michael Praetorius. Music Arranger: Jan Sandström. Choir: Bavarian Radio Symphony Choir. Conductor: Peter Dijkstra.- OEHMS.
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Vocalise, Op.34 no.14
Music Arranger: David Campbell. Performer: Michael Collins. Performer: Piers Lane.- The Virtuoso Clarinet: Michael Collins.
- Chandos.
- 10.
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Beata viscera Mariae Virginis
Singer: Cecilia Bartoli. Choir: Cappella Musicale Pontificia Sistina. Conductor: Massimo Palombella.- Veni Domine: Advent & Christmas At The Sistine Chapel.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
- 2.
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Victor Hely-Hutchinson
A Carol Symphony
Orchestra: Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern. Conductor: Pietari Inkinen.- SWR MUSIC.
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Trad.
The Holly and the Ivy
Conductor: Graham Ross. Ensemble: The Bevan Family Consort.- Christmas with the Bevan Family Consort.
- Signum Classics.
- 105.
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John Barry
Out of Africa (Main Theme)
Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: John McNeely.- VARESE SARABANDE.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Elias: Ja, Es Sollen Wohl Berge Weichen
Singer: Benjamin Appl. Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Florian Helgath.- The Christmas Album.
- Alpha Classics.
- 2.
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Francis Poulenc
3 Mouvements Perpetuels (no.1)
Performer: Pascal Rogé.- Poulenc Les Soirees De Nazelles 3 Mouvments Perpetuels 3 Novlettes 9 Improvisati.
- Decca.
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Errollyn Wallen
Peace on earth
Performer: Dónal McCann. Choir: Choir of King’s College, Cambridge. Singer: George Hill. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury.- Errollyn Wallen: Peace on Earth.
- Kings College Cambridge.
- 1.
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Hermeto Pascoal
Bebe
Performer: Sérgio Assad. Performer: Odair Assad.- Nonesuch.
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Richard Wagner
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Prelude)
Orchestra: Bavarian State Orchestra. Conductor: Wolfgang Sawallisch.- Famous Overtures: Bavarian State Orchestra, Wolfgang Sawallisch.
- Orfeo.
- 1.
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