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The very best of classical music

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

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

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.

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Wed 20 Sep 2023 09:00
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • George Frideric Handel

    Water Music Suite no.2 in D major HWV.349 (Alla Hornpipe)

    Ensemble: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Ave verum corpus K.618

    Choir: The Sixteen. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Mozart: Vespers and Faure: Requiem.
    • Coro.
    • 1.

  • Le贸 Weiner

    Serenade in F Minor Op.3 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra. Orchestra: Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Roberto Paternostro. Conductor: Roberto Paternostro.
    • Dohn谩nyi & Weiner: Orchestral Works.
    • CapriccioNR.

  • Derek Bourgeois

    Serenade Op.22

    Ensemble: Black Dyke Band. Conductor: Michael Antrobus.
    • Chandos.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony No.3 "Scottish" (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Manze.
    • Mendelssohn: The 5 Symphonies.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 304.

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Valse nonchalante Op.110

    Performer: Bertrand Chamayou.
    • Erato.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in B flat major for oboe and violin, RV. 548

    Performer: Nigel Kennedy. Performer: Albrecht Mayer. Ensemble: Berliner Philharmoniker.
    • Vivaldi II: Nigel Kennedy, Berliner Philharmoniker.
    • EMI Classics.

  • Carl Fr眉hling

    Clarinet Trio in A Minor Op.40 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Quantum Clarinet Trio.
    • Brahms, Kahn & Fr眉hling: Clarinet Trios.
    • haenssler CLASSIC.
    • 102.

  • Charles Villiers Stanford

    Sailing at dawn (Songs of the Fleet, Op.117)

    Singer: Gerald Finley. Choir: 大象传媒 National Chorus of Wales. Orchestra: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Stanford: Orchestral Works.
    • Chandos.

  • Alexander Glazunov

    Concert waltz no. 1 in D major Op.47

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo Berglund.
    • WARNER CLASSICS.

  • Karl Jenkins

    Palladio (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Karl Jenkins.
    • Karl Jenkins: Quirk, Sarikiz & Over the Stone.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 114.

  • Emilie Mayer

    Piano Quartet in E Flat Major (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Mariani Klavierquartett.
    • Mayer: Piano Quartets.
    • CPO.
    • 2.

  • Aaron Jay Kernis

    Psalm 131 (Simple Songs)

    Singer: Talise Trevigne. Orchestra: Albany Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: David Alan Miller.
    • Albany.

  • Max Reger

    Scherzo (Romantic Suite)

    Music Arranger: Arnold Schoenberg. Ensemble: Lyon Opera Soloists.
    • Schoenberg: Kaiserwalzer and other Transcriptions: Soliste de l'Opera National d.
    • Erato.
    • 2.

  • Ferenc Farkas

    Romanian Folk Dances from Bihar County

    Performer: Andr谩s Adorj谩n. Performer: Vikt贸ria Herencs谩r. Orchestra: Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: J谩nos Rolla.
    • Toccata Classics.

  • Francis Poulenc

    Hotel (Banalites)

    Singer: James Newby. Performer: Simon Lepper.
    • 大象传媒 New Generation Artists recording.

  • Darius Milhaud

    Symphony no.8 Op.362 'Rhodanienne' (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Luxembourg Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Louis de Froment.
    • Honegger: Symphony No. 3 & Milhaud: Suite Provencale, Symphony No. 8.
    • Phoenix USA.
    • 13.

  • Erik Satie

    Je te veux

    Performer: Anne Queff茅lec.
    • ERATO.

  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Procession of the Nobles (Mlada)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Rimsky-Korsakov: Overture and Suites from the Operas: SNO/Jarvi.
    • Chandos.
    • 10.

  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Violin Concerto in G major Op.8 no.2 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Randall Goosby. Orchestra: London Contemporary Orchestra.
    • Hollywood Records.

  • H茅l猫ne de Montgeroult

    Etude no.110 in A major

    Performer: Clare Hammond.
    • H茅l猫ne de Montgeroult: 脡tudes.
    • BIS.
    • 128.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata BWV169: Gott soll allein mein Herze haben: i. Sinfonia

    Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan. Director: Masaaki Suzuki.
    • BIS.

  • Nainita Desai

    My Mind is Still

    Performer: Thomas Gould. Performer: Elsa Bradley. Performer: Leif Kaner鈥怢idstr枚m. Ensemble: VOCES8.
    • Infinity.
    • Decca.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Anitra's Dance (Peer Gynt)

    Music Arranger: Tormod Tvete Vik. Performer: Ragnhild Hemsing. Ensemble: TrondheimSolistene.
    • Berlin Classics.

  • Nikolai Girshevich Kapustin

    Toccatina Op.36

    Performer: Marc-Andr茅 Hamelin.
    • Kaleidoscope: Marc-Andre Hamelin.
    • Hyperion.
    • 20.

  • Claude Debussy

    Petite suite

    Music Arranger: Henri B眉sser. Orchestra: Lyon Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Jun M盲rkl.
    • NAXOS.

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