Georgia Mann
Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music.
Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, featuring new discoveries, some musical surprises and plenty of familiar favourites.
0915 Playlist starter – listen and send us your ideas for the next step in our musical journey today.
1010 Song of the Day – harnessing the magic of words, music and the human voice.
1030 Playlist reveal – a sequence of music suggested by you in response to our starter today.
1100 Essential Performers – our final track from this week's featured artist, American clarinettist Anthony McGill.
1130 Slow Moment – time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The Nutcracker (Overture)
Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.- Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker: Berliner Philharmoniker/Rattle.
- EMI Classics.
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Georg Philipp Telemann
Overture in G major, 'Burlesque de Quixotte'
Orchestra: Collegium Musicum 90. Conductor: Simon Standage.- Telemann: Burlesque De Quixotte: Collegium Musicum 90/Standage.
- Chandos.
- 6.
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Philip Wilby
Family Portraits (Lowry Sketchbook)
Performer: Black Dyke Band. Conductor: James Watson.- Philip Wilby: Sacred Symphonies: Black Dyke Mills Band, California State Univers.
- Doyen.
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Clara Schumann
Lorelei
Singer: Barbara Bonney. Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.- DECCA.
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Jean Sibelius
Valse triste (Kuolema)
Orchestra: West–Eastern Divan Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.- Warner.
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Josef Myslivecek
Symphony in G major
Ensemble: Concerto Köln. Conductor: Werner Ehrhardt.- ARCHIV.
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R. Nathaniel Dett
Ave Maria
Singer: Ryan French. Choir: VocalEssence. Conductor: Philip Brunelle.- Got the Saint Louis Blues.
- Clarion.
- 011.
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Frédéric Chopin
Mazurka in A flat major, Op 59 No 2
Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.- Chopin: The Solo Piano Works: Ashkenazy.
- London.
- 8.
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Christopher Simpson
February (from 'The Monthes')
Performer: Sophie Watillon. Performer: Friederike Heumann. Performer: Brian Franklin. Performer: Matthias Spaeter. Performer: Luca Guglielmi.- ALPHA.
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Clara Schumann
Lorelei
Singer: Barbara Bonney. Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.- DECCA.
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György Ligeti
Six Bagatelles for Wind Quintet, No 3 (Allegro grazioso)
Ensemble: Ensemble Ouranos. Conductor: Amaury Viduvier.- Ligeti, Nielsen & Dvorak: Woodwind Quintets.
- NoMadMusic.
- 103.
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Louise Farrenc
Grand Variations on a Theme by Count Gallenberg, Op 25
Performer: Jean Muller. Orchestra: European Soloists, Luxembourg. Conductor: Christoph König.- Farrenc: Orchestral Works.
- Naxos.
- 7.
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Nicola Matteis
Diverse bizzarie sopra la vecchia sarabanda ò pur ciaccona)
Performer: Théotime Langlois de Swarte. Performer: Thomas Dunford.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Darest thou now, O soul
Choir: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.- HYPERION.
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Anton Bruckner
Symphony in D minor ("No. 0"): Scherzo
Conductor: Markus Poschner. Orchestra: Bruckner Orchestra of Linz.- Bruckner: Symphony in D Minor, WAB 100 "Die Nullte".
- CapriccioNR.
- 103.
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Luigi Boccherini
Minuet and Trio (String Quintet in E major, Op 11 No 5)
Ensemble: Europa Galante.- Boccherini: String Quintets.
- Virgin Veritas.
- 13.
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Robert Schumann
Im Rhein, im heiligen Strome (Dichterliebe)
Performer: Malcolm Martineau. Singer: Simon Keenlyside.- Sony.
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Adolphe Adam
Dance of the Wilis (Giselle, Act 2)
Conductor: Herbert von Karajan. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic.- Decca.
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Hildegard von Bingen
Nunc gaudeant materna
Ensemble: Ensemble for Medieval Music. Director: Barbara Thornton.- DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI.
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Ethel Smyth
The Wreckers (Overture)
Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Alexander Gibson.- EMI.
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George Gershwin
The Lorelei (Pardon my English)
Singer: Ella Fitzgerald.- The Complete Gershwin Songbook.
- AudioSonic Music.
- 52.
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Bedrich Smetana
Polka (The Bartered Bride)
Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Rudolf Kempe.- EMI CLASSICS.
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Thomas Weelkes
To shorten winter's sadness [for 5 voices]
Choir: Uppsala Academic Chamber Choir. Conductor: Stefan Parkman.- Winter Sounds.
- FOOTPRINT.
- 4.
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Aaron Copland
Clarinet Concerto
Performer: Anthony McGill. Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Jaap van Zweden.- DECCA.
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Benedetto Ferrari
Queste pungenti spine
Singer: Philippe Jaroussky. Orchestra: L’Arpeggiata. Director: Christina Pluhar.- Via Crucis; L'Arpeggiata; Christina Pluhar.
- Virgin Classics.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No 35 in D major, K.385 (Haffner): Finale (Presto)
Orchestra: London Mozart Players. Conductor: Jane Glover.- ASV.
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Giovanni Sgambati
Piano Quintet No 2 in B flat major, Op 5: third movement (Andante sostenuto)
Performer: Francesco Caramiello. Ensemble: Ex Novo Quartet.- Sgambati: Piano Quintet No. 2.
- ASV.
- 3.
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Doreen Carwithen
Men of Sherwood Forest (Overture)
Music Arranger: Philip Lane. Orchestra: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Gavin Sutherland.- Dutton.
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Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber
Fidicinium sacro-profanum (Sonata No 7 in D major)
Ensemble: The Purcell Quartet.- Biber: Sacro-Profanum: The Purcell Quartet.
- Chandos.
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Oscar Feltsman
Landyshi (Lilies of the Valley)
Singer: Gelena Velikanova.- Velikie ispolniteli Rossii XX veka: Luchshie estradnye pesni vtoroy poloviny XX.
- Moroz Records.
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Broadcast
- Fri 4 Feb 2022 09:00´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 3