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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.

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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.

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  • Johannes Brahms

    Hungarian Dance No 6 in D major

    Orchestrator: Albert Parlow. Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iv谩n Fischer.
    • DECCA.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Berceuse in D flat major, Op.57

    Performer: Maria Jo茫o Pires.
    • DG.
  • Phyllis Tate

    Hampton Court (The Maze), No 2 of London Fields (Suite)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.
    • Lyrita.
  • Arcangelo Corelli

    Trio sonata in F major Op.1`1

    Ensemble: Avison Ensemble.
    • Linn.
  • Modest Mussorgsky

    A Night on the Bare Mountain

    Music Arranger: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski.
    • LPO.
  • Caroline Shaw

    Red, red rose (Is a rose, No 3)

    Singer: Nicky Spence. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Oliver Zeffman.
    • Ozero Records.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenata notturna in D major, K 239 (3rd mvt, Rondeau)

    Orchestra: Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg. Conductor: Roberto Gonz谩lez-Monjas.
    • Mozart: Serenades.
    • Berlin Classics.
    • 3.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Serenade (No 2 of 5 Fantasy Pieces, Op 5)

    Ensemble: Catalyst Quartet.
    • Azica Records.
  • Bedrich Smetana

    Furiant (The Bartered Bride)

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: V谩clav Neumann.
    • Supraphon.
  • Mel Bonis

    Flute Sonata in C sharp minor, Op 64 (2nd mvmt, Adagio)

    Performer: Juliette Hurel. Performer: H茅l猫ne Couvert.
    • Compositrices 脿 l'aube du XXe si猫cle.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 2.
  • Niccol貌 Paganini

    Moto perpetuo in C major, Op 11

    Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa.
    • Boston Symphony Orchestra - Great Recordings.
    • UME - Global Clearing House.
    • 62.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Where'er you walk (Semele)

    Singer: Anthony Rolfe Johnson. Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Zeit f眉r Barock.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 22.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Homage March (Sigurd Jorsalfar)

    Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Gennady Nikolayevich Rozhdestvensky.
    • Grieg: Symphonic Dances, etc.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 013.
  • Caroline Shaw

    Red, red rose (Is a rose, No 3)

    Singer: Nicky Spence. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Oliver Zeffman.
    • Ozero Records.
  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Keyboard Sonata in E major (3rd mvmt, Allegretto)

    Performer: Christopher Hinterhuber.
    • Bach, C.P.E: Sonatas and Rondos.
    • Naxos.
    • 3.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Romeo and Juliet (Balcony Scene)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Abbado A-Z: Prokofiev 鈥 Ravel.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 55.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Gloria in D Major, RV 589 - I. Gloria in excelsis Deo

    Lyricist: Anon.. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock. Orchestra: The English Concert. Choir: The English Concert Choir.
    • Vivaldi: Gloria/Scarlatti: Dixit Dominus: The English Concert/Pinnock.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 1.
  • Emilie Mayer

    Piano Quartet in G major (4th mvmt, Allegro)

    Ensemble: Mariani Piano Quartet.
    • Mayer: Piano Quartets.
    • CPO.
    • 204.
  • Caroline Shaw

    Red, red rose (Is a rose, No 3)

    Singer: Nicky Spence. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Oliver Zeffman.
    • Ozero Records.
  • Bob Chilcott

    Like a Singing Bird

    Performer: Iain Farrington. Choir: The Sirens. Conductor: Bob Chilcott.
    • Chilcott: Making Waves.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 901.
  • Duke Ellington

    The Single Petal of a Rose

    Performer: Duke Ellington.
    • Live in Concert, New York City, May 1964.
    • Jazz Heritage Society.
    • 13.
  • Lord Berners

    Red Roses and Red Noses

    Performer: Peter Lawson. Singer: Felicity Lott.
    • The Lord Berners Collection.
    • Heritage Records.
    • 62.
  • Robert Valentine

    Recorder Concerto in B flat major (2nd mvmt, Allegro)

    Performer: Gudrun Heyens. Ensemble: Musica Antiqua K枚ln. Director: Reinhard Goebel.
    • Archiv Produktion - Reinhard Goebel.
    • UME - Global Clearing House.
    • 2.
  • Nkeiru Okoye

    When Young Spring Comes

    Performer: Lara Downes.
    • Spring Fever.
    • Rising Sun Records.
    • 101.
  • Hector Berlioz

    Damnation of Faust Op.24 (Rakoczy march)

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Semyon Bychkov.
    • Sommernachtskonzert 2016.
    • Sony.
    • 1.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    The Silken Ladder (Overture)

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • WARNER CLASSICS.
  • Mieczyslaw Karlowicz

    Symphony in E minor, Op 7, 'Rebirth' (2nd mvmt, Andante non troppo)

    Orchestra: Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Antoni Wit.
    • Karlowicz: 'Rebirth' Symphony - Bianca da Molena.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No 3 in G major, BWV 1048 (2nd mvt, Allegro)

    Orchestra: Berlin Academy for Early Music.
    • J.S. Bach: Orchestral Music: Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 7.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Pell茅as and Melisande (incidental music)

    Orchestra: Tapiola Sinfonietta. Conductor: Tuomas Hannikainen.
    • Sibelius, J.: Pelleas and Melisande / Cassazione / Presto / Suite Mignonne / Sui.
    • Ondine.
    • 1-9.
  • H茅l猫ne de Montgeroult

    脡tude No 74 in C minor

    Performer: Clare Hammond.
    • H茅l猫ne de Montgeroult: 脡tudes.
    • BIS.
    • 17.
  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    Lay all your love on me / Loure grave (from Les F锚tes d'H茅b茅)

    Composer: Benny Andersson. Composer: Bj枚rn Ulvaeus. Performer: Asya Fateyeva. Music Arranger: Bo Wiget. Ensemble: Lautten Compagney. Director: Wolfgang Katschner.
    • Dancing Queen - Rameau meets ABBA.
    • Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
    • 17.
  • Henryk Miko艂aj G贸recki

    Totus tuus

    Choir: Holst Singers. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • HYPERION.
  • Eleanor Alberga

    Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Celebration Dance)

    Orchestra: The Taliesin Orchestra. Conductor: Peter Ash.
    • Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Roald Dahl).
    • Orchid Classics.
    • 20.

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