A feast of great 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.
0930 Playlist starter – listen and send us your ideas for the next step in our musical journey today.
1010 Song of the Day – harnessing the magic of words, music and the human voice.
1045 Playlist reveal – a sequence of music suggested by you in response to our starter today.
1130 Slow Moment – time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.
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Georges Bizet
L'Arlésienne suite no.1 (Carillon)
Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.- Bizet: Suites from L'Arlesienne and Carmen: Ulster Orch, Tortelier.
- Chandos.
- 16.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Serenade in B flat major, K.361 (3rd mvt, Adagio)
Orchestra: Consortium Classicum.- Mozart The Collectors Edition 50 CDs The Masterpieces The Greatest Artists.
- EMI Classics.
- 3.
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Jean Sibelius
Lemminkainen's Return
Performer: ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Symphony Orchestra. Performer: Sakari Oramo.- Chandos.
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Hélène de Montgeroult
Étude No 110 in A major
Performer: Nicolas Stavy.- Hortus.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Bassoon Concerto in E flat major, RV 483
Performer: Sergio Azzolini. Ensemble: L'Aura Soave Cremona.- Vivaldi: Concerti per fagotto II: Sergio Azzolini, L'Aura Soave Cremona.
- Naive.
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Grażyna Bacewicz
Stained-glass window
Performer: Johan Dalene. Performer: Christian Ihle Hadland.- Stained Glass.
- BIS.
- 109.
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Carl Maria von Weber
Euryanthe (Overture)
Orchestra: WDR Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Howard Griffiths.- Carl Maria von Weber: Complete Overtures.
- CPO.
- 8.
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William Byrd
Ave verum corpus
Choir: Stile Antico.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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Christian Onyeji
Ufie - Igbo Dance (1st mvt, moderately fast)
Performer: Rebeca Omordia.- SOMM.
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Anna Bon di Venezia
Divertimento in D minor, Op 3 No 3 (3rd mvmt, Presto)
Ensemble: Infusion Baroque.- Leaf Music.
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Sheherazade (3rd mvmt, The Young Prince and Princess)
Performer: Kees Hülsmann. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.- Telarc.
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Tarquinio Merula
Ciaccona
Ensemble: L’Arpeggiata. Director: Christina Pluhar.- Via Crucis; L'Arpeggiata; Christina Pluhar.
- Virgin Classics.
- 14.
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Patrick Hadley
La Belle Dame sans Merci
Singer: Neill Archer. Choir: Philharmonia Chorus. Orchestra: Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Matthias Bamert.- Hadley & Sainton: Choral and Orchestral Works Vol. 2.
- Chandos.
- 107.
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Grażyna Bacewicz
Stained-glass window
Performer: Johan Dalene. Performer: Christian Ihle Hadland.- Stained Glass.
- BIS.
- 109.
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Joseph Haydn
Symphony No 88 in G major (Finale)
Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.- Mariss Jansons: The SACD Recordings (Live).
- BR-Klassik.
- 504.
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Franz Schubert
Klavierstück (Piano Piece) in E flat minor, D 946 No 1
Performer: Mihaela Ursuleasa.- Berlin Classics.
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Elisabetta Brusa
The Ant and the Grasshopper (Fables, No 3)
Orchestra: National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine. Conductor: Fabio Mastrangelo.- NAXOS.
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Grażyna Bacewicz
Stained-glass window
Performer: Johan Dalene. Performer: Christian Ihle Hadland.- Stained Glass.
- BIS.
- 109.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Adagio for glass harmonica, K 356
Performer: Thomas Bloch.- Naxos.
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Ivor Gurney
Sleep
Orchestrator: Gerald Finzi. Singer: Dame Sarah Connolly. Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nigel Short.- A Walk with Ivor Gurney.
- Signum Records.
- 7.
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Erik Satie
Quatre ogives (No 3)
Performer: Reinbert de Leeuw.- Philips.
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Ethel Smyth
5 Sacred part-songs based on chorale tunes; no.1; Komm, susser Tod
Choir: Sansara. Director: Tom Herring.- Traces.
- Sansara Choir.
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Ottorino Respighi
The Flight into Egypt (Church Windows)
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Geoffrey Simon.- CHANDOS.
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Valerie Coleman
Tracing Visions (2nd mvmt, Amandla!)
Ensemble: Sphinx Virtuosi.- Songs for Our Times.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
- 4.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Variations 29-30 and Aria da capo)
Performer: VÃkingur Ólafsson.- J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
- 32.
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Giuseppe Verdi
I Lombardi alla prima crociata (chorus 'Oh nobile esempio!')
Choir: Bavarian Radio Chorus. Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Ivan Repušić.- Verdi: I Lombardi alla prima crociata.
- BR-Klassik.
- 102.
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Louise Farrenc
Symphony No 3 in G minor, Op 36 (2nd mvmt, Adagio cantabile)
Orchestra: Orchestre National de Metz Grand Est. Conductor: David Reiland.- Bru Zane.
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George Frideric Handel
Music for the Royal Fireworks HWV.351
Orchestra: The English Concert. Director: Trevor Pinnock.- G.F. Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks: English Concert/Pinnock.
- Archiv Produktion.
- 1-5.
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