The very best of classical music
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
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Leonard Bernstein
Candide (Overture)
Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.- The Best 成人快手 Proms Album in the World... Ever!.
- Virgin.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Violin Sonata No 5 in F major, Op 24, 'Spring' (1st mvt)
Performer: Christian Ferras. Performer: Pierre Barbizet.- Beethoven The Collector's Edition 50 CDs The Masterpieces The Greatest Artists.
- EMI Classics.
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Ale Carr
Stormpolskan
Performer: Nikolaj Busk. Performer: Ale Carr. Music Arranger: Danish String Quartet. Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.- Keel Road.
- ECM New Series.
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Jacques Offenbach
Conduisez-moi vers celui que j'adore (Robinson Cruso茅)
Singer: Sumi Jo. Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Giuliano Carella.- Les bijoux, French arias: Sumi Jo/English Chamber Orchestra/Carella.
- Erato.
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Tarquinio Merula
Aria in Ciacona
Ensemble: Lautten Compagney. Conductor: Wolfgang Katschner.- Timeless - Music by Merula and Glass.
- Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
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Peter Erasmus Lange-M眉ller
Viking Blood (Overture)
Orchestra: Aalborg Symfoniorkester. Conductor: Moshe Atzmon.- BIS.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Clarinet Concerto in A major (1st mvt)
Performer: Fabio Di C脿sola. Orchestra: Musikkollegium Winterthur Orchestra. Conductor: Douglas Boyd.- W A Mozart, Clarinet Concerto: Fabio di Casola/Musikkollegium Winterthur/Boyd.
- Sony Classical.
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Ethel Smyth
Serenade in D (2nd mvt)
Orchestra: 成人快手 Philharmonic. Conductor: Odaline de la Martinez.- Chandos.
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Osvaldo Golijov
Night of the Flying Horses (3 Songs)
Singer: Ruby Hughes. Orchestra: United Strings of Europe. Conductor: Julian Azkoul.- Renewal.
- BIS.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Keyboard Concerto no.2 in E major BWV.1053 (1st mvt)
Performer: Sir Andr谩s Schiff. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Director: Sir Andr谩s Schiff.- Piano Masterworks The World's Favourite Piano Classics.
- Decca.
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Peter Best
Crocodile Dundee (Opening Titles)
Conductor: Peter Best.- Crocodile Dundee (Original Motion Picture Score).
- Silva Screen Records Ltd.
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Jean Sibelius
The Oceanides Op.73
Orchestra: Hall茅. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder.- Halle.
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Luigi Boccherini
Fandango (Guitar Quintet no. 4 in D major G.448)
Performer: Giangiacomo Pinardi. Ensemble: Europa Galante. Director: Fabio Biondi.- Boccherini: Quintets: Europa Galante.
- Virgin Veritas.
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Elena Kats鈥怌hernin
Scherzino
Performer: Tamara Anna Cislowska. Performer: Elena Kats鈥怌hernin.- The Elena Kats-Chernin Collection.
- Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC).
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Mario Nascimbene
Ragnar Returns (from "The Vikings")
Orchestra: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra.- Warriors Of The Silver Screen.
- Decca (UMO) (Classics).
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Moondog
Viking I
Ensemble: Moondog. Performer: Louis Thomas Hardin.- Moondog in Europe.
- Koff.
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Edward Elgar
As Torrents in Summer (Scenes from The Saga of King Olaf)
Choir: Cambridge University Chamber Choir. Conductor: Christopher Robinson.- NAXOS.
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Richard Wagner
The Ride of the Valkyries (Die Walk眉re)
Orchestra: Sim贸n Bol铆var Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.- Wagner - Dudamel.
- DG.
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Franz Schubert
Symphony no.5 in B flat (4th mvt)
Performer: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.- Schubert: Symphonies, Volume 1.
- Chandos.
- 008.
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Nonet in F minor (3rd mvt)
Ensemble: Chineke! Chamber Ensemble.- Coleridge-Taylor.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Roxanna Panufnik
Celestial Bird
Choir: Ex Cathedra. Conductor: Jeffrey Skidmore.- Roxanna Panufnik: Celestial Bird.
- Signum Classics.
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Claude Debussy
Jeux de vagues (La Mer)
Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.- Debussy: Nocturnes/La Mer/Jeux: Boulez.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Johannes Brahms
Piano Concerto No.2 in B flat (1st mvt)
Performer: Lars Vogt. Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia.- Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 & Handel Variations.
- Ondine.
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Sergey Prokofiev
The Young Juliet (Romeo and Juliet)
Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy.- DECCA.
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Caroline Shaw
Root (The Evergreen)
Ensemble: Attacca Quartet.- Caroline Shaw: Evergreen.
- Nonesuch.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for 2 cellos in G minor, RV 531
Ensemble: La Serenissima. Director: Adrian Chandler.- Vivaldi X2虏.
- Signum Classics.
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Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
My 成人快手land - Overture Op.62
Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.- Chandos.
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George Gershwin
Piano Concerto in F major (3rd mvt)
Performer: Wayne Marshall. Orchestra: Aalborg Symfoniorkester.- VIRGIN.
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