Main content

Your perfect classical playlist

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

19 hours left to listen

3 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Fri 20 Sep 2024 09:30

Music Played

  • Franz Schubert

    Marche militaire in D major, D.733 no.1

    Performer: Daniel Barenboim. Performer: Radu Lupu.
    • Schubert: Marches Militaires: Daniel Barenboim/Radu Lupu.
    • Teldec.
    • 1.
  • William Walton

    'Spitfire' Prelude and Fugue

    Orchestra: 成人快手 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • Hyperion.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    On Wenlock Edge (Bredon Hill)

    Singer: Nicky Spence. Performer: Julius Drake. Ensemble: Piatti Quartet.
    • HYPERION.
  • Henriette Reni茅

    Harp Concerto in C minor (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Emmanuel Ceysson. Orchestra: Orchestre national Avignon-Provence. Conductor: Samuel Jean.
    • Belle 脡poque.
    • 狈补茂惫别.
    • 4.
  • John Adams

    Short Ride in a Fast Machine

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Adams: Harmonielehre etc: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Rattle.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 6.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sonata for viola da gamba and harpsichord in G minor, BWV 1029: II. Adagio

    Performer: Pieter Wispelwey. Performer: Richard Egarr.
    • CHANNEL CLASSICS.
  • Ivo Antognini

    The Angel

    Choir: The Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge. Singer: Helena Paish. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • HYPERION.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 1 in D major

    Ensemble: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Hugh Wolff.
    • Prokofiev/Haydn/Bizet: First Symphonies: Saint Paul Chamber Orch/Wolff.
    • Apex.
    • 5.
  • Roger Quilter

    I Arise from Dreams of Thee, Op. 29

    Performer: Graham Johnson. Singer: Anthony Rolfe Johnson.
    • NAXOS.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    The Hebrides Op.26

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Mendelssohn in Birmingham, Vol. 5.
    • Chandos.
    • 4.
  • Rebecca Clarke

    I'll bid my heart be still for viola and piano

    Performer: Avril Piston. Performer: Shamonia Harpa.
    • Heartache: Piston / Harpa.
    • Guild.
    • 17.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto Grosso in B flat major Op.3`1

    Performer: Alice Pi茅rot. Performer: Christian Moreaux. Conductor: Marc Minkowski. Ensemble: Les Musiciens du Louvre.
    • Handel: Concerti Grossi Op.3: Les Musiciens du Louvre/Minkowski.
    • Erato.
    • 13-15.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Piano Concerto no.1 in B flat minor Op.23 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Beatrice Rana. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • Warner.
  • C茅sar Franck

    String Quartet in D major M.9 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Quatuor Danel.
    • Franck: String Quartet in D Major & Piano Quintet in F Minor.
    • CPO.
    • 2.
  • Bernard Herrmann

    'The Wild Ride' & 'Car Crash' from "North by Northwest"

    Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Herrmann.
    • North By Northwest (1959 Film Score).
    • Classic Soundtracks.
    • 6.
  • Heitor Villa鈥怢obos

    Bachiana Brasiliera No.2; 4th mvt (Tocata) - The Little Train of the Caipira

    Performer: Duo Aurore.
    • Paraty.
  • Richard Rodney Bennett

    Car Chase (Travel Notes II)

    Performer: East Winds Ensemble.
    • Richard Rodney Bennett - Chamber Music for Clarinet.
    • Clarinet Classics.
    • 17.
  • Vivian Ellis

    Coronation Scot

    Orchestra: 成人快手 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.
    • The Best Of British Light Music.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 2.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Prelude, Op 2 No 1

    Performer: Bruno Philippe. Performer: J茅r么me Ducros.
    • Rachmaninov & Myaskovsky: Sonatas for Cello and Piano.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 3.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Suite for jazz band (Waltz 2)

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Shostakovich: The Jazz Album - Brautigam, Masseurs.
    • Decca.
    • 13.
  • Eric Whitacre

    When David heard

    Choir: Elora Festival Singers. Conductor: Noel Edison.
    • Eric Whitacre, Choral Music: Elora Festival Singers.
    • Naxos.
    • 7.
  • Anon.

    Folias Criollas

    Performer: Hesp猫rion XXI. Performer: Jordi Savall.
    • Altre Follie (1500-1750).
    • Alia Vox.
    • 1.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No. 12 in A Major, K. 414 (Cpte)

    Conductor: Uri Segal. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra.
    • Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos.12 & 21 etc.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 4.
  • George Butterworth

    The Banks of Green Willow

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Adrian Boult.
    • Lyrita.
  • Florence Price

    Night

    Performer: Laura van der Heijden. Music Arranger: Tom Poster.
    • Path to the Moon.
    • Chandos.
    • 6.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Mandolin Concerto in C major, RV.425

    Performer: Ugo Orlandi. Ensemble: I Solisti Veneti. Director: Claudio Scimone.
    • The Magic of the Mandoline - Greatest Concertos. Mandoline and string orchestra.
    • Erato.
    • 4.
  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in E major Kk.380

    Performer: Yuja Wang.
    • Yuja Wang: Transformation.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Vasily Kalinnikov

    Symphony No 1 in G minor (Scherzo and trio)

    Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra.
    • Kalinnikov: Symphony No. 1 - Glazunov: La Mer, Spring.
    • Chandos.
    • 103.

Broadcast

  • Fri 20 Sep 2024 09:30

Our Classical Century

Our Classical Century

Radio 3 explores 100 key musical moments that shaped us, from 1918 to the present day.

Time Travellers: the podcast

Time Travellers: the podcast

Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough presents quirky tales gathered from the corners of history.