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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.

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 17 Jan 2024 09:00

Music Played

  • Arthur Sullivan

    The Pirates of Penzance (Overture)

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Sullivan: Overtures.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 6.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Piano Concerto no.2 Op.22 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Bertrand Chamayou. Orchestra: Orchestre national de France. Conductor: Emmanuel Krivine.
    • ERATO.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Berenice, regina d'Egitto (Overture: Minuet)

    Ensemble: Il Complesso Barocco. Director: Alan Curtis.
    • Handel: Berenice.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 2-3.
  • Richard Rodney Bennett

    Murder on the Orient Express (Waltz)

    Orchestra: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Bateman.
    • 100 Greatest Film Themes, Take 2.
    • Silva Screen.
    • 11.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    String Quartet no.1 in D major Op.11 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Szymanowski Quartet.
    • Moscow.
    • Cavi-Music.
    • 8.
  • Charles Gounod

    O Dieu! que de bijoux... Ah! je ris (Faust)

    Singer: Sumi Jo. Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Giuliano Carella.
    • Les bijoux, French arias: Sumi Jo/English Chamber Orchestra/Carella.
    • Erato.
  • C茅sar Franck

    Les 脡olides

    Orchestra: 成人快手 Philharmonic. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Study in C minor, Op.10 no.12 'Revolutionary'

    Performer: Murray Perahia.
    • Chopin: Etudes Op.10 & Op.25: Murray Perahia.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 12.
  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Violin Concerto in G major Op.8 no.2 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Randall Goosby. Orchestra: London Contemporary Orchestra.
    • Hollywood Records.
  • Francisco T谩rrega

    Recuerdos de la Alhambra

    Performer: Milo拧 Karadagli膰.
    • The Guitar: Milos Karadaglic.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 2.
  • George Lloyd

    Symphony no.6 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: 成人快手 Philharmonic. Conductor: George Lloyd.
    • George Lloyd: Overture, 'John Socman'; Sixth Symphony; Tenth Symphony (November.
    • Albany Troy.
    • 4.
  • Trad.

    La Dama d'Arag贸

    Singer: N煤ria Rial. Ensemble: L鈥橝rpeggiata. Director: Christina Pluhar.
    • Mediterraneo.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 108.
  • Hector Berlioz

    Roman Carnival Overture

    Orchestra: Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard.
    • Berlioz: Lelio etc.: Danish National Choir and Symphony Orchestra/Dausgaard.
    • Chandos.
    • 1.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    Serenata in E flat major

    Ensemble: Ensemble Explorations. Conductor: Roel Dieltiens.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Claude Debussy

    Pour le piano (Prelude)

    Performer: Jean鈥怋ernard Pommier.
    • Debussy: Piano works: Jean-Bernard Pommier.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 1.
  • Ermanno Wolf鈥怓errari

    Intermezzo no.2 (Suite 'The Jewels of the Madonna')

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Performer: Christine Messiter. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Wolf-Ferrari: Overtures & Intermezzi: Academy of St. Martin in the Field/Marrine.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 12.
  • Jule Styne

    Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend

    Singer: Eartha Kitt.
    • Bad But Beautiful.
    • Discos Cada.
    • 10.
  • Henry Mancini

    The Pink Panther Theme

    Orchestra: Mancini Pops Orchestra.
    • RCA.
  • Elena Kats鈥怌hernin

    Sapphire Rag

    Performer: Sarah Nicolls.
    • Kats-Chernin: Ragtime and Blue.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 1901.
  • Leonard Bernstein

    Glitter and be gay (Candide)

    Singer: Barbara Cook. Orchestra: Orchestra. Conductor: Samuel Krachmalnick.
    • Sony.
  • Henry Purcell

    Hole in the Wall [Hornpipe] (Abdelazer)

    Music Arranger: Bjarte Eike. Music Arranger: Barokksolistene. Performer: Bjarte Eike. Ensemble: Barokksolistene.
    • The Alehouse Sessions.
    • RUBICON.
    • 6.
  • Aaron Copland

    Variations on a shaker song

    Music Arranger: Bennett Lerner. Ensemble: Christina and Michelle Naughton.
    • WARNER.
  • Sarah Dacey

    Down in Yon Forest

    Ensemble: Juice Vocal Ensemble.
    • Snow Queens.
    • Resonus Classics.
    • 14.
  • Richard Wagner

    The Master-Singers of Nuremberg (Prelude)

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iv谩n Fischer.
    • Wagner: Budapest Festival Orchestra.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 1.
  • August Klughardt

    Wind Quintet, Op.79 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: The Bergen Wind Quintet.
    • Bergen Wind Quintet: Ibert, Reicha, Arnold, Saeverud.
    • Simax.
    • 12.
  • Alexander Hopkins

    Salvator Mundi, Domine

    Choir: Choir of St John鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Conductor: Andrew Nethsingha.
    • New Millenium.
    • Signum Records.
    • 15.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Fugue in G major 'A la gigue', BWV.577

    Performer: Peter Hurford.
    • J.S. Bach Toccata and Fugue in D minor.
    • HMV Classics.
    • 4.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Quartet in G major TWV.43:G6 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Musica Alta Ripa.
    • Telemann: Overtures, Sonatas, Concertos: Musica Alta Ripa.
    • MDG.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto no.17 in G major K.453 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Maria Jo茫o Pires. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Mozart; Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Maria Pires - Piano.
    • DGG.
    • 1.

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