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
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Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
Piano Quintet No. 2 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Boris Giltburg. Ensemble: Pavel Haas Quartet.- SUPRAPHON.
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Gabriel Faur茅
Requiem Op.48 for soprano, baritone, chorus and orchestra: In Paradisum
Choir: La Chapelle Royale. Orchestra: Orchestre des Champs鈥惷塴ys茅es. Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Leonore - overture no.1 Op.138
Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.- Beethoven: Overtures: Harnoncourt, Chamber Orch. Of Europe.
- Teldec.
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Tarantella (Suite No 2 in C major, Op 17 No 4)
Performer: Martha Argerich. Performer: Alexandre Rabinovitch-Barakovsky.- Rachmaninoff: Suites, Op. 5 & 17 - Symphonic Dances, Op. 45.
- Warner Classics.
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Maddalena Casulana
Come fiammeggia e splende
Ensemble: Fieri Consort.- Fieri Records.
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Joseph-Nicolas-Pancrace Royer
Le Vertigo (Pi猫ces de clavecin, Book 1, 1746)
Performer: Jean Rondeau.- Vertigo.
- Erato/Warner Classics.
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Johannes Brahms
Serenade No 2 in A major, Op 16 (3rd mvt)
Conductor: Bernard Haitink. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.- LSO Live.
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Edvard Grieg
March of the Trolls (Lyric Pieces Op.54)
Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.- Grieg: Lyric Pieces: Leif Ove Andsnes.
- EMI Classics.
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Franz Waxman
Carmen Fantasy
Performer: Geneva Lewis. Performer: Ryan Corbett. -
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Eva Dell'Acqua
Villanelle
Singer: Natalie Dessay. Orchestra: Konzerthausorchester Berlin. Conductor: Michael Sch酶nwandt.- WARNER CLASSICS.
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Joseph-Nicolas-Pancrace Royer
PLAYLISTER EXTRACT Le Vertigo
Performer: Jean Rondeau.- Vertigo.
- Erato/Warner Classics.
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Hugo Alfv茅n
Uppsala Rhapsody, Op. 24
Conductor: Lukasz Borowicz. Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin.- Alfv茅n: Symphony No. 3 in E Major, Uppsala Rhapsody & The Mountain King Suite.
- CPO.
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Kala Ramnath
Aalap and Tarana
Performer: Hilary Hahn. Performer: Cory Smythe.- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Fanny Mendelssohn
String Quartet in E flat major (4th mvt)
Ensemble: Quatuor 脡b猫ne.- Felix & Fanny Mendelssohn: String Quartets Op. 13 in A minor, Op. 80 in F minor:.
- Virgin.
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Franz Liszt
Mephisto Waltz No 1
Orchestra: 成人快手 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ilan Volkov.- Hyperion.
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Fran莽ois Couperin
Pi猫ces de clavecin, Book 3, Ordre XV in A: IV. Musette de Choisy - V. Musette de
- Bill & Friends.
- harmonia mundi.
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Scott Joplin
Solace - A Mexican Serenade
Performer: Phillip Dyson.- Scott Joplin 鈥� The King of Ragtime: Complete Piano Works.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Bernard Herrmann
Vertigo (Prelude)
Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Herrmann.- DECCA.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Concerto no.1 in E major for 2 pianos (3rd mvt)
Performer: Marielle Lab猫que. Performer: Katia Lab猫que. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Semyon Bychkov.- Mendelssohn: Concerto for 2 Pianos & Orchestra: Katia & Marielle Labeque / Bychk.
- Philips.
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Florence Price
Elfentanz
Performer: Dawn Wohn. Performer: Esther Jung-A Park.- Perspectives.
- Delos.
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Aram Khachaturian
Spartacus - Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia
Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kirill Karabits.- ONYX.
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Christoph Willibald Gluck
Orfeo ed Euridice: "Che far貌 senza Euridice"
Singer: Jakub J贸zef Orli艅ski. Orchestra: Il Giardino d'Amore. Conductor: Stefan Plewniak.- Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30.
- ERATO.
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Nadia Boulanger
Fantaisie vari茅e pour piano et orchestre
Performer: William Youn. Orchestra: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin. Conductor: Valentin Uryupin.- Boulanger, Faur茅, Hahn.
- Sony Classical.
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Carmen Petra-Basacopol
Sonata for Flute and Harp: Finale
Performer: Robert Aitken. Performer: Erica Goodman.- BIS.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Wir danken dir, Gott, wir danken dir, BWV 29: III. Halleluja, Sta虉rk und Macht
Performer: Davina Clarke. Performer: Tom Foster. Singer: Nick Pritchard.- J. S. Bach: The Art of Obligato.
- VOCES8 Records.
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Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 94 in G major "Surprise" (2nd mvt)
Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. Conductor: Paavo J盲rvi.- RCA.
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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.
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Dieterich Buxtehude
Laudate pueri, Dominum, BuxWV 69
Singer: Emma Kirkby. Singer: Elin Manahan Thomas. Ensemble: The Purcell Quartet. Ensemble: Fretwork.- CHANDOS.
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