Celebrating classical greats
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
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Dmitri Kabalevsky
Colas Breugnon, Op 24 (Overture)
Orchestra: 成人快手 Philharmonic. Conductor: Vassily Sinaisky.- Kabalevsky: Piano concerto etc: Kathryn Stott/成人快手 Philharmonic/Sinaisky.
- Chandos.
- 1.
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Hector Berlioz
Marche hongroise [Rakoczy march] (La Damnation de Faust)
Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Munch.- Berlioz: Harold en Italie: Pasquale, Ormandy.
- Sony Classical.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Toccata in C minor BWV.911
Performer: Martha Argerich.- DG.
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Georg Philipp Telemann
Concerto in E minor for flute, recorder and strings, TWV 52 e1 (4th mvt)
Performer: Michael Schneider. Performer: Wilbert Hazelzet. Orchestra: Musica Antiqua K枚ln. Conductor: Reinhard Goebel.- Concertos pour Instruments 脿 Vent (Ensemble : Musica Antiqua K枚ln - Direction :.
- Archiv Produktion.
- 19.
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Gabriel Faur茅
Violin Sonata No 1 in A major (3rd mvt)
Performer: Gil Shaham. Performer: Akira Eguchi.- Faure: Works for Violin, Piano and Cello.
- Canary Classics.
- 102.
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John Taverner
'Western Wynde' Mass: Sanctus
Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.- Taverner: Western Wynde Mass & Other Sacred Music.
- Hyperion.
- 6.
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Zolt谩n Kod谩ly
Prelude (Hary Janos Suite Op.35a)
Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iv谩n Fischer.- Philips.
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C茅cile Chaminade
Carnival Waltz, Op.73
Performer: Bengt Forsberg. Performer: Peter Jablonski.- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Sergey Prokofiev
Symphony No 5 (2nd mvt)
Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.- Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat Major, Op. 100 / Stravinsky: The Rite of Spr.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
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Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Cello Concerto in A major (1st mvt)
Performer: Nicolas Altstaedt. Orchestra: Arcangelo. Conductor: Jonathan Cohen.- Hyperion.
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Jules Massenet
"Adieu, notre petite table" (Manon)
Singer: Angela Gheorghiu. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano. Orchestra: Orchestre Symphonique de la Monnaie.- Massenet: Manon.
- Warner Classics.
- 31.
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Felix Mendelssohn
String Octet in E flat major Op.20 (4th mvt)
Ensemble: Ensemble Explorations.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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Christoph Willibald Gluck
Symphony in A major
Orchestra: L鈥橭rfeo Barockorchester. Orchestra: L鈥橭rfeo Barockorchester. Director: Michi Gaigg.- CPO.
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Lilacs, Op.21 no.5
Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.- Transcriptions.
- Decca.
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Samuel Barber
Violin Concerto (1st mvt)
Performer: Johan Dalene. Orchestra: Norrk枚pings Symfoniorkester. Conductor: Daniel Blendulf.- Tchaikovsky & Barber: Violin Concertos.
- BIS.
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Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns
Tarantelle for flute, clarinet and orchestra, Op 6
Performer: Clara Novakova. Performer: Richard Vieille. Orchestra: Ensemble orchestral de Paris. Conductor: Jean鈥怞acques Kantorow.- Saint-Saens: La Muse et le Poete etc: Kantorow.
- EMI Classics.
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Edward Elgar
O wild west wind! (4 Choral Songs Op.53)
Choir: The Rodolfus Choir. Conductor: Ralph Allwood.- Go, song of mine - Part-Songs and Choral Works.
- Signum Classics.
- 903.
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Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau
Entr茅e de Polymnie (Les Bor茅ades)
Ensemble: Pygmalion. Conductor: Rapha毛l Pichon.- Enfers.
- harmonia mundi.
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Claude Debussy
What the west wind saw (Preludes, Book 1)
Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.- Debussy: Complete works for piano vol.1: Bavouzet.
- Chandos.
- 7.
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Traditional English
Blow the wind southerly
Singer: Kathleen Ferrier. Performer: Phyllis Spurr.- Kathleen Ferrier - Vol.8: Blow the Wind Southerly.
- Decca.
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Thomas Ad猫s
Hotel Suite from "Powder Her Face": V. Finale
Orchestra: The Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.- Ad猫s: Orchestral Works.
- Ondine.
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Jean鈥怞oseph de Mondonville
Sonate en symphonie in G major Op.3`5
Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.- Archiv.
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Percy Grainger
Country Gardens
Orchestra: Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra. Conductor: Timothy Reynish.- CHANDOS.
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Johannes Brahms
Quartet for strings in C minor, Op 51 No 1 (2nd mvt)
Ensemble: Belcea Quartet.- ALPHA.
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Richard Strauss
Wiegenlied, Op 41 No 1
Singer: Christine Sch盲fer. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.- Mozart: Arias & R. Strauss: Orchestral Songs - Schafer, Abbado.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony no.38 in D major K.504 'Prague' (1st mvt)
Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphonies 38 - 41 Scottish Chamber Orchestra Sir Charle.
- Linn.
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Jean Sibelius
Andante Festivo
Ensemble: Tempera Quartet.- Sibelius: String Quartets 1890 - 1922.
- BIS.
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Louis Vierne
Messe solennelle for choir and 2 organs: Gloria
Performer: Winifried B枚nig. Performer: Ulrich Bruggemann. Choir: Vocal Ensemble of Cologne Cathedral. Choir: Male Voices of Cologne Cathedral Choir. Conductor: Eberhard Metternich.- MOTETTE.
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Nabil Benabdeljalil
Nocturne No 4 for Piano Solo
Performer: Rebeca Omordia.- African Pianism.
- SOMM Recordings.
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Carl Maria von Weber
Clarinet Concerto No 2 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Sabine Meyer. Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Conductor: Herbert Blomstedt.- Weber : Clarinet Concertos 1 & 2/Concertino in E flat/Clarinet Quintet.
- Warner Classics.
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Robert Johnson
The Fairies' Dance from 'Oberon, the Faery Prince'
Performer: Nigel North.- NAXOS.
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Edvard Grieg
Piano Concerto in A minor, Op 16 (Finale)
Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.- EMI.
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- Fri 15 Nov 2024 09:30成人快手 Radio 3