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Classical soundtrack for your morning

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

Wed 1 Nov 2023 09:00

Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg concerto no.4 in G major (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Dunedin Consort. Ensemble: Dunedin Consort. Conductor: John Butt. Conductor: John Butt.
    • J.S. Bach: Six Brandenburg Concertos.
    • Linn Records.
    • 11.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    Largo al factotum (The Barber of Seville)

    Singer: Michael Spyres. Orchestra: Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg. Conductor: Marko Letonja.
    • Baritenor.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 6.
  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    String Quartet in E flat (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Quatuor 脡b猫ne.
    • Mendelssohn Felix and Fanny.
    • ERATO.
    • 7.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto no.25 in C major K.503 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Kristian Bezuidenhout. Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Elizabeth Poston

    A Charm Against the Bumble Bee (An English Day-Book)

    Choir: National Youth Choir of Scotland. Performer: Claire Jones. Conductor: Christopher Bell.
    • SIGNUM.
  • Carlos Gardel

    Mi Buenos Aires querido / Por una Cabeza

    Ensemble: Clair-Obscur.
    • Memorias, Astor Piazzolla Memories in 6 Tableaux.
    • CAvi-music.
    • 109.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    2 Symphonic Dances Op.45 (no.1)

    Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.
    • DG.
  • Ayo Bankole

    Ya Orule

    Performer: Rebeca Omordia.
    • Ekele: Piano Music by African Composers.
    • Heritage Records.
    • 5.
  • Andreas Romberg

    Violin Concerto no.12 in G minor (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Chouchane Siranossian. Orchestra: Capriccio Baroque Orchestra.
    • Alpha.
  • William Byrd

    Triumph, with pleasant melody

    Singer: Dorothee Mields. Singer: Magdalene Harer. Performer: Ryosuke Sakamoto. Ensemble: Boreas Quartett Bremen. Ensemble: Hathor Consort.
    • Audite.
  • Henry Lawes

    Dialogue on a kiss

    Singer: Dorothee Mields. Singer: Magdalene Harer. Performer: Romina Lischka. Performer: Ryosuke Sakamoto.
    • audite.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony no.1 in C major Op.21 (Finale)

    Orchestra: DR UnderholdningsOrkestret. Conductor: 8 Bit.
    • Beethoven: Complete Symphonies.
    • Naxos.
    • 4.
  • Alexander Glazunov

    Elegie Op.44

    Performer: Dana Zemtsov. Performer: Anna Fedorova.
    • Channel Classics.
  • Jan Dismas Zelenka

    Trio sonata no. 5 in F major (1st mvt)

    Performer: V谩clav Luks. Ensemble: Collegium 1704.
    • ACCENT.
  • Claude Debussy

    Dialogue du vent et de la mer (La mer)

    Orchestra: Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France. Conductor: Mikko Franck.
    • Debussy: C'est l'extase - La mer.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 3.
  • Fran莽ois Schubert

    The Bee (12 Bagatelles Op.13)

    Performer: Vaughan Jones. Performer: Marcus Price.
    • History of the Salon: Morceaux caract茅ristiques.
    • First Hand Records.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Ombre pallide (Alcina)

    Singer: Ren茅e Fleming. Orchestra: Les Arts Florissants. Conductor: William Christie.
    • Handel : Alcina [Highlights].
    • ERATO.
    • 8.
  • Veljo Tormis

    Curse upon iron (excerpt)

    Choir: Valsts Akad膿miskais koris "Latvija". Conductor: Maris Sirmais.
    • From the Baltic Coast.
    • State Choir Latvija.
    • 12.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Spring Carol (A Ceremony of Carols Op.28)

    Choir: NYCoS National Girls Choir. Performer: Claire Jones. Conductor: Christopher Bell.
    • Britten: A Ceremony of Carols - Poston: An English Day-Book.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 110.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Sleeping Beauty (Act I - Finale)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.
    • The Sleeping Beauty.
    • RPO Records.
    • 20.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Variations 9-12)

    Performer: V铆kingur 脫lafsson.
    • J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Var. 21.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1.
  • Ina Boyle

    Psalm

    Performer: Nad猫ge Rochat. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.
    • DUTTON EPOCH.
  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in E flat major Op.20`1 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Doric String Quartet.
    • Haydn: String Quartets, Op.20 - Doric String Quartet.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 2.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Cum dederit (Nisi Dominus RV.608)

    Performer: Giovanni Antonini. Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico.
    • ALPHA.
  • Ethel Smyth

    Violin Sonata in A minor Op.7 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Annette-Barbara Vogel. Performer: Durval Cesetti.
    • First Ladies: Three Romantic Violin Sonatas.
    • Toccata Next.
    • 301.
  • Josquin des Prez

    Missa d'ung aultre amer (Tu solus qui facis mirabilia)

    Choir: Tallis Scholars. Director: Peter Phillips.
    • Gimell.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony No 5 in D major, Op 107 'Reformation' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Maxim Emelyanychev.
    • LINN.

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