Celebrating classical greats
Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with familiar favourites.
Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with 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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Johann Sebastian Bach
Mass in B minor (Sanctus)
Choir: La Capella Reial de Catalunya. Ensemble: Le Concert des Nations. Conductor: Jordi Savall.- Alia Vox.
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Franz Schubert
Impromptu in E flat major D 899 No 2
Performer: Alfred Brendel.- PHILIPS.
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Paul Hindemith
March (Symphonic Metamorphosis of themes by Carl Maria von Weber)
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.- Decca.
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Florence Price
Piano Quintet in A minor (2nd mvt)
Ensemble: Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective.- American Quintets.
- Chandos.
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Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Cello Concerto in A major, Wq 172 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Jean鈥怗uihen Queyras. Orchestra: Ensemble Resonanz. Conductor: Riccardo Minasi.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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Nino Rota
Legend of the Glass Mountain (The Glass Mountain)
Orchestra: Prague Philharmonic Orchestra.- SILVA SCREEN.
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Max Bruch
Violin Concerto No. 1: Finale
Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Jakub Hr暖拧a.- DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
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Percy Grainger
The Gum-suckers' March (In a Nutshell Suite)
Orchestra: Symphony Nova Scotia. Conductor: Georg Tintner.- CBC Records.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto in G major for 2 mandolins, RV 532
Performer: Giovanni Scaramuzzino. Performer: Sonia Maurer. Orchestra: Europa Galante. Director: Fabio Biondi.- Vivaldi: Concert Per Mandolini: Europa Galante, Gabio Biondi.
- Virgin Veritas.
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Elisabeth Bettina von Arnim Brentano
Ach neige, du Schmerzenreiche
Performer: Axel Bauni. Singer: Verena Reim.- Dreyer Gaido.
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Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
Symphony no.5 in F major Op.76 (1st mvt)
Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.- Symphony No 5.
- Warner Classics.
- 101.
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Eric Whitacre
Lux Aurumque
Music Arranger: Joby Burgess. Music Arranger: Joby Burgess. Ensemble: Joby Burgess Marimba Quartet. Ensemble: Joby Burgess Marimba Quartet.- Eric Whitacre: Marimba Quartets.
- Signum Classics.
- 101.
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Sergey Rachmaninov
3 Symphonic dances Op.45 (no.3)
Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.- Rachmaninoff: Symphony 1 + Symphonic Dances.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata in D minor, Op 31 No 2, 'Tempest' (3rd mvt)
Performer: Ingrid Fliter.- Beethoven: Sonatas 8, 17 and 23.
- EMI Classics.
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Gabriel Yared
The English Patient (Main Theme)
Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Carl Davis.- NAXOS.
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Richard Strauss
An Alpine Symphony (Vision)
Orchestra: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin. Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski.- Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie.
- Pentatone.
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Joseph Canteloube
Bailero (Songs of the Auvergne)
Singer: Victoria de los 脕ngeles. Orchestra: Orchestre Lamoureux. Conductor: Jean鈥怭ierre Jacquillat.- EMI.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No 5 (3rd mvt)
Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.- ORFEO.
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Claudio Monteverdi
Zefiro torna
Music Arranger: Christina Pluhar. Singer: Philippe Jaroussky. Singer: N煤ria Rial. Ensemble: L鈥橝rpeggiata. Conductor: Christina Pluhar.- ERATO.
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Dorothy Howell
Recuerdos preciosos (1st mvt)
Performer: Hiroaki Takenouchi. Performer: Simon Callaghan.- Danza Gaya: Music for Two Pianos.
- Lyrita.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Divertimento in E flat major K.563 (6th mvt)
Performer: Henning Kraggerud. Performer: Lars Anders Tomter. Performer: Christoph Richter.- Mozart: Divertimento in E flat major.
- NAXOS.
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Edward Elgar
Violin Concerto in B Minor (1st mvt)
Performer: Vilde Frang. Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin. Conductor: Robin Ticciati.- Elgar: Violin Concerto, Op. 61.
- Warner Classics.
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Hugo Alfv茅n
Shepherd Girl's Dance (The Mountain King Suite)
Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.- BIS.
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Philip Glass
The Windcatcher, Pt. III
Ensemble: Lautten Compagney. Conductor: Wolfgang Katschner.- Philip Glass - Recent Recordings.
- Sony Classical.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Auf Flugeln des Gesanges
Music Arranger: Franz Liszt.- Mendelssohn.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Sheherazade (1st mvt)
Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Zubin Mehta.- Zubin Mehta conducts Strauss and Rimsky-Korsakov.
- London Philharmonic Orchestra.
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George Frideric Handel
Water music - suite (HWV.348) in F major, Presto
Orchestra: London Classical Players. Director: Sir Roger Norrington.- Handel: Water & Fireworks Music: London Classical Players, Norrington.
- Virgin Veritas.
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Dora Peja膷evi膰
Symphony in F sharp minor (4th mvt)
Orchestra: 成人快手 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.- CHANDOS.
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