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The ideal morning mix 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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Music Played

  • Dmitri Kabalevsky

    Colas Breugnon - Overture

    Orchestra: Malm枚 SymfoniOrkester. Conductor: Darrell Ang.
    • Kabalevsky: Works for Orchestra.
    • NAXOS.
    • 1.
  • Robert Schumann

    Arabeske in C major, Op 18

    Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • DECCA.
  • Georg Muffat

    Concerto Grosso No 6 in A minor, 'Quis hic?'

    Ensemble: Holland Baroque Society. Director: Matthew Halls.
    • Georg Muffat: Holland Baroque Society meets Matthew Halls.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 12-15.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Concerto in C major for flute and harp, K 299 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Performer: Marie鈥怭ierre Langlamet. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Mozart Flute Concertos Concerto For Flute And Harp.
    • EMI Classics.
  • Bernard Herrmann

    Vertigo Suite (Prelude)

    Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Conductor: Esa鈥怭ekka Salonen.
    • Herrmann - The Film Scores.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 16.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Mass in B minor; Kyrie, Christe, Kyrie eleison

    Singer: Miriam Feuersinger. Singer: Hana Bla啪铆kov谩. Singer: Carlos Mena. Singer: Jakob Pilgram. Singer: Tobias Berndt. Ensemble: La Cetra Basel. Conductor: Andrea Marcon.
    • ARCANA.
  • David Popper

    Elfentanz Op.39

    Performer: Mstislav Rostropovich. Performer: Alexander Dedyuhkin.
    • Short Pieces & Transcriptions (The Russian Years).
    • Warner Classics.
    • 14.
  • Alessandro Marcello

    Oboe Concerto in C minor transc. for trumpet (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Alison Balsom. Ensemble: Scottish Ensemble.
    • Italian Concertos; Alison Balsom, Scottish Ensemble.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 5.
  • Ina Boyle

    A Song of Enchantment

    Performer: Iain Burnside. Singer: Robin Tritschler.
    • Delphian.
  • Florence Price

    Symphony in E minor (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: New Black Music Repertory Ensemble. Conductor: Leslie B.Dunner.
    • Albany records.
  • Amy Beach

    Violin Sonata in A minor, Op. 34 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Tasmin Little. Performer: John Lenehan.
    • Works For Violin and Piano.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 2.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony no.59 in A major H.1.59 'Fire' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Il Giardino Armonico. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.
    • Haydn 2032, Vol. 13: Horn Signal.
    • ALPHA.
    • 05.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Clarinet quintet in F sharp minor, Op.10 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Stephan Siegenthaler. Ensemble: Leipziger Streichquartett.
    • British Clarinet Quintets.
    • CPO.
    • 7.
  • John Field

    Go To The Devil And Shake Yourself

    Performer: Pietro Spada.
    • Field: Complete Piano Music Vol. 2.
    • Arts Productions Ltd.
    • 2.
  • Eric Whitacre

    Water Night

    Choir: Eric Whitacre Singers. Choir: Laudibus. Conductor: Eric Whitacre.
    • Eric Whitacre, Light & Gold.
    • Decca.
    • 14.
  • Richard Strauss

    Alpine Symphony, Op 64 (On the summit)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
    • Strauss, Eine Alpensinfonie: LSO.
    • LSO Live.
    • 12.
  • Malcolm Arnold

    Lola's Theme (From "Trapeze")

    Performer: Peter Fisher. Performer: Margaret Fingerhut. Music Arranger: Alan Poulton.
    • Arnold: A Centenary Celebration.
    • SOMM Recordings.
    • 2.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Romeo and Juliet Suite No. 2; Dance of the Girls with Lillies

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Abbado: Dvo艡谩k 鈥 Kurt谩g.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 64.
  • Mel Brooks

    High Anxiety

    Performer: John Morris. Singer: Mel Brooks. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.
    • High Anxiety Original Soundtrack / Mel Brooks' Greatest Hits feat. The Fabulous.
    • Rhino/Elektra.
    • 2.
  • Franz Schubert

    String Quartet no.13 in A minor D.804 'Rosamunde' (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Artemis Quartet.
    • Virgin.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    La Donna e Mobile (Rigoletto)

    Singer: Juan Diego Fl贸rez. Orchestra: Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi. Conductor: Carlo Rizzi.
    • Decca.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351 (Menuet 1 and 2)

    Ensemble: Le Concert des Nations. Conductor: Jordi Savall.
    • Alia Vox.
  • Henryk Miko艂aj G贸recki

    Symphony No 3, 'Sorrowful Songs' (2nd mvt)

    Singer: Dawn Upshaw. Orchestra: London Sinfonietta. Conductor: David Zinman.
    • ELEKTRA NONESUCH.
  • Anonymous

    Marche Guerriere Ottomane: Marche Turque

    Ensemble: Hesp猫rion XXI. Director: Jordi Savall.
    • ALIA VOX.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Violin Concerto in E minor, Op 64

    Performer: Hilary Hahn. Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Hugh Wolff.
    • Spectacular.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1-3.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Clarinet Sonata (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Michael Collins. Performer: Michael McHale.
    • The Lyrical Clarinet.
    • Chandos.
    • 18.
  • Arthur Bliss

    Welcome the Queen, Op 78

    Performer: Black Dyke Band. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Symphony no.5 in E flat major Op.82 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: 成人快手 Philharmonic. Conductor: John Storg氓rds.
    • Sibelius: Complete Symphonies/Three Late Fragments.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 7.
  • Xaver Scharwenka

    Spanish Serenade

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Spanish Album: Stephen Hough.
    • Hyperion.
    • 15.
  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Symphony in G major Wq.183`4 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Andrew Manze.
    • C.P.E. Bach: 4 Symphonies: The English Concert, Andrew Manze.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 15.

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