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A feast of great music

Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, featuring new discoveries, some musical surprises and plenty of familiar favourites.

Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, featuring new discoveries, some musical surprises and plenty of 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.

3 hours

Last on

Fri 22 Sep 2023 09:00

Music Played

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Nutcracker Suite, Op 71a (Dance of the Reed-Pipes)

    Conductor: Lorin Maazel. Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra.
    • Tchaikovsky: Romeo & Juliet, Nutcracker Suite; Maazel, the Cleveland Orchestra.
    • Telarc.
    • 8.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Anvil Chorus (Il trovatore)

    Choir: Chorus of La Scala, Milan. Orchestra: Orchestra of La Scala, Milan. Conductor: Riccardo Muti.
    • EMI.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cello Suite No 6 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Jean鈥怗uihen Queyras.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Louise Farrenc

    Symphony No. 3 in G minor (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: European Soloists, Luxembourg. Conductor: Christoph Koenig.
    • Farrenc: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3.
    • Naxos.
    • 4.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Piano Sonata No 31 in A flat major, H XVI 46, 'Divertimento' (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.
    • Haydn Piano Sonatas, Vol. 1: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.
    • Chandos.
    • 8.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Czech Suite (5th mvt)

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Libor Pe拧ek.
    • Dvorak: American Suite, Czech Suite; Overtures and Tone Poems.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 5.
  • Johann Nepomuk Hummel

    Trumpet Concerto in E flat major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Tine Thing Helseth. Orchestra: Norwegian Chamber Orchestra.
    • Simax.
  • James McMillan

    For Ian

    Performer: John York.
    • BLACK BOX.
  • Edward Elgar

    The Wand of youth - suite no. 1 (Sun Dance)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Adrian Boult.
    • Elgar: The Wand of Youth etc.: LPO/Boult.
    • EMI.
    • 4.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    I waited for the Lord (Symphony No 2 'Hymn of Praise')

    Performer: Iain Simcock. Singer: Mark Kennedy. Singer: Eamonn O鈥橠wyer. Choir: Westminster Cathedral Choir. Conductor: James O鈥橠onnell.
    • HYPERION.
  • Aram Khachaturian

    Masquerade - suite (Waltz)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Stanley Black.
    • Khachaturian - Spartacus.
    • Decca.
    • 4.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in G minor for 2 violins and cello RV.578

    Performer: Amandine Beyer. Performer: Alba Roca. Performer: Marco Ceccato. Ensemble: Gli Incogniti. Director: Amandine Beyer.
    • Vivaldi: Festival de Sable.
    • ZIG ZAG TERRITOIRES.
    • 1-4.
  • Joseph Marx

    Venetian Lullaby

    Singer: Katarina Karn茅us. Performer: Roger Vignoles.
    • Song Recital.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 24.
  • Anton Bruckner

    Symphony No 7 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • LSO LIVE.
  • Sarah Rimkus

    My heart is like a singing bird

    Lyricist: Christina Rossetti. Choir: The Gesualdo Six. Conductor: Owain Park.
    • Fading.
    • Hyperion.
    • 16.
  • Henry Litolff

    Concerto Symphonique no.4 in D minor, Op.102 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Peter Donohoe. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
    • Hyperion.
  • Bedrich Smetana

    Furiant (The Bartered Bride)

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: V谩clav Neumann.
    • Supraphon.
  • Joseph Canteloube

    Pastourelle (Chants d'Auvergne - set 2)

    Singer: V茅ronique Gens. Orchestra: Orchestre national de Lille. Conductor: Serge Baudo.
    • Canteloube: Chants d'Auvergne 2.
    • Naxos.
    • 05.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Rondo a capriccio in G major (Rage over a lost penny)

    Performer: Rudolf Buchbinder.
    • TELDEC.
  • Leos Jan谩膷ek

    Dymak (Lachian Dances)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Fran莽ois Huybrechts.
    • DECCA.
  • H茅l猫ne de Montgeroult

    Piano 脡tude No 62 in E flat major

    Performer: Clare Hammond.
    • H茅l猫ne de Montgeroult: 脡tudes.
    • BIS.
    • 14.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Bacchanale (Samson et Dalila)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Saint-Saens: Orchestral Works: Neeme Jarvi.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 1.
  • Shi-Guang Cui

    Native Tune (Shandong Folk Suite)

    Music Arranger: Yi-Wen Jiang. Ensemble: The Shanghai Quartet.
    • China Song.
    • Delos.
    • 22.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quartet in G major Op.18`2 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Casals Quartet.
    • Beethoven : Revelations, 1.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 1.
  • Pablo de Sarasate

    Concert Fantasy on Gounod's Faust

    Performer: Gil Shaham. Performer: Jonathan Feldman.
    • DG.
  • Anon.

    Ar ne kuth ich sorghe non (The Prisoner's Song)

    Singer: Catherine Bott.
    • HYPERION.
  • Jean鈥怋aptiste Lully

    La f锚te infernale; Les d茅mons (Suite from Alceste)

    Orchestra: Concert Des Nations. Conductor: Jordi Savall.
    • Lully: L'Orchestre du Roi Soleil.
    • Alia Vox.
    • 28.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Suite no.2 Op.17 (Valse)

    Performer: Martha Argerich. Performer: Alexandre Rabinovitch-Barakovsky.
    • The Rachmaninov Experience.
    • Warners.
  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Symphony in F sharp major Op.40: 2nd movement

    Orchestra: Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg. Conductor: Marc Albrecht.
    • PENTATONE.

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