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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.

0930 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.

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

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

3 hours

Last on

Wed 13 Sep 2023 09:00

Music Played

  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony no.4 in E minor, Op.98 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Brahms - The Symphonies.
    • Decca.
    • 7.
  • Maurice Jarre

    Lara's Theme (Doctor Zhivago)

    Orchestra: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Bateman.
    • SILVA SCREEN RECORDS.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Nonet in F minor Op.2 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective.
    • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Nonet, Piano Trio, Piano Quintet.
    • Chandos.
    • 3.
  • Emanuele Barbella

    Mandolin Concerto (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Avi Avital. Orchestra: Il Giardino Armonico. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.
    • DG.
  • Claude Debussy

    L'isle joyeuse

    Orchestrator: Bernardino Molinari. Orchestra: Lyon Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Jun Märkl.
    • Debussy: Orchestral Works, Vol. 5: Markl.
    • Naxos.
  • Dilys Elwyn-Edwards

    The cloths of heaven

    Singer: Bryn Terfel. Performer: Malcolm Martineau.
    • Bryn Terfel: Silent Noon - English Songs.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 8.
  • Richard Wagner

    Tannhäuser (Overture)

    Orchestra: Staatskapelle Berlin. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Teldec.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Solo Violin Sonata no.3 in C major, BWV.1005 (4th mvt)

    Performer: James Ehnes.
    • ´óÏó´«Ã½ Proms recording 3rd August 2023.
  • Steve Reich

    Mallet Quartet (Fast)

    Ensemble: Colin Currie Group.
    • Colin Currie & Steve Reich Live at Fondation Louis Vuitton.
    • Colin Currie Records.
    • 105.
  • Maurice Ravel

    String Quartet in F major (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Belcea Quartet.
    • Debussy, Dutilleux & Ravel: String Quartets.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 118.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Waltz 1 (Jazz Suite no.2)

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • DECCA.
  • Léo Ferré

    Colloque sentimental

    Music Arranger: Jérôme Ducros. Singer: Philippe Jaroussky. Performer: Jérôme Ducros. Ensemble: Quatuor Ébène.
    • Green - Mélodies françaises.
    • Erato/Warner Classics.
    • 1.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Violin Concerto in C major H.7a.1 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Théotime Langlois de Swarte. Orchestra: Les Arts Florissants.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • John Tavener

    Song for Athene

    Choir: Gabrieli Consort. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.
    • DG.
  • Scott Joplin

    Peacherine rag for piano

    Performer: Benjamin Loeb.
    • Joplin: Piano Rags, Vol. 2.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Symphony no.9 in E minor Op.95 'From the New World' (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Seattle Symphony. Conductor: Ludovic Morlot.
    • Seattle Symphony Media.
  • Kurt Weill

    Youkali

    Singer: Benjamin Appl. Performer: James Baillieu.
    • Forbidden Fruit.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 7.
  • Gabriel Fauré

    Après un rêve Op.7`1

    Performer: Janine Jansen. Performer: Itamar Golan.
    • Beau Soir: Janine Jansen/Itamar Golan.
    • Decca.
    • 10.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    In Dreams (Songs of Travel)

    Singer: Bryn Terfel. Performer: Malcolm Martineau.
    • Bryn Terfel - The Vagabond.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 5.
  • Grace Williams

    Tarantella (The Dancers)

    Choir: Richard Hickox Singers. Ensemble: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Chandos.
  • Robert Schumann

    Mondnacht (Liederkreis Op.39)

    Singer: Margaret Price. Performer: James Lockhart.
    • ORFEO.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony no.3 in A minor, Op.56 'Scottish' (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Mendelssohn in Birmingham, Vol.2.
    • Chandos.
    • 7.
  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Lamento della Ninfa (8th Book of Madrigals)

    Singer: Anna Prohaska. Singer: Sam Boden. Singer: Thomas Walker. Singer: Ashley Riches. Ensemble: Arcangelo. Conductor: Jonathan Cohen.
    • Enchanted Forest.
    • ARCHIV.
    • 15.
  • Enrique Soro

    3 Aires Chilenos (nos. 2 and 3)

    Orchestra: Orquesta Sinfónica de Chile. Conductor: José Luis Domínguez.
    • Soro: Sinfonía romántica.
    • Naxos.
    • 202.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in E major, RV 269, 'Spring' (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Fabio Biondi. Ensemble: Europa Galante.
    • Vivaldi: The Four Seasons; Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 3.
  • Arnold Schoenberg

    Verklarte Nacht (4th and 5th mvts)

    Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Apex.
  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in A major Kk.113

    Performer: Joanna MacGregor.
    • COLLINS CLASSICS.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    La forza del destino (Overture)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Verdi - Overtures and Preludes: Abbado.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

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