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Refresh your morning with classical 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.

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

Mon 16 Sep 2024 09:30

Music Played

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony no.2 in D major, Op.36 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Beethoven: 9 Symphonies: Abbado, Berliner Philharmoniker.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 8.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    L脿 ci darem la mano (Don Giovanni)

    Singer: Cecilia Bartoli. Singer: Bryn Terfel. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome. Conductor: Myung-Whun Chung.
    • Sospiri: Cecilia Bartoli.
    • Decca.
    • 6.
  • William Boyce

    Symphony No 2 in A major

    Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
    • Archiv.
  • Max Reger

    Clarinet Sonata no.2 in F sharp minor Op.49`2 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Bettina Aust. Performer: Robert Aust.
    • Fin de si猫cle.
    • Genuin.
    • 304.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Violin Concerto No 2 in G major, Op 13 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Henning Kraggerud. Orchestrator: Henning Kraggerud. Orchestrator: Bernt Simen Lund. Orchestra: Arctic Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra.
    • Grieg: Three Concerti for Violin and Orchestra.
    • NAXOS.
    • 6.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Scene with Cranes, Op 44 No 2 (from incidental music to Kuolema)

    Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Intermezzo in F minor Op 118 no 4

    Performer: Eric Lu.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto in D major, BWV 972 after Antonio Vivaldi

    Ensemble: Dresden Bach Soloists.
    • Christophorus.
  • Frank Bridge

    Intermezzo no.2 (Threads)

    Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Nicholas Cleobury.
    • Bridge: Suite for Strings: Cleobury/Britten Sinfonia.
    • Conifer.
    • 12.
  • Federico Mompou

    Canci贸n (Suite compostelana)

    Performer: Sean Shibe.
    • Camino.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 605.
  • Federico Mompou

    Mu帽eira (Suite compostelana)

    Performer: Sean Shibe.
    • Camino.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 606.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Ruhe sanft, mein holdes Leben (Zaide, K.344)

    Singer: Natalie Dessay. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Director: Louis Langr茅e.
    • Mozart Heroines.
    • VIRGIN CLASSICS.
    • 5.
  • Charles Gounod

    Funeral march of a marionette in D minor orch. [orig. for piano]

    Orchestra: 成人快手 Philharmonic. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony no.96 in D major 'Miracle'

    Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • NAIVE.
  • John Playford

    A New Scotch Jig (The English Dancing Master)

    Ensemble: The Harp Consort. Director: Andrew Lawrence鈥怟ing.
    • BMG.
  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    The Tale of Tsar Saltan Op.57(The Three Wonders)

    Orchestra: Seattle Symphony. Conductor: Gerard Schwarz.
    • Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade.
    • Naxos.
    • 7.
  • Germaine Tailleferre

    Impromptu

    Performer: Biliana Tzinlikova.
    • Paladino music.
  • Richard Wagner

    Lohengrin (Act 3 Prelude)

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
    • Wagner: Preludes: Siegried-Idyll/Bernard Haitink.
    • Philips.
    • 4.
  • Hugo Wolf

    Wolf: M枚rike-Lieder - 48. "Storchenbotschaft"

    Performer: Justus Zeyen. Lyricist: Eduard M枚rike. Singer: Thomas Quasthoff.
    • Thomas Quasthoff - A Romantic Songbook.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 16.
  • Einojuhani Rautavaara

    Cantus Arcticus Op.61 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Lahti Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Osmo V盲nsk盲.
    • Rautavaara: Angel of Light etc..
    • BIS.
    • 11.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Horn Concerto no.4 in E flat major K.495 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Felix Klieser. Ensemble: Camerata Salzburg.
    • Mozart Horn Concertos 1-4.
    • Berlin Classics.
    • 3.
  • Ethel Smyth

    String Suite Op.1a (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: South-West German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim. Conductor: Douglas Bostock.
    • British Music for Strings, Vol. 3.
    • CPO.
    • 101.
  • Gjermund Larsen

    Polonaise

    Choir: Norwegian Soloists' Choir. Performer: Gjermund Larsen. Conductor: Grete Pedersen.
    • BIS.
  • William Walton

    Prelude (Richard III)

    Music Arranger: Muir Mathieson. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: William Walton.
    • The Walton Edition.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 1.
  • Billy Mayerl

    Autumn Crocus

    Performer: Susan Tomes.
    • Loose Elbows - Susan Tomes plays the piano music of Billy Mayerl.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 13.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Flute Concerto in G major, K 313

    Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Mozart Flute Concertos Concerto For Flute And Harp.
    • EMI Classics.
  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Sch枚nste Nacht, Op. 36 No. 25

    Performer: Laura van der Heijden. Performer: J芒ms Coleman.
    • Path to the Moon.
    • Chandos.
    • 1.
  • Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka

    Septet in E flat major (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Consortium Classicum.
    • Glinka: Septet, Trio Pathetique, Serenade & 3 Russian Songs.
    • CPO.
    • 104.
  • Gabriel Piern茅

    Scherzo-Caprice in D major, Op.25

    Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet. Performer: 成人快手 Philharmonic. Conductor: Juanjo Mena.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Three-Part Invention in G major, BWV 796

    Performer: Dmitry Sitkovetsky. Performer: Yuri Zhislin. Performer: Luigi Piovano.
    • J S Bach Goldberg Variations 15 Sinfonias The Art Of Transcription.
    • Nimbus.
  • Johann Strauss II

    Wiener Blut: Waltz Op.354

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Daniel Harding.
    • Summer Night Concert 2021.
    • Sony.

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