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Celebrating classical greats

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

1030 Song of the Day 鈥 harnessing the magic of words, music and the human voice.

1115 Playlist reveal 鈥 a sequence of music suggested by you in response to our starter today.

1145 Slow Moment 鈥 time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.

1230 Album of the Week

3 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Thu 13 Jun 2024 09:30

Music Played

  • Fritz Kreisler

    Praeludium and Allegro in the style of Pugnani

    Performer: Tasmin Little. Performer: John Lenehan.
    • BIS.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No.8 in F major (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Danish National Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: 脕d谩m Fischer.
    • Beethoven: Complete Symphonies.
    • Naxos.
    • 401.
  • Ruth Gipps

    Horn Concerto, Op.58 (1st mvt)

    Performer: David Pyatt. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Braithwaite.
    • British Horn Concertos.
    • Lyrita.
    • 10.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Rinaldo - Overture

    Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Ren茅 Jacobs.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Reynaldo Hahn

    Sopra l'acqua indormenzada (Venezia)

    Singer: Anthony Rolfe Johnson. Performer: Graham Johnson.
    • Souvenirs de Venise.
    • Helios.
    • 13.
  • John Williams

    Jurassic Park (main theme)

    Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: John Williams.
    • MCA Records.
  • Edward Elgar

    Piano Quintet in A Minor, last Mvt.

    Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • Elgar: Violin Sonata / Piano Quintet.
    • Hyperion.
    • 6.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony No 4 in F minor, Op 36 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.
    • Tchaikovsky: Symphonies 1, 2, 3 & 4: Oslo PO, Mariss Jansons.
    • Chandos.
    • 4.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    4 Poems by Fredegond Shove: The Water Mill

    Performer: Iain Burnside. Singer: Roderick Williams.
    • Vaughan Williams: Songs of Travel / The House of Life (English Song, Vol. 14).
    • Naxos.
    • 4.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Keyboard Concerto in F major H.18.3 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet. Orchestra: Manchester Camerata. Conductor: G谩bor Tak谩cs鈥怤agy.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Judith Bingham

    The Drowned Lovers

    Choir: Tenebrae. Singer: Martha McLorinan. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • Music of the Spheres.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 14.
  • Johann Strauss II

    The Blue Danube - waltz, Op 314

    Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ondrej Len谩rd.
    • Classical Music: 30 of the Best.
    • Naxos.
    • 801.
  • Luise Adolpha Le Beau

    Cello Sonata Op.17 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Steven Isserlis. Performer: Connie Shih.
    • HYPERION.
  • Johann Wilhelm Hertel

    Bassoon Concerto in A minor (1st mvt)

    Performer: Sergio Azzolini. Orchestra: Capriccio Basel Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Dominik Kiefer.
    • Tudor.
  • Ronald Binge

    Sailing By

    Orchestra: The New London Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.
    • Hyperion.
  • Franz Schubert

    Auf dem Wasser zu singen transc Liszt

    Performer: Murray Perahia. Music Arranger: Franz Liszt.
    • Songs Without Words: Murray Perahia.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 20.
  • Giovanni Gabrieli

    Sonata con tre violini (XXI from Canzoni et Sonate, 1615)

    Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
    • Venice Preserv'd.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 9.
  • Eduardo Di Capua

    O sole mio

    Singer: Luciano Pavarotti. Orchestra: National Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Giancarlo Chiaramello.
    • DECCA.
  • John Stanley

    Trumpet Voluntary

    Performer: Wynton Marsalis. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Anthony Newman.
    • Sony Classical.
  • Frank Martin

    Piano Quintet; 4. Presto

    Performer: Fabrizio Chiovetta. Ensemble: Terpsycordes Quartet.
    • CLAVES.
  • Eric Coates

    By the Sleepy Lagoon ['Desert Island Discs' Theme Tune]

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • EMI.
  • Ryuichi Sakamoto

    Bolerish

    Performer: Ryuichi Sakamoto.
    • Decca.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Nabucco (Overture)

    Orchestra: La Scala Philharmonic. Conductor: Riccardo Muti.
    • Verdi: Overtures and Preludes: Muti.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 3.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Violiln Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Major, K. 207

    Performer: Francesca Dego. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Roger Norrington.
    • Mozart: Violin Concertos, Vol. 2.
    • Chandos.
    • 1.
  • Henry Purcell

    Sonata in G Minor, Z. 780: I. Adagio - Allegro - Largo - Vivace

    Performer: Rachel Podger. Orchestra: Brecon Baroque.
    • The Muses Restor'd.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 17.
  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony no.8 in B minor D.759 'Unfinished' (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard.
    • Schubert: Symphonies Nos 8 & 9, Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Thomas Dausgaard.
    • BIS.
    • 1.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Polonaise in A major 'Military' (2 Polonaises Op.40)

    Performer: Maurizio Pollini.
    • Chopin: Polonaises: Maurizio Pollini.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 3.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Kyrie (Mass in B minor, BWV 232)

    Ensemble: Dunedin Consort. Director: John Butt.
    • J. S. Bach, Mass in B minor: Dunedin Consort and Players.
    • Linn.
    • 1.

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  • Thu 13 Jun 2024 09:30

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