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The classical soundtrack for your morning

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 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

Music Played

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Symphony no.1 in D major Op.25 'Classical' (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa.
    • Prokofiev: 7 Symphonies: Berliner Philharmoniker/Ozawa.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1.
  • Robert Schumann

    Vanitas vanitatum (5 Pieces in the Popular Style)

    Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma. Performer: Kathryn Stott.
    • Songs from the Arc of Life.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 6.
  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Polonaise (Pan Voyevoda Suite Op.59)

    Orchestra: Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Kees Bakels.
    • BIS.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Trio in B flat major Op.11 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Filipe Pinto-Ribeiro. Performer: Pascal Moragu猫s. Performer: Adrian Brendel.
    • Beethoven: Trios for piano, clarinet and cello, Ops. 11 & 38.
    • Paraty.
    • 103.
  • Johann Adolf Hasse

    Mandolin Concerto in G major Op.3 no.11

    Performer: Anna Torge. Orchestra: Il cantino. Director: Mayumi Hirasaki.
    • CPO.
  • Debbie Wiseman

    Wolf Hall (main theme)

    Ensemble: Locrian Ensemble of London. Conductor: Debbie Wiseman.
    • Wolf Hall (Original Television Soundtrack).
    • Silva Screen Records Ltd.
    • 1.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Scherzo Fantastique Op.3

    Orchestra: St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Stravinsky: Firebird Suite: St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra/Ashkenazy.
    • Decca.
    • 11.
  • Henry Purcell

    King Arthur Z.628 (Act 5 Chaconne)

    Ensemble: Gabrieli Players. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.
    • WINGED LION.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Piano Concerto no.2 in F minor (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Elim Chan.
    • DECCA.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Folk songs from Somerset - March (English Folk Song Suite)

    Ensemble: The Band of the Grenadier Guards.
    • Vaughan Williams for Band.
    • Emblem.
    • 5.
  • Herbert Berger

    Metropoles Suite (脌 La Minute)

    Performer: Benjamin Schmid. Orchestra: Musica Vitae. Conductor: Christian Lettner.
    • Jazz Violin Concertos.
    • Gramola Records.
    • 103.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony no.101 in D major 'Clock' (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. Conductor: Paavo J盲rvi.
    • SONY.
  • Franz Schubert

    Die Taubenpost (Schwanengesang, D.957)

    Singer: Christian Gerhaher. Performer: Gerold Huber.
    • Schubert: Schwanengesang & 4 Lieder: Gerhaher/Huber.
    • Arte Nova Classics.
    • 14.
  • Kow Otani

    Prologue: To the Ancient Land

    • IAM8bit.
  • Arturo M谩rquez

    Danz贸n no.2

    Orchestra: Sim贸n Bol铆var Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Air and variations 'The Harmonious Blacksmith' (Suite in E major HWV.430)

    Performer: Red Priest.
    • Red Priest Records.
  • Wilfred Josephs

    I, Claudius (main theme)

    Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: Marcus Dods.
    • Delos.
  • Josquin des Prez

    Scaramella va alla guerra

    Ensemble: Hesp猫rion XXI. Director: Jordi Savall.
    • Erasmus - Elogi de la Follia (Versi贸 en Catal脿).
    • Alia Vox.
    • 60.
  • King Henry VIII of England

    Pastyme with good companye

    Choir: I Fagiolini. Ensemble: Forbury Consort. Director: Robert Hollingworth.
    • CANTORIS.
  • Michael Nyman

    Chasing Sheep is Best Left to Shepherds (The Draughtman's Contract)

    Ensemble: Michael Nyman Band. Director: Michael Nyman.
    • CHARISMA.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Courtly dances from 'Gloriana' (La Volta)

    Music Arranger: Julian Bream. Ensemble: Julian Bream Consort.
    • The Essential Julian Bream [International Version].
    • RCA Red Seal.
    • 22.
  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Elizabeth, The Queen (The Private Lives Of Elizabeth And Essex - Suite)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andr茅 Previn.
    • Korngold: Orchestral Works.
    • Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd..
    • 21.
  • Nicholas Britell

    Succession (Main Title Theme)

    Orchestra: Uncredited orchestra.
    • Succession: Season 4.
    • Lake George Music Group.
    • 1.
  • William Walton

    Popular Song (Fa莽ade - suite no.2)

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
    • Wilton: Facade Suites etc: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/Litton.
    • Decca.
    • 9.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Coffee, I must have coffee (Coffee-Cantata, BWV.211)

    Singer: Carolyn Sampson. Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan. Director: Masaaki Suzuki.
    • J.S.Bach: Secular Cantatas BWV 210 & 211.
    • BIS.
    • 14.
  • Claude Debussy

    La Cath茅drale Engloutie (Pr茅ludes - Bk.1)

    Music Arranger: Julian Riem. Performer: Raphaela Gromes. Performer: Julian Riem. Ensemble: Arcis Saxophon Quartett.
    • Imagination.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 4.
  • John Adams

    Harmonielehre (Meister Eckhardt and Quackie)

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Adams: Harmonielehre.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 3.
  • Meredith Monk

    Phantom Waltz

    Performer: Bruce Brubaker. Performer: Ursula Oppens.
    • Meredith Monk: Piano Songs.
    • ECM New Series.
    • 12.
  • Joachim Raff

    Symphony no.3 in F major, Op.153 'Im Walde' (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Francesco d'Avalos.
    • Raff: Symphony No.3.
    • ASV Digital.
    • 3.
  • James M. Stephenson

    Colors (Green)

    Performer: John Bruce Yeh. Performer: Alex Klein. Ensemble: Chicago Pro Musica.
    • Liquid Melancholy: Clarinet Music of James M Stephenson.
    • Cedille.
    • 203.
  • Georges Bizet

    Petite Suite 'Jeux d'enfants'

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
    • Bizet: Symphony in C etc.: Concertgebouw Orchestra/Haitink.
    • Philips.
    • 5.

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