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Classical soundtrack for your morning

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.

0930 Playlist starter 鈥 listen and send us your ideas for the next step in our musical journey today.

1010 Song of the Day 鈥 harnessing the magic of words, music and the human voice.

1045 Playlist reveal 鈥 a sequence of music suggested by you in response to our starter today.

1130 Slow Moment 鈥 time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.

3 hours

Last on

Wed 6 Sep 2023 09:00

Music Played

  • Benjamin Britten

    Simple Symphony (Playful Pizzicato)

    Orchestra: Metamorphosen Berlin. Conductor: Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt.
    • Elgar-Britten-Warlock-Jenkins: Very British.
    • SONY.
    • 14.
  • George Frideric Handel

    I know that my Redeemer liveth (Messiah)

    Singer: Carolyn Sampson. Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Handel - Messiah.
    • Coro.
  • Clara Schumann

    Piano Trio in G minor Op.17 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Anne鈥怱ophie Mutter. Performer: Pablo Ferr谩ndez. Performer: Lambert Orkis.
    • SONY.
  • Bedrich Smetana

    Vltava (Ma Vlast)

    Orchestra: Collegium 1704. Conductor: V谩clav Luks.
    • ACCENT.
  • Marc-Andr茅 Hamelin

    Etude no.5 'Toccata Grottesca'

    Performer: Marc-Andr茅 Hamelin.
    • Hamelin: Etudes, Con Intimissimo Sentimento, Cathy's Variations, Marc-Andre Hame.
    • Hyperion.
    • 5.
  • Samuel Barber

    Adagio

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
    • BIS.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden, BWV.230

    Ensemble: Pygmalion. Conductor: Rapha毛l Pichon.
    • Johann Sebastian Bach: Motets.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 1.
  • William Grant Still

    Suite for Violin and Piano (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Rachel Barton Pine. Performer: Matthew Hagle.
    • Blues Dialogues: Music by Black Composers.
    • Cedille.
    • 403.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No.92 in G major 'Oxford' (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Ren茅 Jacobs.
    • Haydn - Symphonies Nos. 91 & 92: Rene Jacobs.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 8.
  • Ernest Chausson

    Chanson perp茅tuelle Op.37

    Singer: Barbara Hannigan. Performer: Bertrand Chamayou. Ensemble: Emerson String Quartet.
    • ALPHA.
  • Jean鈥怋aptiste Lully

    Pha毛ton (Overture)

    Ensemble: Les Talens Lyriques. Conductor: Christophe Rousset.
    • Phaeton - Lully.
    • APARTE.
    • 1.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Oboe Concerto in A minor (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Nicholas Daniel. Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Elizabeth Poston

    An English Day-Book (selection)

    Choir: National Youth Choir of Scotland Girls Choir. Performer: Claire Jones. Conductor: Christopher Bell.
    • Britten: A Ceremony of Carols - Poston: An English Day-Book.
    • Signum Classics.
  • Richard Wagner

    Tristan und Isolde (Prelude)

    Orchestra: Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.
    • DG.
  • Michael Nyman

    Chasing Sheep is Best Left to Shepherds (The Draughtman's Contract)

    Ensemble: Michael Nyman Band. Director: Michael Nyman.
    • CHARISMA.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Danse macabre

    Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris 鈥 Philharmonie. Performer: Luben Yordanoff. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Lovely Classique Chefs-d'oeuvre Deutsche Grammophon.
    • DG.
    • 10.
  • Gy枚rgy Ligeti

    Blocked keys (Studies - book 1)

    Performer: Pierre鈥怢aurent Aimard.
    • Gy枚rgy Ligeti Edition, Vol. 3.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 3.
  • Arthur Sullivan

    The Lost chord

    Music Arranger: Gordon Langford. Ensemble: Besses o鈥 th鈥 Barn Band. Ensemble: Black Dyke Band. Ensemble: Yorkshire Imperial Band. Conductor: Harry Mortimer.
    • British Bandsman Centenary Concert.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 14.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Humoresque in G flat major Op.101 no.7

    Music Arranger: Art Tatum. Performer: Art Tatum.
    • CLASSICS.
  • C茅sar Franck

    Cello Sonata in A major (4th mvt)

    Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma. Performer: Kathryn Stott.
    • Paris La Belle Epoque.
    • SONY CLASSICAL.
    • 10.
  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Bassoon Concerto in A Minor Wq.16 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Sergio Azzolini. Orchestra: Streicherakademie Bozen. Conductor: Georg Egger.
    • C.P.E. Bach: Bassoon Music / Werke f眉r Fagott.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.
  • Regino S谩inz de la Maza

    搁辞苍诲别帽补

    Performer: Thibaut Garcia.
    • ERATO.
  • Bella Adamova

    about distance

    Singer: Bella Adamova. Performer: Michael Gees.
    • Supraphon.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen (5 Ruckert-Lieder)

    Singer: Bella Adamova. Performer: Michael Gees.
    • Supraphon.
  • Louise Farrenc

    Nonet in E flat major Op.38 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Intercontinental Ensemble.
    • TRPTK.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Sonata in C major K.330 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Mitsuko Uchida.
    • Mozart: Complete Piano Sonatas: Mitsuko Uchida.
    • Philips.
    • 6.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Violin Concerto in D minor Op.47 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Johan Dalene. Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Storg氓rds.
    • Nielsen & Sibelius: Violin Concertos.
    • BIS.
    • 203.

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