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A feast of great music

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.

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 3 Jan 2024 09:00

Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    The Marriage of Figaro (Overture)

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.
    • DG.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Nunc dimittis (All Night Vigil Op.37)

    Performer: Lavinia Meijer.
    • All-Night Vigil, Op. 37: V. Nunc dimittis.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.
  • Robert Schumann

    Symphony no.4 in D minor Op.120 (1st mvt)

    Music Arranger: Gustav Mahler. Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Schumann: Symphonies Nos.2 & 4 (arr. Mahler).
    • Decca.
    • 6.
  • Claire M Singer

    Wrangham

    Performer: Claire M Singer.
    • Solas.
    • Touch.
    • 6.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Wachet! Betet! Betet! Wachet! (Cantata no.70)

    Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan. Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki.
    • BIS.
  • Astor Piazzolla

    Cafe 1930 (L' Histoire du Tango)

    Music Arranger: Achilles Liarmakopoulos. Performer: Achilles Liarmakopoulos. Performer: Ian Rosenbaum.
    • Piazzolla: Tango Distinto.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Violin Concerto in D major Op.35 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Janine Jansen. Orchestra: Mahler Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Harding.
    • Decca.
  • Robert Farnon

    Jumping Bean

    Orchestra: New London Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.
    • British Light Music Classics.
    • Hyperion.
    • 4.
  • Joe Hisaishi

    A Town with an Ocean View (Kiki's Delivery Service)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Joe Hisaishi.
    • DG.
  • Federico Mompou

    Can莽貌 i dansa No 4

    Performer: Alicia de Larrocha.
    • Sony BMG.
  • Vincenzo Calestani

    Damigella tutta bella

    Singer: Yaniv d'Or. Ensemble: Ensemble NAYA. Ensemble: Barrocade. Director: Amit Tiefenbrunn.
    • Latino Ladino.
    • Naxos.
    • 17.
  • Ethel Smyth

    The Wreckers (Act 2 Prelude)

    Orchestra: 成人快手 Philharmonic. Conductor: Odaline de la Martinez.
    • CONIFER.
  • Leonard Bernstein

    Times Square (On the Town)

    Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.
    • Sony Classical.
  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Piano Trio in D minor Op.120 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: The Florestan Trio.
    • HYPERION.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in C major for 2 trumpets RV.537

    Performer: H氓kan Hardenberger. Performer: Reinhold Friedrich. Orchestra: I Musici.
    • Philips.
  • Jacob Gade

    Jealousy

    Orchestra: Orquestra Simf貌nica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya. Conductor: Jos茅 Serebrier.
    • Tango in Blue: Barcelona SO, Serebrier.
    • Bis.
  • An铆bal Troilo

    Cafetin de Buenos Aires

    Composer: Edmundo Rivero.
    • Sur.
    • Fresh Sound Records.
    • 11.
  • Isaac Alb茅niz

    Tango (Espa帽a)

    Music Arranger: Xuefei Yang. Performer: Xuefei Yang.
    • Rodrigo, Concierto de Aranjuez: Xuefei Yang.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 10.
  • Miguel Matamoros

    Juramento

    Singer: Luis Arias. Ensemble: Buena Vista Social Club.
    • ARC MUSIC.
  • Astor Piazzolla

    Nightclub 1960 (L' Histoire du Tango)

    Music Arranger: Achilles Liarmakopoulos. Performer: Achilles Liarmakopoulos. Performer: Ian Rosenbaum.
    • Piazzolla: Tango Distinto.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    African Suite (Valse)

    Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Kevin John Edusei.
    • Chineke! Records.
  • Oliver Tarney

    In 成人快手ward Flight

    Choir: ORA. Conductor: Suzi Digby.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Florence Price

    Piano Concerto in one movement (Adagio cantabile)

    Performer: Jeneba Kanneh鈥怣ason. Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Leslie Suganandarajah.
    • Decca.
  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Zefiro torna (Scherzi musicali)

    Singer: Nigel Rogers. Singer: Ian Partridge. Performer: Colin Tilney. Director: J眉rgen J眉rgens.
    • Monteverdi - Caccini - Peri - Saracini: Canti Amorosi.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 5.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    String Quintet no.4 in G Minor K.516 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Antoine Tamestit. Ensemble: Quatuor 脡b猫ne.
    • ERATO.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony no.4 in A major 'Italian' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
    • Phillips.
  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in G major, Kk.455

    Performer: Yuja Wang.
    • Fantasia.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 5.
  • Joseph Haydn

    An Imaginary Orchestral Journey (Symphony no.90 - 4th mvt)

    Music Arranger: Sir Simon Rattle. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Haydn: An Imaginary Orchestra Journey.
    • LSO.
    • 13.

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