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The very best of classical music

Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with familiar favourites, new discoveries and the occasional musical surprise.

Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with familiar favourites, new discoveries and the occasional musical surprise.

0930 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.

1045 Playlist reveal 鈥 a sequence of music suggested by you in response to our starter today.

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

3 hours

Last on

Thu 7 Sep 2023 09:00

Music Played

  • Andrea Falconieri

    Ciaccona

    Performer: Daniel Hope. Performer: Lorenza Borrani. Performer: Jonathan Cohen. Performer: Kristian Bezuidenhout. Performer: Stefan Maass. Performer: Stephan Rath. Performer: Hans-Kristian Kjos Sorensen.
    • Air, A Baroque Journey: Daniel Hope.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1.
  • Peggy Glanville-Hicks

    Promenade (Etruscan Concerto)

    Performer: Caroline Almonte. Orchestra: Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Mills.
    • ABC.
  • Georges Bizet

    L'amour est un oiseau rebelle (Carmen)

    Singer: Magdalena Ko啪en谩. Choir: Berlin Opera Chorus. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Bizet: Carmen: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • EMI.
    • 7.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Symphony no.2 in D major Op.43 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Klaus M盲kel盲.
    • DECCA.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Partita no 4 in D major, BWV 828 - Allemande

    Performer: Joanna MacGregor.
    • Sound Circus.
  • Alexander Litvinovsky

    Pinocchio Suite iv. Omino di legno; xiv. Verso la terre lontane del Nuovo Mondo

    Orchestra: Metamorphose String Orchestra. Conductor: Pavel Lyubomudrov.
    • Halidon.
  • Aaron Copland

    Appalachian Spring Suite (7th section)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Copland Orchestral Works 1 - Ballets.
    • Chandos.
    • 17.
  • Soumik Datta

    Awaaz: 8. Awaaz

    Performer: Soumik Datta. Performer: Prathap Ramachandra. Choir: 大象传媒 Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No. 36 "Linz" - 4th mvt

    Orchestra: Ensemble Resonanz. Conductor: Riccardo Minasi.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Song to the Moon (Rusalka)

    Music Arranger: Jesse Diener-Bennett. Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma. Orchestra: The Knights. Conductor: Eric Jacobsen.
    • Golijov: Azul.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 102.
  • Adolf Strauss

    Ich weiss bestimmt, ich werd Dich wiedersehen

    Singer: Benjamin Appl. Performer: James Baillieu.
    • Heimat.
    • Sony.
    • 14.
  • William Dawson

    Folk Symphony - 3. O, Le' Me Shine, Shine Like a Morning Star!

    Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin. Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra.
    • Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony: III. O, Le' Me Shine, Shine Like a Morning Star! (L.
    • DG.
    • 1.
  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    Musette en rondeau

    Performer: V铆kingur 脫lafsson.
    • Debussy 鈥 Rameau.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 4.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis.
    • Chandos.
    • 1.
  • Unknown

    Thunderbirds

    • Massive T.V Themes (Your 100 Greatest T.V Hits).
    • Burning Girl Releases.
    • 2.
  • Charles Gounod

    Funeral March of a Marionette

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.
    • Chandos.
  • Ned Washington

    Hi-Diddle-Dee-Dee (An Actor's Life for Me)

    Composer: Leigh Harline. Lyricist: Ned Washington. Lyricist: Leigh Harline.
    • Pinocchio.
    • Walt Disney Records.
    • 9.
  • L茅o Delibes

    Mazurka (Copp茅lia)

    Orchestra: Op茅ra de Lyon. Conductor: Kent Nagano.
    • Delibes: Coppelia: Orchestre de l'opera de Lyon/Nagano.
    • Erato.
    • 4.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Gallop (The Nose - suite Op.15a)

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Gennady Nikolayevich Rozhdestvensky.
    • Praga.
  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in C major, Kk.420

    Performer: Anne Queff茅lec.
    • MIRARE.
  • Oswald von Wolkenstein

    Nu rue mit sorgen

    Singer: Andreas Scholl. Singer: Kathleen Dineen. Ensemble: Shield of Harmony. Director: Crawford Young.
    • Wolkenstein, Songs of Myself: Andreas Scholl.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 13.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Piano Concerto no 3 - 3rd mvt

    Performer: Khatia Buniatishvili.
    • SONY.
  • Jennifer Higdon

    All Things Majestic (String Lake)

    Orchestra: Nashville Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Giancarlo Guerrero.
    • Higdon: All Things Majestic, Viola Concerto & Oboe Concerto (Live).
    • Naxos.
    • 3.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No 8 in F major, Op 93 (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic.
  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Violin Concerto in D major, Op.35 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kirill Karabits.
    • The Silver Violin: Nicola Benedetti.
    • Decca.
    • 7.
  • John Blow

    Salvator Mundi for voices and organ

    Choir: Les Arts Florissants. Director: William Christie.
    • VIRGIN CLASSICS.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Serenade no.1 in D major Op.11 (6th mvt)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • Sony Classical.

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  • Thu 7 Sep 2023 09:00

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