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Your perfect classical playlist

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.

3 hours

Last on

Tue 17 Oct 2023 09:00

Music Played

  • Franz Schubert

    Die Forelle D.550

    Music Arranger: Mischa Maisky. Performer: Mischa Maisky. Performer: Daria Hovora.
    • DG.
  • Max Bruch

    Violin Concerto no.1 in G minor (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Jakub Hr暖拧a.
    • Tchaikovsky/Bruch Violin Concertos: Nicola Benedetti.
    • Deutsche Grammaphon.
    • 6.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata no.12 in A flat major Op.26 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Stephen Kovacevich.
    • Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Opp.26, 27 & 49.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 1.
  • Hubert Parry

    Bridal March of the Birds (The Birds)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Chandos.
  • Florence Price

    Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (5 Folksongs in Counterpoint)

    Ensemble: Apollo Chamber Ensemble.
    • Navona Records.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Phaeton Op.39

    Orchestra: Orchestre national de Lille. Conductor: Jun M盲rkl.
    • Saint-Sa毛ns: Symphonic Poems.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Behold, I tell you a mystery / The Trumpet shall sound (Messiah)

    Singer: Christopher Purves. Performer: Robert Farley. Orchestra: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • CORO.
  • Ferde Grof茅

    On the Trail (Grand Canyon Suite)

    Orchestra: Seattle Symphony. Conductor: Gerard Schwarz.
    • Copland, A.: Hoe Down / An Outdoor Overture / Billy the Kid Suite / Grofe, F.: O.
    • Delos.
    • 2.
  • William Brade

    Cornish Dance; Irish Dance; Scottish Dance

    Ensemble: His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts. Performer: Timothy Roberts.
    • English music from Henry VIII to Charles II.
    • HYPERION.
    • 17.
  • Peter Maxwell Davies

    Farewell to Stromness

    Music Arranger: Timothy Walker. Performer: Sean Shibe.
    • An Orkney Wedding.
    • LINN.
    • 8.
  • Arthur Sullivan

    Iolanthe (Overture)

    Performer: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Gilbert and Sullivan overtures.
    • Philips.
    • 3.
  • Emmanuel Chabrier

    Romance de l'茅toile (L'茅toile)

    Singer: Colette Alliot-Lugaz. Orchestra: Orchestre de l鈥橭p茅ra de Lyon. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Chabrier: L'茅toile.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 110.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Clarinet Concerto in A major K.622 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Annelien Van Wauwe. Orchestra: NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Manze.
    • Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K. 622.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 101.
  • Robert Schumann

    Blumenst眉ck Op.19

    Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Decca.
  • Vangelis

    Chariots of Fire (theme)

    Music Arranger: Vangelis. Performer: Vangelis.
    • Chariots of Fire: Vangelis.
    • Polydor.
    • 1.
  • Philip Glass

    Akhnaten (Hymn to the Sun)

    Singer: Paul Esswood. Ensemble: Chor der Staatsoper Stuttgart. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Stuttgart State Opera. Conductor: Dennis Russell Davies.
    • Sony.
  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in G minor Op.74`3 'Rider' (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Tak谩cs Quartet.
    • Haydn: String Quartets Op.74: Takacs Quartet.
    • Hyperion.
    • 12.
  • Georges Bizet

    L'Arl茅sienne Suite no.2 (Farandole)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Bizet: L'Arlesienne Suites no. 1 & 2, Carmen Suite no. 1: LSO, Abbado.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 8.
  • Fiona Loader

    Lorikeet Corroboree

    Ensemble: Ensemble Offspring.
    • ABC Classics.
  • James Newton Howard

    Flying (Peter Pan)

    Performer: Anna Lapwood.
    • Luna.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.
  • Erno Dohnanyi

    Symphonic Minutes Op.36

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Matthias Bamert.
    • Dohnanyi: Symphony no. 2: 大象传媒 Philharmonic/Bamert.
    • Chandos.
    • 1-5.
  • Sally Beamish

    Seavaigers (Lament)

    Performer: Catriona McKay. Performer: Chris Stout. Ensemble: Scottish Ensemble.
    • McKay Stout Music.
  • Franz Liszt

    6 Grandes etudes de Paganini S.141 (La Campanella)

    Performer: Andr茅 Watts.
    • Andre Watts Plays Liszt Album 1.
    • EMI.
    • 3.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    String Quartet no.3 in D major Op.44 no.1 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Quatuor Psophos.
    • Mendelssohn: Quartets: Quatuor Psophos.
    • Zig Zag Territories.
    • 8.
  • Hector Berlioz

    Waverley Overture

    Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Conductor: Colin Davis.
    • RCA.

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