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Georgia Mann

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music.

Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with familiar favourites.

0915 Playlist starter 鈥 listen and send us your ideas for the next step in our musical journey today.

1010 Song of the Day 鈥 harnessing the magic of words, music and the human voice.

1030 Playlist reveal 鈥 a sequence of music suggested by you in response to our starter today.

1100 Essential Five 鈥 the last in our picks of Chopin waltzes this week.

1130 Slow Moment 鈥 time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.

3 hours

Last on

Fri 19 Nov 2021 09:00

Music Played

  • Madeleine Dring

    Festival Scherzo

    Performer: Martin Roscoe. Ensemble: Guildhall String Ensemble. Conductor: Robert Salter.
    • HYPERION.
  • Trad.

    I lay down so late

    Music Arranger: Eyvind Alnaes. Choir: Norwegian Soloists' Choir. Conductor: Grete Pedersen.
    • BIS.
  • Johan Svendsen

    Norwegian Artists' Carnival Op.14

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Chandos.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Witches' Chorus (Macbeth)

    Choir: Chorus of Welsh National Opera. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera. Conductor: Richard Armstrong.
    • Verdi Choruses.
    • EMI.
    • 006.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto no.5, BWV.1050 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Concerto Italiano. Conductor: Rinaldo Alessandrini.
    • Brandenburg Concertos.
    • Naive.
    • 6.
  • Johann Strauss II

    Tritsch-Tratsch Polka

    Music Arranger: Georges Cziffra. Performer: Yuja Wang.
    • Yuja Wang - Fantasia.
    • DG.
    • 10.
  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

    Armide - drame heroique in 5 acts: Act 5;Chaconne; Gracieux

    Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • ARCHIV.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Double Concerto in A minor Op.102 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Julia Fischer. Performer: Daniel M眉ller鈥怱chott. Orchestra: Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest. Conductor: Yakov Kreizberg.
    • PENTATONE.
  • Cl茅ment Doucet

    Chopinata

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • Le Boeuf sur le toit : Swinging Paris.
    • Virgin.
    • 1.
  • Jan Dismas Zelenka

    Hipocondrie a 7 in A major

    Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra.
    • DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Quincy Jones

    Soul Bossa Nova

    Performer: Astrig Siranossian. Performer: Nathana毛l Gouin.
    • ALPHA.
  • Maurice Durufl茅

    Pr茅lude et fugue sur le nom d'Alain Op.7 (Fugue)

    Performer: John Scott.
    • Maurice Durufle: Organ Music: John Scott.
    • Hyperion.
    • 3.
  • Othmar Schoeck

    Notturno (conclusion)

    Singer: Christian Gerhaher. Ensemble: Rosamunde Quartett.
    • ECM.
  • B茅la Bart贸k

    The Wooden Prince: Fourth Dance: Dance of the Princess with the Wooden Prince

    Orchestra: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Susanna M盲lkki.
    • BIS.
  • Josquin des Prez

    Nymphes des bois/Requiem aeternam (La deploration de Johannes Ockeghem)

    Ensemble: The Gesualdo Six. Conductor: Owain Park.
    • HYPERION.
  • Henry Purcell

    Dido and Aeneas, Act 3 scene 1 (Witches Scene)

    Choir: European Voices. Singer: Felicity Palmer. Orchestra: Le Concert d鈥橝str茅e. Conductor: Emmanuelle Ha茂m.
    • ERATO.
  • Edward Elgar

    The Dream of Gerontius: 'Disposessed... The mind bold' (Demons' Chorus)

    Choir: Hall茅 Choir. Choir: Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus. Choir: Ambrosian Singers. Orchestra: Hall茅. Conductor: John Barbirolli.
    • Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius - The Music Makers.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 7-7.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Hexenlied (12 Songs, Op 8)

    • Lieder.
    • Orfeo.
    • 1401.
  • Geraldine Mucha

    Macbeth Suite (Witches)

    Orchestra: Hradec Kr谩lov茅 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andreas Sebastian Weiser.
    • Macbeth And Other Orchestral Works.
    • ARCO DIVA.
    • 3.
  • Nina Simone

    I Put A Spell On You

    • MERCURY.
  • Albert Roussel

    Divertissement Op.6

    Ensemble: Les Vents Fran莽ais.
    • WARNER.
  • Richard Wagner

    Lohengrin (Prelude to Act III)

    Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Christian Thielemann.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Waltz in D flat major, Op 64 No 1, 'Minute'

    Performer: Ingrid Fliter.
    • Chopin: Piano Sonata No.3 etc: Ingrid Fliter.
    • EMI.
    • 10.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Symphony in E flat major Op.1 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Decca.
  • Robert Schumann

    String Quartet in A minor, Op.41`1 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Zehetmair Quartett.
  • Missy Mazzoli

    Vespers for Violin

    Performer: Jennifer Koh. Performer: Missy Mazzoli.
    • Cedille.
  • William Walton

    Sinfonia Concertante (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Kathryn Stott. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.
    • RCA.
  • George Frideric Handel

    "Hide me from Day's garish eye" (L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato)

    Singer: Gillian Webster. Orchestra: Gabrieli Players. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.
    • SIGNUM.
  • Isaac Alb茅niz

    Rumores de la Caleta, Op 71 No 6 arr Kendrick for guitar

    Performer: Michael Kendrick. Music Arranger: Michael Kendrick.
    • Heart of the Guitar: Michael Kendrick.
  • Franz Liszt

    Les pr茅ludes

    Orchestra: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin. Conductor: Ferenc Fricsay.
    • DG.

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