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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 30 Sep 2024 09:30

Music Played

  • Johann Strauss II

    Die Fledermaus (Overture)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Franz Welser鈥怣枚st.
    • J. Strauss II: Walzes & Overtures: Welser-Most.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 6.
  • Claude Debussy

    搁锚惫别谤颈别

    Performer: Noriko Ogawa.
    • Noriko Ogawa - Debussy Piano Music, Volume 5.
    • BIS.
    • 6.
  • Carlo Gesualdo

    Gioite voi col canto

    Choir: Collegium Vocale Gent. Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe.
    • PHI.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Quartet movement in A minor

    Ensemble: Skride Piano Quartet.
    • ORFEO.
  • Frederick Delius

    By the River (Florida Suite)

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.
    • The Essential Delius - Various.
    • Chandos.
    • 2.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Macbeth (Act 3 Ballet Music)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Muti.
    • Verdi: Opera Choruses, Preludes and Ballet Music: Riccardo Muti.
    • EMI.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Keyboard Suite in D minor, HWV 437: Saraband

    Performer: Michael Borgstede.
    • BRILLIANT CLASSICS.
  • Richard Strauss

    Oboe Concerto (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Alexei Ogrintchouk. Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.
    • BIS.
  • Judith Bingham

    Beneath These Alien Stars

    Singer: Alison Smart. Choir: 成人快手 Singers. Performer: Iain Farrington. Conductor: David Hill.
    • Remoter Worlds.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 14.
  • Witold Lutos艂awski

    Variations on a theme of Paganini for piano and orchestra

    Performer: Louis Lortie. Orchestra: 成人快手 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Clarinet Quintet (4th mvt)

    Performer: Romain Guyot. Performer: Lorenza Borrani. Performer: Mats Zetterqvist. Performer: Pascal Siffert. Performer: Richard Lester.
    • Mozart: Concerto & Quintet for clarinet: Romain Guyot/Chamber Orchestra of Europ.
    • Mirare.
    • 7.
  • John Adams

    Tromba lontana

    Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony. Conductor: Edo de Waart.
    • John Adams: The Chairman Dances, Two Fanfares, Other Works.
    • Elektra Nonesuch.
    • 3.
  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Masques et bergamasques - suite Op.112: i. Overture

    Orchestra: Seattle Symphony. Conductor: Ludovic Morlot.
    • Seattle Symphony.
  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    String Quartet in G minor Op.14 no.6

    Ensemble: Les Adieux.
    • Marie-Antoinette: Music for a Queen.
    • Naive.
  • Trad.

    Deep River

    Music Arranger: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. Music Arranger: Kanneh-Mason Trio. Performer: Sheku Kanneh鈥怣ason. Performer: Isata Kanneh鈥怣ason. Performer: Braimah Kanneh-Mason.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
  • Claude Debussy

    En bateau (Petite suite)

    Orchestrator: Henri B眉sser. Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Louis Lane.
    • The Debussy Collection.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 3.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Aria; Variations 1-3)

    Performer: Sir Andr谩s Schiff.
    • ECM.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    March (The Love for Three Oranges)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Antal Dor谩ti.
    • MERCURY LIVING PRESENCE.
  • Ottorino Respighi

    Spring (3 Botticelli Pictures)

    Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Trio in D major, Op 70 No 1, 'Ghost' (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Gryphon Trio.
    • Beethoven: Piano trios op.70 nos.1&2, op.11: Gryphon Trio.
    • Analekta.
    • 3.
  • Henry Purcell

    Hear my prayer, O Lord

    Choir: Armonico Consort. Director: Christopher Monks.
    • Naked Byrd two: Armonico Consort.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 5.
  • Kevin Puts

    Marimba Concerto: III. With Energy

    Performer: Ji Su Jung. Orchestra: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • Kevin Puts: Marimba Concerto, The City & Oboe Concerto No. 2 "Moonlight".
    • Naxos.
    • 103.
  • Edward Elgar

    Chanson de nuit, Op 15 No 1

    Performer: Lydia Mordkovitch. Performer: Julian Milford.
    • Elgar: Sospiri - music for violin and piano: Mordkovitch/Milford.
    • Chandos.
  • Leos Jan谩膷ek

    Taras Bulba

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Karel An膷erl.
    • FIDELIO.
  • Bob Chilcott

    II. Friday 1 August 1834: The Abolition of Slavery

    Performer: Gemma Beeson. Performer: Markus Gruett. Ensemble: 成人快手 Singers. Conductor: David Hill.
    • Bob Chilcott: The Angry Planet.
    • Signum Records.
    • 2.
  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    Notturno in G Minor, H-U 337

    Performer: Isata Kanneh鈥怣ason.
    • Mendelssohn.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 9.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Symphony no.2 in E minor Op.27 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin. Conductor: Robin Ticciati.
    • Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2 in E minor.
    • Linn Records.
    • 2.
  • Sylvius Leopold Weiss

    Passacaglia

    Performer: Milo拧 Karadagli膰.
    • Passacaglia.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Slavonic Dance in F major, Op 46 No 4

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Lorin Maazel.
    • EMI.

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  • Mon 30 Sep 2024 09:30

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